a hair-raising sunday

my cat, scout had a fecal malfunction today.

she went poo in her litterbox but had a piece that was stuck in her, erm, butt. first i tried just picking it off, thinking it needed some encouragement. it wouldn't come out and scout was wailing in agony while i was doing this. so i decided to leave it and maybe it would come off on its own. then scout kept licking her bottom to try to dislodge the poo, which was both digusting and ineffective. her bum was starting to get swollen and gross(er) looking, so we decided to see a vet.

we had some issues with our previous cat, so we're well aware of the ridiculous costs of going to the emergency clinic. i was able to find a regular vet that was open on sunday, and very close to us. yay!

the appointment wasn't for an hour and a half, so i had to distract her from licking herself. everytime, she swung her leg above her head to lick, i would throw her favourite toy, a fleece ball with pieces of crinkly plastic woven in and she would chase it. this amazingly worked for the entire hour and a half wait. cats are so funny, how they are enthralled by the simplest things, and for mass amounts of time.

the vet saw her and said that it could be a string that she ate, and it was good that we didn't pull it out because it could have damaged her intestines. they clipped off the piece of poo and gave her an enema so she can safely pass whatever it is she ingested. we were in the waiting area, and heard these horrid sounds coming from one of the rooms...it sounded like a dog had been possessed by the devil. the sound was coming from our little angel - she clearly didn't enjoy having fluid injected up her butt, strangely enough. the vet came out to say she will be fine and that they are just struggling with getting her back into her carrier so we could take her home. he went back into the room, and as he opened the door, we saw three employees gingerly poking her with a swiffer to try to guide her into her carrier. we were told later that not only was she hissing, but she was also lunging at them, trying to attack, which they had never seen before. that's my girl!

she's home now, and doing fine. oh, and the incriminating thing that she ate? my hair. apparently she ate a bunch of it and it all balled up in her intestines.

oops?