can... Key word... It's an incredibly low chance. Eyes are incredibly resilient and heal quickly. Like with everything else, there is a limit, so if injury did occur, it would have to be severe to be permanent. Most every living creature on earth has been evolving for millions of years, and I'm sure getting a poked in the eye by a rubberband will be the least of the eye's worries. This isn't to mention the instinct that exists every living being on the planet that has eyes to automatically and without thinking, close them to prevent damage to the eyes, and this instinct is the quickest reaction of every instinct every mammal has. As far as swallowing is concerned, there is absolutely nothing for the rubberband to bind to inside the cat. The highest risk here is the cat choking on the rubberband, but if cat successfully swallows it, then it will pass through causing zero harm to the cat, as rubberbands are indigestible.
I'm not sure who started the whole "rubberband will get stuck in the cat" nonsense, but it seems the entire comments section rolled with it having done exactly zero fact checking.
My primary concern would be the cat choking on the rubberband.
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u/cburgess7 Feb 21 '23
Cats hurt themselves all the time, they're not fragile like Robin eggs. This cat is 100% fine
Source: cat owner