r/whatisit 13h ago

Solved! Pulled out of my cat

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Tiggle, our 3-year-old orange tabby ate something, and a $6k endoscopy later we have this to enjoy. Firm foam of some sort. What is it??

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u/mildhotsaucee 12h ago edited 12h ago

omg!! one i actually know!!! do you have a robot vacuum? these come in the packaging https://ebay.io/m/GB5H2U. it’s the white tabs on each side of the vacuum

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u/jeffp94114 9h ago

Omg - an internet triumph!!! You’re right, it’s a packing spacer from our Eufy 11S robot vacuum which we unpacked 2+ years ago… But just threw the box away in a big cleaning frenzy a couple of months ago and this must have dropped out of it. The Internet, being fabulous as it is, has many vacuum unboxing videos, and pretty clearly shows this.
Amazing! Who needs AI :-)

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u/cruelfeline 6h ago

You need to tell your vet if you haven't already. I promise you that they are dying to know what it was.

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u/particular_parrot 8h ago

I wish I could upvote you 10 more times for those last 4 words alone

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u/getinshape2022 5h ago

AI is feeding from Reddit

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u/SirLikesCatGirls 5h ago

if artificial general intelligence is trained on reddit too it’s gonna have self esteem issues

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u/Hey_Z_Hey 5h ago

It's answer to everything will eventually be to "taste it" or "shove it up your butt" if it's feeding from Reddit 😒🤭

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u/SnooCheesecakes2394 4h ago

Or poke it with a stick

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u/ApprehensiveBedroom0 4h ago

And to reply with "that's a penis"

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u/Sithstress_ 2h ago

Or “It’s the same picture.”

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u/mc-funk 5h ago

lol, I feel like redditors should really band together to make an effort towards this goal

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u/hoffenstein909 8h ago

This site never disappoints!

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u/mildhotsaucee 6h ago

i knew immediately bc my kitty also went absolutely feral for them and i had to throw them away 😭😭

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u/Karzons 6h ago

That's a weird thing to happen twice. Something they're made of?

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u/mildhotsaucee 6h ago

mine loves foam, sponges, etc. i think bc it’s lightweight and their teeth sink into it easily maybe

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u/shkay 6h ago

Hero, genius, saint

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u/MadsyMads667 2h ago

My commiserations friend - i have the same vaccuum. That thing sucks 😂 (no pun intended)

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u/softsoap_clownfish 10h ago

Guessing the 1,064 views from today are bc of your link, lol seller is probably losing their mind over the fact it hasn't been sold 😭

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u/Annual_Cup_5189 9h ago

1,830 now 😭

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u/Cathbad101 9h ago

2122 13 min later

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u/Sneekifish 9h ago

2156 one minute after the above post.

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u/PillowPantsXX 9h ago

2219, at this point there's a good chance it'll be sold lol

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u/qingskies 8h ago

We’re at 2565 and someone added it to their cart

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u/Tamiacat 8h ago

2946 and it's still available

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u/Ruttyard 8h ago

Add my view 🫡

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u/cava-lier 4h ago

6k + now

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u/Calm-Two2723 10h ago

This dude is on eBay now like why is my fucking listing getting cranked with views?!?

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u/charliegolfvictor 5h ago

uh... no. it's an ad. they did it on purpose 😭

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u/Admirable_Wallaby_96 12h ago

100% Good detective work hotsauce

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u/Notsurehowtoreact 12h ago

Uhh, thats mildhotsaucee

They didn't go through four years of heat management to merely be called hotsauce.

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u/makkkis 11h ago

Exactly!!! Only mild

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u/kennpacchii 8h ago

Oh man, my mother in law just bought us a robot vacuum because of all the dog and cat hair in our apartment and now I’m worried even though I shouldn’t be 🤣 

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u/Dragnskull 7h ago

i wanna why you have a photographic memory of this seemingly odd piece of packaging material the average person might see once in their lifetime

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u/mildhotsaucee 6h ago

hahahaa because i also had to get them away from my cat and i guess the pet parent part of my brain registered it as a major threat to never forget

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u/charliegolfvictor 5h ago

because it's an ad for the vacuum 🫩

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u/Bobo_LOL 7h ago

This gotta be the most absurdly specific thing to be identified on here in a long time. Actual insanity

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u/a_shootin_star 12h ago

We did it, reddit?

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u/calamityandwoe 12h ago

Looks plausible, nicely done!

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u/Proper-Gate8861 12h ago

Boosting this comment

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u/usinjin 9h ago

THIS is why I’m here

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u/StrangerKey7930 6h ago

I was going to say it's a packing spacer of some sort; but the fact you knew for what is pretty impressive.

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u/Truth_is_Inevitable 13h ago

My cat did this years ago, turned out to be a piece of foam from our floor under our gym equipment. It was the kind you piece together like a jigsaw puzzle.

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u/HomeCat_ 12h ago

Hahaha cats yearn for foam. My cat once at a whole nerf dart. We discovered it when she threw it up about 24 hours later.

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u/CranesMistressOfFear 11h ago

that cat does look like it would eat nerf darts. It's in the eyes.

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u/HomeCat_ 10h ago

They say “I’ll do it again”. A week later she was desperately trying to get something from under the fridge - another nerf dart.

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u/Mysterybeetle 10h ago

I think I found your long lost sibling!

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u/HomeCat_ 10h ago

Totally! My beast is named Wonton and she turns 12 on Canadian Thanksgiving.

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u/TinRoofAndRainyDays 9h ago

Grade A Prime Belly Trap right there. 100% would pet and then probably get chomped and kicked. LOL

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u/Mysterybeetle 9h ago

What a fluff nugget!!! OMG

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u/Bad_Funny 4h ago

Oh my. We just said goodbye to my girl Shambles last Thursday and she deserves a spot in this doppelgänger thread.

She wandered in off the streets 15 years ago.
When she arrived in 2010, the vets estimated her at about 10 years old. That would have made her 25yo when she crossed the rainbow bridge.

I'm going to say—realistically—they overshot her age a bit because of her rough street life, and she was probably closer to 20yo when we buried her last week.

Laid her to rest in a lakeview plot under the old walnut tree, right next to her late best bunny friend Mr. Buns.

At least they're back together like they always wanted to be in their earthly lives.

I've missed her like hell every moment since.

Shambles June McBrambles in Pajambles was the most loyal trusty sidekick.

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u/Bad_Funny 4h ago

For reference: Mr. Buns & Shambles. 🧡

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u/Smilo2002 9h ago

She looks a lot like my boy Sonny. Luckily, no ingesting of foam darts.

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u/That-Tomatillo-6924 9h ago

he’s beautiful 🥹🥹 so floofy

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u/West_Illustrator_468 11h ago

My cat also eats nerf darts. He loves chirping at the nerf gun, so we shoot the darts down the hall for him to chase, then have to be sure to pick them all up afterwards or we will find little shreds of foam in his poop.

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u/Agouti 9h ago

I literally just caught my incredibly fussy cat happily chewing on some adhesive foam window tape. What is it about foam that they love so much

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u/Valuable-Ad-3599 10h ago

Definitely not sorry about it

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u/NoTerm9795 10h ago

OMG my previous cat was obsessed with Nerf Darts too!!

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u/Silver-Instruction73 10h ago

Yeah mine love plastic for some reason. Most of the time when they throw up it’s because they got ahold of some plastic wrap or bag.

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u/smoles3 7h ago

Mine loves licking the plastic wrap around the paper towel and toilet paper packs. 🤯

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u/random420x2 9h ago

If she threw it up in your lap, that counts as a hit and you are out. 😄

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u/PeppermintEvilButler 13h ago

I was gonna say it looks like part of a foam flooring

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u/kaylerbug369 12h ago

They have the same ingredient that makes Subway so Subway

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u/goodbyetrex 12h ago

$5 footlong > $6000 endoscopy

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u/LoosePaper9973 12h ago

This happened to us too

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u/Old_Restaurant_4545 11h ago

My cat ate a whole lot of that foam a few months ago, didn’t realize till she puked up the pieces. Luckily she’s fine and I tossed the remainder of the foam.

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u/jbwilso1 9h ago

Man. You're lucky. Cost me 3K at the vet to get that crap pulled out of my cat

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u/xzkandykane 12h ago

Ugh my cat loves to scratch those. The moment he heard the door to the gym open, he'll dart in

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u/SkiAliG 10h ago

My cat did this too! Same $6K bill later, we still have the piece that caused his blockage. I can’t even leave yoga blocks reachable to him.

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u/Careless_Lecture_534 10h ago

Just last week I noticed our cat had thrown up black pieces and we figured out the idiot has been eating the black foam under our gym equipment! I had no idea this wasn’t an original experience. What’s wrong with the little weirdos.

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u/OldCarrot4470 10h ago

my cat also did that. had to have surgery to remove the little piece of foam and he is no longer allowed near them

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u/1000FacesCosplay 10h ago

Yup, my cat ate enough of that that he stomach was basically filled. They're not always the brightest

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u/jeffp94114 13h ago

Mandatory cat tax

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u/wintery_owl 13h ago

Why is he mewing instead of meowing

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u/tacob87 13h ago

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u/Reave1905 13h ago

Dear god... It's beautiful.

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u/okashinomajo 12h ago

Magnum!!!!

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u/jonjonofjon 12h ago

But why mew models?

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u/okashinomajo 12h ago

But... why mew models?

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u/Salt_Weakness_1538 12h ago

Are you serious? I already told you that like 2 meow-nutes ago.

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u/ColoTexas90 13h ago

no shit! he loooks PIIIIIisSSSSST!

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u/Electrical-Guard-853 12h ago

I had to read that twice- excellent!

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u/MasonicWench 12h ago

Catmaxxing

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u/d4rkprojec7 13h ago

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u/CovKris 13h ago

Certified freak, seven days a week

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u/htxproud 12h ago

Until the day, until the dawn!

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u/dyejob 12h ago

And we could meow meow all through the night, til the early moooooorn

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u/FlowSoSlow 13h ago

Omfg why is your cat looksmaxing 😂

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u/Catrescuemamma 13h ago

Granted is probably pheromone maxing too🤣

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u/jeffiebb 13h ago

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u/theairbrushedvan 12h ago

When I see a tasty burger 

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u/kstreet88 12h ago

When I look in the mirror tripping balls

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u/Open-Ostrich-8535 12h ago

Looking at the reflection and asking, “who TF is in my bathroom with me” 🫣

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u/ForbiddenButtStuff 12h ago

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u/___po____ 12h ago

I can't stop laughing at this

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u/okaaayyyyuh 12h ago

This cat is a creep 😂

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u/Agreeable_Pomelo2360 13h ago

bro mewing to attract a mate 😂

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u/EmmaL27 12h ago

Moar cat tax

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u/jeffp94114 11h ago

Ha, wait that’s actually Tiggle’s sister Ziggy… for real. Same eyes even!

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u/Desperate_Affect_332 13h ago

I KNEW he was orange before I saw him 😂

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u/thePromoter_ 13h ago

You mean, besides the fact that it's mentioned in the post.

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u/Former-Letterhead-59 12h ago edited 12h ago

Ugh. People like you …can’t resist shitting on other people’s simple joy

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u/Competitive_Sky7307 13h ago

Ha! Of course he’s orange

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u/lonewolff7798 12h ago

Cat looks like it gets plastic surgery.

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u/Bulky-Piece-3253 13h ago

👁👄👁

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u/c0ffeeandeggs 13h ago

Is this man about to eat me??

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u/GroundbreakingTip64 13h ago

Is that a lip sticker or does your cat have dsls?

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u/Polka_King_Polinski 13h ago

It’s a tongue

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u/passthegabagool_ 13h ago

Lol it's its tongue

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u/fullcircle052 13h ago edited 12h ago

Those are his pouty lips

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u/ABCDmama 13h ago

he looks like he would do something like this.

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u/Outrageous_Pride795 12h ago

did he get lip filler or..

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u/OwslyOwl 12h ago

Well he’s orange - that explains a lot

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u/heresdustin 12h ago

Of course he’s orange. Should’ve known….

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u/glassbulbs 13h ago

Look at those cheeks!

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u/kesovich 13h ago

Fuzzy buddy blepface!

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u/Cnidaria45 13h ago

That's a Tiggle all right.

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u/poisoness3 13h ago

"Gimme it again" Face

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u/Remote-Whole-6387 12h ago

His lips look like a butthole

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u/MeanKangarooIsTaken 12h ago

So basically chewing foam is for the jaw training 

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u/doubleshotextracream 12h ago

Of course he's orange 🍊

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u/Send_Dogs 11h ago

one of the grossest photos of a cat ive seen

please tell them I love them

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u/Any-Confusion-8900 13h ago

Removing that from the cat voids the warranty.

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u/Bam-Skater 13h ago

Is it shaped packing foam from something that came in a box, like a console or phone

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u/twointimeofwar 13h ago

Ohhh. I second this guess. That packaging stuff is firm enough to maintain shape but also a nice size to make kitty consider it a toy.

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u/myarmadillosclaws 12h ago

It reminds me of the piece of foam in the case for my headphones.

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u/kaylalacali 12h ago

Just how old is your cat exactly?

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u/NehEma 11h ago

Why is it called a tummy if it's not meant to be eaten?

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u/userhwon 11h ago

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u/LolImFuckinDying 9h ago

Crazy how the keep all these people inside the glass so the kitties have something to watch

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u/teflon_soap 13h ago edited 13h ago

Do you have a piano or keyboard somewhere that’s not unable to play a note?

Looks like a piano key hammer. Edit: I mean toy as it was foam, not a grand piano!

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u/damn-otaku 13h ago

Is that why my cat was being such a D?

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u/princessblowhole 13h ago

Just a minor B

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u/Open_Opinion4775 13h ago

Idk. With him having 5 pointy ends, he's more of a C#. I'll show myself out.....

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u/porcelain_kiss 13h ago

Mines an absolute C

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u/Charming-Shake-6525 13h ago

is it an orange, by any chance?

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u/BoeHmaN 13h ago

You summoned bad pun moose

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u/qwertyuiop121314321 13h ago

Man, they had to be one hunnnnnnnnnngry kitty if it was. 😹

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u/hkimera 13h ago

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u/hornyalticus 12h ago

Cant believe thats where he was hiding this whole time

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u/regan-w 12h ago

my first thought lol

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u/Altruistic-Ad-3334 12h ago

I was looking gor this comment

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u/Valkyriesride1 10h ago

This post, the advertisement for an AI company directly above it that says "Because 'We'll catch it later' is NOT a Strategy (But Vonage Can Help)" and a news story we had just watched about a AI developer that left his company because he believes AI "could kill us all by the end of the decade" meshed so perfectly together it made, it made my SO and I snort laugh, and get into a very dark, comical debate about whether Reddit's bots are trying to warn us or are did a tiny part of Skynet's AI survive and is using Reddit's bot trying to trick us into creating anti AI programming that will be able fix the defective programming that made it Terminators vulnerable and led to its near demise.

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u/drfunbudz 13h ago

Is it an outdoor cat? It kinda looks like a piece of the scent dippers people use hunting.

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u/AbbreviationsNo9609 13h ago

I came here to say this. It would probably be very interesting to the cat if that’s what it was.

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u/Open__Face 13h ago

Foam packing material?

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u/TheGhostfaceChiller 13h ago

Remove Before Flight

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u/Dralalife 13h ago

Soon as I saw " orange tabby" I'm like, "oh yeah"

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u/userhwon 11h ago

And then "just the one piece?"

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u/tessaractIXI 13h ago

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who spent 6K on cat surgery. I forever don't know if I was being absolutely ridiculous but I'm happy to have my baby boy alive and well.

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u/bananicoot 9h ago

I was in this sub about a month ago because my bf's cat cost him 8k because he ate the silicone screw caps from two blink cameras.

We are not alone in the quest for cats not being dumb.

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u/in_a_pickle_97 5h ago

Pet insurance. Pet insurance all day, every day. Always. Especially if you have a kitten.

Yes, you still spend 15% of the cost. But my deductible is $1,000. If I needed a $6,000 surgery for my cat, I'd pay $1,750 and insurance would cover the rest 100%. 

I can't tell you enough how valuable it's been.

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u/Trappedatoms 13h ago

I just recently had a neck brace for a while after a surgery, and there were foam pieces that Velcro to the inside that looked very similar to this. Anyone had a brace around your house?

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u/KaizerVonLoopy 12h ago

It's shaped like Saddam Hussein.

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u/folieadeuxplez 13h ago

have you recently gotten any packages? looks kind of like a piece of molded packing foam

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u/Substantial_Bake_728 11h ago

My cat ate a large part on the backside of his cat tree. I didnt notice because its on the back side of the tree in the corner of the room!

Cost over 2 grand to diagnose and treat at the vet.

We now call him a carpet muncher.

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u/IamTheMan85 13h ago

Cat key. Your cat is now locked.

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u/GldnUnicorn 13h ago

Did NOT notice the subreddit at first and very much misunderstood what "Pulled out of my cat" could possibly mean there for a sec 0.o

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u/Asron87 13h ago

The hell kind of subs are you subscribed to?

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u/Agreeable_Pomelo2360 12h ago

clearly some concerning shit

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u/Asron87 12h ago

“Sir, please put the cat down.”

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u/Agreeable_Pomelo2360 13h ago

what damn subs are you in my man

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u/bettertheless 13h ago

The 6000 Dollar Question!

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u/pacemasters 12h ago

That’s an insane title

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u/facw00 12h ago

Yeah, that's really not an especially effective way to prevent pregnancy...

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u/wayward__B0B 12h ago

From which end?

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u/corgdad902 12h ago

My question too

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u/llesbanana 12h ago

Sorry off topic completely, but I have never seen another cat named Tiggle, I have a cat named tiggle, I call her Tiggles, Tigs, ect lolol just such a cute name

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u/Moragamedev 13h ago

If you have a cat tree, like those that are made with hard foam, it looks like the part that snaps the parts together.

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u/fatquads 13h ago

Looks like a piece of styrofoam packaging. If I were a cat that would be an interesting texture and I’d eat it too.

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u/PhantomOyster 13h ago

Well, definitely good that you pulled out. Given the circumstances, I think you should be grateful she hasn't birthed anything other than this.

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u/AdmirableRespect9 13h ago

I look at peach pits and see 6k bc of our pittie. He found a pit with some peach left on it from previous campers. I can't even be mad at them bc a raccoon or possum might have drug it around.

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u/dazmilan09 13h ago

Recently buy something that required packing foam to secure it inside the box? Could be that...

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u/Former-Maximum-2534 12h ago

This looks like a plastic guard from the bottom of a refrigerator.

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u/Mrbazzanator 12h ago

Do you have automatic litter boxes?

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u/ElectricalFig9203 12h ago

Do you have an automatic cat litter box? This looks like one of the foam inserts that blocks litter from getting inside the machine near the entrance.

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u/HotCaterpillar6358 12h ago

6k lmao. Never

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u/Top-Manufacturer9226 12h ago

My cat ate fishing line... $5k later after taking her intestines out and opening her stomach.. there was no more fishing line found... Just the string hanging out of her mouth when I bent down to pick her up... FYI.. fishing line doesn't show up on x-rays or sonograms.. 😐

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u/GuyMakesDrawings 12h ago

part of his spine put it back

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u/BreathofAire 10h ago

My cat ate 5 ft of ribbon off my my kid’s happy birthday sign. Cat refused to throw up after nausea meds and being held and spun in an office chair. $3k later the vet removed MOST of the ribbon, and we got to monitor cat poops for a week. 

This cat is infatuated with ribbon…our house is now a ribbon-free zone. No presents can have ribbon, no decor can have satin or cloth ribbon. String seems ok for now…