A greedy cat was rushed to the vet for life-saving surgery after eating 50 hairbands - forming a massive lump in her stomach. Paul Spraggett, 44, says he had no idea his two-year-old cat Berry had been scoffing hair ties for 18 months.
The factory manager rushed Berry to get professional help last month after she stopped eating and started being sick. He initially thought his pet had a fur ball but was “stunned” to find the large growth was a clump of 50 hairbands after an X-ray.
The cat had a three-hour operation to remove the foreign objects at Linnaeus-owned Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull, West Mids., and has now made a full recovery. Paul, dad to two daughters, says hairbands are now banned from the family’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks.
