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Urgent Potentially consuming rubber?

patchyjoon

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So on todays episode of, let's push Patchyjoon's mama closer and closer to that inevitable heart attack at 30....

Patches is in the bathroom with me while I shower because the steam helps with his allergies and congestion. We've gotten sneezing down to a minimum! Yay!

Lately he's been flying up to the door towel rack and standing on top of it. I thought nothing of it since he always likes to be on the highest spot.. well.

He's been chewing on the rubber stopper for the door towel rack. I see the rubber pieces everywhere on the floor as he grinds it in his beak but it's inevitable he's consumed some tiny pieces. I'm freaking out. Is this emergency vet territory? Or can he pass this on his own?

I've thrown out all the towel racks, as well as anything that has this similar texture for good measure.

Here's the current state of the now thrown-out towel rack.
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My Quaker was obsessed with rubbery textures. He would chew off keys on remotes, silicon grips on water bottles, etc. He's still alive and kicking at my mother in laws :lol:
 

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My Quaker was obsessed with rubbery textures. He would chew off keys on remotes, silicon grips on water bottles, etc. He's still alive and kicking at my mother in laws :lol:
Linwood just messaged me something similar about his Amazon. Don't know what I'd do without you guys. That makes me feel better :) :xflove:
 

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I put my tree stand on top of cages and it has rubber bottom plugs I noticed remi and pip had chewed ones that they sat on top of their cage I phoned my vet and they said chances are they haven’t eaten it same way they don’t eat wooden etc on toys I was told just to keep an eye on poop if struggling straight in but that was about 6months ago and no problem

the rubber looks a lot like one you have pictured
 

patchyjoon

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I put my tree stand on top of cages and it has rubber bottom plugs I noticed remi and pip had chewed ones that they sat on top of their cage I phoned my vet and they said chances are they haven’t eaten it same way they don’t eat wooden etc on toys I was told just to keep an eye on poop if struggling straight in but that was about 6months ago and no problem

the rubber looks a lot like one you have pictured
Of course it was Remi & Pip!!! I told you them and Patches would get along. The three menacing muskateers :sneaky: :lol:
 

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Of course it was Remi & Pip!!! I told you them and Patches would get along. The three menacing muskateers :sneaky: :lol:
Was on Blu and posie cage for ages didn’t touch it min I moved it chewed by remi and pip :rofl:

the three musketeers would drive us mad if together :rofl:
 

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Was on Blu and posie cage for ages didn’t touch it min I moved it chewed by remi and pip :rofl:

the three musketeers would drive us mad if together :rofl:
I think if they all came together, it would be a cataclysmic event. The world would never be the same again... the sheer, menacing power released would probably make the Earth stop spinning or something :rofl:
 

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I think if they all came together, it would be a cataclysmic event. The world would never be the same again... the sheer, menacing power released would probably make the Earth stop spinning or something :rofl:
Chaos would rule :rofl:
 
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