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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Longjumping-Bus4939 on 2024-10-25 19:54:03+00:00.

TIFU by trying to get a silly pic of my cat.

My cat loves strings. I have a notebook with a ribbon to mark your place.

She was playing with that ribbon.

I thought this was safe because it was attached to the book.

Instead of making her stop, I grabbed my phone and took a photo.

My spouse and I often take photos of the cats trying to help us at our tasks by doing unhelpful things. Like biting the bookmark of my notebook while I’m trying to work.

She bit off and ate about 4-5" of the ribbon.

That was 30 minutes ago.

I’ve previously had a cat almost die from eating string.

I’m at the Animal Urgent Care while they try to induce vomiting.

I feel like the worst cat parent ever.

The photo:

TL:DR didn’t stop cat from eating a ribbon because I wanted to take a photo.

Update to add: they could not induce vomiting so they gave her the drug that reverses the vomiting drug and sent us home. They told us to wait a little bit for her stomach to settle and then feed her a little bit. Once that’s settled we got to try to get her to eat as much bulk as possible later tonight with the hopes that big meal turns into a big turd and carries the ribbon out.