stickmaker | Near Cat-Astrophe

I had a scare this morning. I got up at 6:30 to take my thyroid medicine, and noticed that the bathroom trash had been knocked over and partially emptied.

Shortly after I first got my current two cats I caught the calico in the bathroom playing with some dental floss I had tossed the day before. I was careless and part of it was left draped over the rim. Cats can die very painfully from swallowing things like floss and thread. Fortunately, she hadn't gotten that far. Since then I have been very careful that when I finish with floss it goes well into the trash can, and there have been no problems. Until today.

I quickly searched through the trash, looking for the floss. I couldn't find it. Then I heard a sound from the kitchen which could have been sneezing... or gagging. I hurried there and found both cats apparently fine. Back in the bathroom, another check discovered the floss. I relaxed hugely.

I dumped the bathroom trash in the main trash can, fed the cats (they were both hungry) opened the cat flap and went back to bed. (Yes, I got my medicine down somewhere in there.) This morning both cats are still fine.