My cat swallowed a bottle cap 4 days ago. Is she obstructed?

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so, Merri might have swallowed a plastic bottle cap 1" x 1/2" She is a 16 pound cat. and seems to poop less since then 4 days ago. she's eating and drinking water and broth. > for how many days will she still be pooping if she has the obstruction i described ?< she seems to have been pooping more before i heard the bottle cap make one noise on the linoleum in the kitchenette. she hasn't been vomitting. maybe she has dyspnea from being upside down.

Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA · Accepted Answer

She would stop creating feces and start vomiting within a day or two of becoming obstructed. There is a possibility that the bottle cap (if ingested) will stay in the stomach and never cause an issue, or many weeks or months later it could move into the intestines and then cause issues. Or she may not have even eaten the bottle cap! You can have her examined and x-rayed with a veterinarian, sometimes that will show plastic if it is in the stomach, but not always.

My cat swallowed a bottle cap 4 days ago. Is she obstructed?

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