JACK THE COIN-SWALLOWING CAT

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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 11, March 15, 2015, Article 33

JACK THE COIN-SWALLOWING CAT

It's not unusual to see stories about a child swallowing coins, but here's one about a cat who thought a five pence coin looked tasty. -Editor

MEET the mischievous moggy who attempted to turn himself into a kitty bank after swallowing a 5p piece.

Vets were stunned to find the silver coin in tiny 10-month-old Jack's tummy after dealing with a number of dogs who had eaten household objects but never a cat.

The discovery was made after owner Debra Leatherbarrow, from Cinnamon Brow, took her kitten to be checked over after he kept being sick.

She added: "He had some blood tests and then an x-ray where they found the coin.

"The vet said it was really unusual for a cat and he had to have an emergency operation."

Debra has kept the coin as a 'souvenir' after Jack has appeared to have made a full recovery from his ordeal but she is now very wary of leaving anything on the floor.

To read the complete article, see:
£1,500 vet bill after kitten swallows 5p coin (www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/11847045.__1_500_vet_bill
_after_kitten_swallows_5p_coin/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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