A cat needed urgent surgery after a bin raid saw it scoff two long chicken satay skewers.
“As we like chicken satay, we’ve kept them away from him since and put a lock on the bin to stop him getting at anything. But this time it was open for just a few minutes, and he climbed in.
“We rushed straight in when we heard him, but when we checked we knew he’d eaten at least two skewers we’d thrown away that still had chicken on.”
The couple rushed him to the Vets Now hospital in North Street. It’s one of more than 60 clinics and hospitals across the UK that are open seven days a week for out-of-hours pet emergencies.
Initial X-rays couldn’t detect the skewers, but as Erin and Fraser were convinced he had eaten them, exploratory surgery was immediately carried out.
Both skewers, which still had the chicken on them, were removed during the delicate procedure. One had snapped and the missing end was found floating free in the stomach.
