Five month old cat Hope needed emergency care after collapsing in a garden in Birmingham
An adorable kitten used up one of her nine lives and needed emergency surgery after incredibly scoffing down 21 hairbands. Five-month-old Hope swallowed the hair ties and was rushed to a rescue centre after being found by a member of the public collapsed in a garden in Birmingham.
When vets gave the poorly puss an x-ray they were left stunned to find a clump of hairbands in her stomach. After five days of intensive nursing Hope built up enough strength to have a £4,000 operation and 21 bands were removed from her intestine. Despite coming within a whisker of dying, Hope went on to make a miraculous recovery and will now be listed for rehoming by Cats Protection.
Staff at the charity’s Birmingham Adoption Centre said they were unsure whether Hope would even survive after she was brought to them in a cardboard box.
Paula Beswick, deputy manager, said: “The poor girl seemed lifeless and nothing more than skin and…
