時(shí)差N小時(shí):貓咪和線繩

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貓咪和線繩

Most cats and kittens love to play with string, but ifa feline begins to swallow string, it could become adeadly game. If you're a cat owner, you might havewitnessed a bizarre fact about cat behavior: once acat begins eating a bit of string, it continuesswallowing it until it has swallowed the entire string,even though it would be safer and simpler if the catcoughed it up.

多數(shù)貓咪喜歡玩線繩，但如果一只貓開(kāi)始吃線繩，那會(huì)變成一個(gè)致命的游戲。如果你是貓的主人，你可能目睹過(guò)貓咪稀奇古怪的行為：當(dāng)貓開(kāi)始吃一根線繩時(shí)，它會(huì)不斷吞繩子直到吞掉整根線繩，盡管貓咪將繩子咳出來(lái)會(huì)安全并簡(jiǎn)單得多。

Veterinary scientists aren't completely certain why this happens, but they know it has to dowith the swallowing mechanism in the cat’s throat and esophagus. For cats, swallowing is anautomatic response to having food or other substances in their mouths. A reflex in the front ofthe mouth pushes food to the back of the throat.

獸醫(yī)學(xué)的科學(xué)家們不能完全肯定為什么會(huì)發(fā)生這種事，但他們知道這和貓咪喉嚨及食道的吞咽機(jī)能有關(guān)系。對(duì)貓來(lái)說(shuō)，嘴巴里有食物或其他東西時(shí)，它便會(huì)出于本能進(jìn)行吞咽。嘴巴前部的一塊肌肉將食物推向喉嚨后部。

Once the nerve endings in the back of the throat get stimulated, they automatically causethe cat to swallow, sending the substance down the esophagus. When a bit of stringreaches the back of the throat, the cat has no control over this swallowing mechanism, andthe string continues to make its way down the one-way street of the cat's esophagus. Whilethis reflex may help a cat hold onto struggling prey in the wild, it can cause the cat harm ifwhat's in its mouth isn't food.

只要喉嚨后部的神經(jīng)末梢受到刺激，貓就會(huì)自動(dòng)地開(kāi)始吞咽，把東西送到食道里。當(dāng)一根繩子碰到喉嚨后部時(shí)，貓就無(wú)法控制這種吞咽機(jī)制，繩子就繼續(xù)沿著貓的食道一路而下。盡管這塊肌肉能幫助貓?jiān)谝巴饪刂谱暝墨C物，但當(dāng)貓口中的不是食物時(shí)，這就會(huì)給它帶來(lái)傷害。

Swallowed string can get lodged in the cat's intestines and cause severe vomiting, appetiteloss, rapid dehydration, and listlessness. If one end of the string is caught around a cat'stongue, it is very important that the cat's owner never try to pull the string up through thecat's mouth. Doing this might cause the string to cut open the intestines and possibly kill thecat. Instead, your vet can decide if surgery is needed to remove the string.

吞下的繩子會(huì)卡在貓的腸子里并導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的嘔吐、食欲不振、急性脫水以及精神萎靡。如果繩子的一頭纏住了貓的舌頭，對(duì)貓的主人來(lái)說(shuō)不要把繩子從貓的嘴巴里拉出來(lái)是很重要的。因?yàn)檫@樣做的話可能導(dǎo)致繩子把貓的腸子割開(kāi)并可能把貓殺死。反之，應(yīng)該由你的獸醫(yī)來(lái)決定是否需要?jiǎng)邮中g(shù)來(lái)取出繩子。