Foreign body ingestion due to detachment of pill dispenser tips in cats: a retrospective study of 13 cases.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate and describe 13 cases in which a pet piller broke during the administration of medication, and the tip was accidentally ingested by the cat.

Methods: A total of 15 presentations to the clinic were identified in a private practice database involving 13 cats in which the silicone tip broke. Two of these cats ingested foreign bodies on two separate occasions.