By Adam Dutton via SWNS
Stunned vets discovered a cat’s two-week sneezing fit was due to a 10cm blade of GRASS lodged up his nose.
Pet moggy Leo was taken to the vet by his owner Josh Molnar who noticed his eyes and nose were streaming.
Veterinary intern Valentina Silic at Wear Referrals in County Durham quickly discovered that Leo had something lodged up his snout.
After sedating Leo, she used forceps to gently pull the grass blade out from his nasal passage.
Incredibly, it is not the first time Leo has sniffed up a blade of grass.
Josh, from Billingham on Teesside, said: “Poor Leo had been sneezing continuously for two weeks, causing him discomfort and infection.
“However, I wasn’t surprised when I learned about the diagnosis as it’s happened before to him.
“While we were comfortable with the skills of the vets to remove the grass, we were worried about him being in a strange place over night as he hasn’t spent a night away from the house before and gets stressed.
“I needn’t have worried as he felt comfortable at Wear. Everything was explained in depth to us, which was very reassuring.
“Leo’s quality of life is back to what it used to be. There’s no sneezing anymore and he gets treated like the prince he is.”
It’s not the first time that unlucky Leo has suffered the same medical plight as he got grass stuck up his nose two years ago.
Luckily, that time it dislodged itself and was poking out of his nose, so was removed gently by hand.
This second time was more serious and required a CT scan, an endoscope examination, flushing of his nose several times and then a procedure to remove the grass using special grabbing forceps.
Valentina, who treated Leo, said: “Leo was referred to Wear Referrals because of the severe sneezing he was experiencing.
“We had to use a CT scan and an endoscope, which is a long flexible camera, to fully see what was going on as the left nasal cavity had thick mucus in it and there was also soft tissue swelling.
“When we found it was a grass blade we used special forceps to remove it and I’m happy to say that Leo recovered well and is enjoying extra treats and zoomies at home.”
