Alphie the kitten a picture of health after aerial ordeal

A KITTEN had a lucky escape after he swallowed a six-inch TV aerial and survived.

Alphie required emergency surgery when the metal antenna became lodged in his oesophagus and stomach.

Owner Vanessa Waite (36), of Parson Cross, Sheffield, had only owned the young tabby kitten for a few days when he started his love affair with the TV.

“One night I heard a loud bang and went upstairs to investigate but I assumed Alphie had fallen off the window sill.

“However, during the night he was being sick so the next morning I took him to the PDSA. It wasn’t until later that I realised that one of the aerial antennas was missing from my TV.”

Surgeons removed the aerial through the kitten’s stomach.