The 'Dancing with the Stars' judge shared the news on Instagram along with an Instagram Story featuring his four pets

The “Dancing With the Stars” judge took to Instagram to share a photo of what caused his pet cat’s emergency health scare on Christmas day.

Derek Hough is certainly known by family and friends for his generosity of spirit. But this probably wasn’t the kind of giving moment he was looking to stage during the holidays. During a brief respite from his Dance for the Holidays: The New Tour,

Derek Hough spent Christmas with family and friends — and his cat’s veterinarian. “Look what I got for Christmas ” Hough, 39, captioned an Instagram post on Wednesday5. “A plastic bag filled with stuff Otis ate and had to be removed from his stomach costing $8000 !