My kitten just jumped out of my 1st floor window...
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kieranjholland said:
So my 3 month old kittie Wilbur (see the pic below) took a running jump and leapt out of the 1st floor bedroom window last night... I ran into the room to see his brother hanging out the winder meowing at him while he lay in a stupor outside.
I stuck some jeans on and ran outside - I found him in a complete daze with a little blood on his lip. Of course as a non-vet I worried he'd broken a leg or something so carefully carried him inside. Opened his mouth and beyond a loose kitten tooth, his mouth was fine, he was naturally reluctant to put much weight on two of his paws but was walking around - the worry was he'd had a hard head knock and potentially dammaged himself internally as he wasn't making a sound (which is not like him - he's always talking and purring) and just looking around the room at nothing in particular...
Rushed him down to the out of hours emergency clinic and the vet jested - another high riser - and said it's fairly common...
vet checked him over and was amazed he didn't break his jaw or any ribs, apparantly the typical injuries he would recieve through this type of activity. the only injuries he recieved was a bruised elbow, a loose tooth and a sore knee... amazing for a 1.2kg 3 month old cat jumping out fo the first floor of a victorian terrace... amazing. I will be closing all windows big enough to allow a kittie through at full peg.
anyone else experienced this level of stupidity?
aww blessI stuck some jeans on and ran outside - I found him in a complete daze with a little blood on his lip. Of course as a non-vet I worried he'd broken a leg or something so carefully carried him inside. Opened his mouth and beyond a loose kitten tooth, his mouth was fine, he was naturally reluctant to put much weight on two of his paws but was walking around - the worry was he'd had a hard head knock and potentially dammaged himself internally as he wasn't making a sound (which is not like him - he's always talking and purring) and just looking around the room at nothing in particular...
Rushed him down to the out of hours emergency clinic and the vet jested - another high riser - and said it's fairly common...
vet checked him over and was amazed he didn't break his jaw or any ribs, apparantly the typical injuries he would recieve through this type of activity. the only injuries he recieved was a bruised elbow, a loose tooth and a sore knee... amazing for a 1.2kg 3 month old cat jumping out fo the first floor of a victorian terrace... amazing. I will be closing all windows big enough to allow a kittie through at full peg.
anyone else experienced this level of stupidity?
Edited by kieranjholland on Thursday 18th August 18:04
I'm glad he was ok
My friend has a house where the master bedroom on the 1st floor overhangs a small sitting room downstairs.
We were sitting drinking coffee when there was a loud meow/cat scream (I'm a dog person best description I can do) followed by a light thud.
My friend said "he's always doing that". The cat has a habit of sleeping on top of the rail. He shifts and falls (about 12ft) they had to put a sofa in the drop zone.
Apparantly he wakes up on the way down, hence the cat noise. The cat is fine and did perform good four point landings prior to the re-location of the sofa.
(yes, they did try to discourage him from sleeping there, unsuccessfully)
We were sitting drinking coffee when there was a loud meow/cat scream (I'm a dog person best description I can do) followed by a light thud.
My friend said "he's always doing that". The cat has a habit of sleeping on top of the rail. He shifts and falls (about 12ft) they had to put a sofa in the drop zone.
Apparantly he wakes up on the way down, hence the cat noise. The cat is fine and did perform good four point landings prior to the re-location of the sofa.
(yes, they did try to discourage him from sleeping there, unsuccessfully)
My boss recently has moved house, and is currently doing it up. He has to use quick drying gloss paint, as one of his cats will lick the walls when the paint is wet. He has to lock it out of what every room he is painting, as it will even put it's head in the paint tin and drink the paint!
smack said:
My boss recently has moved house, and is currently doing it up. He has to use quick drying gloss paint, as one of his cats will lick the walls when the paint is wet. He has to lock it out of what every room he is painting, as it will even put it's head in the paint tin and drink the paint!
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