Victor M. Martinez wrote:
Maya woke me up early this morning by pushing the fish food containers
from the stand to the floor. She is our official "gravity tester". I
went back to sleep thinking nothing of it. Some time later, we woke
up to the sound of something crashing around under the bed. We
figured it was just the cats wrestling or something, but the sound
would not stop and it sounded serious. We turned the light on and saw
that Rufous had his head caught in a relatively small fish food
container! He was running around banging his head all over the place.
We managed to grab him and pull the food container from his head. He
just sat there, panting and being non-responsive. I was very
concerned and grabbed my vet manual to check for signs of danger. It
was a good 10 minutes until he stopped panting, and for a few minutes
his eyes seemed to not respond to light. I called the emergency vet
clinic and they told me to observe him for a few more minutes, that
it was probably just very scared. "If he's still panting in 10
minutes, bring him over", the lady on the phone said. I told Tom to
get dressed in case we had to drive to the ER. Thankfully, Rufous
started calming down a bit, and paying attention to his surroundings.
He didn't want anything to eat at first, so I just held him for about
an hour. Then he started purring, very loud, while still breathing
hard. Finally he got up and went to have some breakfast. He's now
asleep with his brother on the window perch. Not a good way to start
a Sunday morning! He almost gave me a heart attack! I'm just very
thankful he's ok.

Poor Rufous, what a terrible scare. I'm very glad he's OK now.
--
Adrian
A House Is Not A Home, Without A Cat.