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Old October 12th 03, 08:49 PM
lrulan
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oh no, poor baby. Please give me extra skritches and kisses from Jazz and I.
Jazz & his mama

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"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
exas.edu...
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.

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv



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Old October 12th 03, 10:01 PM
Steve Touchstone
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:06:03 -0500, "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.

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv


Glad to hear it was just a bad scare. It's amazing how they can find
trouble, even when we think everything harmful is safely out of reach.
Tthey seem to find things we think are safe and manage to turn it into
something dangerous.
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Old October 12th 03, 10:29 PM
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:06:03 -0500, "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.

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv


A similar thing happened to TuTu about a month ago. Nosy TuTu got
into the pantry closet where I also keep grocery bags (for use in
waste baskets). She apparently got her head through one handle and
went tearing and scrabbeling through the house with a bag full of
grocery bags chasing her. I don't move very fast but I was trying to
catch her as she went back and forth -- the bags in full pursuit.
About the third pass I managed to grab a bag and the contents fell on
the floor. Then I finally managed to tear the one on her head off.
She was one scared pussycat. MLB
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Old October 13th 03, 12:18 AM
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"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
exas.edu...
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.

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv


whew! give the little guy an extra cuddle for me.
Brenda


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Old October 13th 03, 04:26 AM
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Wow, how scary! I'm glad everything turned out ok in the end.
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Old October 13th 03, 08:35 AM
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Victor M. Martinez wrote:

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.


Oh, that is scary!! I'm glad he's all right now!

Joyce
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Old October 13th 03, 05:56 PM
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Hopitus2 wrote:
Worse than having a pack of toddler hoomins in your care! It would've been
ROFL if Rufous had not been so scared....poor Rufous. He probably scared all
the others while that was going on, as well.


He did scare everybody, but my main concern was that perhaps he was not able
to breathe while he was stuck. The container was just the size of his head,
so he probably didn't get much air in... that's why I was so worried.
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http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

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Old October 14th 03, 05:36 AM
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And on top of that, he was probably hyperventilating inside of it, making
his lack of breathable air worse......



"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message
...
: Hopitus2 wrote:
: Worse than having a pack of toddler hoomins in your care! It would've
been
: ROFL if Rufous had not been so scared....poor Rufous. He probably scared
all
: the others while that was going on, as well.
:
: He did scare everybody, but my main concern was that perhaps he was not
able
: to breathe while he was stuck. The container was just the size of his
head,
: so he probably didn't get much air in... that's why I was so worried.
: --
: Victor M. Martinez
:
:
http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
:


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Old October 14th 03, 05:56 AM
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"Victor M. Martinez" wrote in message texas.edu...
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!


(snipped a little)

Not a good way to start a Sunday morning! He almost gave me a heart
attack! I'm just very thankful he's ok.

Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv



Awww, poor little guy! I'm glad he's okay - please give him a scritch for me.
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Krista
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Old October 15th 03, 12:09 AM
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In article .edu, "Victor M.
Martinez" wrote:


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.


So am I give him a scritch from Suz.
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