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Help! My kitten is limping
Still, with so many people who won't complicate their lives to take even one cat, venom towards those who do seems a bit misplaced. I'm quite sure the OP feels terribly about stepping on the kitty and will try to be more careful. Let he/she who has never stepped on their kitty cast the first hairball. nope, never stepped on any of my cats, always very careful to look where they are, particularly small kittens as i was told from a very young age when my family got a kitten that they follow you around and to be careful where you tread as you may step on kitty if you do not as kittens may not be able to move out of the way fast enough. Was also told horrific story by my mother of when her clumsy sister speared a small kitten they had with a stiletto heel by stepping on it and how her kitten had to be put to sleep (if it wasn't already dead) an that was a tale I will never forget, certainly not the graphic way my mum told it anyway. I learned by someone else's bad mistake, unfortunately this individual has had to learn by their own, just as long as they do learn that is. |
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Help! My kitten is limping
On 17 Dec 2006 12:45:15 -0800, "bookie"
wrote: Still, with so many people who won't complicate their lives to take even one cat, venom towards those who do seems a bit misplaced. I'm quite sure the OP feels terribly about stepping on the kitty and will try to be more careful. Let he/she who has never stepped on their kitty cast the first hairball. nope, never stepped on any of my cats, always very careful to look where they are, particularly small kittens as i was told from a very young age when my family got a kitten that they follow you around and to be careful where you tread as you may step on kitty if you do not as kittens may not be able to move out of the way fast enough. Was also told horrific story by my mother of when her clumsy sister speared a small kitten they had with a stiletto heel by stepping on it and how her kitten had to be put to sleep (if it wasn't already dead) an that was a tale I will never forget, certainly not the graphic way my mum told it anyway. I learned by someone else's bad mistake, unfortunately this individual has had to learn by their own, just as long as they do learn that is. I'm always amazed at what cats will do. Just yesterday a friend is watching TV while I'm fixing a bike wheel and suddenly I hear an exclamation, my friend looks under his chair, and Espy has crawled into the mechanism and is comfortably peering out. He could just as easily gotten pinched a bit when my friend got up. They do get places where we would never think of. |
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Help! My kitten is limping
"dgk" wrote They do get places where we would never think of. Yes. The thing is, they are curious and they only have those little cat brains to work with. That is why we need to be careful with them and what they are exposed to. |
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Help! My kitten is limping
"Rhonda" wrote in message ... bookie wrote: Just Me wrote: I tried to get an appt at vet. Left mesg on their ans machine but they never called back. It seems emergencies always happen on weekends when it's harder to get care for an animal or even human. Kitty has been limping and licking/ favoring his left paw. When I try to gently feel around it he whinces like he's in pain. This is same kitty I wrote about here who has feline leukemia. He seems to be doing good in that regard, i.e. feisty, eating, etc. I did notice that the toe at the end of his paw seems to be pulled away from rest of paw. Is that normal? Anyone know what this might be. I did accidentally step on him in the dark about two weeks ago but he didn't appear injured at that time. I hope I didn't break his toe. that will teach you for being too tight to turn the lights on, you won't be stamping around in the dark again will you? OMG, the compassion is astounding! Must be that holiday spirit. "Too tight to turn on the lights?" What a leap. We have cats and I don't turn on the lights when I get up in the middle of the night. I should be jailed. Just me, try to find a vet that's open, don't rely on the one that isn't returning your calls. If you don't have an emergency vet around you, do you have a PetSmart? They have Banfield vet clinics that are usually open on weekends. Good luck, get him some help soon. At the very least he probably needs some pain medication. Rhonda Banfield isn't usually open evenings or Sundays - at least none around here are. I wish there was a practice that did weekends other than the emergency vets that charge you almost $100 to walk in the door and then tack on the regular fees on top of that. Of course I also wish the cat wouldn't wait until 10 minutes after the regular vet closes to let you know he's not feeling well. W |
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Help! My kitten is limping
Some of the responses to your query are ludicrous. I absolutely adore my two furbabies, but I have accidentally stepped on toes or tails. I am horrified when it happens, but I also know that none of us can be completely aware of exactly where our cats are at all times. And the suggestion that failure to turn on the light at night is somehow negligent is ridiculous. Ignore it! MaryL I swore my Isabelle was deliberately trying to trip me up yesterday when I was bringing my computer back in from the car (and it's trip to Geek Squad for repairs). She stayed just inches in front of my feet as long as I was carrying the tower, dang cat. W |
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Help! My kitten is limping
"Wendy" wrote in
: Some of the responses to your query are ludicrous. I absolutely adore my two furbabies, but I have accidentally stepped on toes or tails. I am horrified when it happens, but I also know that none of us can be completely aware of exactly where our cats are at all times. And the suggestion that failure to turn on the light at night is somehow negligent is ridiculous. Ignore it! MaryL I swore my Isabelle was deliberately trying to trip me up yesterday when I was bringing my computer back in from the car (and it's trip to Geek Squad for repairs). She stayed just inches in front of my feet as long as I was carrying the tower, dang cat. W WHAT is in their heads when they do this?! Zak too. "Outta the way Zak, you're gonna break my neck and get yourself flattened"! He don't care! Silly thing. |
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Help! My kitten is limping
"Outsider" wrote in message . .. "Wendy" wrote in : Some of the responses to your query are ludicrous. I absolutely adore my two furbabies, but I have accidentally stepped on toes or tails. I am horrified when it happens, but I also know that none of us can be completely aware of exactly where our cats are at all times. And the suggestion that failure to turn on the light at night is somehow negligent is ridiculous. Ignore it! MaryL I swore my Isabelle was deliberately trying to trip me up yesterday when I was bringing my computer back in from the car (and it's trip to Geek Squad for repairs). She stayed just inches in front of my feet as long as I was carrying the tower, dang cat. W WHAT is in their heads when they do this?! Zak too. "Outta the way Zak, you're gonna break my neck and get yourself flattened"! He don't care! Silly thing. I've been feeding a feral? cat for several months--he loves my long-suffering dog and will weave through her legs to the point where she trips over him. I try to get between them so my poor old-lady dog doesn't lame herself; the cat will then throw himself down right in front of my feet, purring all the time. If I reach down to pet him he'll run a few feet in front of me and repeat the whole process! I've almost stepped on him and have accidently kicked him several times in the dark but he's right back for more. I think he must have been "pre-owned" or he's simply crazy. Bonnie |
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Help! My kitten is limping
"22brix" wrote in
: "Outsider" wrote in message . .. "Wendy" wrote in : Some of the responses to your query are ludicrous. I absolutely adore my two furbabies, but I have accidentally stepped on toes or tails. I am horrified when it happens, but I also know that none of us can be completely aware of exactly where our cats are at all times. And the suggestion that failure to turn on the light at night is somehow negligent is ridiculous. Ignore it! MaryL I swore my Isabelle was deliberately trying to trip me up yesterday when I was bringing my computer back in from the car (and it's trip to Geek Squad for repairs). She stayed just inches in front of my feet as long as I was carrying the tower, dang cat. W WHAT is in their heads when they do this?! Zak too. "Outta the way Zak, you're gonna break my neck and get yourself flattened"! He don't care! Silly thing. I've been feeding a feral? cat for several months--he loves my long-suffering dog and will weave through her legs to the point where she trips over him. I try to get between them so my poor old-lady dog doesn't lame herself; the cat will then throw himself down right in front of my feet, purring all the time. If I reach down to pet him he'll run a few feet in front of me and repeat the whole process! I've almost stepped on him and have accidently kicked him several times in the dark but he's right back for more. I think he must have been "pre-owned" or he's simply crazy. Bonnie I guess they just don't realize how big we are. Andy |
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Help! My kitten is limping
on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:25:28 GMT, Outsider wrote:
I guess they just don't realize how big we are. They trust us not to hurt them. -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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