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Cat Drowned In Pool
Just came home from work and decided to go in the pool and found one of my cats
floating in the water. A heartbreaking and horrifying sight. She was a stray I took in 6 or seven years ago and getting up there in age and having a little trouble walking. I cant bear the thought of the cat frantically fighting to get out of the pool after she fell in. Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. Tom |
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could you get a cover for it ?? I am sure you have already
thought/looked into it. I am suprised the cat could not get out, I have heard and see cats get out of water before, not great swimmers but they can when needed. J~ Tlg064 wrote: Just came home from work and decided to go in the pool and found one of my cats floating in the water. A heartbreaking and horrifying sight. She was a stray I took in 6 or seven years ago and getting up there in age and having a little trouble walking. I cant bear the thought of the cat frantically fighting to get out of the pool after she fell in. Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. Tom |
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could you get a cover for it ?? I am sure you have already
thought/looked into it. I am suprised the cat could not get out, I have heard and see cats get out of water before, not great swimmers but they can when needed. J~ Tlg064 wrote: Just came home from work and decided to go in the pool and found one of my cats floating in the water. A heartbreaking and horrifying sight. She was a stray I took in 6 or seven years ago and getting up there in age and having a little trouble walking. I cant bear the thought of the cat frantically fighting to get out of the pool after she fell in. Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. Tom |
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J~ writes:
I am suprised the cat could not get out, I have heard and see cats get out of water before, not great swimmers but they can when needed. Even if the cat can swim, if there's nothing to climb out of the water onto, they're sunk. :-P I've heard of people complaining about *frogs* drowning in their swimming pools for that reason -- they can't climb ladders or hop out of the water up the vertical side of the pool. How about a ramp so the critters can climb out easily? -Sandra |
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J~ writes:
I am suprised the cat could not get out, I have heard and see cats get out of water before, not great swimmers but they can when needed. Even if the cat can swim, if there's nothing to climb out of the water onto, they're sunk. :-P I've heard of people complaining about *frogs* drowning in their swimming pools for that reason -- they can't climb ladders or hop out of the water up the vertical side of the pool. How about a ramp so the critters can climb out easily? -Sandra |
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Can't you get a cover for it? I'm sure they sell them. I'm really sorry this
happened. Karen "Tlg064" wrote in message ... Just came home from work and decided to go in the pool and found one of my cats floating in the water. A heartbreaking and horrifying sight. She was a stray I took in 6 or seven years ago and getting up there in age and having a little trouble walking. I cant bear the thought of the cat frantically fighting to get out of the pool after she fell in. Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. Tom |
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Can't you get a cover for it? I'm sure they sell them. I'm really sorry this
happened. Karen "Tlg064" wrote in message ... Just came home from work and decided to go in the pool and found one of my cats floating in the water. A heartbreaking and horrifying sight. She was a stray I took in 6 or seven years ago and getting up there in age and having a little trouble walking. I cant bear the thought of the cat frantically fighting to get out of the pool after she fell in. Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. Tom |
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Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be
concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. You need to be concerned about them getting out of the pool. Cats can swim but can they find a way to the steps to get out? Can they pull themselves out over the pool edge? Probably not as most dogs can't do this. I only let my cats near the pool when I was around for this reason. Here is a story about my cat falling in the pool (pushed!) while drinking. This story has a happy ending. http://www.mary.cc/boots/stories/1.htm |
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Well I have four other cats one of which does go outside. Do I need to be
concerned. Can a healthy cat manage to get herself out of an above ground pool should she fall in. The one that drowned and this one prefer to drink pool water in the summer rather than drinking from their bowl. There is no practical way I could close off the pool. The yard is fenced but the pool is not. In fact walking out the door leads directly to the pool without stepping up or down. Any suggestions. You need to be concerned about them getting out of the pool. Cats can swim but can they find a way to the steps to get out? Can they pull themselves out over the pool edge? Probably not as most dogs can't do this. I only let my cats near the pool when I was around for this reason. Here is a story about my cat falling in the pool (pushed!) while drinking. This story has a happy ending. http://www.mary.cc/boots/stories/1.htm |
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How about a ramp so the critters can climb out easily?
That's a great idea! Maybe she can leave a piece of wood going from the deck to the steps into the water. If she has no steps, maybe she can attack something to the ladder, a little platform at water level they can climb onto then jump out of the pool. My cat could swim but there was no way he would have known to go to the steps. Thank god I was there. |
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