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Yes, now that I live in an apartment that has a deck and a bedroom window
that are only a few feet off the ground, I would not be opposed to chucking who I can find out the window and just hoping it turns out well. Karen Yes, now that I live in an apartment that has a deck and a bedroom window that are only a few feet off the ground, I would not be opposed to chucking who I can find out the window and just hoping it turns out well. Karen I don't blame you. Seconds count, and at least they'd have a chance. Another case in point for microchipping! Sherry |
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Yes, now that I live in an apartment that has a deck and a bedroom window
that are only a few feet off the ground, I would not be opposed to chucking who I can find out the window and just hoping it turns out well. Karen Yes, now that I live in an apartment that has a deck and a bedroom window that are only a few feet off the ground, I would not be opposed to chucking who I can find out the window and just hoping it turns out well. Karen I don't blame you. Seconds count, and at least they'd have a chance. Another case in point for microchipping! Sherry |
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"Sherry " wrote in message
... I just have carriers out in the bedroom, open and ready to go in case of emergency and hope I can get them in in time. My biggest worry is there is one me and three of them. I think I need one bigger carrier that I could stuff two in, but I really wonder if I would have time in case of tornado or fire. It's a worry and I don't know that there is a great answer. Karen In case of a fire, if the house were already burning badly, I'd start tossing cats out the door, window, or any available exit. I don't think I'd have time to get them in carriers. They are difficult to get in their carriers under the best of circumstances. Tornado warnings are another story. When I had four cats, I put them in two carriers because that's all I could carry. (DH is always at work dduring any given crisis). Better to be crowded and ****ed off than the alternative I suppose. Sherry I was recently thinking about this during all of our bad storms and two wouldn't be a problem to hurd into a downstairs room but Bonnie in the big dog cage would pose a problem. I figured if we had a tornado warning I'd move her cage into the hallway which in the interior and no windows. Not the best plan being separated but it was the only thing I could think of. In my old apartment building years ago there was a fire in another apt. in the middle of the night. I was awoken by firemen who had to break my door down (used to be a sound sleeper until that) and there was no time to get Marley out. Hell, there wasn't even time to get dressed -- they made me leave the building wrapped in a sheet (used to sleep in the nude in the summer before that, too. LOL) He hid inside the couch during the whole thing and the firemen went in with me when it was safe to enter the building to find him and crate him. It all turned out well but I can imagine in that situation it could have been bad. They had all the rear entrances open and some windows were broken out and he could have escaped through the back of the building but he just stayed hidden. |
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"Sherry " wrote in message
... I just have carriers out in the bedroom, open and ready to go in case of emergency and hope I can get them in in time. My biggest worry is there is one me and three of them. I think I need one bigger carrier that I could stuff two in, but I really wonder if I would have time in case of tornado or fire. It's a worry and I don't know that there is a great answer. Karen In case of a fire, if the house were already burning badly, I'd start tossing cats out the door, window, or any available exit. I don't think I'd have time to get them in carriers. They are difficult to get in their carriers under the best of circumstances. Tornado warnings are another story. When I had four cats, I put them in two carriers because that's all I could carry. (DH is always at work dduring any given crisis). Better to be crowded and ****ed off than the alternative I suppose. Sherry I was recently thinking about this during all of our bad storms and two wouldn't be a problem to hurd into a downstairs room but Bonnie in the big dog cage would pose a problem. I figured if we had a tornado warning I'd move her cage into the hallway which in the interior and no windows. Not the best plan being separated but it was the only thing I could think of. In my old apartment building years ago there was a fire in another apt. in the middle of the night. I was awoken by firemen who had to break my door down (used to be a sound sleeper until that) and there was no time to get Marley out. Hell, there wasn't even time to get dressed -- they made me leave the building wrapped in a sheet (used to sleep in the nude in the summer before that, too. LOL) He hid inside the couch during the whole thing and the firemen went in with me when it was safe to enter the building to find him and crate him. It all turned out well but I can imagine in that situation it could have been bad. They had all the rear entrances open and some windows were broken out and he could have escaped through the back of the building but he just stayed hidden. |
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Helen wrote:
"news.verizon.net" wrote in message ... So anyway, my question is... do people have fire plans as related to their cats? In all honesty, I think my cats would be lost, since I can barely 'catch' them to go to the vet. (My thought is this dream was just feeding into my anxiety about how I'm wondering if I will EVER be able to get the newest cat, Sam, into a carrier to go to the vet....) Just curious, PattyC I've often wondered about that, too, being a neurotic worrier. I live in a second-floor apt with a balcony, but I'd probably just let them out the door and hopefully they wouldn't go too far. They are just awful about getting into the carriers, I have to get someone to come and help me whenever they need to go to the vet. I've tried leaving the carriers out so they can get used to them, but they've never bought into that! Hopefully such a disaster will never happen but it is good to be prepared. |
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Helen wrote:
"news.verizon.net" wrote in message ... So anyway, my question is... do people have fire plans as related to their cats? In all honesty, I think my cats would be lost, since I can barely 'catch' them to go to the vet. (My thought is this dream was just feeding into my anxiety about how I'm wondering if I will EVER be able to get the newest cat, Sam, into a carrier to go to the vet....) Just curious, PattyC I've often wondered about that, too, being a neurotic worrier. I live in a second-floor apt with a balcony, but I'd probably just let them out the door and hopefully they wouldn't go too far. They are just awful about getting into the carriers, I have to get someone to come and help me whenever they need to go to the vet. I've tried leaving the carriers out so they can get used to them, but they've never bought into that! Hopefully such a disaster will never happen but it is good to be prepared. |
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Karen Chuplis wrote:
I just have carriers out in the bedroom, open and ready to go in case of emergency and hope I can get them in in time. My biggest worry is there is one me and three of them. I think I need one bigger carrier that I could stuff two in, but I really wonder if I would have time in case of tornado or fire. It's a worry and I don't know that there is a great answer. Grab a pillow slip anything. If you get to the carrier dump them in it. -mhd |
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Karen Chuplis wrote:
I just have carriers out in the bedroom, open and ready to go in case of emergency and hope I can get them in in time. My biggest worry is there is one me and three of them. I think I need one bigger carrier that I could stuff two in, but I really wonder if I would have time in case of tornado or fire. It's a worry and I don't know that there is a great answer. Grab a pillow slip anything. If you get to the carrier dump them in it. -mhd |
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A fire is something which worries myself and my boyfriend. Our cat is
usually out during the daytime, but sometimes and when its awful weather (which in the UK it usually is!) he is kept indoors. As we live in rented accommodation we're not allowed to put a cat flap in the door, one of the conditions of us being allowed to have a cat in rented accommodation. Does anyone have any ideas what I could do if anything? Many thanks Bex "news.verizon.net" wrote in message ... OK. I had the strangest dream last night. Bottom line is my house was about to go up in flames with a fire smoldering within the walls. I went looking for my cats and they were hovering at the bottom of the basement stairs, looking up at me with those, well, you know, cat looks. (Well, actually, it WAS a dream, and in the dream I seemed to also have a 4th indoor cat, gray with white paws... but ANYway!). I said to someone, IF ONLY I could figure out how to gather them all into carriers & get them out of here... So anyway, my question is... do people have fire plans as related to their cats? In all honesty, I think my cats would be lost, since I can barely 'catch' them to go to the vet. (My thought is this dream was just feeding into my anxiety about how I'm wondering if I will EVER be able to get the newest cat, Sam, into a carrier to go to the vet....) Just curious, PattyC |
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