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| 4547.1 | another 'tale' | RLAV::BARRETT | Adopt an adult pet from a shelter | Fri Apr 12 1991 22:30 | 18 |
| .0 reminded me of a friend's cat who had a similar problem...
My friend was getting ready to go out and had very high heels on.
She went to get something out of the refrigerator, and of course
the cat went to see if there was something to eat, and my friend
stepped right on the end of the cat's tail. Just like .0, she
managed to pull the skin off the end of the tail and leave bone
exposed. That cat had to have part of it's tail removed too. The
worst part was the cat had to go in a second time and have a
little more removed, because she bit the stiches out and part of
the skin again.
Yuk! I try to avoid wearing heels in the house now after hearing
about that.
Glad to hear your friend's cat will be ok!
-sjb
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| 4547.2 | | MCIS2::HUSSIAN | But my cats *ARE* my kids!! | Sun Apr 14 1991 18:33 | 9 |
| oh, the poor babies.... I just had to say this, Callie is sleeping
on my lap as I enter this, and as I was reading those stories (and
cringing) Callie JUMPED & made a little "kitten growl" (which is SO
cute cuz she's such a teeny kitten.) She re-positioned herself, covered
her furry little head & crashed out again!!
Maybe she knew what I was thinking! ;*)
Bon
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| 4547.3 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Mon Apr 15 1991 09:21 | 3 |
| re: .1 - I make it a point never to wear heels! (but not because
of cats, because I've just never been able to get used to them) ;^)
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| 4547.4 | I did that too... | KERNEL::LEYLANDS | Sharon Leyland, SUK IT Support | Mon Apr 15 1991 09:58 | 16 |
| I was unpacking the shopping one afternoon and Dillan was playing
"sharks" around my legs to see what Mummy had brought for him and I
stepped back and trood on his tail with one of my heals.
Dillan shot out of the kitchen and started down the stairs. I don't
know if he feinted or what but he fell from top to bottom, out of the
front door and landed in the gutter outside.
Of course I was horrified at the time and brought him for an
examination but luckily there were no cuts or any blood, so I calmed
him down and gave him some cream as a treat and he's been fine since.
My husband now says that Dillan only did it to get some cream and that
he will probably throw himself down the stairs more often!!! Typical!
Sharon + Dillan + Sammie + not so sympathetic husband.
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| 4547.5 | But Daddy didn't mean it... honest! | TALLIS::PARADIS | Music, Sex, and Cookies | Tue Apr 16 1991 12:26 | 15 |
| Then there was the time that I was starting up the stairs carrying
some stuff... the hallway was rather dark, and Cleo had hidden
behind some plywood we had propped up against the handrail. Only
her grey tail was sticking out into the grey hallway, parallel to
the bottom step... so naturally Daddy didn't see it 8-( He sure
HEARD about it, though... all of a sudden, he feels the floor is
a little soft under his well-shod foot, followed by a MRREEOOWWCCH!!!
that the whole neighborhood could probably hear, and the sounds of
a cat bolting away at warp 6.
It was days before she'd let me get close enough to her to apologize!
Ever since then, she's been tail-shy........
--jim
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| 4547.6 | One of mine got her tail caught in a door | CADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSON | | Tue Apr 16 1991 13:01 | 14 |
| Several years ago, JFCL got her tail caught in a door, and it pulled
the skin off the last three bones in it. It happened to be the 4th of
July, so I had to rush the poor kitty to the emergency vet, and they
removed the very end of her tail, leaving her with a really enormous
bandage (she has a reputation for removing lesser bandages herself).
which looked awful. However, onece the bandage was removed, the
stitches taken out, and her luxuriant fur grew back in, you could
hardly tell the difference, since she used to have a longer-than-usual
tail anyhow. It did not even take her very long to learn to gesture
with the new tip of the tail. So, you can't even tell any more unless
you happen to rub the end of her tail and notice that it doesn't taper
down all the way.
/Charlotte
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| 4547.7 | :-) | BOOVX2::MANDILE | I'd rather be horsebackriding | Tue Apr 16 1991 13:17 | 6 |
| My first Korat had a tail that's end was shaped like the top of
a question mark. These are hereditary in Korats and are called
"kinks". So many people asked me if his tail had got caught in
the door!
Lynne
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| 4547.8 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Wed Apr 17 1991 07:57 | 2 |
| Bumpy-tail acquired her name (from her first owner, not me) because
the end of her tail curls like a cork-screw. My guess is she's Manx.
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| 4547.9 | UNDER YOUR FEET | GRANPA::TBITTINGER | | Thu Apr 18 1991 10:26 | 14 |
| Yes my furry little son seems to get his tail stepped on at least once
a week. When it is feeding time you better watch where you walk. He
wants to make sure you are going towards the kitchen....
He did this a week ago and got more than food. On the way to the bowl
he seemed to trip Daddy. Well it was either Daddy fall or Daddy step
on tail....the neighbors will tell you it was Daddy step on tail. We
really couldn't tell if he was hurt or hungry...the meows were a little
louder after he got stepped on...
Daddy walks very carefully to the food bowl these days...
Tricia + Bud + a very careful and loving father (Terry)
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| 4547.10 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Fri Apr 19 1991 08:30 | 9 |
| Terry -
You ought to be in my kitchen in the morning. I have 11
adults - 10 of whom have free run of the house and all of whom
congregate in the kitchen for breakfast. They KNOW the routine
by now but insist on milling around and sitting right in the
path between the sink and the stove and counter making it next
to impossible to get around. Somehow I do manage to navigate
around the kitchen without tripping over or stepping on someone
but it is Definitely a challenge. :^)
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