Catty1
10-22-2011, 10:53 PM
Although it's fall, there are still some nice sunny late afternoons, so I let the threesome out on my balcony for fresh air. I am sitting nearby with the sliding door open.
Thought I heard an odd sound, but thought it was some people on the lawn below. Oscar and Cole came in, just inside the door - they looked baffled and even startled if such a thing is possible.
I had heard a cat meowing outside, which is not unusual - but for some reason I decided to close the balcony doors. I called for Zoe - she was nowhere on the deck and I started back inside - but then looked down from the balcony and there was my poor little girl, huddled against the fence, just wide-eyed and MEOWING her little head off!
I grabbed my keys and ran out the back door - my neighbour Trevor had come out on his 3rd floor balcony when he heard her (he's the one that works at the Humane Society and had delivered her to me as my foster almost a year ago) and talked to her...she was partway across the lawn to him when I got down there. Her tail was fluffed and she was still meowing constantly - but I picked her up carefully in case she was hurt.
She struggled slightly, clearly wanting to leap back UP to my balcony. Ummm....nope!
Anyway, Trevor met us at the downstairs door, we chatted for a minute, and I took her back to my place. No injuries - and she went to several different dishes and ate!
I guess my kitties aren't going out any more, certainly not until I get an enclosure built there.
THANK GOD she is okay!
Thought I heard an odd sound, but thought it was some people on the lawn below. Oscar and Cole came in, just inside the door - they looked baffled and even startled if such a thing is possible.
I had heard a cat meowing outside, which is not unusual - but for some reason I decided to close the balcony doors. I called for Zoe - she was nowhere on the deck and I started back inside - but then looked down from the balcony and there was my poor little girl, huddled against the fence, just wide-eyed and MEOWING her little head off!
I grabbed my keys and ran out the back door - my neighbour Trevor had come out on his 3rd floor balcony when he heard her (he's the one that works at the Humane Society and had delivered her to me as my foster almost a year ago) and talked to her...she was partway across the lawn to him when I got down there. Her tail was fluffed and she was still meowing constantly - but I picked her up carefully in case she was hurt.
She struggled slightly, clearly wanting to leap back UP to my balcony. Ummm....nope!
Anyway, Trevor met us at the downstairs door, we chatted for a minute, and I took her back to my place. No injuries - and she went to several different dishes and ate!
I guess my kitties aren't going out any more, certainly not until I get an enclosure built there.
THANK GOD she is okay!