Just want to alert all of a potential strangulation danger that I became aware of the other day. I had just brought home a gift in one of those small brown shopping bags with loop handles that stand up (these also come in fancy colors and designs for different occasions so you don't have to wrap some small gifts). I set it on the counter and of course, Mikey, my deaf, white Cornish Rex had to check it out. I left the room as he was sniffing the contents. When I came back about 30 seconds later, he had his head stuck inside one of the loop handles, but was still standing there, unaware of the predicament he had gotten himself into! I quietly walked over and extricated him, but shudder to think if I hadn't come back immediately he eventually would have grown tired of the new package, jumped down, realized he couldn't get away from the noose and run and dragged the bag and contents around, quite possibly causing him great pain, injury or possibly even death!
I know we try to kitty proof our homes, but sometimes a new danger lurks where we don't even imagine. Hope this helps to make other aware of this potential danger.
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