nsweezie
07-25-2004, 05:45 AM
Hello everyone!
Had a terrible day yesterday. My cat Clyde was at the vets all day.
He was climbing on a small bookshelf that we have, and managed to pull it off the wall (it is anchored to the wall with one of those child safety 'hooks' that is supposed to keep it upright). The bookshelf landed on his leg, which broke. I heard this terrible cry and I found him. Poor little one, I'm not sure who was more upset, me or him.
He went to the emergency vet, who patched him up. He now has a cast, which of course he hates.It will stay on for 6 weeks.
He was so luck that the shelf didn't land on his back or head. I wanted to warn other pet lovers to make sure that if they are using those book shelf safety devices (not sure what they are called) to try testing them. I would really hate to hear of this happening to anyone else.
Had a terrible day yesterday. My cat Clyde was at the vets all day.
He was climbing on a small bookshelf that we have, and managed to pull it off the wall (it is anchored to the wall with one of those child safety 'hooks' that is supposed to keep it upright). The bookshelf landed on his leg, which broke. I heard this terrible cry and I found him. Poor little one, I'm not sure who was more upset, me or him.
He went to the emergency vet, who patched him up. He now has a cast, which of course he hates.It will stay on for 6 weeks.
He was so luck that the shelf didn't land on his back or head. I wanted to warn other pet lovers to make sure that if they are using those book shelf safety devices (not sure what they are called) to try testing them. I would really hate to hear of this happening to anyone else.