Keep your paper shredders unplugged!!!!

[MoonandBean]

This can happen to cats too! Please keep your paper shredders unplugged when not in use. We are responsible for our pets lives!!!!!!!!



The owners of a mixed breed dog named Diamond found that out the hard way last week, when their 8-year-old dog licked their’s, only to have her tongue pulled into the sharp blades.

“She had licked a paper shredder in the house that was set on automatic,” Dr. Marc Wosar, of Miami Veterinary Specialists, told TV station WPLG.

Fortunately, Diamond’s owners were home and responded quickly. They disconnected the head of the shredder, carefully taking it and the dog whose tongue it held to the animal hospital.

“We anesthetized her first, then reversed the shredder off the tongue and assessed the damage,” said Wosar. “There were a lot of lacerations to the tongue as well as a lot of bite wounds. In her panic, she’d also bitten her tongue.”

It took more than a 100 stitches to repair Diamond’s tongue. A portion that was too severely damaged had to be removed, but doctors expect her to make a full recovery.

“She just won’t have a perfectly round tongue. She’ll have a little nick in it,” said Wosar.

[lvpets2002]

Ouchy Ouchy.. How bigg of a shedder was it?? I have a $20.00 Small One & I cant see this happening.. How so horrible for the poor dog.. So Glad the dog will be ok..

[RedHedd]

I keep mine unplugged and only plug it in when I want to use it.

[MoonandBean]

I keep mine unplugged and only plug it in when I want to use it.

Good. Me too! I don't think the shredder has to be big to be able to pull a dog or cat's tongue into it if they are licking the top and it triggers the automatic blades. I don't even feel safe turning it to "off" vs. "automatic". I just unplug it when not in use.

[GILL]

Ours fits the top of a wast basket and we keep it in a box. All the sharp and pointy things are in my work shop in the basement. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE is allowed down there. That and I don't think that my customers wuld like a cat hair finnish on thier boats.

[orangemm]

OW! My stomach just flipped reading that.

Our shredder is in a room not accessible to cats, thank goodness. Poor guy.

[lvpets2002]

Oh come on John why not a bit of cat hair to fresh painted boats??

Ours fits the top of a wast basket and we keep it in a box. All the sharp and pointy things are in my work shop in the basement. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE is allowed down there. That and I don't think that my customers wuld like a cat hair finnish on thier boats.

[GILL]

I already have a 1/10 scale Lamborghini with a pearl white and black cat hair pattern. Missy decided that the up turned body would be a great place too take a nap, but the paint was not quite dry. The model was for my wife’s birthday. I had to rush to find another body and get it finnished on time. There is a picture of the finnished car on my site at www.jsgill.net

[lvpets2002]

As I have said before = Your Website is Awesome John..

[Laura's Babies]

I don't even like my babies in the same room where I am using it, those things scare me to death.

[catmandu]

I have heard of a Cat at a Vets I used to go to getting his plush tail caught in a shredder, fortunatley all that was lost was fur!!!

We have to be vigilant as Our Cats can find so many ways of getting themselves into trouble!!!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I work with a lot of former vet techs and more than one has seen the cat vs. shredder results, usually a mangled tail.

[moosmom]

I have a cheap $10 shredder I bought at Christmas Tree Shops. I just unplugged it when I read this. Thanks for the alert!!

[MoonandBean]

I have a cheap $10 shredder I bought at Christmas Tree Shops. I just unplugged it when I read this. Thanks for the alert!!

You're welcome! Thankfully, we will never have to hear about the dogs and cats that were spared this avoidable tragedy