Poor Smudge. I'll bet you got the fright of your life too.

The same thing happened to us once. Jessica had a mat that we thought we could easily snip out. We did get the mat out, but in the process gave her the tiniest nick. It really was a small nick, but seemed to open up afterwards. It was a Saturday night and entailed a call to the emergency vet. Poor Jess got several stitches.

She feels your pain, Smudge!