Moon's Graden

by **Kare** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 11:32:56

Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
toy away high enough. I was sitting on the couch reading and the sparkly toy
was in the box but not hidden enough and he got it. I saw it out of the
corner of my eye and was going to get it from him and he JUMPED off the
couch with it in his MOUTH! It jabbed him terribly when it hit the floor. Oh
my God, I was so worried he'd punctured his palate or something. He was
frightened something AWFUL and of course ran to under the bed (safe zone)
and wouldn't come out and I could hear him gagging a little and all I could
imagine was well, YOU can imagine and I was trying to get him out so I could
see if he was hurt badly and of course all I managed to do was frighten him
MORE. So I laid on the floor and talked to him. He didn't seem to be in
physical distress, just scared. I finally got him out and he seems OK. He
ate some deli ham fine and we laid on the bed and played with a SOFT stick
for a while and he has just left my lap to go lay on his cat mat, walking
with his tail up, so I think he is fine. But OH was I scared!!! And my poor
Mr. Kabuki face was sooooo scared. And all because I should have put that
toy way away. And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
them with the cats.

Karen
(who will keep an eye on Grant all night I am sure. *sniffle*)

by **Esclava Siempr** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 12:09:57

whats a sparkly toy?

Quote:

> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
> toy away high enough. I was sitting on the couch reading and the sparkly
toy
> was in the box but not hidden enough and he got it. I saw it out of the
> corner of my eye and was going to get it from him and he JUMPED off the
> couch with it in his MOUTH! It jabbed him terribly when it hit the floor.
Oh
> my God, I was so worried he'd punctured his palate or something. He was
> frightened something AWFUL and of course ran to under the bed (safe zone)
> and wouldn't come out and I could hear him gagging a little and all I
could
> imagine was well, YOU can imagine and I was trying to get him out so I
could
> see if he was hurt badly and of course all I managed to do was frighten
him
> MORE. So I laid on the floor and talked to him. He didn't seem to be in
> physical distress, just scared. I finally got him out and he seems OK. He
> ate some deli ham fine and we laid on the bed and played with a SOFT stick
> for a while and he has just left my lap to go lay on his cat mat, walking
> with his tail up, so I think he is fine. But OH was I scared!!! And my
poor
> Mr. Kabuki face was sooooo scared. And all because I should have put that
> toy way away. And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
> everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
> them with the cats.

> Karen
> (who will keep an eye on Grant all night I am sure. *sniffle*)

by **Graceca** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 12:16:11

Quote:

> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
> toy away high enough

Oh no Karen! I've done things like that too, and remembered the lesson
well. Last night a pyrex dish was laying on a hot burner on my stove. It
shattered, luckily Mutt was in the living room. She hauled ass to the same
safety zone and I had to drag her out to check for glass shards. It makes
you want to break down in hysterics at the thought of "what could have
happened". Double-ly lucky my daughter was in her bedroom, way out of
range.

Hugs over your big scare and lots of scritches for the sore throated one.

Grace

by **Kare** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 12:47:03

Quote:

> whats a sparkly toy?

It's stick, about 12 inches long with short pieces of tinsel that bush out
of it and it is Grant's very favoritist toy in the world. Usually, when I am
not being stupid, I put it up in a pitcher in the kitchen. He can hear me
get it out no matter how quiet I am from the other end of the apartment! It
is the true test of sickness. If the cats won't play with the sparkly toy
there is something *wrong*. Poor baby.

Karen

by **Kare** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 12:49:28

Quote:

>> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
>> toy away high enough

> Oh no Karen! I've done things like that too, and remembered the lesson
> well. Last night a pyrex dish was laying on a hot burner on my stove. It
> shattered, luckily Mutt was in the living room. She hauled ass to the same
> safety zone and I had to drag her out to check for glass shards. It makes
> you want to break down in hysterics at the thought of "what could have
> happened". Double-ly lucky my daughter was in her bedroom, way out of
> range.

> Hugs over your big scare and lots of scritches for the sore throated one.

> Grace

Thanks Grace. It is enough to give one grey hairs (more of them anyway :)
I'm glad Mutt and your daughter were safe! That can be really terrible. You
too. Those things can take your eye out.

Hugs back,
Karen

by **Chemca** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 21:20:54

Quote:

> And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
>everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
>them with the cats.

I'm sure it scared you as badly as it did him! And thank goodness he wasn't
hurt! I'll bet you will be in the amrket for another toy though. He may be to
freightened to play with it again if he's like Oscar. Oscar had a game he
would play by pulling on one of those eleastic things you put on the door knob.
He would stretch it out as far as it would go and then watch it snap back. He
loved doing that! Well one time he wanted a real good snap and he kept pulling
and pulling, he had the damn thing pulled out over 15 feet. Well, the elastic
broke and it snapped him in the ass! It just about killed me to keep from
laughing out loud. But he has never played with that kind of toy
again........will not play with a toy that fights back!

by **Irula** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 22:10:35

lots of hugs and lovings for Granters. I'm sure he's forgiven you especially
after the deli ham. Jazz and his Mama

--
Irulan
from the stars we came, to the stars we return
from now until the end of time

Quote:

> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
> toy away high enough. I was sitting on the couch reading and the sparkly
toy
> was in the box but not hidden enough and he got it. I saw it out of the
> corner of my eye and was going to get it from him and he JUMPED off the
> couch with it in his MOUTH! It jabbed him terribly when it hit the floor.
Oh
> my God, I was so worried he'd punctured his palate or something. He was
> frightened something AWFUL and of course ran to under the bed (safe zone)
> and wouldn't come out and I could hear him gagging a little and all I
could
> imagine was well, YOU can imagine and I was trying to get him out so I
could
> see if he was hurt badly and of course all I managed to do was frighten
him
> MORE. So I laid on the floor and talked to him. He didn't seem to be in
> physical distress, just scared. I finally got him out and he seems OK. He
> ate some deli ham fine and we laid on the bed and played with a SOFT stick
> for a while and he has just left my lap to go lay on his cat mat, walking
> with his tail up, so I think he is fine. But OH was I scared!!! And my
poor
> Mr. Kabuki face was sooooo scared. And all because I should have put that
> toy way away. And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
> everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
> them with the cats.

> Karen
> (who will keep an eye on Grant all night I am sure. *sniffle*)

by **J Greav** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 23:24:25

Quote:

> Oscar had a game he
>would play by pulling on one of those eleastic things you put on the door
>knob.
> He would stretch it out as far as it would go and then watch it snap back.
>He
>loved doing that! Well one time he wanted a real good snap and he kept
>pulling
>and pulling, he had the damn thing pulled out over 15 feet. Well, the
>elastic
>broke and it snapped him in the ass!

Been there, done that, didn't sit down for a week :-(

Jeanette Snowshoe

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by **Kare** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 23:41:41

I wonder about that. I think what I'll do is not use it for a couple of
weeks and then see. Truly, I was really what he got most scared of! I guess
cause I was already moving to get him when it happened. He was *actually*
afraid of me :( So I don't think he associates the incident with the toy,
but rather ME :( *sniff* But he came up to me all on his own later and
*** footed some of my ***age to putty so I think I am forgiven (yeahhhh!)

Poor Oscar! Toys are Dang-er-ooose!

Karen

Quote:

> > And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
> >everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
> >them with the cats.

> I'm sure it scared you as badly as it did him! And thank goodness he
wasn't
> hurt! I'll bet you will be in the amrket for another toy though. He may
be to
> freightened to play with it again if he's like Oscar. Oscar had a game he
> would play by pulling on one of those eleastic things you put on the door
knob.
> He would stretch it out as far as it would go and then watch it snap
back. He
> loved doing that! Well one time he wanted a real good snap and he kept
pulling
> and pulling, he had the damn thing pulled out over 15 feet. Well, the
elastic
> broke and it snapped him in the ass! It just about killed me to keep from
> laughing out loud. But he has never played with that kind of toy
> again........will not play with a toy that fights back!

by **Julie Coo** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 02:57:07

I think I almost feel more sorry for you Karen than I do Granters. I
know what its like to feel responsible for something your kitty gets
into and in my case I never saw it coming. Hobbes was a kitten and had
gone into our garage to play. He apparently chased a moth onto the hood
of my Chevy Blazer, over the roof and wasn't watching where he was going
so he slid off the other end. He caught his leg in the bumper of the
Blazer and couldn't get loose. He scraped the fur from his leg and I was
afraid he had broken a bone. Fortunately, no broken bones. Unfortunately
for Hobbes, it was the last time he was allowed in the garage. Poor baby
was so frightened when it happened that he lost control of his bladder
and he peed all over my Blazer and then bit my husband when he tried to
rescue Hobbes.

I of course blamed myself for having let him go out there. I'm sure
Granters will forgive you ... after the appropriate amount of sympathy,
treats and scritches from you of course.

Sending extra scritches from myself to Granters and headbutts from
Hobbes and Selena.

Julie, Hobbes and Selena

Quote:

> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
> toy away high enough. I was sitting on the couch reading and the sparkly toy
> was in the box but not hidden enough and he got it. I saw it out of the
> corner of my eye and was going to get it from him and he JUMPED off the
> couch with it in his MOUTH! It jabbed him terribly when it hit the floor. Oh
> my God, I was so worried he'd punctured his palate or something. He was
> frightened something AWFUL and of course ran to under the bed (safe zone)
> and wouldn't come out and I could hear him gagging a little and all I could
> imagine was well, YOU can imagine and I was trying to get him out so I could
> see if he was hurt badly and of course all I managed to do was frighten him
> MORE. So I laid on the floor and talked to him. He didn't seem to be in
> physical distress, just scared. I finally got him out and he seems OK. He
> ate some deli ham fine and we laid on the bed and played with a SOFT stick
> for a while and he has just left my lap to go lay on his cat mat, walking
> with his tail up, so I think he is fine. But OH was I scared!!! And my poor
> Mr. Kabuki face was sooooo scared. And all because I should have put that
> toy way away. And it HAD to have hurt something fierce. So just be sure
> everybody to put those stick toys way away when you are not playing with
> them with the cats.

> Karen
> (who will keep an eye on Grant all night I am sure. *sniffle*)

by **Kare** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 03:38:08

on 7/3/01 12:57 PM:

Quote:

> I think I almost feel more sorry for you Karen than I do Granters. I
> know what its like to feel responsible for something your kitty gets
> into and in my case I never saw it coming. Hobbes was a kitten and had
> gone into our garage to play. He apparently chased a moth onto the hood
> of my Chevy Blazer, over the roof and wasn't watching where he was going
> so he slid off the other end. He caught his leg in the bumper of the
> Blazer and couldn't get loose. He scraped the fur from his leg and I was
> afraid he had broken a bone. Fortunately, no broken bones. Unfortunately
> for Hobbes, it was the last time he was allowed in the garage. Poor baby
> was so frightened when it happened that he lost control of his bladder
> and he peed all over my Blazer and then bit my husband when he tried to
> rescue Hobbes.

> I of course blamed myself for having let him go out there. I'm sure
> Granters will forgive you ... after the appropriate amount of sympathy,
> treats and scritches from you of course.

> Sending extra scritches from myself to Granters and headbutts from
> Hobbes and Selena.

> Julie, Hobbes and Selena

thanks. He seems right as a trivet today thankfully! Pooor Hobbes. What an
awful experience. I know it was long ago, but I send skritches belatedly.

Karen

by **Julie Coo** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 04:06:37

Quote:

> thanks. He seems right as a trivet today thankfully! Pooor Hobbes. What an
> awful experience. I know it was long ago, but I send skritches belatedly.

LOL! Thank you, Hobbes will always accept skritches whenever and for
whatever they are sent.

Julie

by **Graceca** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 07:13:14

Quote:

> But he came up to me all on his own later and
> *** footed some of my ***age to putty so I think I am forgiven

(yeahhhh!)

Huh...

All this time, I thought I married a human.

I married a cat. *eg*

by **Hazel A** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:21:19

Karen,

There is no way in the world you could have possibly forseen what would
happen to Granters. I am sorry he hurt himself and he deserves a ton of
sympathy, but I don't think it was your fault at all.

The best we all can do is try to make things as safe as possible for the
cute little furballs and hope for the best. (a lot like children that way,
don't you think?)

Besides, can you imagine the ugly looks you would get if you tried to pack
them in cotton? <g>

Good thoughts going out to both you and Granters.

Hazel Az

Quote:

> Poor Granters got hurt tonight because I STUPIDLY, did not put the sparkly
> toy away high enough. I was sitting on the couch reading and the sparkly
toy
> was in the box but not hidden enough and he got it.

by **Kare** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:25:53

Quote:

> Karen,

> There is no way in the world you could have possibly forseen what would
> happen to Granters. I am sorry he hurt himself and he deserves a ton of
> sympathy, but I don't think it was your fault at all.

> The best we all can do is try to make things as safe as possible for the
> cute little furballs and hope for the best. (a lot like children that way,
> don't you think?)

> Besides, can you imagine the ugly looks you would get if you tried to pack
> them in cotton? <g>

> Good thoughts going out to both you and Granters.

> Hazel Az

thanks. He has recovered nicely. I have decided that sparkly toy will not be
used for a while so he does not associate it and lose the love he has for
this toy!

Karen

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