Thread: Plastic bag scare!

Crikey Karen, what a horrible scare that must have been. You've got to be so vigilant with kittens, not to mention lucky. Still, they are quite hardy creatures and it's surprising what they can bounce back from. We were particularaly paranoid about them getting into the washing machine, and on day 1 we wrote on the door in marker pen 'LARRY - CHECK!'

Well, they never got into the washing machine, but we still had a terrifying moment when Larry fell out of a tree at 6 months old. I was in the garden with him watching him like a hawk, and he shinned up this tree in seconds flat, the agile little creature, then found that coming down was much harder. He totally misjudged a branch at 8 or so feet high, and plummeted down to the patio, catching a ceramic plant pot on his way down. It all happened so fast I just froze. I didn't even reach out to catch him or break his fall - I was completely and utterly useless. He landed on his side (not his feet!) I was absolutely horrified, but astonished when Larry just got up and trotted off as if nothing had happened. I had terrible visions of internal bleeding and sudden death overnight, but I couldn't detect a single thing wrong with him. Unbelieveable!!

A friend of mine has a kitten who was found in the house (not allowed outside at that time) with a badly broken leg. She had been out at work and could not detect how on earth it had happened. The kitten must have taken a nasty fall but there was nothing amiss in the house. She has recovered but was not insured so it cost her a fortune at the vet's. Very unlucky! So yes those MC angels were watching over little Lagsy that day!