Thread: Re: Dangers to our cats

I think it's much the same with our kids. Unfortunately you can't wrap them all in cotton wool.... no matter how much you want to.

I've got some branches in the cat run, and dh suggested I remove them just in case one of them falls on them. the branches are mainly horizontal, so I thought I might just cut off any branches sticking up. I think the cats will enjoy running up and down the branches.

I agree,the cats love things to run around & climb on the branches have to stay just get rid of any obvious dangers & as for children I reckon there is a few out there who have been stuck up trees,me included in my teenage years,I do think with all this health & safety nowadays things are going a bit too far but we will try & keep our two & four legged family as safe as we can by using good old fashion common sense & a blanket or two on the radiators !

yes commonsense seems to be forgotten..

Poor Merlyn we think thats how our old MC broke his back leg when he was nearly 1&half, there had been fireworks going off all week & he used to sit on the bedroom window sill watching, there must have been one very loud & spooked him & he got his leg stuck between the radiator & the wall he had to have his leg pined & wire wraped round the bone, crate rest for 6 weeks which was murder then the vet decided to take the pin out as he was still growing. He recoverd very well & the only thing that seemed to bother him was being caged, even when he went to have his stitches out after 7-10 days (not sure was a long time ago) the vet said "Oh just take the lid off the carrier he wont jump out or anything" he had'nt had much dealing with MC's Milo just leapt straight out & made himself comfortable round the vets neck

Thats a very good idea jckkerrison Im off to find towels as the radiators are under windows here to & I worry about Louie doing the same thing but he seems more interested in scaleing the curtains at the moment

That really was something that I had never thought about, but a great idea about putting towels down. Harry like Louie seems to like climbing the curtains

Originally Posted by harrymc

That really was something that I had never thought about, but a great idea about putting towels down. Harry like Louie seems to like climbing the curtains

lets just hope its their age or there is going to be some serious wall damage when there bigger

makes me glad we don't have radiators....

Just a question... but wouldn't the towels at the back of the radiators cause a fire? We're always warned to keep things like that away from heaters.