Cat shows off a head for heights

Orange News ^ | July 6, 2011 | staff

[ladyvet]

I would hate to be the pedestrian that might have a cat drop on me from 17 floors up.

[Louis Foxwell]

Gosh and by golly come to mind.

[Jonty30]

They aren’t small cages. The ones I’ve seen available are a good 8 feet high and 6 feet wide and ten feet long.

If you’re on the top floor of an apartment like that, I think it would be something good for the cat.

[Jonty30]

I can understand the sentiment, but if I were in a tall apartment like that, I wouldn’t want to take a chance like that. If I couldn’t put him in a fairly expansive cage, with a high perch, which is what cats really want anyway, it would be apartment bound.

[OhhTee5]

My cat also loved jumping onto the railing of my 2nd floor patio. She’d perch on the railing and look around or pace along it.

Then one day, I was sitting on the patio, she came out and jumped up to the railing as she often did, but this time, she got just a tad out of balance.

It was like slow motion, she tried to correct her position, but eventually lost her balance, and in a flurry of scrambling paws, over she went.

I had tried to get to her before she fell, but just didn’t make it.

She was fine, but the look she gave me as she went over the railing was absolutely hilarious.

After that she still climbed on the railing, but she was a lot more cautious.

[Salamander]

Pardon me while I emit an acrophobic shriek.

[laotzu]

Who is this Pete that you speak of? And why should I be worried about his sake?

Damn right!!

Same goes for his cousin posterity. "Do it for the sake of posterity". Kiss my a$$!! What has posterity ever done for me?

[JLLH]

And rightly so. Can’t believe a responsible pet owner would allow something so dangerous!! Truly, stupidity knows no bounds it would seem! Poor cats.

[JLLH]

Irresponsible pet owner alert.

[JLLH]

“I was afraid that they could fall, but my friend told me that he tried stopping them from doing it several times, but that they wouldn’t.”

I really really tried to get the children to stop playing in the street, but they wouldn’t./s.

Animals and children are dependent on those who should know better to protect them from dangerous situations. There are better options in this situation than allowing the cats who don’t comprehend the dangers of a 17 floor drop. Yes, cats like to be up high, but there are ways to achieve that without allowing them to be in danger. Idiot owner alert.

[ansel12]

I recal some years ago, there was a scientific study ( no doubt paid for by the Feds) of the survivability of cats when then fall from high rises..I can't remember the results, but surprisingly, there was a definite coorelation between how high up, and the chance for survival. And the results were counterintuitive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-rise_syndrome

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Gosh and by golly come to mind.

Those sound like cat names. :-)

[Slings and Arrows]

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

[Vendome]

8 more lives to go...

[windcliff]

Too much catnip.

[Fawn]

Sad...one of these days they will fall. They do not understand the danger....

[RichInOC]

Monorail Cat loves the nightlife.

[rockvillem]

Monorail Cat loves the nightlife.

Nicely played.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

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