Posted on 04/06/2007 7:58:41 AM PDT by TimeLord
NEW CASTLE, Ind. - A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said. Eric and Cathy Keesling said their 14-year-old cat, Winnie, played a crucial role in saving their lives March 24 after a gasoline-powered water pump in their basement caused the odorless but deadly gas to build up. About 1 a.m., the domestic shorthair began nudging Cathy’s ear and meowing loudly. “It was a crazy meow, almost like she was screaming,” said Cathy, who hesitated to get up until Winnie’s caterwauling and jumping persisted. When she finally climbed from bed, she realized she was nauseous and dizzy and couldn’t awaken her husband. Because he had undergone minor neck surgery the previous day, she decided to call 911 but was so disoriented she had trouble dialing. Paramedics found the couple’s 14-year-old son, Michael, unconscious on the floor near his bedroom. The Keeslings were taken from the home in oxygen masks, treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and soon recovered. Cathy Keesling said Winnie acted similarly last summer when tornadoes tore through the area, 45 miles east of Indianapolis. “I really believe cats can sense these kind of things,” she said.
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Ping.
Just because its odorless to humans does not mean its odorless to cats. I’ve read other stories about cats saving families from carbon monoxide poisoning. Good on ya, kitty!
Correction in title: Feline Overlord Saves Human Servants From Fumes
Good kitty!
Yeah...but can the cat do the Heimlich Maneuver??
Ping, honey.
A gasoline pump...indoors?
bump
I know for sure they can do the Hindlick Maneuver...
The cat went crazy to save it’s own butt. Its owners have to open a door, otherwise dead kitty. Cats are always looking out for number one. A dog is looking out for its master. Cats have no master, only a food supplier
LOL!
Not true with all cats.
My in-laws had a Siamese. She once woke the family up when a rug over the furnace register caught on fire. Okay, so that may have been in self interest.
But another time, my father-in-law collapsed in the bathroom with a heart attack in the middle of the night. The cat woke up my mother-in-law.
The other day a golden retriever saved his master's life by doing the Heimlich Maneuver to dislodge a piece of apple choking her....now see, that's the difference between a dog and a cat.
The cat would have wait for her to die, then eat her chicken! ROFL!
Then start swatting the toe tag as the M.E. rolled the body out.
Good point!
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