I walked into our kitchen today to find Suzi, our youngest cat, dead.
In the short space of time it took me to drive my son to nursery, she had somehow managed to get irrevocably tangled in the cord from the blinds on the window she has used her whole, short life to get in and out of the house.
After cutting her free and attempting to recusaitate her by compressions and breaths, I took her down to the local vet, still trying to do compressions while I drove. But she was long dead.
Looking back, I knew she was dead the minute I saw her, but denial and hope drove me to try, despite the obvious onset of rigor mortis. Suzi had been the runt of her litter, we had bottle fed her from birth. Now she's gone.
Any other cat owners who let their cats come and go via a blinded window, please learn from our tragedy and cut or otherwise deal with those cords.
Rest now Suzi. We'll miss you. X
In the short space of time it took me to drive my son to nursery, she had somehow managed to get irrevocably tangled in the cord from the blinds on the window she has used her whole, short life to get in and out of the house.
After cutting her free and attempting to recusaitate her by compressions and breaths, I took her down to the local vet, still trying to do compressions while I drove. But she was long dead.
Looking back, I knew she was dead the minute I saw her, but denial and hope drove me to try, despite the obvious onset of rigor mortis. Suzi had been the runt of her litter, we had bottle fed her from birth. Now she's gone.
Any other cat owners who let their cats come and go via a blinded window, please learn from our tragedy and cut or otherwise deal with those cords.
Rest now Suzi. We'll miss you. X
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