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I took Samwise to the vet today for a pre-show pedicure. He was a super fine boy. It was a four-hour roundtrip, including two very slow boat rides in peasoup fog.
Then -- we finally got home. Due to the length of the trip to the vet I had put a small litter box in the carrier. As I was carrying him upstairs (our house is 8 ft. off the beach on pilings), just as I got to the last step the handle broke off the cat-carrier and carrier-with-Samwise went tumbling down the stairs, end over end, bouncing off each step enroute.
I thought that was the end of Samwise. What a mess -- it was like the poor fellow just went through a washing machine full of kitty-litter.
Attached is a photo taken from the top of the stairs looking down to where the cat carrier and Samwise finally stopped rolling and bouncing. Wow -- was I panicked!! (The photo is staged, of course, Samwise was at the time huddled under a bed being consoled by Miss Kitty).
Ann's reaction, of course, was, "You almost killed my baby!!!" Mine was, "Samwise obviously needs to go on a diet."
All is now cool. No harm to Samwise. He has had his favorite hobbit-dinner and Ann and I have had a couple of cocktails. The world is good.
Cheers,
Jim
Then -- we finally got home. Due to the length of the trip to the vet I had put a small litter box in the carrier. As I was carrying him upstairs (our house is 8 ft. off the beach on pilings), just as I got to the last step the handle broke off the cat-carrier and carrier-with-Samwise went tumbling down the stairs, end over end, bouncing off each step enroute.
I thought that was the end of Samwise. What a mess -- it was like the poor fellow just went through a washing machine full of kitty-litter.
Attached is a photo taken from the top of the stairs looking down to where the cat carrier and Samwise finally stopped rolling and bouncing. Wow -- was I panicked!! (The photo is staged, of course, Samwise was at the time huddled under a bed being consoled by Miss Kitty).
Ann's reaction, of course, was, "You almost killed my baby!!!" Mine was, "Samwise obviously needs to go on a diet."
All is now cool. No harm to Samwise. He has had his favorite hobbit-dinner and Ann and I have had a couple of cocktails. The world is good.
Cheers,
Jim