Oh my gosh! I`m still shaking and crying.....Toby was just rolling around on the dining room chair while I was petting him, when he suddenly slipped his neck under one of the back brackets and got his head stuck!
I thank God my son was here and could get a screw driver to remove one of the wood "buttons" and unscrew the bracket while i held Toby still and talked to him to keep him calm. (I felt anything but calm on the inside!!!)
I keep thinking ...what if i`d been here alone...what would i have done? I would`nt dare have left Toby to get a tool (if i`d even have thought about it) for fear that he would panic and fall off the chair breaking his neck or hanging himself......or what if no one had been here at all??? (That thought actually makes me feel like throwing up!)
Antiques or not...those chairs are going to be "operated" on TONIGHT when my Hubby gets home! I`d never have thought one of my kitties could have gotten stuck in them like that...and i`m not taking any more chances....whether it was a freak accident or not....if it can happen once it could happen again!
The whole incident only took a minute from start to finish....and Toby acted like it was no big deal.....I`m glad he is`nt tramatized...but I sure am!
Linda
I thank God my son was here and could get a screw driver to remove one of the wood "buttons" and unscrew the bracket while i held Toby still and talked to him to keep him calm. (I felt anything but calm on the inside!!!)
I keep thinking ...what if i`d been here alone...what would i have done? I would`nt dare have left Toby to get a tool (if i`d even have thought about it) for fear that he would panic and fall off the chair breaking his neck or hanging himself......or what if no one had been here at all??? (That thought actually makes me feel like throwing up!)
Antiques or not...those chairs are going to be "operated" on TONIGHT when my Hubby gets home! I`d never have thought one of my kitties could have gotten stuck in them like that...and i`m not taking any more chances....whether it was a freak accident or not....if it can happen once it could happen again!
The whole incident only took a minute from start to finish....and Toby acted like it was no big deal.....I`m glad he is`nt tramatized...but I sure am!
Linda