Thank goodness!
Thank goodness!
Being new to the site I checked "More Options" and it looks like I managed to post a blank reply. Sorry folks, let's hope this works. Due to allergies I am also fairly new to cats. We had a cat adopt us but due to my allergies Spooky appeared destined to remain a porch cat. Then we moved and were afraid she would get lost so she became an indoor cat while I began getting allergy shots. Now we have two cats. Keiko adopted me and now we're a team. She loves going under the footrest of our recliner when it is up. That La-Z-Boy foot rest descends with a crash. She hasn't been caught under there yet but my son made a good point last night. People forget. Visiting guests who may not know the rules might sit in the recliner. Cat's forget. You can remind them but it's those forgetful times that can cost your cat all seven lives at once. I looked underneath the foot rest and do you know what mechanism raises and lowers it? Two scissor jacks. One on each side with plenty of room in either one for a paw, tail or head. Guess why they call them 'scissor' jacks? This morning I clamped the footrest down with zip ties. While experimenting with how to best do it, one attempt had the scissor jacks slice through the nylon zip ties like butter. Cats are not as tough as nylon zip ties. Unlike people, with cats past behavior is not a predictor of future behavior. Cat's like to change things up. Please don't think that just because a cat has never been hurt by your recliner it means that can't ever happen. Recliners are seriously dangerous to cat's, dogs and toddlers. My campaign for a new chair begins today. I have a strong hunch my wife will be easily convinced.
a friend’s kitten just had her tail severed when her husband closed the recliner couch to get up. The kitten screamed as he was closing it, he stopped and raised it but the damage was done. Thankfully it wasn’t severed at the base because that causes lifelong problems with controlling defecation and urination, but this has been pretty traumatic for them all. The kitten is in quite a bit of pain right now- there are lots of nerves in the tail. This happened Friday night, so the surgery at an emergency clinic cost a fortune. They had to amputate more of the tail because of the extensive damage to the section that was cut by the recliner. He is extremely depressed from guilt. I can’t believe these furniture companies don’t at least post warnings about small pets in their instructions. At least she lived...I just read the post below about the cat who was decapitated. Good god.I found this site just now because I did a google search about cat injuries due to recliners. Curious to see how prevalent the problem is.Just curious what the owners of recliner chairs do to reduce the dangers of having a recliner chair in the room.
Anyone have experience with injuring your cat with a recliner chair?
I'm so concerned about our chair injuring one of our cats that I have to count cats before I operate the recliner. When people visit, I plan on jamming the recliner so no one can actually use the chair, or stuff pillows or a box under the chair so the cat can't get under it.
Since we have this issue - I just wondered what others may be doing to prevent injury to your furbabies.
You cant change what has happened. But you can help protect your other 9 kitties and every other cat you and your family will ever own.warning extremely sad post
Today 1 out of our 10 cats died an unfortunate way. We have recliner chairs. And our cat was sleeping underneath so my mom put the foot rest part down and our cat got pinned under and died. The worst part is she couldn't meow to get out she was scratching and nobody heard. We are all blaming ourselves especially my mom. I'm honestly having a really rough time. I can't stop crying. I know we must sound like horrible people not knowing our cat was trapped. I honestly wish she was still alive or that we could just reverse the clock and be able to get her out.
I am SO sorry.warning extremely sad post