Re: Fwd: Narrow Crotches.....

How sad for the poor little guy.   I'm glad to hear his problems are only
temporary.
Another reason not to grow Bradford Pears.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Fwd: Narrow Crotches.....


> We discuss cats so often, I thought you might wish to see this.
> Cathy
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > Resent-From: mailinglist@victoria-adventure.org
> > From: "Larry  Earl" <duckisland22@earthlink.net>
> > Date: Fri Jan 9, 2004  9:26:42 PM US/Central
> > To: <mailinglist@victoria-adventure.org>
> > Subject: Narrow Crotches.....
> > Reply-To: "Larry  Earl" <duckisland22@earthlink.net>
> >
> > HA! Made you look!
> >
> > Not exactly water gardening, but a good lesson for cat lovers, and
> > another reason to remove all narrow crotches on trees.......
> >
> > Two nights ago, sometime during the night, my smallest orange cat,
> > Kumquat, was climbing one of the Sycamore trees.
> > But he evidently slipped and got himself wedged into a long narrow
> > crotch on the tree.
> > Two small branches were growing vertically, and only one inch apart,
> > for about four feet.
> > I found him at 6:30 the next morning in 30F weather, hanging by the
> > hips, head down and motionless. He was so cold, I thought sure he was
> > dead when I unstuck him. But then he twitched ever so slightly, so I
> > rushed him to the Vet.
> >
> > After spending a night there he is now home, and alert, but with some
> > hopefully temporary kidney damage, and very sore rear legs.
> >
> > I hope this may save another kitty somewhere in the world a similar
> > fate.......
> > Thanks for reading,
> > Larry Earl
>
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