# I nearly killed my kitten. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308 "2004-10-09T01:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/21 "2004-10-09T12:58:14Z")
No word on Kitty yet. I’ll call them as soon as the office opens, though. Our dryer is an old one, and the damn door won’t stay shut. I always check for cats, because I’ve accidently given our old Mommacat a five-second tumble before. But this little guy is so tiny that I missed him when I checked the clothes. I’m going to start pinning the door shut with something, I guess…and maybe this will give me even more incentive to buy a new one. I would consider just never doing laundry again, if I could get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/22 "2004-10-09T13:20:37Z")
> [@bodypoet](#): > > Our dryer is an old one, and the damn door won’t stay shut. I’m going to start pinning the door shut with something, I guess…and maybe this will give me even more incentive to buy a new one. Ah gotcha. That would make sense. Thanks. Really hope **Bounce** pulls through. Poor little guy. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/23 "2004-10-09T14:16:08Z")
Hope the kitty comes through OK - and ya gotta post a picture when he returns home! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/24 "2004-10-09T14:17:54Z")
> [@Salem](#): > > What an experience for both of you. I hope kitty recovers quickly. (And another vote for **Bounce** , if you’re counting.) I’m curious, though, why they put the kitty on antibiotics. I’m not questioning the vet by any means, I’m sure there is a good reason, just curious. > > Hope you get good news this morning and hope you got some sleep last night. Antibiotics are usually given for a couple reasons. A severe shock or trauma even without open wounds can suppress the immune system leaving the animal vulnerable to an infection. Septicemia, an infection in the bloodstream, is a possibility secondary to such a trauma. Also, there is the possibility of burns which can easily get infected, the most common area burned in dryers is the ears. Bodypoet - I hope my earlier post did not sound like I was chastizing you, I was just reminding everyone to check their dryers well. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/25 "2004-10-09T14:25:16Z")
Poor kitty! Hope he pulls through. Keep us updated. Oh, and another vote for Bounce. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/26 "2004-10-09T14:39:26Z")
**bodypoet** , I am so sorry about your kitten! ☹ Like everyone else, I’m pulling for the lil’ fuzz ball. I wouldn’t be too hard on myself if I were you. Cats are danged sneaky and he probably teleported himself in there _after_ you started the clothes which would explain why you didn’t see him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/27 "2004-10-09T14:46:51Z")
bodypoet, my three fur heads and i are praying hard for you and bounce. i hope you hear good news at the vets today. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/28 "2004-10-09T14:55:40Z")
Another vote for Bounce as well! Poor little tyke. I’m sure he will make it, if he can survive the dryer he can survive pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/29 "2004-10-09T15:34:37Z")
This is me right now -----\> ☹ (I’m teary and everything) and I never do this. I blame it on the fact that I’m visiting home. And the allergies…::sniff:: Why did I have to read _this_ thread? Pleeeease be good news. Wishing all the best. As for a name, I’ll vote for Bounce, but I had the idea of Irish (as in luck of the Irish) Geddit? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/30 "2004-10-09T15:41:59Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > This is me right now -----\> ☹ (I’m teary and everything) Me too. ☹ Kittens are resilient; I’m sure he’ll be OK. Fingers crossed for you. **Bounce** is a fantastic name for him! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/31 "2004-10-09T15:52:14Z")
Oh, poor little guy! I’ve never done that, but I can easily see how it could happen. _crossing fingers for **Bounce** _ (Yet another vote for that name!) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/32 "2004-10-09T16:13:39Z")
Okay, **Bounce** may be the first official Doper Kitten. 🙂 The vet reports that he is a “bit better” today. I’m to call again this afternoon, but they sound optimistic, I think, in that they told me I could probably pick him up on Monday. **Wile E** , not to worry. I’ve said many a time, if people want to insult me, they just about have to preface their remarks with an introductory phrase such as, “This is terribly insulting.” Otherwise, I’m just too slow on the uptake to get it the first time. I’m one of those people who, maybe two days later, stops in the middle of the grocery and says, “Wait a MINute. What the heck did Soandso mean by THAT?” [hands **noctrurnal\_tick** a tissue] Darn those allergies! Thank you all so much. I know little Bounce is getting all these good, healing vibes somehow. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/33 "2004-10-09T16:17:55Z")
YAY!! ::happy kitty dance:: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/34 "2004-10-09T16:19:14Z")
Oh I’m glad. Sounds promising. Noy “Yay!” yet, but maybe yay. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/35 "2004-10-09T16:19:23Z")
Yay! I didn’t even realize I had been holding my breath until I breathed a sigh of relief! 🙂 You know this means pics galore are now due. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/36 "2004-10-09T16:20:45Z")
**danceswithcats** , I swear your post wasn’t there when I previewed! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/37 "2004-10-09T16:40:32Z")
Yay for the kitty! ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/38 "2004-10-09T18:33:36Z")
[quote=bodypoet] [hands **noctrurnal\_tick** a tissue] Darn those allergies! ::sniff:: thank you I think the only thing that will cheer me up now is something chocolate-y and definitely some pictures of **Bounce** in the future. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/39 "2004-10-09T20:52:39Z")
Ooof. I’m glad things are looking up, though! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308/40 "2004-10-09T23:12:40Z")
Well, we’re still in a holding pattern. When I checked back this afternoon, word was that Bounce is not doing as well as he had been in the morning. That was about noon, and they haven’t called with bad news, so I’m hoping Monday will bring a good report. If he’s still with us Monday morning, I think we’re okay… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-nearly-killed-my-kitten/268308.md?page=3)