This has just turned into quite the weekend for me. See my other post about our cat with a hurt leg.
Backstory: This morning, when I went to go feed the porch kitties (our little colony of semiferals), I could hear one of them crying but I couldn't find her. I would get to a spot and she would stop, but no kitten. Then, I looked up...holy cow, how did a 9 week old kitten scale a maple tree???
Very long story short, she fell, strategically missing the tarp I had put down in the even that she did fall. She hit the ground from about 15 feet up in the air. I thought she was dead, I thought she had broken her neck or back, or knocked herself out...I actually screamed when she fell...then the kitten started to scream after about five seconds of being stunned. I scooped her up and she stopped meowing, but her heart was racing. I put her down and she walked (ran) away from me, normally, no dragging/favoring a limb or walking sideways/circles.
I scooped her back up and took her inside. She is currently residing in my bathroom with her bed, some food, and water. I manipulated all her limbs, no pain indicators. She didn't cry when I picked her up. She can run and walk. She even nibbled a bit of food. Her pupils are the same size. She is not meowing, just curled up in the bed. What are signs I need to be looking for? I'm going to keep her inside until dinnertime and then I'll let her rejoin everyone. I will definitely take her in if I need to, but I literally just dropped a chunk of money on Whiskers this morning.
Sorry, I am still on an adrenaline high. Any insight would be very, very appreciated.
Backstory: This morning, when I went to go feed the porch kitties (our little colony of semiferals), I could hear one of them crying but I couldn't find her. I would get to a spot and she would stop, but no kitten. Then, I looked up...holy cow, how did a 9 week old kitten scale a maple tree???
Very long story short, she fell, strategically missing the tarp I had put down in the even that she did fall. She hit the ground from about 15 feet up in the air. I thought she was dead, I thought she had broken her neck or back, or knocked herself out...I actually screamed when she fell...then the kitten started to scream after about five seconds of being stunned. I scooped her up and she stopped meowing, but her heart was racing. I put her down and she walked (ran) away from me, normally, no dragging/favoring a limb or walking sideways/circles.
I scooped her back up and took her inside. She is currently residing in my bathroom with her bed, some food, and water. I manipulated all her limbs, no pain indicators. She didn't cry when I picked her up. She can run and walk. She even nibbled a bit of food. Her pupils are the same size. She is not meowing, just curled up in the bed. What are signs I need to be looking for? I'm going to keep her inside until dinnertime and then I'll let her rejoin everyone. I will definitely take her in if I need to, but I literally just dropped a chunk of money on Whiskers this morning.
Sorry, I am still on an adrenaline high. Any insight would be very, very appreciated.