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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2005Cat surivives 4 weeks in frig
http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. ??????????? > http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html Let me clarify. He did not FORGET. He knew he had done wrong but SAID he forgot. I hope he didn't get off scott free on this incident. Poor cat. > Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. > > ??????????? > > > http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html [[Let me clarify. He did not FORGET. He knew he had done wrong but SAID he forgot. I hope he didn't get off scott free on this incident. Poor cat. "Karen" <kchuplis@nospamalltel.net> wrote in message news:7qudnQyZx5L_CAnenZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@giganews.com... > Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html > > ]] Thank God the cat survived. Poor kitty! The kid who did this was only 4 years old. I have a feeling that he won't truly understand how big of a mistake this was until he's a few years older. I think the best the parents can do at this point is to impress on him to always let THEM make decisions about how to keep cats safe. And never, ever to put anything but food into refrigerators, ovens, etc. Whew. Chalk up one more for the "avoid letting small kids interact with animals unsupervised" theory. It might not be possible to prevent 100% of the time, but if an adult is present as often as possible when small kids are with pets, that's definitely best. Donna, Captain, and Stanley > Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. > > ??????????? Safe from WHAT?! This child bears close watching. Maybe it's nothing more than innocent misunderstanding... but at age 4 I sure wouldn't have thought about keeping a pet "safe" from anything by shutting it in a refrigerator. Jill >> http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html > This child bears close watching. Maybe it's nothing more than innocent > misunderstanding... but at age 4 I sure wouldn't have thought about keeping > a pet "safe" from anything by shutting it in a refrigerator. Agreed. I grew up on a farm and I knew much, much better than to put the cats into anything they couldn't get out of. I always checked the grainery for cats if I was playing in there because I knew cats needed water and there was none in the grainary, so when I shut the door I made sure the cats were all out. Otherwise I left the door open and would come back and shut it later. --Fil glad the kitty survived > > Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > > refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. I must add, why do they have a dead fridge in their barn anyway? You'd more expect the KID to shut HIMSELF inside the fridge. If the fridge is working and they're using it to store stuff, surely they'd be going into it more than once a month... and if they're NOT, it should be disposed of so stuff like this can't happen. My dad always kept our farm really clean (no dead cars, rusting equpiment hulks, throwaway fridges, etc) but he knew the neighbours didn't and I was told at a very young age to NEVER climb into discarded freezers/fridges (or working ones). --Fil > I must add, why do they have a dead fridge in their barn anyway? > You'd more expect the KID to shut HIMSELF inside the fridge. I think the parents need to keep a closer eye on things. I don't blame the child. How come they allow a 4 year old unsupervised in the barn?  SignatureCheryl >> I must add, why do they have a dead fridge in their barn anyway? >> You'd more expect the KID to shut HIMSELF inside the fridge. > > I think the parents need to keep a closer eye on things. I don't > blame the child. How come they allow a 4 year old unsupervised in > the barn? I agree! I hope this incident woke them up to the fact that they're not paying enough attention. Joyce >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a >>> refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > If the fridge is working and they're using it to store stuff, surely > they'd be going into it more than once a month... The door should be removed... how many times in the last 40-50 years have we heard don't just take old refrigerators to a dump where kids might think they are fun to play in?! Umpteen million times. Kids used to get locked in refrigerators and freezers. But this child PUT a cat in the refrigerator. Cats don't have opposable thumbs. As smart as we'd like to think they are, they can't open a refrigerator from the inside. Something is wrong here. Really wrong. The more I think about it, the more upset I get. > and if they're NOT, it should be disposed of so stuff like this can't > happen. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > --Fil > >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > >>> refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > --Fil Well, first off I'd be missing the cat after a few hours and then start questioning the child. It seems they don't take much responsibility for *any* of the creatures under their care! Hugs, CatNipped > > >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in a > > >>> refrigerator in the family's barn to keep it safe. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > CatNipped I would have to agree with CatNipped on this one. kili >> > >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in >> > >>> a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kili Well, it's not the child's fault. What four year old even knows what responsiblity is? They're still in a very "SELF" revolving stage. While I do agree that this event would be subject of a good talk with the four year old about why you should never play around things like this, and never ever shut animals away... the one who didn't show responsibility is the adult for allowing a four year old to play with an animal unintended. *shrugs* It's just me but I can't comprehend 4yr old and responsibility in the same sentence when I know beyond the very basics such as picking up toys and maybe setting the table etc (very routine daily things) the child has zero capability because they have not adapted mentally to possess the recognition or cognizence (spelling) of this trait in unfamiliar situations. Kind of unfair to lay that much on such a young child. Grace > >> > >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat in > >> > >>> a [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Grace Maybe I said it wrong, but that's exactly what I meant - the parents should have looked for the cat the same day it went missing and in that search should have questioned the child about the cat's whereabouts. But before even that, as you said, the child should not have been playing, unsupervised, in the barn with the cat! Hugs, CatNipped Animal and child services should get involved here Some serious counseling needs to occurs for the family. I can understand not worrying about a cat ( unless it was a inside cat that got out or was always inside ) on the farm for about 24 hours unless heavy equipment had been running but the next day there has been some searching. If you lived on a farm you would understand about that. Here there is a law about old frigs you must have the frig sealed or the door removed when being dumped. >> >> > >>> Tyce Honer, 4, said he forgot he had put Louis the 10-pound cat > in [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > CatNipped Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents I have to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty refrigerator that a 4 year old could climb into! I think DFCS and animal rescue needs to be investigating this situation. Julie > Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents I have > to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty refrigerator that a > 4 year old could climb into! I think DFCS and animal rescue needs to be > investigating this situation. > > Julie There used to be a real push to educate people on the dangers of abandoned refrigerators. A child could suffocate in one in a matter of hours. Jo >> Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents I have >> to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty refrigerator that a >> 4 year old could climb into! I think DFCS and animal rescue needs to be >> investigating this situation. >> >> Julie > There used to be a real push to educate people on the dangers of abandoned > refrigerators. A child could suffocate in one in a matter of hours. > Jo I thought that became less urgent when the manufacturers stopped putting latches on their refrigerators. A child (but not a cat, of course) could easily push open a modern fridge from the inside, but couldn't open the old ones with their latches. SignatureCheryl >>> Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents >>> I have to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > couldn't open the > old ones with their latches. All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a fridge with a latch on it. Jill >>>> Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents >>>> I have to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Jill You are about ten years too young. We never had one, but I have seen them at relatives, etc. Jo >> All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused >> refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a fridge with >> a latch on it. We had one when I was a child. Yes, I am now Officially Older Than Dirt! Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >>>> Outside of what I consider animal abuse on the part of the parents >>>> I have to wonder why in the world they have an apparent empty [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Jill My parents had a refrigerator with a latch, which they had bought second-hand in the early 1950s, so it possibly dated back to the late 1940s (probably not earlier than that, based on its appearance). It had a lever-action handle about 9 inches high, and, even with the leverage, you had to pull hard. The handle broke off around 1980, and my father drilled into the handle stub to attach a new handle. He finally discarded it after the compressor broke down around 1990, having given four decades of service. That machine had a strong-enough latch that even an adult would have had difficulty forcing the door open from inside, unless you had some sort of crowbar available. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused > refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a fridge with a > latch on it. My grandparents' fridge did, and that's going back a while. That fridge was probably older than I was; my grandfather never believed in getting something new while the old one still worked and he was good at keeping stuff operating. I always heard that the switch from that style of door to the current style was made specifically because of the danger of children getting trapped in the old fridges, and it was only the old fridges that had to have their doors removed when discarded. Those old-style fridges were very solidly built and had sturdy latches, with no way of opening them from the inside. This site lists 1958 as the date on which US manufacturers had to produce fridges without the older dangerous latches. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5072.html I've seen one of the old style fridges in regular use in the 1990s. SignatureCheryl > All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused > refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a fridge with a > latch on it. > > Jill When I was a kid, and I'm only 39 ( a few more days yet before I have to admit to 40) we had a fridge with a latch on it. It was hard to open when I was really little. Eventually the latch broke and my parents held it closed with bungee cords or whatever similar things they had back then. I definitely couldn't open that! We got a new one when I was about 9 or 10 I think. It was pretty cool. Bridget >> All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused >> refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Bridget LOL, I'm glad "It was pretty cool" ;o) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused > refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a > fridge with a latch on it. My dad kept an old fridge with a latch on it for his basement bar. It was pretty cool (no pun intended). I think it's in the garage, now that they've moved to a smaller house. I tried to convince him to give it to me, but no go. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> All I know is all my life I've heard if you have an old, unused >> refrigerator, remove the door. I don't ever remember seeing a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >that they've moved to a smaller house. I tried to convince him to >give it to me, but no go. We used to have a fridge with a V handle - if you pulled it to the left, the door would open to the right, and vice versa. Definitely different! > Well, it's not the child's fault. Not completely. The parents share fault, too. > What four year old even knows what > responsiblity is? They're still in a very "SELF" revolving stage. It's not too soon for them to start learning. > While I do agree that this event would be subject of a good talk with > the four year old about why you should never play around things like > this, and never ever shut animals away... the one who didn't show > responsibility is the adult for allowing a four year old to play with > an animal unintended. True. > *shrugs* It's just me but I can't comprehend 4yr old and > responsibility in the same sentence when I know beyond the very basics [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Kind of unfair to lay that much on such a young child. No it isn't. It's never too soon to teach kids to have some respect for living beings. The parents need to get off their lazy a.ses and do their damn job. > http://www.local6.com/news/5468399/detail.html Since a minor is involved I would just relieve them of the cat. |
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