idiot!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:17:03 GMT

Casue she was to stupid to do anything for herself. All you do is get your slaves err sorry emergency srevices to do it for you they HAVE to "init"

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:49:47 GMT

What I want to know is........ why did she not just take the string off them if it was doing her head in so much!!!!

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:34:31 GMT

I feel a bit guilty when it comes down to tree climbing cats!

back in the dark ages when i was working for an charity practice a client rings to say her cat is stuck up a tree a 100ft up and she is very concerned because the top of the tree overhangs the main road and she is afraid it will fall. She tells me it has been up the tree for 2 days. I spent hours on the phone with her and in the finish suggested the RSPCA or maybe the fire brigade.

One of my friends at the time was an RSPCA inspector and when he found out I was behind them getting the call I was thanked most profusely! She told them the same story cat had been stuck up the tree 2 days, was definitely stuck, was meowing because it was scared and she was afraid it would fall. He involved the fire brigade because he was worried about the cats well being. Fire brigades response tell her to go in her house and stop bothering us. Then the full story comes out.....

The cat often goes up the tree especially when their are baby birds in the nests. The cat had in fact been down the tree late the previous evening to demolish a bowl of food and had gone back up the tree to resume terrorism activities. The fire brigade had 'rescued' this cat on at least 4 occassions - each time taking a crew out of action and also causing a major road snarl up as the only way to do this safely was to close the road. The only reasons the owner wanted the cat rescuing was that she didnt like it climbing the tree in case it fell and also she didnt like it catching birds.

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Mac Feather — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:42:09 GMT

Its very interesting hearing some peoples idea of what constitutes an emergency! I used to particularly love the emergency nail clips. Quality!

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Nick Shackleton — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:39:32 GMT

[quote user="mrs mac"]

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]I don't want to do that bothering them on a sunday"[/quote]

Why is it acceptable to bother the surgery on a Sunday then?! Currayzeeeeee!

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Even thou I answered the phone "veterinary emergencies" she continued to talk about her kitty tree climbing

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Mac Feather — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:37:31 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]I don't want to do that bothering them on a sunday"[/quote]

Why is it acceptable to bother the surgery on a Sunday then?! Currayzeeeeee!

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Nick Shackleton — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:26 GMT

That reminds me of a time I was on call and got a call from a woman who was rather distressed cos her kitty had been up a tree for an hour!

I asked her what she wanted me to do. She expected us to come round and get the kitty outta the tree!

Told her to either contact the RSPCA or te fire dept. Her reply to that was "I don't want to do that bothering them on a sunday"

"Well we have no long reach ladders, so unless the kitty is injured, there is nothing we can do"

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Anonymous — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:18:43 GMT

ha! I cant believe she phoned up about that!

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loopylou711 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:27:41 GMT

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maybe I should send my two to show her that playing with a piece of string for a couple of hours is a really gentle pastime - if playing with a bit of string causes this response 2 hours with the boys and she would be a nervous wreck and then she really would need emergency assistance

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haha i agree! half an hour with my Poppy would have her climbing the walls! Poppy decided on christmas day the best thing to play with was the tree! A bit of string is nothing!

Why do people like this have pets!?!

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:49:45 GMT

Our receptionist used to run the control emergency call centre for fire service and the tales she tells of calls like that is unreal. it's disgraceful

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:32:28 GMT

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Mac Feather — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:57:48 GMT

I cant believe some people! Poor cat was probably hoping the string was attached to an escape route. Emergency!!!!!!!!!!! In the words of Nan Taylor- worraloadofoldsh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Vicky RVN — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:54:55 GMT

Stupid woman! She sounded drunk

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BengalcatRVN — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:51:13 GMT

Errr, maybe your cat is BORED of your moaning, and the string is the only decent thing to play with.

I agree with nuisance calls to 999, but could we extend that to our line of work? lol!

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Sal the 1st — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:00:18 GMT

just why is this idiot a cat owner?? - pity ther isnt away for billing nuisance calls, would rake in thousands of pounds a year

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Sarah Nicholas — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:57:59 GMT

OMG!

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Kerry Spain — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:29:21 GMT

oooooh just had a flash back then for a moment THOUGHT I WAS BACK AT WORK!!!