There are a few things that I worry about due to the amputation of his front toes. One is falling into the pool. Would he be able to push himself out with his back paws? I don’t know how much traction he has in his front paws, he’s got nothing there to hang on to the edge with. One of the reasons we went with the texture in the pool was so cats could climb out.
And then there was the issue of the steps Brian made in the garage way back when Red lived up there. I can’t count the times I’ve seen the cats slip and hold on with their front paws and pull themselves up (or fall, which is incredibly frightening to watch). And Miss Elizabeth has been hanging up there the past week, I don’t like it. I don’t really care for the cats up there, because I do worry about them falling. So, I asked Brian if he could take those steps down. And he did that yesterday.
The more muscular physical kitties will be able to get up there from the freezer, but I doubt there will be any more racing in the rafters.
I took some pictures of him Saturday and yesterday, here they are.
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