Kittens Falling Through Banisters From Second Floor

Cats and kittens fall from balconies all the time.

Kittens falling through banisters from second floor.

I also have a place where my cats could jump from the top of the stairs railing to the first floor. They like to peek through but have never tried it. So far it hasn t happened but it would sure be something to think. Yes they can fall because no they don t realize the danger.

Little ted cheats death after plunging on to wooden floor a clumsy kitten used up one of his nine lives after squeezing through a bannister and plunging onto a solid floor. Kittens tend to be very bouncy and resilient so i wouldn t be overly concerned. At balancing and i may be being unreasonable to be panicking so much but given that his even dafter brother managed to fall out of our first floor window and injured both knees i m. At the far side that means a straight drop of 8 feet to a hardwood floor or worse to the bottom stair or two.

Primary one is the stairway going to the second floor. The black and white tomcat called ted fell with an awful thud from the upstairs landing in his owner s house to the wooden floor below. I would think it would be ok to let him try to climb them unless the stairs are open and he could fall through. At the top the stairwell is surrounded by open bannisters with gaps that a kitten can easily get through.

He doesn t have any scratches or doesn t seem to have broken anything but he walks kind of wobbly and seems very confused. There s a member who posted a video of her kitten learning to climb the stairs mostly failing it makes for great entertainment. The kitten is the only one who fits through the railings and she uses it as a shortcut usually landing halfway down the stairs and carrying on her merry way. He might be too small to climb them yet.

Even an older cat who is aware of the danger can get tunnel vision while chasing a. We have an indoor staircase that comes up in the middle of the floor with a square bannister around the staircase falling off the bannister would mean falling a floor and a half to the ground. Hi my cat fell from a window on 3rd or 4th floor 2 days ago.