I Feel So Terrible.

[blas]

Dad called me this evening and said that he was running around chasing and harrassing my other cat, Baby, so we figure he's over it and feeling fine

[Sapphire Silk]

I've been stepping on my new cat Taz almost non-stop since I got her. She has a great talent for getting underfoot. Fortunately, all I've gotten is a paw, and that lightly. Even when I try to watch out for her, it doesn't do me any good . . . she's too fast.

She'll figure it out.

If your kitty is still not behaving normally tomorrow, call the vet and see if he wants to see him. He's probably just sore and will be over it by tomorrow.

[telecom_goddess]

Oh lordy I've slept on kittens who have crawled into bed with me before and they turned out ok.....my boy cat ephraim is always plopping on the floor right in the pathway....my girl Caterina is always getting underfoot and getting stepped on. They both like to shoot through doors and I closed the door on ephraim's head once by accident He turned out fine though.

But yeah if still not walking much the next day then might as well take him in...if he's fine it will at least be confirmed.

[taxguykarl]

Check to see if kitty is still limping or walking slowly. Ours are frequently underfoot and getting stepped on and/or kicked more often then we care to admit.FWIW, our vet has the same problem with her cats.

[Seshat]

I've stepped on, kicked, and tripped over my pets more times than I can count.

You just have to keep a close eye on them for a while. They're both resilient and forgiving.

Heck, I even drove over my dog once with my mobility scooter! And she didn't even learn to respect it and stay out from in front of it.

[Dilorenzo]

Ah, is he at the "I'm going to be where you want to walk so I can try to kill you every morning stage" then? That's mostly how I end up stepping on Cooper, our cat. He should just be glad that I don't wear my harness boots straight after getting up.

(Okay, so that's a lie, I'd feel awful and horrible if I stepped on him again, but you're not allowed to tell anyone).

[MaggieTheCat]

Poor baby! I know you feel awful, but cats, even kittens, are really resilient. Believe me...I've stepped on Pluto more times than I can count, and we've only had him for a year.

The worst time was once when he wasn't quite full grown. I was walking through the den. He came racing up behind me, wriggled right between my feet as I was in the middle of a step, and somehow got tangle up in my feet and I stepped right on his leg. He screamed and ran off (on only three paws) and hid from me. I called the vet, and the vet said if his paw started swelling and he didn't put pressure on it in a couple of hours, to bring him in. But Pluto started walking (a bit gingerly, at first) on it again within an hour, and by that evening, he was jumping, running, pouncing and playing as usual.

My husband and I have both stepped on him more than once. He's since learned not to get under our feet. Think of it as a lesson for your kitten not to get underfoot. But really, he's probably fine. Don't beat yourself up too much...I know that's hard 'cuz I felt awful when I stepped on Pluto...but your baby's probably fine.

[blas]

I stepped on the kitten today

Well, I guess kitten is the wrong word now, since he's adult sized now, but he's still mah baby

He's gotten a bad habbit of hiding behind or around the larger door, mostly because my family together has a bad habbit of leaving the big door open if we are making multiple trips in and out, just shutting the screen door.

I didn't look down. I just walked in, and thought I bumped a shoe. So I stepped down. And he shrieked.

I hope he'll be ok. He didn't run off. I picked him up and tried to comfort him, and he started trying to eat my hair, which means he wants to play, so I think he's alright....but when I put him back down on a chair, he didn't move or walk off anywhere. Normally if he gets in that playful mood, he won't sit still.

I hope I didn't hurt him