Falling from the window

I'm glad that your cat didn't suffer any serious injuries.I also heard the thing that it is better for a cat to fall from the 8th floor than the 3rd.Apparently as well as giving them time to land on their feet they can use this extra time to slow themselves down by spreading out.I have been lucky as none of my cats have ever had a big fall but i have only ever lived in a house that was two storeys tall and my cats only allowed downstairs so she dosent get the oppurtunity to fall out of any high windows.

I think, even though cats have great balance, they can sometimes misjudge distance or the area they are walking on. I had a Siamese who was a great tree climber, his problem was he wasn't great at climbing back down. He would get to the area of the tree he wanted to be in, and then to get down he would simply let go! I watched this happen several times, and decided to keep him in the house! I didn't handle watching him fall and bounce off branches very well. He would land with a thump on a branch and then simply let go and fall to the next branch landing with another thump. The branches were all the way to the ground and he would bounce and thump his way to the ground! Of course I will admit that he wasn't quite bright either... Another reason for cats to fall from high spots is that they may have a visual impairment. Cats can have sight problems just like humans, and that will play a huge part in their ability to judge distance and depth. I have a depth perception problem, and I have to be extremely careful when I climb a ladder or do anything where I don't have both feet on the ground...with no visual idea of the depth of anything, everything looks flat. It makes it easy for me to fall from a high spot. I learned that cross eyed Siamese have a huge problem with their eyesight. With that problem I have seen my Siamese fall off counters, tables, bookshelves, and even trip when they are going into the bathtub. Fortunately they are indoors cats and aren't allowed outside, otherwise I would have the problem you had. I do have a screened in patio for the cats so that they can feel like they're outside without the danger of their being outside. I hope you're going to keep your baby inside the apartment and not let her cruise the ledge outside the window.

One of my cats jumped out the window of our second-story apartment. He must have gotten confused since the windows to the west side are directly above the stairs and he would usually jump out from there and fall on the stairs just a two or three feet below. One day the dog chased him and he jumped out the window to the south, which is directly over the apartment building's parking lot. He came back home unscratched, thank goodness. My partner and I sometimes joke that he (the cat) lost one of his nine lives from the fall.

hi shadowsky I once saw a video of cats who fell from heights and landed perfectly on all paws bu t the narrator said some cats get inner ear trouble that throws off the balance and they often get a paw or leg injured. She might have not been feeling so well and lost her balance and did not land on all four paws. it has never happened to a cat of mine bu t lost my balance ,hit thfloor face down on tiled floor,spent 20 days in a rehab hospitak,

My cats are all indoor cats but they still sometimes take risks--we have a landing on the second floor that overlooks the staircase and the railing is wide enough for a cat to stick its head/body through the slats. And the three young ones do, all the time--and peer down over the stairs. Sometimes they decide to walk through the railing snaking their bodies in and out of each slat. It makes us VERY nervous! None have fallen yet, but it is only a matter of time. . .And whenever we try to put up something in front of the railing to keep them away from it, they just become more interested and push and poke at it until they move the barricade out of the way, which makes it more dangerous! I am hoping that they all outgrow it like our older cat has. We shall see. Glad your cat is ok!

dear wow your cat was lucky! my cousins cat in their 43rd floor apartment fell off and passed away. What a site to be seen by the people of the floors below! Their cat fell off because he liked to be on the very edge of the balony , where the flower pots are.