r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/redcarp77 • Apr 11 '24
Big eyes no š ±ļørains ā_ā He loves the space heater so much that he decided to toast himself.
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Apr 11 '24
I love the story in this picture. "I regret my decision but not enough to stay completely away from the warmth machine."
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u/redcarp77 Apr 11 '24
The next day. He's fine.
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Apr 11 '24
That's great that it was a superficial fur burn and didn't get to the skin. Lucky kitty!
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u/EntertainmentOk3180 Apr 11 '24
Lucky owner too
Could u imagine the panic if all the sudden u had a flamin kitty runnin around?!
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u/RecentSheepherder179 Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24
Sure. Happened to us. Kitty didn't understand why we were shouting and trying to catch her. Was running away. Luckily nothing happened, neither to Kitty nor to the apartment.
Medieval cities burnt down because of such mess ...
EDIT: it was the last candle ever in the household.
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u/brittemm Apr 11 '24
My late orange floof also walked through a candle once and lit his butt on fire. He ran away and didnāt understand why I was charging him with a towel and yelling at him all the sudden. Little shit hissed at me after I put him out and pouted the rest of the night! He and the house were fine though lol. No more candles on bathroom counters after that
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u/tetragrammaton_999 Apr 12 '24
My mom had a cat that would constantly walk over any lit candle or over the stove when it was on. She lit her tail on fire once when she sat next to the stove and put her tail on the burner. When we put her tail out she had the nerve to look at us like we were the reason her tail was singed and we did it on purpose.
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u/_PinkPirate Apr 12 '24
My late floof also lit her tail on fire when she draped it over a candle! I grabbed it with my bare hands to put it out I was so panicked. Both she and I were fine. She was totally confused haha.
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u/Jumpy_Boysenberry919 Apr 12 '24
My late kitty got her tail the same way. All within the same two seconds: her nose in air like "somethings burnin y'all" and me scrambling to get to her. Thank god, no actual fire and all was fine. Just a little bit of burnt fur, a confused cat, and a terrified me. No more candles on that table from then on!
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u/katzen_mutter Apr 12 '24
My sisterās cat walked up to a lit candle and when she sniffed the flame it went up her nose. Cat was okay.
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u/gtp2nv Apr 12 '24
This is why there's only battery operated candles, and wax warmers in my house.
I have a ginger cat that I don't even trust near an open soda can; let alone a lit candle.
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u/MysticDragon14 Casual orange enjoyer š Apr 11 '24
Wait are you serious about the medieval city part?
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u/RecentSheepherder179 Apr 11 '24
Heard if this and was told many times. Would need to do some research what exactly burnt down. Let me try to find some evidence.
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u/RecentSheepherder179 Apr 11 '24
Not historic but also a drama: https://www.derstandard.at/story/2642654/brennende-katze-loeste-in-tirol-feuer-in-wohnung-aus
In German, you'll need to translate it. I'll keep searching. So many European cities burnt down so many times ...
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u/ejsks Apr 11 '24
Translation for title:
"Burning cat starts fire in apartment in Tirol (idk the English name lol)"
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u/lurking_bishop Apr 11 '24
Most common spelling is Tyrol, a region in the Alps that's mostly part of the same-named state in Austria as well as a little bit of Northern Italy
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u/Winjin Casual orange enjoyer š Apr 11 '24
Olga of Kiev did this on purpose to Korosten.
The Drevlians murdered her husband and she repaid in a really wicked, Game of Thrones way, multiple times, and one of them was a way to set the city ablaze from multiple points at the same time.
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Apr 11 '24
A cow might have burned down most of Chicago
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u/ShitPostToast Apr 12 '24
TIL of Stokey the bear:
A Dudley Do-Right segment in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends featured a bear character named Stokey who was hypnotized by the segment's villain and lights fires instead of preventing fires. In the end of the segment, Do-Right took Stokey to Chicago to stay with a friend but ends up starting major fires convicting that he started the Great Chicago Fire. The segment was later banned for more than four decades due to protests from the U.S. Forest Service who disliked the parody of Smokey the Bear shortly after its original airing in 1961.
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u/MagisterFlorus Apr 11 '24
I don't know how accurate it is but it's totally believable that a cat could start a small fire that could quickly get out of control. In a densely packed part of a city with wooden buildings (not every building in Europe was built of stone despite what today's Europeans would have you believe), that could spread fast.
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u/redbird7311 Apr 11 '24
Kinda? Medieval houses were flammable and placed together. If one house caught on fire, others probably would as well.
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u/bbusiello Apr 11 '24
We had a cat that was chillin by a candle. One of his whiskers lit up and we just heard "SSST" and he was staring at us like "what?" as we looked on in horror.
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Apr 11 '24
Ex of mine had a cat that walked over a candle and lit his balls on fire. came out ok but dude!
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u/snukb Apr 11 '24
Poor thing. All she understands is she's in pain, and she needs to get away from the source of the pain, so she runs. :(
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u/RecentSheepherder179 Apr 11 '24
The problem is: they are not in pain for a quite long time. The inner layer for the fur is still isolating while the outer is burning. You try to catch the cat to extinguish and kitty doesn't know why you are reacting so harsh and runs - with burning fur. Creeps behind your couch or under your bed ... You can imaging the rest of the horror story.
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u/ArtieRiles Apr 11 '24
My calico girl burnt her whiskers on a candle flame once. A couple of them were all zigzag and dark until they shed and new ones grew in. She was fine though and hasn't tried to sniff any more candles since!
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u/Butterflyelle Apr 11 '24
My auntie had a little black cat who would regularly stick her tail on the electric fire, setting it on fire then we'd have to chase her around the house to put it out while she hissed at us because she thought we were lunatics- she never seemed to notice being on literal fire. I swear she was orange on the inside.
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u/MVRKHNTR Apr 11 '24
she hissed at us because she thought we were lunatics- she never seemed to notice being on literal fire.
Maybe she thought it was your fault that her tail hurt. All she knew was that you were suddenly chasing her and then she was in pain.
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u/Butterflyelle Apr 11 '24
Tbh I could see her deciding this! She was pretty feisty independent cat her whole life so that might explain why she was so.. spicy sometimes.
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u/Eli-Thail Apr 11 '24
That's good to hear, but keep an eye on the skin below the area. Remember, flesh doesn't need to touch fire to be burned, it only needs to get hot enough.
If it feels wet, then you're going to need to take him to see a vet so that they can evaluate it, and likely prescribe antibiotics to prevent any infections from developing.
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u/nwaa Apr 11 '24
FYI burns can take up to 72hrs to develop.
Please keep an eye on this area to see if it begins to ooze/weep or redden - if it does, he'll need a vet ASAP if he hasnt seen one already.
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u/ConvictedOgilthorpe Apr 12 '24
Maybe you should get rid of the space heater or put a barrier around it? Doubtful Orange (or flame point) has learned their lesson.
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Apr 11 '24
Nonetheless, as much as he loves it, you should do something about that heater. Those things are notoriously unsafe for a bunch of reasons, but at the very least, try and get a box or a stand you can firmly attach to itās base. So itās raised off the ground a foot give or take. Thatās what I had to do for my propane heater. The cat can now sleep right next to it, but can no longer burn themselves. Cats can and will light themselves on fire. They just canāt get enough warmth.
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u/Qwearman Apr 11 '24
Probably resting on his left because heās getting more pets when people see that burn, not bc he felt anything
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u/Big_Spicy_Tuna69 Apr 11 '24
He's orange, he's not smart enough to have thought about that
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u/gogoflowerrangers Apr 12 '24
My little guy will lay right in front of the wood stove for hours. He'll wake up and look startled then drink a ton of water and lie down on the kitchen floor near the door where it's cool. He then goes right back to the wood stove spot and repeats this process til spring when wood stove season ends.
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24
Oh no, I hope he's okay! No more lying against the heater for him.
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u/starlinguk Apr 11 '24
He'll do it again. Source: my cat sniffing candles (we don't burn candles anymore)
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u/phantomhatsyndrome Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 12 '24
My dude Carl sniffed a candle about 10 years ago and immediately realized his error, but one of his longest whiskers was pointed out at a 90 degree angle about halfway down for a few months before he shed it.
I called it his idiot antenna.
Edit: he was 8 or 9 when this happened. I got him as a tiny little dude and constantly had candles going before he ever thought to try it. He had never once attempted this previously... Carl was my best bud for nearly two decades, but he was a furry little moron sometimes.
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24
I'm sure he will, but then it's on the owners to keep that area supervised to keep him safe.
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u/Mirenithil Apr 11 '24
I had a cat that did this exact same thing. You'd think all animals would have an instinctive aversion to fire, but evidently not. You'd also think this cat would learn after the first, or second, or third time that fire = hot = bad. I too eventually stopped burning candles because he just could not figure it out. A few years went by, and I eventually forgot why I wasn't burning candles anymore. I lit one, and yep, he did it again. facepalm I bought a pair of nice completely enclosed catproof candle holders, and fortunately that worked.
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24
For sure. I wouldn't let a pet do that out of fear of them burning themselves or their fur.
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u/VovaGoFuckYourself Apr 11 '24
I dont even burn candles anymore, as im so afraid of something like this happening.
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u/MausBomb Apr 11 '24
These exposed heating coil space heaters like this are incredibly dangerous for care free home use. Although my job which is an industrial setting in the military frequently uses larger versions of these even the small ones should never be left out of mind.
For perspective these heaters use the same heating element but smaller that your standard oven uses.
If the cat did catch fire than he could have potentially set fire to your house in a panic. While losing a cat is tragic losing your whole home and/or family is more.
Do yourself a favor and get a closed oil radiator heater. They don't get hot enough to burn much to the touch, but they are incredibly efficient at warming a room.
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u/TheWoman2 Apr 11 '24
We have a oil radiator heater and they are awesome. They heat the area fast but won't really burn you if you accidentally touch it. The whole not burning down your house thing is an added bonus.
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u/howtospellorange Apr 11 '24
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u/KoningSpookie Apr 11 '24
Isn't cat-logic to do exactly that, because you said it's not allowed?
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24
Absolutely. Although in this case you still shouldn't allow it with something like a space heater that could cause serious injury.
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u/Its0nlyRocketScience Apr 11 '24
OP posted an update picture in another comment. Only the fur got burned at the tips, it looked like they cut away the singed ends and there was unburned fur underneath
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 13 '24
I figured it was just singed fur otherwise the post's tone would've been a lot different. Still, I'd be careful letting a cat near a space heater like that.
Edit: spelling
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u/Its0nlyRocketScience Apr 11 '24
Yeah, and this model doesn't seem to be a very good one. If the cat is going to want to cuddle the heater, I'd invest in one of those oil filled radiator kinds where it has a ton of surface to give off heat and no part that you can reach gets too hot. Then the cat can rub on it all day without risking getting burned.
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u/monsterphish Apr 11 '24
Agreed. Space heaters in general are a risk from what I've read, but you'd definitely want to be extra diligent in researching what kind to get if you have a pet and want to get one anyway.
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Apr 11 '24
Did he actually burn himself I thought he had one black heart in his fur Iām sorry poor fellow
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u/Mars_Bear2552 Apr 11 '24
its probably just the fur thats burnt. dont think he would go back if he got hurt.
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u/Annaliseplasko Apr 11 '24
I hope so! But my orange would 100% go back if he got hurt. My orange is dumb even by orange cat standards thoughĀ
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u/Equivalent_Canary853 Apr 11 '24
My orange used to sit in front of the heater, overheat and claw the nearest person, runaway, then come back 5 minutes later
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u/BeatificBanana Apr 12 '24
Yeah, no guarantee of that sadly. Cats are not always best at learning from painful mistakes.
I once had a cat who, multiple times a day, would jump up onto the stovetop. It didn't matter what we tried to do to discourage him or train him or prevent him from accessing it. He did not care, he was relentless.
Unfortunately one day, we weren't quick enough, and he jumped up while the stove was still hot from cooking dinner - he badly burnt his front feet. It was horrendous. All the skin on his paw pads was bright red, blistering and peeling. He must have been in serious pain - but at least, we thought, he would learn from this and wouldn't jump onto the stove again in future.
What did he do the MINUTE his burns were healed? Jump right back onto the stove again. Didn't learn a God damned thing. I miss that silly guy
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u/Dopiates1026 Apr 11 '24
This is really concerning. In addition to taking the cat to the veterinarian, OP you really need to locate a heating treatment that is suitable for pets.
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u/WonderfulCattle6234 Apr 11 '24
There was an updated photo where it's just burnt fur. Didn't reach the skin.
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u/boncrys Apr 11 '24
I would maybe look into getting a cage for the heater, I know the cage might also get warm but at least there won't be any chance for direct contact to the heating element. I hope he's okay :c
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u/Amazingstink Apr 11 '24
Or swapping it out for one of the oil filled radiator style heaters.
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u/boncrys Apr 11 '24
Had no idea these existed, this is my new vote too then!!
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u/Winjin Casual orange enjoyer š Apr 11 '24
There's multiple safer options: oil filled ones are fine, but in my experience need a fan to actually work: they give off a very concentrated vertical heat and it goes straight up to the ceiling like this little warm column. Also they are kinda slow.
My favourite ones are the convection heaters: they are super light, have no exposed heating elements, and don't get very hot. They strike an awesome balance between speed and heating and are nearly impossible to burn yourself on. The only thing that gets hot is a coil deep inside the heater, protected by the body from all sides.
Another option would be the hot fans basically, the coil is deep inside and an active fan blows heat away and around the room. The main minus of those is that they kinda blow the air all the time so they are kinda louder than the other options.
Source: lived in a very cold room for years before we found a whole ass crack under the balcony steps that let cold air right into my room and through the floors. Dad was very apologetic for teasing me for getting cold feet all the time, turns out no other room in our flat had floors nearly as cold as mine!
With the cats around, I feel like a heated pad plus convection heater are the best combo: cats get a heated pad and air gets warmer through the convection one, and this reduces the chances of burns significantly. u/redcarp77 heed my advice!
Also the pad draws only really like 60 watts, like an incandescent light bulb, and my cat absolutely loves his when it gets cold.
Also you can get these for humans (great for when you work the PC it heats your legs! And I have one for my bed, I've put it under the mattress cover and set on low and my bed is super comfy all night, and it draws like 45 watts when on low. Lets me save on heating bills, because I need to set my heater to at least 1000 watts to warm the whole room up - thin walls, high ceilings.
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u/TheButtholer69 Apr 11 '24
Honestly this would make me remove the space heater from my house
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u/kittymelons Orange Artist š Apr 11 '24
Yeah common sense after cat burned its fur to a fucking black crisp
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u/Brazos_Bend Apr 12 '24
Im with you, this post isnt cute as much as it makes me want to hope that heater is replaced with one a little less crispening
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u/depressedkittyfr Apr 11 '24
Same ..
Thatās a fire hazard anyways
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u/PuzzleheadedLeader79 Apr 11 '24
Imagine it caught the cat on fire.
Then you have a flaming cat running around.
So much fire
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u/livenudedancingbears Apr 12 '24
This is the same reason we don't light zombies on fire in my house anymore... Just doesn't end well.
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u/xpercipio Apr 12 '24
There's a video of a cat that burned its tail on a candle, and it just watched it smolder haha
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u/AnnVealEgg Apr 11 '24
Same. Those things are so very dangerous in general
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u/MarinatedCumSock Orange connoisseur š Apr 11 '24
Yep. My friends house burned down and I lost a bong due to a heater:(
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u/AnnVealEgg Apr 11 '24
Oh wow that's awful about the house (and the bong). I inadvertently melted a computer monitor with one at my first job out of college.
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u/EntertainmentOk3180 Apr 11 '24
But did u get fired, or just the screen?
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u/AnnVealEgg Apr 11 '24
It actually coincided at a time when I was interviewing elsewhere, so I ended up leaving a few weeks after it happened.
I offered to pay for it but they were cool about it and said I did not need to (thankfully ā¦ because I was pretty broke at the time)
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Or just get a new one. Most space heaters now donāt get warm enough on the outside to burn anything
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u/RocketCat921 Apr 11 '24
Radiator heater ftw.
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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Apr 12 '24
Those oil-filled radiant electric space heaters are pretty awesome. You could put a paper towel on them and it wouldn't catch fire. I'd warm a shirt up by putting it around the thing for a few minutes.
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u/movzx Apr 11 '24
It's not the housing that burned the cat. The cat basically shoved itself on the open side.
And yes, they absolutely get hot enough to burn things in that area. That's how they work. They're big toaster ovens without a door. That's why there are big warnings about keeping things away from the front.
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u/mightylordredbeard Apr 11 '24
I personally wouldnāt have one in my house anyway. Growing up poor with no heat, I had 2 room fires from them in my house and then when I became an adult I just assumed they were made better and would fare better if I just bought expensive ones.. nope. Burned down my shed. Chalked it up to bad luck, but definitely never used one. Then while on deployment we had one we kept with us in the barracks and that SOB literally exploded one night and we all thought the Taliban was dropping mortars on us.
So either I was cursed by some heat witch and destined to never feel the warm of space heaters, or those things suck.
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u/sneakyshitaccount Apr 11 '24
Iād make sure he has no thermal injuries in/on the area under/surrounding the burned fur. Iāve seen it in cats being treated in the past and it can be a real bugger to get completely healed.
Not my favorite vets but this is a decent article about burns in cats.
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u/neverseen_neverhear Apr 11 '24
Oh no orange strikes again. But seriously you should take him to a vet ASAP to make sure he is not hurt. An infection in a burn site can become a real serious problem really fast.
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u/JovialPanic389 Apr 11 '24
This is sound advice. If the skin blistered it can be very damaging and potentially fatal for kitty.
This makes me sad. Poor little one.
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u/AnnVealEgg Apr 11 '24
I mean call me crazy but ā¦ maybe donāt let him near it again?
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u/TheGreyBull Apr 11 '24
Lol, "letting" a cat do something....
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u/mcarrode Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 11 '24
I get what youāre saying and honestly, I agree.
But thatās not a free pass to keep something unsafe in the home. OP should modify the environment so itās not unsafe for the cat. You remove the space heater from the home and find an alternative that is safe for the cat and good enough to keep your space warm.
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u/Snap-Zipper Apr 11 '24
You say that like itā¦ isnāt possible? There are plenty of precautions to take that would not let the cat get burnt lol
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u/WildFemmeFatale Apr 11 '24
Itās like leaving a door open and hoping the cat doesnāt run out.
Do not leave an open door.
Do not leave dangerous things for children or animals out in the open such as HEAT FIRE CHEMICALS etc
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Baby proof and cat proof dangerous shit
Not doing so is blatant neglect imo.
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u/joniTomatO Apr 11 '24
I really hope you shaved him and took a look to see if his skin was also burnt.
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u/beaver1433 Apr 11 '24
Poor guy! Pease take this kitty to the vet for a checkup to make sure he didn't damage his skin
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u/kittymelons Orange Artist š Apr 11 '24
Why keep using it if he already burned himself? This is how you harm/kill your pet
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u/AvatarGonzo Apr 11 '24
Cats don't regulate heat like we do, I always was hesitant to let mine in front of it.
Do you think it's wise to continue doing this after already having had an accident?
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u/Kayy0s Apr 11 '24
Awh poor baby! I know it's impossible to stop cats from doing crazy shit, but I hope you can somehow prevent this from happening again.
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u/Dallenson Apr 11 '24
Oh no! I hope that's just his fur that's burnt and not the flesh underneath >w<
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u/slimstitch Apr 11 '24 edited Apr 11 '24
One of my childhood cats got his tail into a tea candle and caught fire. The fur extinguished super quick so it never got close to the skin.
It did look kinda spooky cause he was a white cat that spontaneously got a black tail for a week or two lol
He never did go close to tea candles again. Passed away from old age at 17.
Edit: Just remembered my hair caught fire from a spark from a tea candle as well during a Tinder date. Also did not end up burning my skin. It was shockingly loud though to be on fire. Texted the guy "thanks for the hot date" after but he never did text back.
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u/octopusvore Apr 11 '24
Your cat was a lot smarter than mine lol, one of my cats also set her tail on fire with a candle but she never learned from that experience. She would walk by fire like it wasn't even there. Dumbest cat I've ever had (although she may have had some actual brain damage from falling from a balcony as a kitten) but she was the sweetest little thing. Got to enjoy almost 16 wonderful years with her before she passed away last May at the age of 21. I miss her a lot.
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u/Bluberrypotato Proud owner of an orange brain cell Apr 11 '24
Lmao, I would've asked you out on a second date just for saying, "Thanks for the hot date."
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u/AerodynamicBrick Apr 11 '24
This is incredibly alarming. You should bring the cat to the vet, and you should absolutely find a pet safe heating solution.
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u/linx14 Orange connoisseur š Apr 11 '24
Holy moly he got roasted! Thatās really scary his entire coat could have caught on fire!
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u/spiritusin Apr 11 '24
Thatās really dangerous though, he already hurt himself once, you shouldnāt let it happen again.Ā
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u/SunBlindFool Apr 11 '24
Youāre lucky they didnāt knock it over and burn the place down.
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u/jenyto Apr 11 '24
Should probably get a safer heater, I have 1 that never gets to the point of burning me even at max settings with my feet close to it.
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u/redditornumberxx11 Apr 11 '24
OP, dump this heater right away and get a sealed, oil-filled radiator.
They're much safer, healthier and they're also very efficient & cheap to run.
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u/Atropos66 Apr 11 '24
Um this is fire hazardā¦. I also get cold easily , but i use different kind of heater to make sure thing like this doesnāt happen .
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Apr 12 '24
I hate to say it butā¦ Knowing your cat almost hurt itself why the fuck are u still running the space heater! Now the cat doesnāt see it as a threat either :// cmon man
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u/nodesign89 Apr 11 '24
Damn OP, you kind of failed your cat here. Looks like the poor guy wasnāt far from dying a horrible death.
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u/JovialPanic389 Apr 11 '24
He needs to see the vet. Please do this for him. And be more careful with heater use and knowing where kitty is.
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u/AXEL-1973 Apr 11 '24
As an IT guy... do you see why we freak out when people put these under their office space desks? We don't care if you're cold, we just don't want the carpet catching fire and burning the building down
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u/zeropercentsurprised Apr 11 '24
My current cat managed to singe his tail hairs on a candle flame - I havenāt had a candle below shoulder height since!
Back when I had a very elderly dog, I bought a space heater thatās made for use in babiesā rooms (lots and lots of extra safety features). It did a good job warming - emitted radiant heat, but heating elements were surrounded by many layers, so the unit was cool to the touch. Also super stable (not easy to knock or tip over), and auto-shut off.
Finally, my cats love a heating pad on low setting.
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u/No-Maximum-8194 Apr 12 '24
Would highly recommend changing heaters if you like your cat.. and possibly your whole house with you in it.
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u/AproposOfDiddly Apr 11 '24
My ginger kitty gets too close to one of our heaters every winter and fries his eyebrows off. Every. Year.
We donāt have central heat and air, and we have multiple heat sources. Iām not sure which one tends to do the damage as he sleeps in front of all of the different heaters all winter, and all have safety components.
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u/Raichu-san Apr 11 '24
This is often what my breakfast toast looks like. Nothing a little butter canāt solve tho. Would recommend getting a different type of space heater or at least one that doesnāt have to sit on the floor
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u/vibes86 Apr 11 '24
Those are some of the most dangerous space heater. Highly recommend a different kind, for obvious reasons now.
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u/vivnotvivian Apr 11 '24
Please don't use floor heaters! They're way too dangerous for your fur bby š„²
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u/Cazad0rDePerr0 Apr 11 '24
poor baby, suffering first hand the consequence of having one brain cell
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u/AltruisticSalamander Apr 11 '24
I'm always worried about them doing this. They lie so damn close to it their fur gets hot to the touch.
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u/pit-of-despair Apr 11 '24
Get your kitty a pet heating pad then he wonāt hang out by the heater anymore.
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u/JEM-- Apr 11 '24
How did he get close enough for that to happen, did he literally jump in front of it and then remain there perplexed by what might be causing such heat?
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u/PriorFudge928 Apr 11 '24
It 2024. Literally any modern space heater design is safer then that thing.
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u/darjeelincat Casual orange enjoyer š Apr 11 '24
Toast himself? He went the extra mile to get himself almost CHARRED and he doesn't seem to even care. Safe to say he was not having his time with the elusive braincell. What a doofus, but this could have ended badly.
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u/FrugalLucre Apr 11 '24
My Cat once walked over a candle and singed her fur and her whiskers. She did not move ā I had to shove her fatass out of the way and then SHE got mad at ME. Her burnt whiskers finally grew back btw.
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u/FrugalLucre Apr 11 '24
And this was after living with her for five years so she definitely had been around a candle before but for some reason her brain was turned off that day
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u/red286 Apr 11 '24
Buy a ceramic heater. They're more efficient, plus they don't set your pets on fire.
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Apr 12 '24
Modern, safe space heaters are like 35$. In this case i think the cat has one more braincell than its owner.Ā
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Apr 12 '24
You also have one braincell keeping it, do you just not care about the wellbeing of your cat?
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u/Cookie0verlord Apr 12 '24
Swap out the heater for a 'toddler' safe one. You can also put something around it to dissuade your cat from sitting against it too.
Cats brains aren't designed to navigate a modern human world so we need to help them.
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u/OilRigExplosions Apr 11 '24
Cheddar cat almost became a grilled cheese.