Because unemployed fall?

If the cats fall of a height not very elevated, they can accommodate his body and fall unemployed, but they fall of high altitude can hurt themselves severely or have fatal injuries. The number of cats that hurt themselves when falling increases, due to the increase of high buildings in the great cities.

The characteristics of the skeleton of the cat are one of the reasons that they can have that agility to fall unemployed. The cats do not have clavícula, and the joints of the vertebrae of their spine are more flexible than in other animals, therefore, the cats have a freer movement of their front members and can turn their bodies easily. This allows them to land with the feet and members that absorb the impact. This reflection begins to appear to 3-4 weeks of age, and it is perfected to the 7 weeks.

If the cats fall of one more a higher height, although they can comply to fall unemployed, their members and feet no longer can absorb all the impact and their heads collide against the ground with frequent fractures of jaw and loss of teeth. The four more meter or falls cause a multitude of injuries, even roptura of diaphragm, liver and bones.

There are cases of cats that fall of low height and have severe injuries. For the security of the cat, always it is necessary to protect the windows that are located in high floors.
The balconies and the porches of departments located in high floors must be protected with a metal framework or another material.

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