08-15-2012, 10:41 PM
Black wrote:
[quote=ka jowct]
Years ago, one of mine fell from a second floor window into the concrete area outside the building's basement entrance. (Thanks so much, Other Human who opened the window without inserting the screen, never saw the cat go out, shut the window, and went on his merry way, leaving me to search frantically when I got home hours later, with no reason to think she was outside. Grrrrrrr.) Luckily I found her before she had spent a night under the basement steps in shock, in 40-degree rainy weather, which probably would have killed her. She had a split palate, partially collapsed lungs, and a back injury that turned out to be a good thing because it kept her from getting very far. After a trip to the AMC ($$) and a month of cage rest so that her back could heal, she recovered from it.
So 2-floor falls onto concrete: not good.
Odd. Was the cat elderly or overweight?
I think a lot would also depend on what exactly the cat landed on. A level surface should be ok but something not level like steps or debris would be bad.