Firefighters revive a cat named Cloudy with a pet oxygen mask
Firefighters in Seal Rock used a pet oxygen mask to bring a 12-year-old cat named Cloudy back during a fire. The cat is home and doing well.
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Firefighters in Seal Rock brought a 12-year-old cat back with a mask made for pets, the Lincoln Chronicle reported. The cat, Cloudy, needed oxygen while crews dealt with a fire. Cloudy is home and doing well.
The save is one animal and one call. The paper's account is that the cat recovered enough to go home, not a promise about every pet in a fire.
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Firefighters in Seal Rock, Oregon, were putting out a fire when a 12-year-old cat named Cloudy needed air. They used a pet oxygen mask, a small mask made for an animal's face, and Cloudy started breathing again. The cat is back home and doing well. Twelve is old for a cat, and the fire was frightening, but the ending of this story is a pet back in the house. The firefighters' job was the blaze. The mask was how they also helped the cat. This is one animal, in one town, home again.
- Why would a pet need a different oxygen mask than a person?
- What should a family do with pets when they practice a fire plan?
- How can you tell a cat is feeling better after a scare?
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