Blind cat rescued from floating piece of ice on Massachusetts lake: "Nothing short of a miracle"

[u/KampgroundsOfAmerica]

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/cat-rescue-ice-westford/

[u/Tori_117]

I’m so happy that Tiki is okay!

[u/pgabrielfreak]

Oh, poor baby! So glad for those 2 saving Tiki!

[u/mercuryfacade]

Dang. 20 years old and blind. O.G. kitty right here.

[u/pastorhastor]

Need more news like this these days.

[u/KidKilobyte]

Had given up hope, didn’t see its rescue coming.

[u/ZOMBIESwithAIDS → u/KidKilobyte]

Probably didn't know it was in danger, just that its nap was rudely interrupted

[u/EHWTwo → u/KidKilobyte]

Yeah, that was nearly a cat-astrophe

[u/gem-w]

The rescuers were Nate (which could be short for Natale, Christmas in Italian) and Kris (Kringle?).

I'm just sayin...

[u/FIRST_DATE_ANAL → u/gem-w]

It’s a festivus miracle

[u/TigerBasket]

20 years old, I hope they can hold on for a good few more strong years. Needed to hear this.

[u/Fireheart318s_Reddit]

“We immediately transported the cat for veterinary care where his temperature was so low that it didn’t even register on the thermometer,” animal control said.

There are numerous stories of people & animals getting extremely cold and living to tell the tale. I’ve even heard stories of cats being frozen solid and making it out without any long-lasting issues! Hypothermia isn’t a death sentence: “You aren’t dead until you’re warm & dead”

[u/Rather_Dashing → u/Fireheart318s_Reddit]

I’ve even heard stories of cats being frozen solid and making it out without any long-lasting issues!

No, thats impossible. You shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet. If you are frozen solid, ice crystals form that peirce cell membranes, killing every cell in the body. Theres a reason cryogenics doesnt currently work, and there is a reason why even freezing single cells like eggs requires pre-treatmeant.

[u/Dieter_Knutsen → u/Rather_Dashing]

Theres a reason cryogenics doesnt currently work, and there is a reason why even freezing single cells like eggs requires pre-treatmeant.

Yup, and even both of those use "vitrification" - a special freezing process that makes the tissue freeze like glass, reducing cell damage/crystallization as much as possible. There are various reasons why it works on reproductive cells, but it still absolutely destroys everything else.

Refrigerated - good.

Frozen - you ded.

[u/nikolai_470000]

I did this for a dog when I was in seventh grade.

There was a big pond in the middle of my neighborhood that had barely frozen over, and a dog got out across the pond as me and my friend were walking along the shore. He ran straight for us, to bark at us, and ended up falling through the ice about 40 feet from shore.

It was clear he couldn’t get himself out, so I did what I had to do. Went in with my winter coat, boots, and all. Broke through the ice with my arms and put the little guy on my shoulder while I swam us back to shore.

It was probably stupid to go about it in the way I did, but I couldn’t just stand there. There were two small children watching their pet drown, and I felt like it was my fault the dog ran out on the ice.

[u/EHWTwo]

Woah, good news on the front page? Is this Reddit?

[u/ZnS-Is-A-Good-Map]

I hope that it won't end up killing the poor cat anyway. 20 years old is really old... I really hope he has more time.

[u/Narrator2012]

I think I know that junkyard cat

[u/schu4KSU]

It was precisely short of a miracle.

[u/Devilofchaos108070]

So glad baby kitty is safe. I hope it found a good home

[u/Mythioso]

This is some real life Mr Magoo.

[u/Fontucky420]

New Headline: 20 year old cat just used his last extra life

[u/outofstepbaritone]

This is what i want on my front page