Oh my god the scariest thing just happend to me!  

Lol, i could have told you that meaning of the story before hand! Cats are really not suited to leads/leashes, and unless you ahve brought the cat up being used to one they will not like it one bit, and even if you brought them up that way they might not like it. Cats resist anything that will curtail their freedom!

WOW! I can see how you had a good scare! I am glad you found him and were able to get it off.

My cats are indoor cats, they don't even try to go out. But once I put the dogs leash on my Tom out of boredom I reckon. That cat freaked out! Everytime I grabbed the leash he would pull on it like he was trying to hang himself. I like to have never got it off again.

a cat is a free ranging animal, lol it will never take kindly to being put on a lead
bleassed be

Luckily your cat wasn't hang on tree when she jump up there.Yes i know cats are very aggressive.They won't stay in one place and always attempt to do something when they look at their prey or when they are cheerful and want to play around.So now better not to put a lead on our cat.

At least it ended good. I have to agree never put a cat on a leash or harness unless you have been working with them since they were a kitten. I use to have a cat that would walk on a leash but not any of my ones I have now.:)

I have only known 2 cats in my life that liked a leash. My Pops down the street has a cat that likes the leash. That is probably because he put the leash on her when she was a baby. When he would take his Pomeranian for a walk, he would hook up the kitten, too. They learned together, so it was cool. But usually it's not recommended.

Oh dear well I am glad that you managed to get her
Not many Cats like leashes unless you get them used to it from Kitten onwards
It scares then and you are right she could have got stuck somewhere

Drakan honey - you poor soul - I know I worry so much about things happening to my cat - she has used up most of her nine lives! I am glad you managed to get your cat safely before she could harm herself! Your post brought back some memories of when my cat was really young - we lived in a bad area and she was still a baby really so we bought her a harness and lead and used to take her for walks! We used to get some funny looks and people laughed but at least Tia got out and was safe, she was also quite happy to stand still while the harness was fitted! We moved after that and she started getting out alone - I cannot imagine her letting us put a leash on her now - let alone a harness! hee hee xxxx

I'm glad you got your cat back. When I was a little girl a school friend called for me and she had her cat on a lead and she said she always walked it like that. I couldn't believe my eyes as I thought only dogs went on leads. So some people do it. But you are right it would have been dangerous for your cat running off like that with the lead on.

Even just having a collar on can strangle a cat in the wrong situation. They make special collars that will break off if too much pressure is put on them. If you make your cat wear a collar at all, make sure that it's one of these, or the kind that stretch really well.

I used to put my cat in a collar before we had a bunch of cats around. She never seemed to like them much. She'd even learn how to move so the bell wouldn't make noise anymore, so it was pointless. And she was always breaking it off on things, once she figured out that I wasn't going to put her in a collar that couldn't break off or stretch to let her get away. Cats die every year from getting their collars caught on things and they aren't able to get away. Happens to dogs, too. But not so much, because they don't often climb into trees or other things that snag.