The Cat Cone of Shame But Falls Out Of Bed

Poor little Snowball—or, at least, that’s what we’ll call her.

It looks like she has woken up on the wrong side of the bed—and her neck brace has startled her. Imagine that you are a tiny cat, and you awaken, confused by this ugly and awful plastic contraption wrapped around your neck. You are a cat, and you have no idea that this neck brace is here to help you.

Then, unwittingly, you roll about, trying to get this claustrophobic contraption away from your head and face—but you only risk injuring yourself further by falling off the bed. Luckily, cats always land on their feet, and you avoid hurting yourself anymore.

Actually, come to think of it, that makes a very good point. What in the world was Snowball doing when she did hurt herself. If cats always land on their feet, Snowball must have been embroiled in some pretty serious cat acrobatics. Perhaps that is why Snowball’s owner aptly names the title of this Snapchat video, “When you wake up and realise the snow damage.”

Snowball’s owner clearly has a sense of humor, as well, as she slows down and zooms in so that every viewer of Snowball’s shame can see Snowball’s horrified expression on her face as she awakens and realizes that she is trapped inside a neck brace.

As she flails and moves about the bed, her haphazard movements are evidence of two things. First, even if cats are amazingly resilient and limber animals, the moment something interferes with their sense of space and balance, all bets are off. Second—and this might be more of a personal thing—but Snowball is quickly learning that whatever she did to put herself in the situation, she will do everything in her power going forward to make sure it never happens again.