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I have had my cat for about 2 years. In this time it has been locked in the neighbours sheds,garages etc. Got stuck in 3 different trees.
Disappeared for 5 days then turned back up home. Got its head stuck in the fancy panel back bit of an oak chair, which I had to saw to get her head back out.
But she finally took the biscuit after deciding to jump out my open bedroom window about 5 metres high. Reasons unknown but seems to have had no difference to her health.
Well 8 lives left.
Disappeared for 5 days then turned back up home. Got its head stuck in the fancy panel back bit of an oak chair, which I had to saw to get her head back out.
But she finally took the biscuit after deciding to jump out my open bedroom window about 5 metres high. Reasons unknown but seems to have had no difference to her health.
Well 8 lives left.
The Spruce goose said:
I have had my cat for about 2 years. In this time it has been locked in the neighbours sheds,garages etc. Got stuck in 3 different trees.
Disappeared for 5 days then turned back up home. Got its head stuck in the fancy panel back bit of an oak chair, which I had to saw to get her head back out.
But she finally took the biscuit after deciding to jump out my open bedroom window about 5 metres high. Reasons unknown but seems to have had no difference to her health.
Well 8 lives left.
Wilson, my dog (pics recently i show us your dogs thread) did similar a few years ago. I lived in a what's known as a floating freehold - essentially a flat between two houses which can be driven/walked under. The windows therefore are at about the same height as an upstairs window of a regular house. One summers night when it was roasting I'd left a window open so he didn't overheat, thinking there would be no chance he'd get out. How wrong I was to think that, I woke up to no dog to be seen. Ten minutes walking around the estate a lady luckily asked if I was looking for a dog. She'd taken him in after seeing him barking under a neighbours car at a cat seeking escape under it. Absolute idiot dog! Unharmed by the jump I add! Disappeared for 5 days then turned back up home. Got its head stuck in the fancy panel back bit of an oak chair, which I had to saw to get her head back out.
But she finally took the biscuit after deciding to jump out my open bedroom window about 5 metres high. Reasons unknown but seems to have had no difference to her health.
Well 8 lives left.
"But she finally took the biscuit after deciding to jump out my open bedroom window about 5 metres high. Reasons unknown but seems to have had no difference to her health"
My last cat who was a bit of an adventurer did this and landed on the bonnet of my one month old car ! He was fine but the scratches he made as he slid down the highly polished bonnet resulted in it having to be re-sprayed. Fortunately for the mog I am an animal lover !
My last cat who was a bit of an adventurer did this and landed on the bonnet of my one month old car ! He was fine but the scratches he made as he slid down the highly polished bonnet resulted in it having to be re-sprayed. Fortunately for the mog I am an animal lover !
Moglet fell out of the window a couple of years ago now, luckily he suffered now ill health. He is now twice as big and heavy so I doubt he will bounce as well as he did if it happened again!
He still has problems dialling in the boost he needs to complete his jumps..... Just this last week he jumped onto the bed and off onto the window ledge, completely overcooked how much power he needed and slammed into the window! About an hour ago he wanted feeding, wandered into the kitchen and without looking or thinking, just guessed how much power and how far he needed to jump to get on the work top. He ended up face planting the cupboard not even getting his paws on the worktop!
Here is the dopey one looking smug as usual.
He still has problems dialling in the boost he needs to complete his jumps..... Just this last week he jumped onto the bed and off onto the window ledge, completely overcooked how much power he needed and slammed into the window! About an hour ago he wanted feeding, wandered into the kitchen and without looking or thinking, just guessed how much power and how far he needed to jump to get on the work top. He ended up face planting the cupboard not even getting his paws on the worktop!
Here is the dopey one looking smug as usual.
Edited by shep1001 on Friday 2nd September 14:50
I well know the feeling of having a dim cat. I’ve had Tinkerbell since last October but has she yet managed to use the catflap unless it’s taped open, despite many many demonstrations? No, no she hasn’t. Does this mean I either have to tape it open, letting in the cold wind/numerous wasps (depending on season) or else keep going up and downstairs at all hours to stop the pitiful crying outside the back door? Yes, it does....
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We went away on holiday once, and the very last thing I did before we left was to (inadvertently) lock one of our cats in the garage.
The neighbour who was feeding them while we were away heard him meowing after a couple of days, and got another neighbour to break into the garage, which he did by removing a pane of glass and reaching the handle inside.
At this point the bloody cat evidently thought "Oh, that's OK, the window's open now, so I'll stop panicking and go back to sleep in this pile of junk in the corner." As a result, the neighbours couldn't find him.
Concerned about the contents of the garage, they put the glass back in and puttied it up. So the cat started meowing again. And then when they reopened the window, he shut up again and hid.
This went on two or three times a day for two weeks. When we got back, I openend the window and he charged out. Took him to the vet, and he was none the worse for it, but he had developed ninja-like fly catching skills that were incredible to witness.
I pointed out to the neighbours that the window was only accessible to people in the back garden, which was only accessible via the house or a locked gate, so they could have left the window open all the time, and the cat would have come out on his own.
Their reactions were sufficient for me to realise that I had not only a stupid cat, but stupid neighbours too...
The neighbour who was feeding them while we were away heard him meowing after a couple of days, and got another neighbour to break into the garage, which he did by removing a pane of glass and reaching the handle inside.
At this point the bloody cat evidently thought "Oh, that's OK, the window's open now, so I'll stop panicking and go back to sleep in this pile of junk in the corner." As a result, the neighbours couldn't find him.
Concerned about the contents of the garage, they put the glass back in and puttied it up. So the cat started meowing again. And then when they reopened the window, he shut up again and hid.
This went on two or three times a day for two weeks. When we got back, I openend the window and he charged out. Took him to the vet, and he was none the worse for it, but he had developed ninja-like fly catching skills that were incredible to witness.
I pointed out to the neighbours that the window was only accessible to people in the back garden, which was only accessible via the house or a locked gate, so they could have left the window open all the time, and the cat would have come out on his own.
Their reactions were sufficient for me to realise that I had not only a stupid cat, but stupid neighbours too...
I've got one that gets lost. In the corridor. Of a tiny two-bedroom bungalow.
Last night he cried for an hour, 'lost' in the corridor - answering me when I called him and showing every sign of wanting to come and join me except for actually moving in the right direction - eventually when he was plonked on my bed he was happy as Larry, purred a lot then curled up and went straight to sleep.
If he was human I'd genuinely think he had low IQ or something. He'd have lasted about ten seconds as an outdoor animal, hopeless creature.
He's a great cuddle buddy though!
Last night he cried for an hour, 'lost' in the corridor - answering me when I called him and showing every sign of wanting to come and join me except for actually moving in the right direction - eventually when he was plonked on my bed he was happy as Larry, purred a lot then curled up and went straight to sleep.
If he was human I'd genuinely think he had low IQ or something. He'd have lasted about ten seconds as an outdoor animal, hopeless creature.
He's a great cuddle buddy though!
Dont worry, it was stupid but as long as your cat learnt from it then its ok.
Lottie my miniature Schnauzer was out walking with me, around the back from the house there is what is left of an industrial revolution cotton mill, all the main building has gone and only the foundations and some of the water gullies remain in tact. Well silly pup decided she was going to jump across and didnt quite make it, she couldnt get out, silly girl lol, had to climb down and pick her up, only her pride was bruised thank god
Lottie my miniature Schnauzer was out walking with me, around the back from the house there is what is left of an industrial revolution cotton mill, all the main building has gone and only the foundations and some of the water gullies remain in tact. Well silly pup decided she was going to jump across and didnt quite make it, she couldnt get out, silly girl lol, had to climb down and pick her up, only her pride was bruised thank god
FlyingMeeces said:
I've got one that gets lost. In the corridor. Of a tiny two-bedroom bungalow.
Last night he cried for an hour, 'lost' in the corridor - answering me when I called him and showing every sign of wanting to come and join me except for actually moving in the right direction - eventually when he was plonked on my bed he was happy as Larry, purred a lot then curled up and went straight to sleep.
If he was human I'd genuinely think he had low IQ or something. He'd have lasted about ten seconds as an outdoor animal, hopeless creature.
He's a great cuddle buddy though!
You're 100% sure he wasn't trying to say "I can't be bothered to walk to bed. Pick me up, slave"?Last night he cried for an hour, 'lost' in the corridor - answering me when I called him and showing every sign of wanting to come and join me except for actually moving in the right direction - eventually when he was plonked on my bed he was happy as Larry, purred a lot then curled up and went straight to sleep.
If he was human I'd genuinely think he had low IQ or something. He'd have lasted about ten seconds as an outdoor animal, hopeless creature.
He's a great cuddle buddy though!
king halfwit.davepoth said:
You're 100% sure he wasn't trying to say "I can't be bothered to walk to bed. Pick me up, slave"?
With this cat, I really am. He doesn't have nearly enough nouse to be that conniving.Every other cat I've ever met or indeed owned or cared for, it would totally be that. But not this great thick lunk.
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