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I have the dumbest effing cat, I swear...
So at around 10pm I was getting ready to head to bed, excited because tomorrow morning I have an on-site assessment for that job I wanted so bad (YAY!!). But then all of a sudden, DH noticed that the screen was punched out of our bedroom window, and realized he'd not seen our cat, Roy, for an hour or two. So we looked around, and quickly realized he'd managed to get out. Hoping he was somewhere nearby, we went outside and started calling for him.
Now mind you, this cat is not the sharpest tool in the shed in general, but this situation really takes the cake. Once he got outside and realized he couldn't get back in, Roy frantically decided to run underneath a large Silverado truck parked outside of our apartment complex. Then, in his dumbest move to date, he decided to climb INTO the underneath of the truck, and managed to get on top of the radiator and possibly the engine bed, and quickly got himself stuck in there. So, we walk outside calling his name, and I hear him start howling loudly in terror. We looked everywhere, all around the truck, etc. before we finally realized exactly where he was. Unfortunately, this apartment complex tends to have a combination of rather shady folks and also military personnel, so the tenants change like every month or two. So we have NO IDEA whose truck it is, and we're thinking the only way to get him out is to pop the hood of the truck. And at this point it's now 10:30pm. Goody.
So in desperation, we call the cops, hoping they can come and run the plate and tell us an address. Unfortunately the plates are from Kansas, and we live right across the border in Missouri, so the cops told us they couldn't do anything. Then we decided to start knocking on doors, hoping to find the owner of the truck. We ended up catching one of our neighbors who was awake. He didn't own the truck, nor did he know who did, but he was willing to come help us get the cat. So after another 45 minutes of them trying to pull Roy out, offering him treats, then finally spraying him repeatedly with a spray bottle until he moved, they got him out, covered head to toe in oil, grease, etc. He's now had a bath and is most upset, lol. So now i'm gonna try and go to bed like I'd planned on 2 hours ago, and try to decide whether i'm mad at Roy or not for this fiasco, lol.
Re: I have the dumbest effing cat, I swear...
Oh my goodness!!! Poor kitty, and you guys! I'm glad you found someone to help and rescued the little thing.
When I was in high school, we'd just moved into a new house, and I came home afterschool and couldn't find our cat. I looked for an hour around the house, called my mom crying, and finally heard something..... INSIDE the basement ceiling. The basement was partially finished, and from the unfinished side the rafters weren't enclosed, and he'd crawled into the ceiling of the 20'x25' finished part. My mom was so pissed that she told me "Just leave him, he'll eventually die and rot and melt through the ceiling tiles" LOL! It took him till about 9:00 that night to come out.
Poor kitty! If that were Hank I'd be mad at him while I felt bad for him. I'd also be giggling a bit as I think back to the situation.
I'm so happy you had found someone to help you!
Hank hasn't done anything quite like that...yet. In our old apartment, he liked to climb up the screen windows and just hang there. One day as he was doing that, the screen bent and fell out. Luckily, in Hank's horror he jumped inside the apartment, rather than outside, where I am sure he would have run for his life.
He did escape our apartment a few times, but he luckily never left the complex. Which I'm so grateful for as people left the outside doors open all the freaking time!
Maya
(ISSR Shiloh Shepherd)
lol, poor kitty! And poor you guys for having to deal with that fiasco last night!! I am glad he is safe and home now....leaving a cat up in the hood of the car is extremely dangerous when someone doesn't know it's in there. I'm glad you found him!!
My childhood dog like to run off and explore in the woods, and being out in the middle of nowhere in the country it was no big deal. She'd always be back in time for her meals, lol. However, one time, she apparently walked down about 1/3 mile to a neighbor that was raising sheep and came back COMPLETELY covered in sheep poop....and I had just given her a bath that week. YUCK!!
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These stories are hilarious!
On my pther post I shared about my male cat bailey having to go on Kitty prozac. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed either...it is better he just stay inside...seriously.
ha ha that is so funny! I am glad you got your kitty out safe! Funny how sometimes they don't realize you are just trying to help them!