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Cat Forum / General Topics / November 2006Big, Big Scare Tonight
Our cat Pebbles, who is about two years old and who we have had for about a year now, has never shown any inclination to go outside. Even though, we have always tried to be careful when going outside, that is, to make sure that Pebbles hasn't decided to follow us. Tonight our garage door, one that is opened and closed electrically, jammed. I opened the door from inside to the garage and tried to raise and lower the garage door by the up/down switch that is in the garage but right by the door from the garage into the house. Just as the door started a downward movement I saw a cat go by at lightning speed, a can that was, as best I could see, the same color as Pebbles. In a state of panic Nancy and I went outside and looked hither, thither, and yon for Pebbles. We called out her name. Unfortunately it was nighttime and it was difficult to see. We searched for about a half of an hour without any luck. I went inside to get a flashlight and there was Pebbles lying in the middle of our bed and giving me the "What is your problem" look! So, there's a happy ending to the story. My conclusion is that the cat that I saw zooming from the garage was a neighborhood feral that came into the garage while the garage door was open. Methinks my heart is still beating at an extra fast pace!  SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com Wow, that would be a scare. How long do you think the cat was stuck in your garage? Hope it wasn't too starved. Rhonda > So, there's a happy ending to the story. My conclusion is that the cat that I > saw zooming from the garage was a neighborhood feral that came into the > garage while the garage door was open. > > Methinks my heart is still beating at an extra fast pace! [responding to my reciting how I literally panicked when I thought what was likely a neighborhood feral cat that shot out of my garage when I opened the garage door was my own never outdoors cat] > Wow, that would be a scare. > > How long do you think the cat was stuck in your garage? Hope it wasn't too > starved. The garage door had been left open only a few hours. We live in a condominium of about 30 units. The cat that shot out was one I have no recollection of having seen before. The condo complex is next door to a large field that has a number of feral cats and it could well be that the cat in question was one of those. Periodically animal control traps as many of those feral cats as it can and takes them to a shelter for rehabilitation, neutering, and placement. SignatureJames Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com Read. The cat wasn't trapped. The door was open > Wow, that would be a scare. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Methinks my heart is still beating at an extra fast pace! So glad all is well.... >Our cat Pebbles, who is about two years old and who we have had for about a >year now, has never shown any inclination to go outside. Even though, we have [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Methinks my heart is still beating at an extra fast pace! Oh pshaw, on Tue 14 Nov 2006 09:40:16p, TaliesinSoft meant to say... > Our cat Pebbles, who is about two years old and who we have had for > about a year now, has never shown any inclination to go outside. Even [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Methinks my heart is still beating at an extra fast pace! That is, indeed, a scare! Glad all is well. My worst scare happened a couple of years ago when we had only 2 cats, Millie and Bailey. I arrived home from work one day to find the front door standing wide open. At first I suspected a break in, but my greatest fear was that both our cats were probably gone. As I went in I called their names with no response. I began searching the house and discovered Millie curled up, sound asleep on her blanket in a lounge chair, but Bailey was nowhere in sight. When I couldn't find him anywhere inside, I began looking in the front yard. No Bailey. When I reached the back yard, I found him asleep in the sun in the middle of the patio table! As it turned out, there was a problem with the latch plate on the door jamb. We thought we fixed it, but the same thing happened again two weeks later. This time I found them both inside sound asleep. We now have 3 more very young cats. I don't think I'd be that lucky with them, especially one of them, as she was a rescue that had been living on the streets. I'm so glad your baby was at home!!! SignatureWayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ My favourite mythical creature? The honest politician. Oh--we've been there a couple of times when our "houdini cat" actually did duck out under the door. I SO know how fast your heart was beating. We've had them hunker down in a good hidey-hole inside the house a dozen times or so, too! Though our youngest doesn't seem to be food motivated (we rescued her quickly after she was dumped so she was not hungry for more than a few hours, the other two struggled for food a little longer) we always sing the "Meow Mix" song every time we fill the bowl with kibble or give them a treat or a can of "meaties". If they get out of the house, singing the song almost always brings them back, even if they wander away a bit. Having said that, one time our houdini, Mini slipped out under our feet at night and stayed out. We gave up after over an hour of walking the neighborhood, singing and calling her and went inside. We'd already had a few crises that day and gave up at 1:00 am. I left food and water in the garage and left the door up a few inches. My husband went up to bed and I took a blanket and pillow and slept on the couch in the front room. We hoped that Mini would come back to the front door and Buffy would see her through the front window and wake me up. Buffy howled once before when Mini escaped and came home, during the day. Sure enough, about 2:30 am I awoke to Buffy howling and Mini peeking in the front window hoping I'd open it for her. Little $h!t Congratulations! Signatureie ride fast, take chances. > Oh pshaw, on Tue 14 Nov 2006 09:40:16p, TaliesinSoft meant to say... > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > > I'm so glad your baby was at home!!! Oh pshaw, on Wed 15 Nov 2006 11:03:45p, oldhickory meant to say... > Oh--we've been there a couple of times when our "houdini cat" actually > did duck out under the door. I SO know how fast your heart was beating. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Congratulations! Great and frightful story! SignatureWayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ My favourite mythical creature? The honest politician. |
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