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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004Invisible cat
The weather isn't nice today, it's been raining almost all day but Boyfriend decided he'd like to go in and out, anyway. I just let him in, hopefully for the night, shut the door behind him, he examined his food dishes, neither dry not wet suited and he went into the lounge. That's when he totally disappeared. He can't get upstairs, the door is shut. He isn't here on any of the chairs or settee. I called him, he didn't appear. I think he must have teleported himself to see Tortie. Nan, if you notice a handsome tabby and white boy around your place, it's him. Tell him to come back immediately. This is weird. He came in and now he isn't here. <gibber> <I'm not scared> Tweed >The weather isn't nice today, it's been raining almost all day but Boyfriend >decided he'd like to go in and out, anyway. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >This is weird. He came in and now he isn't here. ><gibber> <I'm not scared> I think that's happened with all my crew at one time or another. LB is the most likely to disappear, because she goes through these phases where she wants to sleep in out of the way spots. Her funniest spot, which I only found after several disappearances, entailed her going in the closet and climbing into a soft sided suitcase which on one side partially unzipped.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>The weather isn't nice today, it's been raining almost all day but >>Boyfriend decided he'd like to go in and out, anyway. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >in the closet and climbing into a soft sided suitcase which on one >side partially unzipped. There is some degree of risk to this hiding place. My father once had problems with a possum hanging around his house, and finding its way into his finished attic, used as a storage room. The possum finally disappeared. About six months later, he found its mummified remains inside an old soft-sided suitcase. One seam was ripped, and the possum had apparently climbed inside through the already-ripped seam, and then suffocated in its own carbon dioxide. The suitcase was sufficiently airtight that we hadn't noticed any smell in the attic beyond a slight mustiness. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>I think that's happened with all my crew at one time or another. LB >>is the most likely to disappear, because she goes through these [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >was sufficiently airtight that we hadn't noticed any smell in the >attic beyond a slight mustiness. Thanks for the warning - though I doubt that you'll be getting any thanks from LB. I would not have thought it could be dangerous. I just went and closed up that hide-away. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >From: Steve Touchstone stouchst@junksirinet.net >I think that's happened with all my crew at one time or another. LB is >the most likely to disappear, because she goes through these phases >where she wants to sleep in out of the way spots. Her funniest spot, >which I only found after several disappearances, entailed her going in >the closet and climbing into a soft sided suitcase which on one side >partially unzipped. Harvey vanished the other day. I looked outside, under beds...then finally flung myself across the maternal unit's bed to look under easier and there was Harvey. He yelled at me because I scared him Signature"Argh, the laws of science be a harsh mistress." - Pirate Bender "If you want to say something relevant to this particular discussion, or something vaguely logical, you might try to come up with it now." -- Kettir, to me Place an empty cardboard box in the middle of the room. He'll appear, -bonbon >This is weird. He came in and now he isn't here. ><gibber> <I'm not scared> :-D My three can do this - I call it "gone into stealth mode" Waffles, who is completely black, also does a great camoflage cat mode when she curls up on her favourite seat in the office - which happens to be black ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >>This is weird. He came in and now he isn't here. >><gibber> <I'm not scared> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >mode when she curls up on her favourite seat in the office - which >happens to be black ;-) I have had the experience, on numerous occasions, of searching for a cat, without success, and finally finding it curled up in the midst of all this activity, obviously wondering what all of the fuss is about. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >I have had the experience, on numerous occasions, of searching for a >cat, without success, and finally finding it curled up in the midst >of all this activity, obviously wondering what all of the fuss is >about. When Sammy was younger she would sometimes dart out the door without waiting for me to put on her collar. She decided it was lots of fun to dart outside and have the hoomin chase her. Was't too bad, until she found out how hard it is to see a mostly black tuxedo kitty hiding in the bushes. When she discovered that she could be seen by a hoomin shinging a flashlight into the bushes, took it to the next step. She would run outside and let the hoomin chase her for a while, hide in the bushes until the hoomin went ot get the light. She thought it great fun to sneak back in the apartment, sit in the window and watch the silly hoomin walk around calling her in the dark shining the light under the bushes. Finally I figured out what she was doing I started keeping an eye on the window, so she gave up that game. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html ---------------------<snip>---------------------- (speaking of Sammy) > She thought it >great fun to sneak back in the apartment, sit in the window and watch >the silly hoomin walk around calling her in the dark shining the light >under the bushes. Finally I figured out what she was doing I started >keeping an eye on the window, so she gave up that game. That's just so typical of our furry little pals. I'm only surprised that she didn't call the others over to watch too. Regards and Purrs, O J >>This is weird. He came in and now he isn't here. >><gibber> <I'm not scared> > >:-D > >My three can do this - I call it "gone into stealth mode" At our house it's called "Pulling a Col. Flagg". (from the old M.A.S.H. series) -bonbon >Waffles, who is completely black, also does a great camoflage cat mode when she >curls up on her favourite seat in the office - which happens to be black ;-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >--Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- It's hard to hide four cats in a two bedroom apartment, though the clutter in our spare room gives Tyche a few opportunities. Most of ours just aren't hiders. They're happy to sprawl in plain sight, and we usually know where all four are. Kumani and Tyche have occasionally shut themselves in closets, and Tyche is infamous for closing the bathroom door on herself--and Smokey. For some reason whenever she does it, Smokey's in there with her. Smokey's way too dumb to attempt to open or shut a door himself. Nocturne has "offices" under the bed and the desk, where she goes to escape the cooties spread by stupid humans, immature kittens, and foul, unspeakably vile, ferals named Smokey. Tyche likes to hide under the rocking chair, but there's always a tail or a paw sticking out. --Fil > Nocturne has "offices" under the bed and the desk, where she goes to > escape the cooties spread by stupid humans, immature kittens, and > foul, unspeakably vile, ferals named Smokey. <chuckle!> She sounds like a real curmudgeon. How do you pronounce "Tyche" by the way? I've been saying "tike-ee" to myself when I read the name. Joyce >The weather isn't nice today, it's been raining almost all day but Boyfriend >decided he'd like to go in and out, anyway. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Tweed Tweed, I haven't seen him today, but I haven't seen Tortie either. Do you suppose they are together? -- Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. {...}and he went into the >>lounge. >>That's when he totally disappeared. He can't get upstairs, the door is [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Tweed, I haven't seen him today, but I haven't seen Tortie either. Do > you suppose they are together? Hmm, maybe, although when I got up this morning he was meatloafing on the couch with a smirk on his face, refusing to say where he'd been :-) Has Tortie come back? Tweed >{...}and he went into the >>>lounge. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Tweed I saw her just a little while ago looking extremely pleased with herself. Hmmmmm! -- Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. >>{...}and he went into the >>>>lounge. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >>Tweed Was he smoking a cigarette? ;o) >I saw her just a little while ago looking extremely pleased with >herself. Hmmmmm! >-- > >Nan and the furkids Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") >>>{...}and he went into the >>>>>lounge. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Was he smoking a cigarette? ;o) Big cigar. Big smile. >>I saw her just a little while ago looking extremely pleased with >>herself. Hmmmmm! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > (=':'=) > (")_(") |
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