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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2006Cats tunneling through floor vents!
My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started because she generally blocks off the doors to the living room when the Christmas tree is up, so they can't knock off the ornaments and climb the tree. They have discovered that by nudging the vent in another room up, they can tunnel through and pop up the vent in the living room anyway! Now they do it all the time, to get in to her bedroom and sleep. One problem though.. one of them has gotten a little.. pudgy. So, she got stuck in one of the vent openings a few weeks ago. They had to coax her to another (bigger) vent to get her out. It's the funniest thing to see, when you're sitting in the room and a cat head pops up out of the floor. Do anyone else's cats do this?? > My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started > because she generally blocks off the doors to the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > room and a cat head pops up out of the floor. > Do anyone else's cats do this?? I have to admit that's pretty smart, and a cat head appearing out of the vent like a little gopher *would* be funny. But I sure would be uncomfortable about it. Can they get stuck somewhere under the floor and not be able to get out? Sherry >> My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started >> because she generally blocks off the doors to the [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Sherry I don't think so. Her house is on a crawl space, so the worst that would happen is she'd have to crawl under there and disconnect the vent. She asked her HVAC guy if they could get to the furnace that way and get hurt, he said no, there's something blocking their way, I don't remember what.. I think maybe there's a long vertical vent that they wouldn't be able to climb up? Anyway, it's hilarious to watch. > My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started > because she generally blocks off the doors to the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > room and a cat head pops up out of the floor. > Do anyone else's cats do this?? I read somewhere that a cat did this and followed the vent right back to the furnace where it perished. > My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started > because she generally blocks off the doors to the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > room and a cat head pops up out of the floor. > Do anyone else's cats do this?? I've never had a cat do this, but years ago I had a cat that crawled into a hole in the wall (unknown to us, of course) when a contractor was installing some pipe in my parents' home. The pipe started in the basement and ended on the second floor, and the hole in the basement was then plastered over. Some time later, I heard my cat crying. We looked *all over* the house, and kept hearing this pitiful cry but could not figure out where he was. Finally, I looked up -- and there was my cat's paw trying to push out through a vent. My father went to the second floor and cut a hole (luckily, it was in a closet). My cat worked his way up, started to get out, realized that the hole was too small and backed down and clung to the edge of a wooden support. Smart cat! My dad cut the hole larger, and out came my furbaby. From that time on, he recognized the sound of the engine on the contractor's truck and would go into hiding as soon as the truck pulled into the driveway. I really would be concerned about your cats getting into the vents, though. They might get more ambitious and get caught somewhere in the system. Isn't there some way that you could fasten the vent covers more securely? MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e >I've never had a cat do this, but years ago I had a cat that crawled into a >hole in the wall (unknown to us, of course) when a contractor was installing [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >contractor's truck and would go into hiding as soon as the truck pulled into >the driveway. That is a cute story. >I really would be concerned about your cats getting into the vents, though. >They might get more ambitious and get caught somewhere in the system. Isn't >there some way that you could fasten the vent covers more securely? I'd be uncomfortable about the vents too, but if she does close them off, she should replace them with safer toys that they would like, like giant cardboard tunnels and wheels for them to run on. > My mother-in-law's two cats do this. It started > because she generally blocks off the doors to the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > room and a cat head pops up out of the floor. > Do anyone else's cats do this?? I had a couple cats do that! They were playing with some toys over the vent and somehow hooked the vent with their claws and opened it! I didn't discover it until another one of my cats kept watching the vent! These were the return airvents, I walked over to another vent that was connected and here was one of my cats looking at me. Cleaning the vents later, I found a bunch of toys in there! It was like they were having a party! I decided this was not a safe adventure so I had to secure those vent tops. It would be just my luck that one of my cats would put a bird in there! Sue |
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