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Rhonda - 05 Jun 2005 17:17 GMT

Around 9am today, Licorice, our black cat, was sitting up on the
bathroom sink staring into the towel closet. When she was a kitten, she
and her siblings lived in the bathroom for awhile, so I thought she was
remembering her favorite shelf hidey spot.

I talked to her, and she just didn't leave that spot. Then I heard a
meow from close-up, and it was not Licorice. I looked under the sink,
all around the small bathroom, and thought it must have been coming from
the hall. Then I heard it again, still couldn't find anyone.

On a lark, I opened up the wall hamper (it looks like a wall cabinet,
but the top pulls out from the wall.) There was Maggie, laying in the
bottom of the dark hamper. OMG. She must have been in there since my bf
went to work -- about 3 or 4 hours.

Poor girl, she ate and drank immediately. I'm so glad she spoke up, I
had talked to Licorice for quite awhile before she let out that meow.

Rhonda

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bigbadbarry - 05 Jun 2005 17:23 GMT

> Poor girl, she ate and drank immediately. I'm so glad she spoke up, I
> had talked to Licorice for quite awhile before she let out that meow.
>
> Rhonda

What a relief hey. Licorice must have heard her in there, and thought
it came from the closet.

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Rhonda - 05 Jun 2005 20:18 GMT

Yep, Licorice knew she was in there. I think she was doing a Lassie
"Timmy's in trouble" thing, but it was too subtle. Sometimes I wish our
cats could talk!

Rhonda

> What a relief hey. Licorice must have heard her in there, and thought
> it came from the closet.

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Catnipped - 05 Jun 2005 19:57 GMT

> Around 9am today, Licorice, our black cat, was sitting up on the
> bathroom sink staring into the towel closet. When she was a kitten, she
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>
> Rhonda

We have an under-the-stairs closet that has an opening in the back that
leads to a hidey-hole under the lower part of the stairs. I only use that
closet very seldom (it's where I keep the vacuum cleaner - heh). Twice now
Jessie rand in there when I'd opened the door and Sammy sat in front of the
closet and stared at the door until I opened it and let Jessie out. And
both times Jessie came out and swatted poor Sammy on her ears after she'd
saved her sister! Little brat!

Hugs,

CatNipped

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Rhonda - 05 Jun 2005 20:19 GMT

Ha, I know about ignoring the vacuum cleaner!

That is a brat to swat the one who has saved you. Maybe it is a dignity
thing -- "I wasn't in trouble, I knew what I was doing..."

Rhonda

> We have an under-the-stairs closet that has an opening in the back that
> leads to a hidey-hole under the lower part of the stairs. I only use that
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> both times Jessie came out and swatted poor Sammy on her ears after she'd
> saved her sister! Little brat!

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Spot - 05 Jun 2005 21:27 GMT

When Spot was a kitten she would destroy tissues so I put the box in the
night stand drawer. One morning when I went to work I got a tissue out and
then shut the drawer. I never saw her climb in or heard her cry out. She
was in there from 6am to 7pm that evening when I got home and asked Mike
where she was. He said he hadn't seen her all day so we started searching.
Finally we found her in the bedroom night stand. The funny thing is he
worked nights at the time and slept during the day so he was in the bedroom
all day long and she never let out a meow.

Celeste

> Around 9am today, Licorice, our black cat, was sitting up on the
> bathroom sink staring into the towel closet. When she was a kitten, she
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>
> Rhonda

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Monique Y. Mudama - 06 Jun 2005 01:35 GMT

> The funny thing is he worked nights at the time and slept during the
> day so he was in the bedroom all day long and she never let out a
> meow.
>
> Celeste

I honestly think that most cats have no problem being locked in a
small area, just as long as they don't have an immediate need.
Oscar's not allowed in our bedroom closet (she likes to nest in my
cashmere sweaters, just for starters), but if she does get in, she
won't say a word for hours. Brat.

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Rhonda - 06 Jun 2005 05:46 GMT

Maybe Oscar needs a cashmere cat bed? :)

Maggie didn't jump right out when I opened the hamper, even though she
had been meowing. I think she was comfy, but it had to be stuffy.

Rhonda

> I honestly think that most cats have no problem being locked in a
> small area, just as long as they don't have an immediate need.
> Oscar's not allowed in our bedroom closet (she likes to nest in my
> cashmere sweaters, just for starters), but if she does get in, she
> won't say a word for hours. Brat.

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Meghan Noecker - 06 Jun 2005 05:10 GMT

>When Spot was a kitten she would destroy tissues so I put the box in the
>night stand drawer. One morning when I went to work I got a tissue out and
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>worked nights at the time and slept during the day so he was in the bedroom
>all day long and she never let out a meow.

I locked Chase in the bathroom drawer, but I realized he was missing
faily quickly and remembered he had been standing in the front of the
drawer. I went back, and sure enough, he was curled up in the back of
the drawer.

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Rhonda - 06 Jun 2005 05:47 GMT

That's good that you remembered he was there. I can't believe the places
cats can get into.

I told my bf when he got home about the hamper. His eyes got real big
and he said "Uh oh, that was my fault." Apparently he was putting in
some clothes and noticed a spider on the top edge. He didn't want to
squish it so he thought he'd leave it open and the spider would run along.

Maggie must have jumped in, and her weight would have caused it to slam
shut. Little stinker (both of them...)

Rhonda

> I locked Chase in the bathroom drawer, but I realized he was missing
> faily quickly and remembered he had been standing in the front of the
> drawer. I went back, and sure enough, he was curled up in the back of
> the drawer.

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Rhonda - 06 Jun 2005 05:41 GMT

Oh wow, over 12 hours! That's pretty amazing. I was worried about 3-4!

Did that cure Spot of the tissue addiction?

Rhonda

> When Spot was a kitten she would destroy tissues so I put the box in the
> night stand drawer. One morning when I went to work I got a tissue out and
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>
> Celeste

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KellyH - 06 Jun 2005 06:40 GMT

> When Spot was a kitten she would destroy tissues so I put the box in the
> night stand drawer. One morning when I went to work I got a tissue out
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>
> Celeste

I had the weirdest thing happen one time. I came home from work and no cats
were there to greet me. OK, that was strange, so I started calling out for
them. I went upstairs and the guest room was shut (both doors, it has a
hall doorway and one to the bathroom) and all *five* cats were in there. I
have no idea how both doors got shut, usually one or both would be open.
And why were all five cats in the room when the doors shut? They would not
normally all hang out in the same room. It was so freaky! I started
propping open all doors that I want to leave open after that.

-Kelly

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