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myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats 3 years ago

So, we went outside to bring in the new box of cat food from the car. Its not too hot yet - amazing for almost 10 a.m. We talk, I'm trying to slip some shorts on under my night shirt and otherwise just spend 2 or 3 minutes outside.

We come back in, I move my client's clothes to the dryer, get a shirt & some socks and the roomie says "there's the baby crying to get in."

I'm standing closer to the door and I can't hear it, so I know its not the baby outside the door.

"no, that's kitten outside" she says listening again... "a little kitten..."

Well, I pull on the shirt and grab the socks and go out of the room. No Jool. She's a follower, and will tag along where ever we go so that she wasn't outside the door wanting to come in was strange enough.

So, I go on outside and everything is quiet.

I call "Where's the baby?" which is how we call her - we did this with several other batches of kittens too, just something we do.

I wander out by the car, looking around and then I feel a little brush against my foot.

There she is, outside!

All we can guess is that she scooted under the door that keeps the big cats out of my front room and out the front door while I was standing there getting the food out.

SCARY, good thing she's got that big loud voice we named her for or we might've lost her!

good kitty - outside bad!

 

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Loverbear (2359) response was accepted on 12/15/2009.
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1. myLot reputation of 97/100. BarBaraPrz (6659)   ranked 16 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Your heart must have been pounding. I was almost afraid you were going to find her in the dryer!


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

well, we knew she wasn't in that room because she'd've been all over the roomie with the food! We thought she might be in the kitchen, but I wasn't hearing her in there - and the roomie, by the front window was hearing her the loudest!

she says Jool was trembling when I handed her to her...


myLot reputation of 99/100. blackbriar (6633)   ranked 37 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

awwwwwwwww...Jool was terrified being out there all by her lonesome.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

yeah


myLot reputation of 98/100. fruitcakeliz (968)   ranked 1,561 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Gosh, i thought for sure the kittne was going to be found in the dryer too! That could have been horrible.

I have a really sad story about a cat geting stuck in a dryer...i am warning readers now, incase they don't want to read it.

When my parents first got married, my dad decided to get my mother a cat for their first anniversary present. It was a pure bred something or other that he paid quite a bit of money for. My mother had never had a cat as a pet growing up, and had always wanted one, but had no idea about how muchthey liked to crawl into warm, small places for their catnaps. One day she was doing laundry and had left the door on the dryer open for a bit while she folded and put stuff away. Appearently the cat thought this would be a great place to take a nap, as it was still warm from the previous load being dried. Later, my mother went to change laundry around again, and tossed a load of heavy wet towels from the washer into the dryer with out looking inside first (as i said, she had no idea that a cat would even think about napping in there) The cat i guess got stuck under the towels and wasn't able to make any noise or climb out before she closed it and turned it on. I will spare everyone the gory details, but suffice it to say, the cat didn't make it and my parents had to replace the dryer, my mom was devestated when she figured out what happened, my father too...my family are all hige animal lovers. We would never, ever want to harm or kill an animal, particularly a pet, it was just a very, very unfortunate accident.


myLot reputation of 97/100. BarBaraPrz (6659)   ranked 16 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

cry


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

well, she's still too little to get into the dryer, she can barely jump 8 inches and the dryer is more like 2 feet

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. dragon54u (15683)   ranked 858 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Kittens are so quick! They can get out before you realize it, invisibly. I'm glad you found her, it's so dangerous for a pet outside with all the traffic and mean people and unleashed strays roaming around.

I used to come in from the grocery and block off my dogs' access to the back door before I carried in the stuff.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

she's still such a little handful, she's easy to "over look" since she's only about a pound!

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3. myLot reputation of 96/100. tamarafireheart (13724)   ranked 230 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Hi Elic,


Awwww, poor little baby, glad you got it back, well the little kitty found you lol!!


Tamara


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

We'd've been HEARTBROKEN if any thing happened to her

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. blackbriar (6633)   ranked 37 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Sure glad you found lil' Jool. Who knows what could of happened to her out in that big bad world. She sounds like a real sweetie wanting to be with her mommies.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

she is so cute, just 5 weeks old, an adorable little fluff ball!

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5. myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 827 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

That was a close call, glad she is o.k. Keeps u busy looking after the cats.cool


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Yeah, and this one is so little & always under foot!


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 827 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Bet u wouldn't trade her for a million dollars. How many cats do u have? I just have one dog.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

right now... 29, but the 3 feral kittens will be going to the horse barn after they are fixed, shots and notched.


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 827 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

OMGOSH, I DON'T SEE HOW U FEED THAT MANY, I SURE COULDN'T. U are like my grandmother, she had a love for cats like that. Most of hers stayed outside but she loved them.

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6. myLot reputation of 99/100. Loverbear (2359)   ranked 4 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

I had that problem with Dinglebeary, until he went outside and discovered the "wild" life! He had been out all night and I think he met up with a raccoon. He didn't get in a fight, but I think while he was trying to escape he pulled a muscle in his hind leg and he lost interest in "outside". Willy and Khuay were easier as they were headed out the door one afternoon when I was watering and a little squirt of water cured their curiosity. Murph is so attached to her home she won't even venture towards a door. Shoot, when I try to get her near a door to the outside she comes so upset that I have to let her go, and I don't see her for days afterward.

You were so lucky to find your Jool so quickly...it sometimes takes hours as they get busy exploring that they don't hear anything but their own thoughts! Whew!!! Bad outside, Kitty no go there!!!


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

well, I don't think she realized that she was outside until we went back inside - then she got upset

she's really too little to too interested in exploring in a big scary place


myLot reputation of 99/100. Loverbear (2359)   ranked 4 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

At your little baby's age, she fortunately isn't interested in much more than being close to mama or her people. If you're lucky she won't show interest in being outside later...providing she remembers having the wits scared out of her yesterday morning! I still hold my breath realizing how small she is and how easy it would be for her to go out in the street! At her age and size she would be sooooo hard to see if you're driving a car sad. Thank God you found her so fast!

Give her a gentle hug for me...and a kiss if you give 'em kisses.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

oh, yeah, we kiss them, tho right now the stinker needs a bath!


myLot reputation of 99/100. Loverbear (2359)   ranked 4 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Thank you for the BR. I was reading through the discussion and the thought of trying to give my herd a bath is a little daunting. Three of them haven't had baths before so it would be like bathing steel wool that is going through a blender at super high speed with the lid off.

I also opened my big fat flappy mouth too soon, just after I wrote this Dinglebeary escaped again. I think he found a way out the patio door during the windstorm. I managed to catch him and bring him in the house, but I think part of that was that he was frantic to get back in the house. Right now the cats aren't allowed out on "their" patio until I get the floor replaced and start redoing the screens. But since it's cold they aren't complaining too much.

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7. myLot reputation of 100/100. horsesrule (1792)   ranked 656 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Eek, that is scary! I'm glad you found her before anything bad happened. We can't let our cat outside because we live downtown next to busy roads and whenever he makes a run for it and gets out, it's awful trying to catch him. I know he'd love it out there but the last cat we had got loose when she threw herself against my legs and knocked me aside to get outside and was immediately run over within about a half hour. It was my daughters cat too. I can't let that happen again, it's too horrible and painful. We love our animals and want them to live for a long long time.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

I keep my cats inside too - but this little pound of fluff managed to get out anyway!

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8. myLot reputation of 80/100. arkansos (397)   3 years ago

phew, you had me there for a second. I thought something nasty happened to her. A small kitten outside invites a lot of trouble. Neighborhood dogs, cars, even nasty boys can make short work of her.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

the good news is that I haven't seen a loose dog since the pitbull b*tch disappeared - she wasn't a bad dog tho, seemed like a shy girl... And the kid across the street would've probably come and told me if he had seen her, he's not a bad kid, and is kind of the leader of the kids because he's been here the longest (since he was born actually) so those dangers might not have been as bad as the cars...

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9. myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 13 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

Aww--poor little Jool..I'm so happy you found her

sometimes what scares the heck out of me is when I come home and hunt around for my two kitties and maybe can't find one. I search all over the place and can't find,and you have to realize there really aren't too many "hiding" places for them to hide in...Then I think, crap did Pyewacket (or Kissy) somehow get out as I was coming in and didn't notice? I look and look...calling the name...then pleased as punch Pyewacket saunters out looks at me as if to say, "What's all the fuss about?" And I look at Pyewacket and say..."You DID that on purpose to scare the hell out of me didn't you? And I swear he's grinning at me--bad boy!


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

When we realized that she had gotten out we were shaken, she only discovered she could get into the front room yesterday and she just toddled out after us when we went out the front door.


myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (12221)   ranked 13 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Like I said...so glad you found her...good thing she was meowing loud enough for you to hear her


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

well, we didn't name her Jool for NOTHING! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jool#Jool

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10. myLot reputation of 94/100. stephcjh (27638)   ranked 911 out of 5,816 in cats   3 years ago

LOL. I am glad that you got the kitty back to the safe place. I would have been a nervous wreck also, knowing the kitty is outside of the house all alone. I hope you do not have to go through that ever again.


myLot reputation of 99/100. ElicBxn (24687)   ranked 2 out of 5,816 in cats  3 years ago

Us too! when we realized that the crying was coming from outside, I went right out to find it - well, I did put a SHIRT on first.

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