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Tessie and the ******* Cat Trick
This morning I was cuddling with Scouty and I realised I hadn't seen
Tessie for HOURS. I called her name and she didn't come... so I got out the treat bag and rustled it. Silver appeared as if by magic, but still no Tessie. I walked around opening all the cupboards in case she'd gone exploring and I'd closed her in this morning. Nope. I even looked in the kitchen cupboard in case she was there, even though I hadn't seen it open. Nope. No Tessie anywhere! I walked around the apartment rustling the treat bag, followed by Scouty and Silver, calling her name. Still no Tessie! Then I heard an anguished meow from the living room, so I double-checked, and even opened the front door in case she'd turned invisible and slipped outside when John went to work. Nope. No Tessie outside the front door. No Tessie in the pantry cupboard. No Tessie in the kitchen cupboards. No Tessie behind (or in) the entertainment unit. MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sounded like it was coming from John's chair, so I pulled the cover off and checked underneath in case she was somehow caught in the reclining mechanism. No Tessie there either, but while I was on the floor there she went again MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was definitely coming from the corner of the livingroom, so I peered behind the entertainment unit again just in case. One last meow pinpointed her position. We got a pair of bookcases last week and I set them up at right-angles in the corner. Tessie has shown much interest in the lower shelves but I didn't think even she could find a way up on top of them. I was wrong. She climbed up on top somehow and noticed the small square space between them... and being Tessie she couldn't resist jumping down into it, only to discover that there was absolutely no way out again! I dragged the one bookcase out about an inch and she came leaping out, and I put it back again... hopefully she's learnt her lesson, but if she disappears again I'll know where to look first! |
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Tessie and the ******* Cat Trick
snip Tessie gets stuck
Pippin did that to me once too. I have a corner desk (the back is shaped like this \_/ to fit in a corner). I also have a rectangular shaped hutch thing next to the desk. The sides don't meet, except at the front, to make a triangular shaped hole between the desk and the hutch. Pippin hopped right on down. I couldn't get a grip on him to pull him out. There wasn't enough room for him to manage a big enough leap out, so he half jumped, and got his front paws on some loose papers I had on both surfaces, so he slipped back down. This caused the papers to slide in on top of him (just a few) and that caused more panicked jumping. Which led to huge claw gouges in the dark wood surface of my desk. He did get out. Did he learn his lesson? Heck no. I often catch him peering down into the hole, and rush to move him off. Caroline S. |
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On 15 Mar 2007 10:39:07 -0700, "Caroline S."
wrote: snip Tessie gets stuck Pippin did that to me once too. I have a corner desk (the back is shaped like this \_/ to fit in a corner). I also have a rectangular shaped hutch thing next to the desk. The sides don't meet, except at the front, to make a triangular shaped hole between the desk and the hutch. Pippin hopped right on down. I couldn't get a grip on him to pull him out. There wasn't enough room for him to manage a big enough leap out, so he half jumped, and got his front paws on some loose papers I had on both surfaces, so he slipped back down. This caused the papers to slide in on top of him (just a few) and that caused more panicked jumping. Which led to huge claw gouges in the dark wood surface of my desk. He did get out. Did he learn his lesson? Heck no. I often catch him peering down into the hole, and rush to move him off. Poor Pippin! I'd have thought Tessie would have learnt her lesson about that corner - before I had the big bookcases there I had a small one diagonally across the corner, and all three cats got stuck in it because it was low enough for them to be intrigued by it, but JUST too high for them to be able to climb or jump out without a runup. The solution to that was to pull some of the videos off the bottom shelf and make a cat-sized entry way (it didn't have a back on it). Alas there's no solution to this shelf except to hope that she doesn't do it again! |
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote in
: On 15 Mar 2007 10:39:07 -0700, "Caroline S." wrote: snip Tessie gets stuck Pippin did that to me once too. I have a corner desk (the back is shaped like this \_/ to fit in a corner). I also have a rectangular shaped hutch thing next to the desk. The sides don't meet, except at the front, to make a triangular shaped hole between the desk and the hutch. Pippin hopped right on down. I couldn't get a grip on him to pull him out. There wasn't enough room for him to manage a big enough leap out, so he half jumped, and got his front paws on some loose papers I had on both surfaces, so he slipped back down. This caused the papers to slide in on top of him (just a few) and that caused more panicked jumping. Which led to huge claw gouges in the dark wood surface of my desk. He did get out. Did he learn his lesson? Heck no. I often catch him peering down into the hole, and rush to move him off. Poor Pippin! I'd have thought Tessie would have learnt her lesson about that corner - before I had the big bookcases there I had a small one diagonally across the corner, and all three cats got stuck in it because it was low enough for them to be intrigued by it, but JUST too high for them to be able to climb or jump out without a runup. The solution to that was to pull some of the videos off the bottom shelf and make a cat-sized entry way (it didn't have a back on it). Alas there's no solution to this shelf except to hope that she doesn't do it again! I am not sure what you are taling about; Tessie learning a lesson?! You have it backwards! You should learn the lesson and cut an escape hole in the bottom shelf! I am betting that is what Tessie is thinking. Andy |
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Karen AKA Kajikit purred: This morning I was cuddling with Scouty and I realised I hadn't seen Tessie for HOURS. I called her name and she didn't come... so I got out the treat bag and rustled it. Silver appeared as if by magic, but still no Tessie. I walked around opening all the cupboards in case she'd gone exploring and I'd closed her in this morning. Nope. I even looked in the kitchen cupboard in case she was there, even though I hadn't seen it open. Nope. No Tessie anywhere! I walked around the apartment rustling the treat bag, followed by Scouty and Silver, calling her name. Still no Tessie! Then I heard an anguished meow from the living room, so I double-checked, and even opened the front door in case she'd turned invisible and slipped outside when John went to work. Nope. No Tessie outside the front door. No Tessie in the pantry cupboard. No Tessie in the kitchen cupboards. No Tessie behind (or in) the entertainment unit. MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sounded like it was coming from John's chair, so I pulled the cover off and checked underneath in case she was somehow caught in the reclining mechanism. No Tessie there either, but while I was on the floor there she went again MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was definitely coming from the corner of the livingroom, so I peered behind the entertainment unit again just in case. One last meow pinpointed her position. We got a pair of bookcases last week and I set them up at right-angles in the corner. Tessie has shown much interest in the lower shelves but I didn't think even she could find a way up on top of them. I was wrong. She climbed up on top somehow and noticed the small square space between them... and being Tessie she couldn't resist jumping down into it, only to discover that there was absolutely no way out again! I dragged the one bookcase out about an inch and she came leaping out, and I put it back again... hopefully she's learnt her lesson, but if she disappears again I'll know where to look first! Poor Tessie! We have a similar setup, with 7-foot-tall bookcases in a corner (they actually hold DVDs, not books) with a space behind them where they meet in the corner. Only one of ours isn't up against the wall all the way, due to a window sill being there (bookcase doesn't show in the window, but the sill is just about an inch longer so the bookcase just hits it). This posed too be too interesting bit of a crack to avoid being investigated by a particular kitten, Betty, when she was about 3-4 months old. Since the bookshelf was at an angle, she managed to sqeeeeeeeeeeeeze her way back into the corner - but then the gap was smaller back there and she couldn't get back out! Not sure how long she was back there, as I heard her raspy little squeak when I got up that morning, and (like you) followed the sound. I could see her peering at me through the 1/2 inch gap between the bookcases. The bad thing is, Betty prefers to scoot away from me, so try as I might, even after moving the one bookcase further out so there was room for her, I couldn't coax her out! I had to resort to the spray bottle (only used to break up kitty-skirmishes, and when the dog has been outside, has food, but still barks in the kitchen), and she shot out of there when the first drop hit her. She did it again a week or so later. Bookcase is now uneven from the other so cats can go in AND out! |
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:18:29 GMT, Outsider
wrote: Karen AKA Kajikit wrote in : On 15 Mar 2007 10:39:07 -0700, "Caroline S." wrote: snip Tessie gets stuck Pippin did that to me once too. I have a corner desk (the back is shaped like this \_/ to fit in a corner). I also have a rectangular shaped hutch thing next to the desk. The sides don't meet, except at the front, to make a triangular shaped hole between the desk and the hutch. Pippin hopped right on down. I couldn't get a grip on him to pull him out. There wasn't enough room for him to manage a big enough leap out, so he half jumped, and got his front paws on some loose papers I had on both surfaces, so he slipped back down. This caused the papers to slide in on top of him (just a few) and that caused more panicked jumping. Which led to huge claw gouges in the dark wood surface of my desk. He did get out. Did he learn his lesson? Heck no. I often catch him peering down into the hole, and rush to move him off. Poor Pippin! I'd have thought Tessie would have learnt her lesson about that corner - before I had the big bookcases there I had a small one diagonally across the corner, and all three cats got stuck in it because it was low enough for them to be intrigued by it, but JUST too high for them to be able to climb or jump out without a runup. The solution to that was to pull some of the videos off the bottom shelf and make a cat-sized entry way (it didn't have a back on it). Alas there's no solution to this shelf except to hope that she doesn't do it again! I am not sure what you are taling about; Tessie learning a lesson?! You have it backwards! You should learn the lesson and cut an escape hole in the bottom shelf! I am betting that is what Tessie is thinking. (giggles) If it was just the cardboard back I'd do exactly that! But the bookcases are cattycorner to each other so the space is enclosed by the solid wooden sides. No holes there... |
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On Mar 15, 9:15 am, Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
This morning I was cuddling with Scouty and I realised I hadn't seen Tessie for HOURS. I called her name and she didn't come... so I got out the treat bag and rustled it. Silver appeared as if by magic, but still no Tessie. I walked around opening all the cupboards in case she'd gone exploring and I'd closed her in this morning. Nope. I even looked in the kitchen cupboard in case she was there, even though I hadn't seen it open. Nope. No Tessie anywhere! I walked around the apartment rustling the treat bag, followed by Scouty and Silver, calling her name. Still no Tessie! Then I heard an anguished meow from the living room, so I double-checked, and even opened the front door in case she'd turned invisible and slipped outside when John went to work. Nope. No Tessie outside the front door. No Tessie in the pantry cupboard. No Tessie in the kitchen cupboards. No Tessie behind (or in) the entertainment unit. MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sounded like it was coming from John's chair, so I pulled the cover off and checked underneath in case she was somehow caught in the reclining mechanism. No Tessie there either, but while I was on the floor there she went again MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was definitely coming from the corner of the livingroom, so I peered behind the entertainment unit again just in case. One last meow pinpointed her position. We got a pair of bookcases last week and I set them up at right-angles in the corner. Tessie has shown much interest in the lower shelves but I didn't think even she could find a way up on top of them. I was wrong. She climbed up on top somehow and noticed the small square space between them... and being Tessie she couldn't resist jumping down into it, only to discover that there was absolutely no way out again! I dragged the one bookcase out about an inch and she came leaping out, and I put it back again... hopefully she's learnt her lesson, but if she disappears again I'll know where to look first! Nina once disappeared into the depths of my late barcalounger chair. I only discovered her after tearing up my bedroom in panic when I couldn't find her. (I mean, I tore apart my BED, I was so frightened.) That chair is now gone! Melissa |
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
MEOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was definitely coming from the corner of the livingroom, so I peered behind the entertainment unit again just in case. One last meow pinpointed her position. We got a pair of bookcases last week and I set them up at right-angles in the corner. Tessie has shown much interest in the lower shelves but I didn't think even she could find a way up on top of them. I was wrong. She climbed up on top somehow and noticed the small square space between them... and being Tessie she couldn't resist jumping down into it, only to discover that there was absolutely no way out again! I dragged the one bookcase out about an inch and she came leaping out, and I put it back again... hopefully she's learnt her lesson, but if she disappears again I'll know where to look first! Poor Tessie baby! I'm glad you got her out from behind that nasty bookcase. Thanks for the rfc chat earlier, too Jill |
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Caroline S. wrote:
snip Tessie gets stuck Pippin did that to me once too. I have a corner desk (the back is shaped like this \_/ to fit in a corner). I also have a rectangular shaped hutch thing next to the desk. The sides don't meet, except at the front, to make a triangular shaped hole between the desk and the hutch. Pippin hopped right on down. I couldn't get a grip on him to pull him out. There wasn't enough room for him to manage a big enough leap out, so he half jumped, and got his front paws on some loose papers I had on both surfaces, so he slipped back down. This caused the papers to slide in on top of him (just a few) and that caused more panicked jumping. Which led to huge claw gouges in the dark wood surface of my desk. He did get out. Did he learn his lesson? Heck no. I often catch him peering down into the hole, and rush to move him off. Caroline S. When Persia first acquired me I didn't know to keep the verticle doors which led to the washer & dryer secured. She shoved open one of the doors, jumped up on the washer and hopped down the side of it. Of course she couldn't jump back up, it was a very small space! I strained my back moving the washing machine to get her out of there. OUCH! I secured the doors with big heavy rubber bands until she figured out it was not a place she should go. Jill |
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:18:29 GMT, Outsider wrote: I am not sure what you are taling about; Tessie learning a lesson?! You have it backwards! You should learn the lesson and cut an escape hole in the bottom shelf! I am betting that is what Tessie is thinking. (giggles) If it was just the cardboard back I'd do exactly that! But the bookcases are cattycorner to each other so the space is enclosed by the solid wooden sides. No holes there... You could use your crafts skills to make a kitty escape ladder, or get one of those bookshelves that superheroes use that slide out of the way when you press a hidden button. |
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