Okay, the title is a little more dramatic than the circumstances call for…maybe. The whole thing certainly felt dramatic at the time.
Today is the first day of my vacation, so I was trying to sleep late. But I heard my puppy, Daisy, barking like crazy at something. She just wouldn’t stop…she kept barking and barking. Finally, I got out of bed to see what the problem might be. I saw Willow sitting on top of the cat cage. Not IN the cage…on top of it. And Oz was nowhere to be found. I hurried outside and saw Daisy was barking at something under the deck. I figured it must be Oz she was barking at. I got a flashlight and saw that it was, indeed, Oz under there. And I couldn’t coax him out because he was afraid of Daisy. I doubt Daisy would hurt him, but the barking was unnerving. I finally yelled at my husband to get out of bed and help me. He had to run Daisy back to the other side of the house. I called and called to Oz, but he just wouldn’t come out. All I could think of was 1) I had to have both cats available to be “fixed” tomorrow morning, and 2) We have coyotes around here. The coyote issue is the reason my cats are in a huge cage on the deck instead of roaming free. So I’m really freaking out because Oz won’t come out. Finally, I figured out what to do. I got Willow out of the cage and held her while calling to Oz. It worked like a charm. As soon as he saw Willow, he started toward me. Now I had another problem. Oz is getting really BIG. And Willow was struggling in my arms to get to Oz. But my husband gently took Willow from me so I was able to scoop Oz up into my arms. What a sigh of relief came from me. Now the two culprits are safely ensconced in my house.
Oh, here’s the way they got out. My son and his girlfriend were here when I got back from church yesterday. He had let the cats into the house so the girlfriend’s little girl could play with them. Apparently, he had opened both doors of the cage, and when he put them back in, he only latched one of them. It took the cats awhile, but they finally figured out one of the doors was unlatched. What a scary thing it was!
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Oh no! Bless your heart! I know you were probably freaking that you couldn’t find Oz. Glad you got your two babies back safely!
It was scary. Now I have another problem. Oz is having some kind of issues. He keeps spitting up a little foam and keeps drinking a lot of water. We just put Advantage on both cats, and I’ve watched them closely to make sure they don’t lick each other until it dries. But I didn’t notice him doing that until we put that on them. I don’t know if Oz licked Willow and I didn’t see him, or if he ate something while he was outside. I’m keeping an eye on him right now. He seems to feel ok, just that weird gagging thing he keeps doing. You know, like when cats get string or lint or something in their mouth.
He may have eat some grass while he was out. He’s probably OK.
Willow started doing it, too. I think they either licked the Advantage and it tasted really nasty or they got hold of a dust bunny. Lol. They both seem to be fine now. Fast asleep.
Clever cats. Hope to see a few pics of the trip.
Silly cats! They scared me to death.
I was going to post pics today, but then the cat scare happened. I had to get that off my mind. 🙂
Here kitty, kitty , kitty, naughty little kitties. Can you get shock collars for kitties, or teenagers, not that I was use them just wondering 😉
Put a shock collar on a cat and they’ll kill you in your sleep. Lol
One of our cats got outside once (during a rather odd series of circumstances which I’ll not share here), and ran under our back deck. We tried hard to call her back, but her drive was to live outside. We saw her again a few days later once, chased her under a shed in our neighbor’s backyard, but couldn’t get her out. We never saw her again after that.
I’m glad your experience ended well.
I’ve lost three cats outside in the last few years. That’s why I won’t have outside cats. But my husband doesn’t want them in the house full time. That’s why we compromise with them in a big cage part time and in the house part time.
Some cats really want to roam. I’m sorry you lost your cat. 😦
I’m glad Oz finally came out!
Me too! I was really scared.