Shit head locked in the cupboard

[ericgtr]

My kitty shit head has had an infactuation with getting into cupboards lately so I have had to take measures to preven this. On one of them I put an old computer box in front of it and the other a box with stuff in it and a scratch post to hold it into place.

Today when I got home I opened the bathroom door which also leads to the bedroom, she has full run of both when I am gone. She didn't come running out so I went into the room and didn't see her out so I figured she was probably under the bed, she goes there sometimes when she isn't feeling well. So I came out to the living room and a few minutes later I hear scratching.

I went back into the room and she was trapped in the cupboard so before letting her out I took a long look at the box trying to figure out how the hell she got in there [img]images/smilies/headscratch.gif[/img] it was sealed up good.

I let her out and judging from her food dish she had been in there most of the day. I have no clue how she did that and am pretty concerned about it. I checked my stuff to make sure none of it was missing in case someone got into my apartment but everything appears to be in order [img]images/smilies/dunno.gif[/img]

Just in case I setup my PC cam to detect intruders. It's a cheesy little system but I tried to trick and bypass it and it doesn't miss a beat. As soon as it detects motion it sounds an alarm on the PC and will send a pic to my email within 10 seconds [img]images/smilies/rock.gif[/img]

[Sunnie]

Its the gremlins I say, gotta watch 'em. [img]images/smilies/nunu.gif[/img]

[wip5150]

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Just in case I setup my PC cam to detect intruders. It's a cheesy little system but I tried to trick and bypass it and it doesn't miss a beat. As soon as it detects motion it sounds an alarm on the PC and will send a pic to my email within 10 seconds [img]images/smilies/rock.gif[/img]

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You are a paranoid little shit, aren't you?!?!?! [img]images/smilies/icon_lol.gif[/img]

[Jedi McFly5150]

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Just in case I setup my PC cam to detect intruders. It's a cheesy little system but I tried to trick and bypass it and it doesn't miss a beat. As soon as it detects motion it sounds an alarm on the PC and will send a pic to my email within 10 seconds [img]images/smilies/rock.gif[/img]

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You are a paranoid little shit, aren't you?!?!?! [img]images/smilies/icon_lol.gif[/img]

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Haha, that's pretty funny. I liked how you thought to stop and look at how the cat got in there before thinking to let it out. [img]images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif[/img]

[ericgtr]

You know what they say, just because I am paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't breaking into my house and locking shit head up in the cupboard [img]images/smilies/icon_rant.gif[/img]

[Wolfman]

That's pretty odd, man. Maybe the Star Wars kid put shit head in there after he crawled out of bed for a bowl of Frosted Darth-O's ©®™ . [img]images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/whistling2.gif[/img]

[wip5150]

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That's pretty odd, man. Maybe the Star Wars kid put shit head in there after he crawled out of bed for a bowl of Frosted Darth-O's ©®™ . [img]images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/whistling2.gif[/img]

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That is an interesting theory, Wolf. What if, after all this time making fun of Eric's obsession with the Star Wars Kid, the Kid himself is stalking Eric. It is plausable.

[Chewi]

Don't sweat it Eric, my cat can get inside my drawers in the bedroom. I still don't know how. Just sometimes I hear a "meow" and have to let her out. I CAN NOT for the life of me figure out how she does it and I have never actually seen her get in there. It is perfectly clear that she can't open them from the front. Has to be a secret kitty passageway from beyond. I thought the dog might be acting like a bully to her, but nah.......he ain't that bright!

[ericgtr]

Exaclty man, how and the hell do they do that [img]images/smilies/icon_confused.gif[/img] I know that if they can't get their whiskers through then they will not put their head through. I couldn't open it past an inch without moving the box [img]images/smilies/headscratch.gif[/img]

[Mondy]

Eric, they'll get in anywhere if they are determined enough.

I got my two cats, Tilly and Halen, from a cat rescue place. When Jen and I moved, we knew that it was going to be major traumatic for them both. They are really nervous with Jen and I, and still haven't got used to the house we were in.

So, when we moved, we put them in a room with all their toys, their litter tray (they don't go out) and their food. We left them in there and let them get acquainted.

It was heart breaking. For the first 3 days, they wouldn't come out of their litter tray. It was horrible. We can only assume that they stayed in there because it was the only thing that smelt of them. Thing is, it smelt of piss and shit as well, which wasn't a nice thing.

Anyway, after about a week, we realised that they were running around the room (although they'd run back to the retreat of their litter tray whenever we opend the door). So Jen decided that it was time to let them get acquainted with their new house.

So we opened the bedroom door. We didn't pay much attention to them, because we figured they could go where they wanted. After half an hour, we couldn't find them. They wouldn't come out for anything, even tuna ! So then we panicked and I checked everywhere inside, everywhere outside, the garden, the pond, everywhere. We were convinced they had run off somehow.

Then, I though, "Well, we haven't checked the drawers, it's worth a go!" Jen was half way through telling me that there was no way they would be in there when I opened one of the middle drawers, and there they both were, squashed amongst the clothes.

Now, there is a little gap of less that an inch at the back of the drawers where you could get under and then there is an even less gap between the back of the drawers and the back of the cabinet. There's even less space between each drawer, but there they were, scared as you like, curled up amongst the clothes in the MIDDLE drawer. It would have been slightly easier to get in the BOTTOM drawer I would have though, but no, they BOTH climbed into the MIDDLE drawer.

I picked them both up and carried them back to the room. But before I did, I compared the head of the biggest cat to the gaps that they had got in. It is absolutely impossible for them to get in. Yet they did it.

This poses two solutions :

1. They can actually open drawers (but they have paws, not hands, and then how did they close the drawer behind them)
2. They are T2000 Cats (much more feasible solution, which makes me think twice before kicking them nowadays)

These are the only ways I can think possible !

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