My poor kitty...

[3boymthr]

I had a crazy rushed day today and I wasn't paying attention to our new kitty. She's just 7 weeks old and very active and very curious. It started raining mid morning and Oldest DS called to say that he'd ridden his bike to school this morning (it was sunny and warm when he left) could I come pick it up. Run up to the school, grab the bike, head to the store to get some things for supper. Get home in time to get the kids off the bus, quickly feed them lunch then rush back out the door 10 minutes later to get to an appointment. I get home to see oldest DS in the driveway. He's bouncing and excited. He won tix to the Red sox game for TONIGHT. I sit in the driveway trying to get a hold of DH to see if he's going to be home in time and making contingency plans for a sitter. After 20 minutes I finally head in the house. I get into the house and I can hear this plaintive mewing sound. Looking all over the house can't find the kitten. Finally nail the sound down to the fridge. Poor thing climbed in when I was putting the food away and got trapped. A little snuggling and she was fine. But I felt soooo bad.

 

[DizBelle]

Whoa! That could have ended very, very badly. Poor thing.

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I had a crazy rushed day today and I wasn't paying attention to our new kitty. She's just 7 weeks old and very active and very curious. It started raining mid morning and Oldest DS called to say that he'd ridden his bike to school this morning (it was sunny and warm when he left) could I come pick it up. Run up to the school, grab the bike, head to the store to get some things for supper. Get home in time to get the kids off the bus, quickly feed them lunch then rush back out the door 10 minutes later to get to an appointment. I get home to see oldest DS in the driveway. He's bouncing and excited. He won tix to the Red sox game for TONIGHT. I sit in the driveway trying to get a hold of DH to see if he's going to be home in time and making contingency plans for a sitter. After 20 minutes I finally head in the house. I get into the house and I can hear this plaintive mewing sound. Looking all over the house can't find the kitten. Finally nail the sound down to the fridge. Poor thing climbed in when I was putting the food away and got trapped. A little snuggling and she was fine. But I felt soooo bad.

Poor Kitty! Ours spent the night in the dishwasher once though so don't think you are the only one! I had loaded the dishwasher and then I was going to run it in the morning. We went to bed and when we got up in the morning I could hear her crying (kitchen is far from the bedrooms so we didn't hear her all night) we started the hunt and finally found her very unhappy! I am soooo glad I don't start the dishwasher at night! Stuff like this is where the old saying "curiosity killed the cat!" came from I bet!

 

[bitohoney]

Oh no! At least she's ok! Poor little girl deserves something warm!

 

[Uncle Remus]

I had a crazy rushed day today and I wasn't paying attention to our new kitty. She's just 7 weeks old and very active and very curious. It started raining mid morning and Oldest DS called to say that he'd ridden his bike to school this morning (it was sunny and warm when he left) could I come pick it up. Run up to the school, grab the bike, head to the store to get some things for supper. Get home in time to get the kids off the bus, quickly feed them lunch then rush back out the door 10 minutes later to get to an appointment. I get home to see oldest DS in the driveway. He's bouncing and excited. He won tix to the Red sox game for TONIGHT. I sit in the driveway trying to get a hold of DH to see if he's going to be home in time and making contingency plans for a sitter. After 20 minutes I finally head in the house. I get into the house and I can hear this plaintive mewing sound. Looking all over the house can't find the kitten. Finally nail the sound down to the fridge. Poor thing climbed in when I was putting the food away and got trapped. A little snuggling and she was fine. But I felt soooo bad.

Yikes!!

 

[3boymthr]

Sooo.... She hasn't learned her lesson. I went in the fridge to get some butter for supper and looked down and she was back in the fridge. Took her out and she immediately tried to climb back in. I'm beginning to think that while she's lovable and sweet and playful and cute and ... she's not exactly smart.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Sooo.... She hasn't learned her lesson. I went in the fridge to get some butter for supper and looked down and she was back in the fridge. Took her out and she immediately tried to climb back in. I'm beginning to think that while she's lovable and sweet and playful and cute and ... she's not exactly smart.

 

[chell]

I had a cat do that once too. She was in there an hour maximum. She always tried to get back in there. We have a foster cat now and she tries to crawl in the fridge. Luckily it is too tall for her to reach.

 

[GraysMom]

Sooo.... She hasn't learned her lesson. I went in the fridge to get some butter for supper and looked down and she was back in the fridge. Took her out and she immediately tried to climb back in. I'm beginning to think that while she's lovable and sweet and playful and cute and ... she's not exactly smart.

You just described one of our cats perfectly .

 

[Hannathy]

you do know she could have suffocated correct?

since she is trying to do this I would be checking the refrigerator before going to bed and when ever I left the house if I did not see the cat.

 

[Planogirl]

The poor baby! I'm glad that she's OK but please be careful.

 

[pixiewings71]

Yikes, our Tigger used to do that but he quit after I shut the door on him. Not hard, I did it on purpose to scare him out of the fridge and it worked. Just lightly closed it on him, now he will look in it (for his kitteh noms lol) but he won't try to climb in it anymore. That's scary!!! I'm so glad she's OK!

 

[DebbieB]

Be really careful with your dryer. My aunt's cat climbed into the dryer, she didn't know and turned it on. She was hard of hearing so didn't hear the cat screaming or bouncing around and came back to a very unpleasant result.

 

[brittsmum1998]

Sooo.... She hasn't learned her lesson. I went in the fridge to get some butter for supper and looked down and she was back in the fridge. Took her out and she immediately tried to climb back in. I'm beginning to think that while she's lovable and sweet and playful and cute and ... she's not exactly smart.

 

[Scotgirl]

I had a crazy rushed day today and I wasn't paying attention to our new kitty. She's just 7 weeks old and very active and very curious. It started raining mid morning and Oldest DS called to say that he'd ridden his bike to school this morning (it was sunny and warm when he left) could I come pick it up. Run up to the school, grab the bike, head to the store to get some things for supper. Get home in time to get the kids off the bus, quickly feed them lunch then rush back out the door 10 minutes later to get to an appointment. I get home to see oldest DS in the driveway. He's bouncing and excited. He won tix to the Red sox game for TONIGHT. I sit in the driveway trying to get a hold of DH to see if he's going to be home in time and making contingency plans for a sitter. After 20 minutes I finally head in the house. I get into the house and I can hear this plaintive mewing sound. Looking all over the house can't find the kitten. Finally nail the sound down to the fridge. Poor thing climbed in when I was putting the food away and got trapped. A little snuggling and she was fine. But I felt soooo bad.

Don't worry about it - I have 6 cats and two have been tumble dried for a few seconds each. I heard the weird 'whump' each time and quickly opened the door - no harm done. It didn't stop them climbing in afterwards though. I still have to check the drier each time before I switch it on. A couple have been shut in clothes drawers as well. I guess that's where the saying 'curiousity caught the cat' came from. Cats are resilient - they have nine lives after all!

 

[Katieinwonderland]

One of my cats gets in EVERYTHING - he's constantly getting shut in the refrigerator, dryer, bathrooms, bedrooms, the garage...it doesn't discourage him from getting into those places again! He's currently shut out in the garage because he darted out there and wouldn't come back in, so he's out there entertaining himself. When he cries to come back in, I'll go let him in.

 

[si-am]

I've shut my cats in closets before, only to hear them scratching and crying in the middle of the night.

A few months ago, one of my cats jumped into the laundry hamper in the bathroom (the lid was up because I had just thrown clothes in there), and the lid closed down after him! Once he realized he was trapped, he was very unhappy.

 

[disneyfans95]

Be really careful with your dryer. My aunt's cat climbed into the dryer, she didn't know and turned it on. She was hard of hearing so didn't hear the cat screaming or bouncing around and came back to a very unpleasant result.

lol oh man what a way to go!

 

[3boymthr]

Be really careful with your dryer. My aunt's cat climbed into the dryer, she didn't know and turned it on. She was hard of hearing so didn't hear the cat screaming or bouncing around and came back to a very unpleasant result.

I've always been careful with the cats and the dryer because a cousin did this. Poor thing got really really burned and had to be put down. It was soooo sad.

 

[Tink9721]

One of my cats got closed in the closet in the bathroom once. She didn't cry or anything. She goes outside some times but we hadn't let her out that day so we thought maybe she had snuck past one of us when we opened the door. We thought she was missing but then we found her in the closet the next day. She was fine, just hungry. Silly cats!