Oh bloody hell ...

[blamebrampton]

The back door was wide open (we suspect Monster). Both cats could not be found, a quick squawk brought Mon out from her hiding place under the outside table (hurrah for an agoraphobic cat!), but Cookie is still missing 40 minutes later. Everything else is suspended until the return of the little cat!

Cookie is found! She was asleep in a half-open drawer the whole time! That cat could sleep for England ... HURRAH! and PHEW!

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She is back! As you guessed it was another false alarm. Monster is also clearly also relieved, although she totally fails at cat detection. I am going to build a cat-finding robot!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It worked, darling! She is back -- in fact she never really left. Monster is also demanding cuddles after all the upset and her Great Adventure Under the Table.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think limoncello might be in order! And Phew indeed!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was cuddling her in the wrong room, too! The study is for cuddling, the living room is for head scratches!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *Huggles you back*

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

I just vicariously experienced relief through you. Once upon a time my cat was left unsupervised/let out by other people and never came back. Well, she was badass and independent, I'm pretty sure she took care of herself, but I was devastated and haven't had another cat since. *gets maudlin*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh darling, that's horrible! I am usually a finder of cats, and live in horror of losing one. Thank goodness that Cookie is at heart a bit lazy, and Monster is a big scaredy cat!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Hahah, why go through an open door when drawers beckon. Very glad.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, thank goodness her passion for a comfy hidey-hole outweighs most other things in life!

[raitala.livejournal.com]

Phew! It is heart stopping when that happens!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know that lap cat!

And yes ... I did laps of our block, checked down along the railway, on the roof ... where I first went wrong was in letting Mr B check inside, as he gave a Man Look for her. When I followed in his footsteps, I quickly discerned the difference between towels and a fluffy cat bum. Still taking deep cleansing breaths.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Kitty crisis averted! They find the strangest places to curl up in, don't they?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

They both have a passion for drawers, though Mr B alleged he had already looked in there and under the bed. I had gone to search between the curtains in hopes that she was snuggled in there, and saw her fluffiness!

I am very relieved that Monster did not decide to have a big adventure once she was outside, hiding under the table was quite enough for her!

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad she's found!
They always do that, sit quietly and laugh at our worries... Evil creatures. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

If I did not love the little monkeys so much, I would not worry about them so!

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Bloody cats!

I'm so glad you found her. Another of my LJ friends was sure and certain that hers had got out because she had looked everywhere - except, of course, in the chest of drawers because "though other cats had got in there, the hole was too small for her..."

Nope.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

One of our first Singapura kittens had a thing about the chimney, which was not in use and blocked off by hardboard. The ittle so-and-so stood on the (fortunately off) coal-effect electric fire we had in the grate, pushed aside the hardboard, and jumped up into the chimney.

When we finally located her, she was bathed. Funnily enough, she didn't do it again...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

No hole is ever too small! Mon is twice the size of Cookie, and we have several times watched as she squished herself into Cookie spots by dint of wedging in the first part of herself, then the next, then the next, sucking in the fatty bits as needed, and making more space with her paws where she can. It usually ends well, except when she jumps behind the sofa, where she has room to get in, but not out!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cookie had a teeny bit of old ash on her (I don't think there had been a fire in there for thirty years) but was otherwise very pleased with herself. There was only a two-inch gap in the old grate for her to get in! We closed it as soon as she came out, she seemed a little miffed.

[emmacmf.livejournal.com]

LOL, little madam, scaring her humans like that. Glad you found her safe and sound.

[elissande.livejournal.com]

Hooray for cats found! They can be a worry sometimes. Our cats are indoor/outdoor ones (we have a big garden) so I don't worry until one hasn't come home to eat. Have spent many a night calling round the local streets to find the cat has since returned home and is asleep on the sofa!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Absolute heart failure was well advanced on my part. She is a brave little creature, so could well have chased after an intruder cat (even though she can only see the garden from inside, it is obviously hers) and then found herself either wondering where she was, or else a small cat in a big-cat fight (and cats are rather large in Australia!)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, I did send the fella off to look for her inside while I looked outside, alas, he looked with Man Eyes. In older times, when windows were left open, we would find cats asleep on the sofa that were not in fact our cats. Apparently there is a note scratched onto the fence that we are soft touches when it comes to fish, and give good scratches.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Monster opened the door by herself?

Wow.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It has a straight handle, she likes to climb the screen, and she has not inconsiderable bulk in her bum, so we think that on the way down, the bum made contact with the handle, and suddenly she found herself swinging outwards ... Monkey cat!