Thread: Determined kitty gives me heart attack!

Flywires? Love it. Gives me visions of some sort of high voltage bug zapping wires across windows. Probably just what we call "screens" though (much less exciting).

Know the fear thing all too well...
Our cats all like to go out in the garage and prowl around for crickets and such, and a few weeks ago I let the three big ones out there one last time before bed, around 11pm. About 15mins later I took the kitten out to see them and...one of the garage doors was wide open! I panicked, threw the kitten back in the house, yelled for my wife, and quickly searched the garage, but did not see any of the three! By then wife had arrived on scene and I went outside to make certain nobody slipped out while she searched the garage more thoroughly. Amazingly, the two that do not go outside were both still in the garage--just a bit spooked due to my panic. Got them in, so that just left Bella outside someplace, but at least she goes out with me nearly every day, so she knows her way around--and likewise I know where she likes to go. One good thing about looking for a cat at night is you can see them from quite a distance with a good flashlight, so I started sweeping the places in the yard (and just beyond) where she likes to head. Sure enough, the third place I looked she was just sitting, wondering why dad was so frantic. So all ended well, but it took me about an hour to calm down. Could have been a disaster, as I am not certain what the two that don't know the outside would have done if they had gotten out (I cannot believe neither one ventured out of the open garage). Anyway, you can bet I will be much more vigilant about checking the door status from now on!