Determined kitty gives me heart attack!

I have just had the fright of my life. I'm working at home today indoors so much to Simba's disapproval I shut him indoors with me. He went upstairs in a huff and I went to the office to work. Unbenown to me he had gone up to my son's bedroom which is a converted attic room on third floor. My son's bedroom window was closed as his bed is next to window and we didn't want to risk Simba climbing out but he had opened the window on the landing next to his bedroom as it is quite a high jump up there and thought that would be OK. NOT! Simba apparently decided to jump up to this window which leads down on to a small slanted roof - he had then walked along this and down onto a lower roof of the extension that comes out from the kitchen and then from there onto a pergola which is outside my other son's bedroom. My eldest son happened to be walking past this room and saw Simba outside on the pergola and set off the panic. First son shouts to second son - GET OUTSIDE - SIMBA IS STUCK - at this point I hear what is going on and come out of the office to see second son literally flying down the stairs and outside. Thankfully he was able to get a chair and reach up to grab Simba who I think was a little relieved to be saved as I think he was stuck as to where to go next! Little devil is now fast asleep next to me exhausted from his adventure. It seems he is quite determined to get out side when I've told him he cant:LOL: My poor sons are also very relived to have their kitty safe and sound!

Got that tshirt,doesn't it make you feel sick & fear the worse,even a strong cup of tea doesn't stop the palpataions.....
So pleased that Simba was rescued with no problems & no doubt that window will not be opened again for a little while !
We had some screens made up that we could put over or take off the windows as & how we wanted & they worked very well,now they have the run of the back garden when we are here it means the patio doors are open for the fresh air so don't hook them on quite so much but still handy to have.

:suprised: YIKES!!! what are they like, glad he's ok :smile: There is nothing worse than a sulking MC they get up to alsorts of mischeif :LOL:

how scary for you... makes me glad that we have flywires on all the windows!

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!

Yes we call them flywires, but also flyscreens... They're on all the windows to keep the flies out and let the breeze in!

We had a panic attack on Saturday (well dh did not me!) thinking one of the kids had let out Gryfn, but no, he was hidden under ds2's bed along with all the junk!

We built a deck and pergola so that we could sit out with the cats - they used to have a single storey "run", but they wailed every time we sat out on the patio because they wanted to be with us. At that time, they were "mature" MCs - all over ten years old and far too grown-up to climb the mesh to the top, so we put bird-netting on the top of the pergola rafters, basically to discourage suicidal blue tits etc from coming in to pinch the loose cat fluff.
When Hobbes joined the family and then Alice, we checked the whole area over for kitten-sized escape routes and meshed in some more places.
In January, we had that massive amount of snow and it brought down the bird netting in places. Kevin was in hospital, so I did my best to make repairs; thought I'd done a pretty good job but hadn't counted on the "Hobbescapologist"!
Kevin was working from home that morning; around 10:30 I got a frantic phone call to come home. Hobbes had got up on top of the pergola, made his way on to the roof of the shed and was swearing at the pigeons! :ohgosh: It took the two of us and two slices of Spam to get him back in. Our heart-rates returned to normal - eventually!!!

We have now put galvanised mesh right over the top and although Hobbes has clambered up the "walls", he cannot get any further.

I knew Spam was good for something ! - glad Hobbes is ok little minx, why do they do it to us ? :)

I was coming back home across the fields yesterday with the dogs and saw Simba sitting on our back fence, when he saw us he was eager to come and meet us and jumped down into a patch of stinging nettles. He stung one of his little pink pads and was licking it all day. Don't think he will do that again poor thing.

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when he saw us he was eager to come and meet us and jumped down into a patch of stinging nettles. He stung one of his little pink pads and was licking it all day. Don't think he will do that again poor thing.

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Awwwww, poor baby!

I remember reading somewhere that a MC in the USA marched from his home to the neighbour's house where his owners were at a party, walked into the house and gave them "what for" for being out late and insisted they return home. Hobbes has got quite an imperious little "WOW" when we aren't complying quickly enough, so I can well believe this!

Hobbes would do just about ANYTHING for Spam. And if you ever need to give a pill, like a worming tablet for example, ours will (usually) take it if it is rolled up in a bit of corned beef! So much for the balanced Science Diet, eh?

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Hobbes would do just about ANYTHING for Spam. And if you ever need to give a pill, like a worming tablet for example, ours will (usually) take it if it is rolled up in a bit of corned beef! So much for the balanced Science Diet, eh?

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It's cheese with Harry, he loves it, even the strong gum tingling cheddar ! :drool1:

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Awwwww, poor baby!

I remember reading somewhere that a MC in the USA marched from his home to the neighbour's house where his owners were at a party, walked into the house and gave them "what for" for being out late and insisted they return home. Hobbes has got quite an imperious little "WOW" when we aren't complying quickly enough, so I can well believe this!
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That's so funny:LOL: Simba hates being left alone when I take the dogs out. If no-one is at home with him I lock him in the house cos I know he would try and follow us.

Simba is a huge cheese fan and will try and take it out of your sandwich if you are eating it:LOL:

Haven't tried spam but thinking I will have to get some if it's so popular:smile:

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Simba is a huge cheese fan and will try and take it out of your sandwich if you are eating it:LOL:

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We can believe that! Hobbes can reach up to the kitchen counter when standing on his back legs and has been known to snaffle stuff that is close to the edge.

The spam is an occasional treat - not sure how much salt there is in that stuff! He also adores cheese.

I had a Burmese that would KILL for chinese food and curry. And our original red boy Widget had a thing for sweet-and-sour chicken - thereby hangs a tale.

He had been on chicken-and-rice as he had had an upset tum. The previous evening we had had a takeaway and put the leftovers in a bin bag in the garage. We went out the next evening to friends and when we got back, my husband picked Widget up and planted a big kiss on his furry little head. He recoiled, exclaiming "Yuk! Sweet and Sour Cat!"
Our "I've got a sensitive tummy" red lad had raided the bin bag and his fur colour had neatly masked the sauce that he had covered himself in! :LOL:

:rofl: they are darling aren't they!

I haven't tried gryfn on cheese yet, we don't have a lot because the kids can't eat it.