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Post by knit.pea on Jul 23, 2014 20:26:23 GMT
Wow, she is one tough cat! I don't like the thought of routinely "medicating" cats, but have you tried Feliway or the like? It may help put her at ease. Your Dobby is just beautiful
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ddly
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Post by ddly on Jul 23, 2014 20:30:56 GMT
Wow! That was not the ending I was expecting. It's so much better!!
Yeah Trixie! Amazing!
Lisa D.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 23, 2014 20:35:42 GMT
OMG! I'm so glad you got her and she is OK.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 23, 2014 22:01:47 GMT
I'm so happy that she came out and is fine. She must be starving and thirsty, poor thing. I had a similar incident with one of my cats a few years ago. She somehow got outside. I was beyond frantic because she is pure white and completely deaf. Great coyote bait. She couldn't even blend into the bushes. I searched for days. After a week, I was sure something had hurt her or killed her. But one night, I heard her overly loud meows. It was coming from above me. I ran out and looked on the roof, but no kitty. I climbed out my second story bedroom window to check a section I couldn't see from the ground. That's when I found a hole in the roof that led to the attic. We have what we call an attic here, but what it is is more of a crawl space with insulation on the floor in between wooden beams and in some areas, not enough head room to even stand up. This wasn't a nice typical attic like most people picture when you think of an attic. I thought I would just open the hatch to the attic, she would see me and come running. Nope. After multiple attempts to get her down, I couldn't get her to come near enough to pick her up. I put food, water, and a litter box and she was happy as could be. After another two weeks, I finally decided to go up and get her out. I climbed up through the crawl hole thing and couldn't find her. I knew she didn't get back out because I plugged up the hole where she got in already. I finally found her sleeping back in a long tunnel part of the attic. I tried banging on the wood, clapping my hands, all sorts of things to wake her up. I ended up going back down the ladder and filling my sock top with rubber bands. I climbed back up and I shot them at the ceiling over top of her so they would fall onto her and wake her up. Do you know how hard it is to shoot a rubberband about 15 feet and aim at a section of crossbeam? I sucked at it. I thought when she woke, she would see me and come running to me like she always did in the house. Nope. When a rubber band finally landed on her and woke her up. she was spooked. She looked like she was coming to me but darted past me so fast I couldn't grab her. The effort to catch her made me lose my balance and I stepped off the wood beam I was balanced on and onto a section of insulation. Insulation that was placed over the thin ceiling board. And seconds later, I went through the floor/ceiling when it gave way and was hanging there with my legs dangling and holding on to the beams beside me for dear life. The area I was up there was right near the top of the stairs. Falling one way would let me land on the carpeted hallway. Falling the other direction would have dropped me down to the first floor onto hard cement covered with wood. Not exactly cushy. I tried to look down to see if I could figure out exactly where I was hanging and which way I should try to jump. Fortunately, I made the right decision and landed upstairs on the carpeted hallway. Now I had a big ugly hole in my ceiling, but still no kitty. The hole I made was in an area that made a new and better entrance to the attic area she seemed to favor. I figured out that I could use her deafness to my advantage. I put a box up in the attic on its side and slid her food and water bowls to the back of that box. That would keep her from seeing to the side where the opening in the ceiling was. I put another litter box on the other side of the hole so she couldn't jump easily and make another run for it. Then I put a little battery operated motion sensor pointing to the feeding station. It would go off when she broke the beam to go eat. She wouldn't hear it, but I would. I left the ladder in place so I could get up there as fast as possible. In the middle of the night, the alarm went off. I shot up the ladder, stuck my arm into the open side of the box and grabbed at anything I could get ahold of. Success! She was startled, of course, and tried to squirm out of my grasp, but she didn't claw or bite. She was really a very gentle cat. I pulled her through the opening, climbed down the ladder, and turned on my bedroom light so she could see it was me. So what does she do after being gone for a total of 3 weeks? She purred like crazy and started rubbing her head on me. I don't know why she wouldn't come to me when she saw me up there, but she was fine as soon as she got down. I was afraid she had an injury and that's why she wasn't coming to me, but other than being filthy, she was fine. I gave her a warm bath, dried her off with the hair dryer, and went back to bed. Good thing they are so cute, huh? /Off thread topic Lexica, you can really tell a story. This was another great one. I remember one of the first of yours I read when I joined 2Peas was when you and your mom went to farm sit while your relatives went to a wedding. If I remember right, you were cold, miserable, and in the dark, but I had tears running down my face from laughing so hard at the way you told it. /Back to your regularly scheduled thread.
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Post by Dixie Lou on Jul 23, 2014 22:03:43 GMT
What awesome news !! I am sure the kitty is relieved as well!
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Lesia
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Post by Lesia on Jul 23, 2014 23:40:02 GMT
Wow, I just saw this thread. So happy you got Trixie!
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Post by transprntbutterfly on Jul 24, 2014 1:21:58 GMT
Thank goodness she came out and is safe!
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Post by NicL on Jul 24, 2014 1:24:08 GMT
I'm so glad you found her and she's safe
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Post by Lexica on Jul 24, 2014 2:43:54 GMT
/Off thread topic Lexica, you can really tell a story. This was another great one. I remember one of the first of yours I read when I joined 2Peas was when you and your mom went to farm sit while your relatives went to a wedding. If I remember right, you were cold, miserable, and in the dark, but I had tears running down my face from laughing so hard at the way you told it.
/Back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Oh yeah, I remember that. That's when my sister's dog died. That was a horrible trip. I'm glad you got a giggle from it though. Why do I have such weird stuff happen to me?
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Post by jjpswife on Jul 24, 2014 2:51:16 GMT
Yay!! She is really stinkin cute and I'm not a cat person at all. So glad she's safe!!
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Post by wezee on Jul 24, 2014 3:33:00 GMT
Yay!!! I was hoping she would get out on her own.
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chendra
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Jun 27, 2014 16:58:50 GMT
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Post by chendra on Jul 24, 2014 3:36:26 GMT
Congrats on your patience and stealth moves!
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Post by Katiepotatie on Jul 24, 2014 3:41:03 GMT
I missed this originally, but am THRILLED at the outcome!!
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 24, 2014 4:46:55 GMT
/Off thread topic Lexica, you can really tell a story. This was another great one. I remember one of the first of yours I read when I joined 2Peas was when you and your mom went to farm sit while your relatives went to a wedding. If I remember right, you were cold, miserable, and in the dark, but I had tears running down my face from laughing so hard at the way you told it.
/Back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Oh yeah, I remember that. That's when my sister's dog died. That was a horrible trip. I'm glad you got a giggle from it though. Why do I have such weird stuff happen to me?I am so sorry, I don't remember that part. I remember you having an awful lot of trouble your first night there, though, and your description was just so funny. I'm so sorry your sister's dog died.
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Post by petenthusiast on Jul 24, 2014 11:42:23 GMT
Couldn't post the other day from phone but saw you got her & was so happy! Do you think you could grab her in a carrier to have vet do some sub-q fluids...she must be dehydrated...they're usually pretty cheap & will prevent worse probs from developing out of dehydration. SO HAPPY for you!
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Post by gailoh on Jul 24, 2014 12:25:24 GMT
She had her herself a big adventure...glad she is out now and hope you can get her calmed down so she knows she is safe with you...
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Post by kittens on Jul 27, 2014 16:17:33 GMT
Oh I am so glad she came out! I missed the update! Yay that she is out and safe!!!
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