Have u locked a cat in a closet/pantry by mistake?

Usually someone gets shut in a cupboard or the closet at least once a day. Luckily one of the to other kitties will let me know. I have gotten real good about checking most things for cats before closing them like the washer, dryer, freezer, :censor::censor::censor::censor:, dishwasher. and once Annie jumped into the oven. I am glad it wasn't on, I was just putting some skillets in there

Kallie likes to sneak in to the closet without me seeing her and I close the door and she gets stuck till I open it again....I have trained myself to look for her before closing the door, but every once in a while I forget

I've had my kitties trapped in the bathroom, the refrigerator, cupboards, you name it. The worse though was I closed the dryer door on Harley! I normally check before I put another load in, but I was done for the day so I just closed the door. I didn't hear him for a few hours, then he just started howling his head off! I guess it was nice and warm and he curled up and went to sleep. I felt SO bad! So, no...you are NOT alone!

I do head counts everyday but sometimes they still sneak in places that they shouldn't be. Most of the time all my doors are left open but my husband occaisonally closes something for whatever reason.

Tricia

It happens quiet regularly around my house...we have a crawl space where we store wood and have our wood/electric furnace, sump pump, hot water tank, water softner, panel box...every time we go down there Darcy insists on sneaking down there....we watch her, but then she turns on her invisible cloaking device and next thing you know we are having to open the floor to let her out. There is also a two foot space between our floor and the cement pad, we converted the double attached garage to living space. Manadrin and Precious love to zip into our closet whenever its open, and we use it more for storage so its easy to miss them....Its never for long periods of time though.

Reeses managed to push her way into our closet (2 sliding doors) but then couldn't get back out. I did lock her in the basement once, she get got the door open and I didn't know she was down there.

LuckyGirl got locked in the closet once....DH did it, I gave him a few choice words, and he felt terrible.... so long as he doesn't do it again!

Guilty your honor
We have a cellar and the access is by an outside door, most days its left open, then locked at night,..........yep you guessed it, some 4-legged light footed critter always manages to get locked in - luckily for them theres a 'den' down there, so if they want they can always catch the late movie I always have a water bowl in there, just in case

LOVING all these stories and YES, I'm feeling better somewhat knowing I'm not the only one!

INTERESTING no one has clicked on option for cat locking them in! AND ONLY ONE has NEVER locked his/her cat in/out!!

My cat likes to sleep n the closet. So he is in there a lot but doesn't seem to mind! Someone will be like "where's the cat?" and sure enough, he is in the closet all cozy!!!

I chose he locks me in...

No never locked him into a room I didn't want him in. Sierra locked Kota in the closet one time though. I freaked out because I thought I may have left her outside or something. I was searching the house and outside till I finally found her. I was in a panick cuz I thought I lost my furbaby.

I've done that plenty of times. I've locked a kitty in the garage before. In the barn. I've even shut Bean into a cabinet once when he was smaller. They never get locked in for long. But sometimes thier so sneaky you can't help but accidentally lock them somewhere.

Countless times. Sho used to get locked in the garage all the time, until he learned not to go in there. A few occasions he's been locked in the bathroom.
Tomas is worse though, being a kitten he has to be in the middle of everything. If he hears a door to a closet or room open were he's not allowed the first thing he does is madly dash in. I'm very lucky he hasn't tried to dash outside.

Max once got himself locked in the storage shed overnight I always call and check but that day he was being sneaky. When I went out the next day, he burrr and ran out when I opened the door. I was horrified at the time. Now I triple check and do a head count outside, I don't want to lock him, a stray, or a neighbors cat inside.

Tiggy spent the day in the hall closet about 6 months or so ago.....I felt TERRIBLE! I know better than to shut any door in our home without dekittying it first!

Thankfully I've only ever done that once.

All the time! They sneak in there before i shut the door! Usually i see them do it and get them our right away. I learned my lesson on several occassions from Velvet- she likes to go hiding in my closets I also have locked a kitty in the couch unfortunately- Kolar got stuck in there this week Thankfully, he was ok though.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...59#post1640759

Almost daily!!!!!! And it is always Max. He has been shut under the stairs, in the divan drawers under a bed, in the garden shed, in the cupboard under the sink, in the airing cupboard, and in every bedroom. He is so slinky and skinny that he slips in and curls up in a corner before anyone notices!!!!!

Herpy is bf's wee black cat (who has herpes). He's fast, nosy...the posterboy of getting locked into things unseen. I've shut him into the fridge 4 times, the bathroom countless times the food bin twice, etc. thankfully, we have no closed closets. I don't need to do a headcount. After a few seconds of being trapped, he starts belting out meows that could level a city.

It has become second nature to me to check to see where Jamie is before leaving the house or going to bed, turning on the washer, dryer, or dishwasher, or if I haven't seen him around for an hour or so. Is there any nook or cranny they won't explore, or choose as a great place to nap? He's even been trapped inside duvet covers after "helping" me change the sheets.