"Missing" kitties

I've had a couple of major panic situations in the past 24 hours due to "missing" kitties.

The first one happened yesterday afternoon at our main foster home when a feral kitten from a litter of five couldn't be found in his kennel. Picture two totally frantic women - me and our coordinator - tearing apart her garage and scouring the perimeter of the house with flashlights, crawling under bushes to search for this kitten. Turns out he was in the kennel all along, hiding under his extremely protective mother.

Then, this morning as I was leaving for work (trying to leave early because I had so much to do) I sought out each of my four to be sure they were safe and say my goodbyes. One was missing - my sweet and lovely girl, Claire. I spent the next 45 minutes calling, searching for her throughout the apartment and basement. I popped open a can a food and shook the bag of treats. That brought the other three running, but no Claire. I was ready to call into work when Claire suddenly came tearing up from the basement, up the steps into my apartment and calmly plopped down in the middle of the living room. She looked up at me with those gorgeous eyes, purring the whole time, as if to say, "What's wrong? Were you looking for me?"

No more "missing" kitties please!

Oh dear...what a time for you! lol I did that one time with my foster kittens. They had me panicked...I knew they had to be in the bedroom somewhere...but I couldn't find them. I searched everywhere...called work and told them i was going to be late, and hunted some more. Eventually I though to open the dresser drawer and there they were sound asleep in my pj drawer...they had crawled under the dresser and up into the drawer. They both glared at me for intruding on their nap, yawned and went back to sleep. Eventually my heart went back to beating at a normal rate! LOL

That's cute.... and it's not like you can tell your boss, "well, I couldn't find my cat this morning, so I'm gonna be late!"

whew! Couple of panic-button moments there huh? Good to know they're safe and sound though.

My girl Jasmine can hide very well. For one thing, she goes way under beds, and crawls through small hidey holes. And she was born feral, so she has a way of just melting into where ever she is sitting, and you just don't see her. She is jet black, so of course disappears in the shadows.

I'm glad you found your missing kitties...it is scary to "lose" them, isn't it.

Glad you found them!

I have had a few of those panicky moments when I can't find the cats, especially Kahu as he is deaf. But I really have to wonder where they do go because I look in every nook and cranny and then when I am really freaked out, he just comes sauntering in. Where the heck does he come from?

I remember reading a funny article somewhere that cats go into a time warp or something, (I can't remember the name) which explains why they disappear LOL. GOtta make you wonder!

I like the time warp theory. I could have sworn the kitten was not in his kennel and Claire wasn't in the basement. I looked everywhere!

I've had that happen several times. Jamie particularly likes to stretch out flat under the covers, and sometimes gets inside the comforter cover. The best disappearing act was when he was a little kitten - he squeezed between the radiator and the wall.
The "time warp" sounds like a good explanation!

Originally Posted by eilcon

I like the time warp theory.

I could have sworn the kitten was not in his kennel and Claire wasn't in the basement. I looked everywhere!

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Poor Eileen! .. ....Kitts, you should to help to Mommie, don´t worried to her more than necesary! ....

Oh my, glad to hear all came out with a happy ending!

Those darn kitties don't they hear the panic in our voices???

Originally Posted by GailC

Those darn kitties don't they hear the panic in our voices???

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I think they like hearing the panic in our voices. Its all a game to them! Didn't you know that?