Today, I agreed to catsit for a friend. Her cat rode back to my house sitting on my shoulder in the car. As soon as I opened the door, he jumped out and ran off into the woods. It's been 2 1/2 hours and not even food will entice him back to me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a friend temporarily staying at my house with his cats scared one of them into my basement, where the cat then climbed up within the walls to somewhere on the second floor. He then left as he was on a deadline to get to TN by a specific time. He told me I could keep his cat, who is stuck somewhere in a wall. FML
Today, I stayed the night at a friend's house for the first time. I went to get water from the kitchen when I saw a cat staring at me. I looked back and it ran off. I told my friend about it. He doesn’t have a cat. FML
Today, I had to take my cat to the vet. On the way there, he managed to get out of his cage, climb into the front seat, onto my chest, and howl in my face as I tried to drive down the highway. I ended up with stitches and still got charged for missing my cat's appointment. FML
Today, I left my apartment in a hurry and noticed my neighbor's cat sitting outside my door. I assumed he had escaped, so I spent 15 minutes trying to coax him back upstairs. My neighbor eventually opened her door and said, “He's waiting for me to leave.” Apparently, he does this every morning. FML
Today, I thought my new kitten had gotten out, so I roamed the streets in the pouring rain, screaming his name for hours. Eventually, my fiance called and said he was home from work. I cried that the cat was gone, and he said, "What do you mean? He's on my lap." FML
Today, as I returned from work, a cat was meowing at me in a bush. I said hi to it and walked inside. Then I noticed one of my cats was nowhere to be found. After a bit of panicking, I finally figured out that cat in the bush was MY cat, and he was meowing because he was stuck. I don't know how he got outside. FML
Today, I found my cat downstairs with a squirrel dangling from his mouth. When I saw this, I yelled at my cat to put it down. He did. Turns out the squirrel was still alive and run. I had to spend the next three hours chasing it out of my house. FML
Today, my cat escaped through my front door. It was dark out, so I had no idea where I was going. I finally caught up to him in my neighbour’s lawn and I gave him heck for scaring me. It took me a minute to realize I was actually talking to a bush in their flowerbed. FML
Today, I had to buy more supplies for the cat my friend asked me to pet sit for 2 weeks. Her 2-week vacation ended over 3 years ago. FML
Today, I've been assigned to watch my friend's cat while he's away from home. His cat is 22 years-old and very grumpy. Most of my time has been spent making sure she's not dead, and getting attacked when I accidentally interrupt her naps. I've already got a few scratches. This is gonna be a long few days. FML
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InfiniteSunshine 32
Losing your friends cat really sucks and I hope you get it back. However, it should've been transported in a kennel. Keeping a loose animal in the car, especially riding on you while driving, is dangerous, they hit you in the wrong place or freak out and it can cause an accident. A crate also would've prevented it from escaping when you opened the car.
vogonpoet 5
Get ready to start apologizing to your friend. I'm with #6. Pets need to be transported in carriers to avoid this exact situation. Your friend should have given you one.
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Comments (42)
OhPuhleeze 23
You're a man who is taking care of a cat for a female friend. I may be wrong but if she'd rather have a cat than you....
HadleyTCanine 15
Do you routinely drop friendships because the person owns a cat?
YBae 27
Even if you or your friend don't have a cat carrier, our vet recommended putting cats in a pillowcase with the end closed when traveling. They feel secure in the small, dark space and can't escape when you stop. If you find the cat, you might try that in the future.
Katielynne53725 6
cats can not resist boxes. my friend didn't believe me until her house cat got out at night during a storm and she spent an hour looking and calling for her. 2 minutes after putting out a box the cat showed up.
nevereyes 31
That's why you transport cats in cat carriers
just_me_cee 7
Hopefully the cat comes back. They have great sense of direction so might run back to its owners house. I know it's too late now but a cat carrier would've been the safest way to transport the cat. Anyways I had a cat many years ago that ran back to the old neighborhood after we moved across town and the neighbour's were feeding him and then called us to go pick him up.Hope you find the kitty.
HEnRyEdwardsIII 15
Hopefully the friend wasn't Jack Burns, he may push you out of his circle of trust.
cheshireau 26
Could you have left it at the friends house and just went to the house to feed, clean and spend time with it? It's what we do for my Aunts cats when she goes away.
Catdragon 40
Why wasn't the cat in a carrier or on a harness and leash?
SuumahEli 23
Something similar happened to me while cat sitting a couple years ago. What I did was get a dog kennel and pour cat nip all over the inside and set it right outside the door. And this is going to sound super dumb, but it totally worked, but we tied a string around the door of the dog kennel and hid inside the house. I sat there hours watching Netflix on my phone, but she finally went at the cat nip and I pulled the string which closed the door. And VIOLA! I know that's a lot to read, but it worked for me. I wish you the best of luck!
jvanevery 19
seriously this is the best advice I've ever seen for a situation like this because the cat doesn't think of your house as its home and it's very unlikely that it will come there on its own was the catnip green and fresh
Migole 36
Seriously? How can one be so horrendously stupid? YDI all the way. Animals should never ever be let lose in a moving car. Especially and absolutely not an animal you don't know. Do you drink/text and drive as well? Because your foresight seems to end right after your forehead. Not only can the pet suddenly jump in your face or between your legs, causing a possibility fatal accident, but in case of an emergency brake, they'll go flying right through the windshield.