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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Top comments
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)
Octavarium16 7
YDI for not restraining the cat! My cat doesn't travel well in a carrier so he's harnessed and leashed with a seatbelt leash (so he's restrained safely) for exactly this reason. That being said, put his/her litter box outside and/or a their bed--their own scent can help him feel more comfortable/find their way back.
Mudge 11
are you FUR real!? That's CLAWful! LITTERally the worst ting that could happened
Zebediabolical 45
This is why we invented cat carriers.
TacoTheDank 27
Although, yes, OP definitely should've used a carrier instead of a shoulder to hold the cat, unfortunately that is in the past and we can't change that; the most we can do now is hope OP finds the missing cat and updates us on the situation.
katluvr 22
Being a long-time cat owner, I am surprised that you worked together to decide that tapering the cat is in any way advisable. Cats don't typically enjoy such changes in location and even spayed females will mark territory. I would suggest searching near your friend's home first. Good luck!
katluvr 22
Got no clue how "transporting" came out as "tapering" on my phone. Autocorrect...
Lollyman 2
If the cat is not back yet then the closest chinese restaurant has or had him. Just saying.....
Kpotassium 4
ydi for not using a kennel
alicelouise66 5
I'm sorry but that is totally irresponsible. the cat should have been in a carrier. most cats do not come when called. ydi
randybryant799 21
Are you serious? What did you think would happen when you opened the door? That's completely incompetent.
randybryant799 21
I cannot believe you'd be so careless.