August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
Last fall we adopted a homeless kitty and named her Sadie. She became the love of my life, but since then, I have realized she should have named Satan. Or Trouble. Or Danger-To-Herself. Or Kamakaze Crazy.
See, Sadie has a tendency to get herself into situations she can’t get herself out of. There was that one time she crawled into a twelve foot roll of carpet and got stuck in center. Tootsie Roll Sadie, we called her.
Then there was the time she crawled into the dirty laundry pile and ended up in the washing machine. Her fur was frizzy for weeks.
Oh, and that one time she tried to ask a raccoon if it was her mother . . . She doesn’t like me to tell that story.
But a few weeks ago, she got herself into a bind that takes the cake. I was in San Francisco when she went missing. Poor Alpha Man. He was a total and complete wreck when he couldn’t find her, trying to picture how to tell me he’d lost the love of my life. He tore apart the house, put up posters, combed the neighborhood and woods. Nothing. I got home and added to his grief and guilt by falling apart.
I wanted my kitty!
She’d been missing for four days when Oldest woke up in the middle of the night to a scrambling noise behind the heating vent in her room. She thought maybe we had a squirrel in the house again, and flicked on her flashlight over the vent grate.
And saw Sadie’s little face, accompanied by the most pathetic little “mew” you’ve ever heard. “Daddy!” Oldest screamed from her bedroom. “I found the cat!!”
It was after midnight, but all of us poured from our bedrooms, pulled the grate off Oldest’s vent and pulled out a scrawny, skinny, filthy, pissed off cat. Seems she’d gotten into the vent in the laundry room (which we still don’t know how she got uncovered) and got stuck. See, Sadie loves her food and has a bit of a belly. We figure it took her four days to lose enough weight to get unstuck and forge forward through the heating system of our house until she came to a grate where she could be heard.
Talk about crash dieting. Sadie accepts the award for silliest kitty antics, and would like to thank mother nature for making it warm enough that we didn’t use the heater during the days she was stuck, the spiders in the vents that she no doubt lived off of, and last but not least, her horrible eating habits which ensured she could live off her own fat for four days.
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Judy F says:
ah poor Sadie. I hope she has more then the usual nine lives. Sounds like she is going to need them.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 2:58 amStacy ~ says:
Oh I’m so glad everything turned out okay. Crazy cat. She gives gray hair, just like the human kids. Hopefully she learned her lesson.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 3:27 amLaura says:
I’m glad it turned out okay but I hate the thought that she was trapped, feeling alone and afraid for four days. Poor thing.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 4:01 amKris says:
Poor Sadie! I am glad that she was found and that she was okay.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:13 amPatty L. says:
Poor Sadie. I hope she fattens up soon. LOL
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:20 amLiza says:
Poor Sadie! I have to agree that she needs more than nine lives to make it through life…sounds like she has already used a few.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:23 amElen says:
Look at that pic! What’s not to love? Sadie is of the breed LOLKitteh. She should have “no fear” buzzed into her fur. She can has cheezburger.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Sadie is my kind of gal. Much cheer.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:24 amTreasia Stepp says:
First off I love her belly pic.
Poor Sadie being stuck for four days that way.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:46 amHélčne says:
Poor Sadie.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 5:46 amAll alone & scared. Hope she got lots of belly rubs and treats.
Suzanne says:
Awww, poor kitty! But she’s so cute!!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 6:07 amJill says:
She does belong on icanhascheezburger.com, that is for sure, lol!
And Tresia, I hate thinking about her for those four days all alone and scared too. I’m just so glad she was able to make herself heard!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 6:39 ambonita says:
Well like every one else, I’m glad Sadie is home safe and sound.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 8:33 amAlthough…If she was in the vents for four days…she may have left something behind…just sayin’… so when you turn the heat on in fall. . .
(my cat once climbed through the dishwasher connection under the sink and traveled to the nearby bathroom only to get stuck between the bathtub and the outside wall…Finally got her out, but the cabinet under the kitchen sink smelled like a litter box for months!
Jill says:
Bonita, well you’ve hit right on our problem. We haven’t decided how to handle the situation yet, but trust me, I will not be using the heater until we figure it out.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 8:37 amapril says:
Wow, I never would have thought of that. I think I would have just been happy to have kitty back. I hope there are no presents (though logic + 4 days missing kind of equals something).
She’s such a cutie. How many lives does she have left? Seems like she’s getting down to the wire!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 10:47 amsarah says:
OMG, how crazy is that? 4 days! Poor kitty.
LOL, because it made me think of Winnie the Pooh… getting stuck in Rabbit’s hole, so he stood guard to make sure no one fed the bear until he lost weight!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 10:57 amAmanda says:
Awwww poor Sadie. Real glad she’s ok! Loving that pic of her
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 11:37 amSusan says:
I’m glad Sadie found help and is fine. I think she is going to keep your whole family on your toes for many years to come!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 11:46 amnaomi says:
Wow, that’s quite the ordeal for poor little Sadie. She does seem to get herself int quite the pickle. I’m glad she’s not overly traumatized and that she made it through the duct work to Oldest’s room. I also hope there are no little presents waiting in the vents. Perhaps it’s time to get the vents professionally cleaned? Just saying.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 11:55 amCelise says:
Wow. Even MY cat doesn’t get into that much trouble. Although she might when we move to a townhouse.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmCryna says:
So glad that other than slimmer, otherwise Sadie looks to have fared well. Poor baby, being in there for four days. So glad it ended well……..
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pmDonna M says:
First of all, I’m glad Sadie found her way home! Second, crazy cat! What was left behind in the vent!! Could be yucky!
Didn’t she get stuck once before behind a vent or something? Maybe I have lost my mind the heat & moving has left it mushy!!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 4:56 pmAmy L says:
Jill,
Check out this article about a cat walled in for 7 weeks!!!! Four days would be bad enough, but 7 weeks?!?!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26408571/
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 6:18 pmlimecello says:
Oh my goodness - I agree - such antics should put Sadie right in with lolcatz. Poor little thing.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pmDiana says:
Poor Sadie. So glad that she’s safe.
Jill, can you elaborate on the time Sadie ended up in the washing machine? How long was she in there?!
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 11:29 pmKate Hardy says:
Poor Sadie - glad she’s back safely and you can stop worrying.
Any bets she’s going to have a starring role in a book?
Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 11:39 pm