Posted on 08/11/2007 6:10:06 AM PDT by Daffynition
DENVER, CO -- Tonya Payne says she has run out of ideas.
The Colorado landlord has been trying to clean up a mess left by one of her tenants for nearly a week.
That mess includes Freddy the cat, who's now hiding in the wall of her rental home.
She has tried to tie a piece of dried cod on the end of a stick.
He did not bite.
She has placed a trap in front of the hole in the wall.
He went in, tripped the trap, but somehow managed to escape.
"I've even tried to call in an animal communicator," she said.
The "communicator" has not called her back.
Freddy just does not want to come out of the hole.
"I'm really at a loss," Payne said.
On Wednesday, Payne even put a request out on Craigslist to see if anyone had any "bright ideas."
Her phone has not stopped ringing, but Freddy has not stopped cowering.
So Payne has decided to ask for even more assistance.
Should someone want Freddy and have an idea to get him out of his predicament, she says she is willing to give the person free cat food for a year.
Payne is leaving food and water behind for Freddy every night.
He appears to be all right.
However, he is truly scared and he does not want to leave.
Rubber mouse on a string,..dangling near the opening?
They tried a piece of fish on a stick. No luck.
Find the hole the cat uses. Make a one-way flap out of cardboard and duct tape. Place a bowl of yummy wet cat food as bait. Situation under control.
“Payne is leaving food and water behind for Freddy every night.”
I am thankful for that. Poor kitty. Some cats just can’t abide change.
I do hope that the Ms. Payne will get help soon for that kitty because by the looks of that picture, Freddy does looked very scared and wants out bigtime, alive. =^..^=
Ms. Payne better get help ASAP because that cat, Freddy looks not only scared by deperate bigtime. =^..^=
I took my cat to my daughters while we went on vacation one year. The bathroom closet door was open and there was an opening in the wall that went behind a big corner spa bathtub. Thats right where he went. My daughter put out food and water for him and after about 3 days, when the house got quiet at night, he came out. He made friends with her and she shut the closet and just let him roam the house till he settled down.
Just tell Freddy that Mrs. Swicker has a nice fresh piece of halibut for him. If he’s a movie fan, he’ll flee the wall and never go back! :-)
But seriously, was he abandoned by the previous tenants? If so, they they should be flayed, and their carcasses left for Freddy to feast on...poetic justice of the highest order.
“Payne is leaving food and water behind for Freddy every night.”
I am thankful for that. Poor kitty. Some cats just can’t abide change.
The needs of the mouth are being taken care of by Ms Payne. What about the needs of the other end?
:-O
Has Freddy been neutered? If not, maybe she could borrow a lady cat and have her sashay in front of the wall for a day or two.
:))
We had a stray cat decide to crawl up one of our walls when we were putting in new dry wall in an old house. We had not put the baseboards back on, and the darned cat crawled up the wall. I don’t even remember why the cat was in our house in the first place. Hubby’s solution for getting the cat out involved cutting out the dry wall and making a chute straight to our front door. The cat, however, had no interest in being corralled outside. She jumped over the chute and ran upstairs and through every room upstairs. She pooped all along the way because she had been holed up in the wall for several days. Hubby was so angry!!!!!! Then the cat ran down the stairs and out the front door. She proceeded to walk calmly around the side of our house and to the back porch where she waited for FOOD. This is why the previous occupant of our house had shot and killed with his slingshot at least 37 stray cats. It made for a very fertile vegetable garden . . .
>>”the only food should be in the trap”>>>>
You are correct, other wise the cat comes out, eat and goes right back in.
Ewwww.
Hubby had an addendum to my story. He said, “You must have a 2 x 4 as well. To shove the cat out from the top.”
Did you ask the cat?
“Did you ask the cat?”
LOL!
Poor little Druie, the landlady was really cool about it though, she sent some burly hot man to come get my little DruDru out, and she was quite happy to get out and be with Mommy...I gave her some canned Tuna as a treat and shooooie that litter box stank!!
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