Posted on 11/24/2007 6:19:40 PM PST by DancesWithCats
A curious cat narrowly escaped death after getting trapped behind a bathroom cupboard for 44 days.
Pensioner Jessie Sculpher, 79, was devastated when her new pet Tabitha went missing just three days after she took her home from the RSPCA.
After searching her home and garden, Jessie resigned herself to the idea that Tabitha had run away.
It was only when Jessie heard a strange sound coming from behind the vanity unit in the bathroom over a month later, was she finally reunited with her feline friend.
Jessie recalled: "It was 4am and I heard some scratching and knocking coming from the bathroom.
"At first I thought it was a rat but then I heard a miaow."
Upon further investigation, Jessie found the tabby trapped behind the unit and the wall.
Jessie explained: "I had to get my arm in and break the top of the hardboard. When I looked all I could see were her legs sticking out.
"My arm was all bruised but I pulled her out by her legs. She couldn't hold her head up and she couldn't stand."
Worried Jessie rushed Tabitha to the Garth Veterinary Group in Driffield, East Yorkshire; where the cat was diagnosed with severe dehydration.
Jessie said: "They put her on a drip to get fluid into her but said she might not pull through.
"After she had gone for six weeks, I had given up hope. The vets think she had been unconscious for some of the time through dehydration.
"The vets thought she must have gone into some sort of coma but wondered whether she had licked condensation off the sink pipes."
Fortunately, Tabitha pulled through and is content to remain at home after bonding with her new owner.
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Kitty Ping!
Yummy, pipe water!
ROTFL!
She looks like Helen Thomas’ twin.
Oh my gosh. Poor thing!!!
Sorry, the cat aint that ugly! ;-)
Maybe a blonde twin sister without the vindictive streak.
Hmmm... if I had an owner with a face like hers,I’d hide for 44 days too! (Sorry, I just couldn’t resist!)
;-)
That ain’t no college boy.
Wierd stuff!
Photoshop in one of the Abercrombie & Fitch models.
Probably a professor.
Goes to show cats, when pressed to survived, will come up with very creative things to survive with the help of.=^..^=
You got that right!
When cats adventure into some place new they do not consider that they may not be able to get back out. I’ve had cats trapped behind dressers but fortunately found them shortly afterward. I would wait a bit to see if they could get out themselves out but no go.
If they would just howl like they do when they fight and mate they could be easily detected, but a soft meow just ain’t gonna cut it.
In the future, please place these type threads in chat.
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