See, cats DO get stuck in things besides scanners!
September 9, 2016 5:33 PM Subscribe
Adorable kitties getting caught in pretty much everything but scanners. (SL BuzzFeed)
The best part is the insouciant "I totally meant to do that" walk-it-off they always do.
posted by orrnyereg at 5:43 PM on September 9, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by orrnyereg at 5:43 PM on September 9, 2016 [7 favorites]
Checking for the imeanttodothat tag.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 5:46 PM on September 9, 2016
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 5:46 PM on September 9, 2016
Darn it orrnyereg.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 5:46 PM on September 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 5:46 PM on September 9, 2016 [2 favorites]
They may look all nonchalant and shit, but this is how they feel inside when you laugh.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:01 PM on September 9, 2016
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:01 PM on September 9, 2016
"So I guess this is my life now."
posted by Guy Smiley at 6:08 PM on September 9, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by Guy Smiley at 6:08 PM on September 9, 2016 [8 favorites]
Two of my cat's very favorite hobbies are getting her claws stuck in my shirt and attacking me when I attempt to disentangle her.
posted by eponym at 6:50 PM on September 9, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by eponym at 6:50 PM on September 9, 2016 [4 favorites]
You have experienced NOTHING until you have a cat who really likes the smell of your shampoo/conditioner and also likes to nuzzle your head as much a possible until said cat gets entangled in your very curly hair and then latches on to your scalp with all four sets of claws because it doesn't know how to extricate itself and when you try to help it starts slashing and your hands and face until finally you have to call your father who first stands in the doorway to your room and laughs his ass off at your predicament before realizing that This Is Very Serious and Horrible and he needs to help right now and then you have all these cuts around your face and your classmates don't accept "I was attacked by a cat" as an explanation which is horrible so life becomes very, very hard
posted by Hermione Granger at 6:58 PM on September 9, 2016 [39 favorites]
posted by Hermione Granger at 6:58 PM on September 9, 2016 [39 favorites]
My little black cat is an expert at getting her head stuck in paper bag handles. She'll drag the paper bag around the house for hours, happy as can be. But try to put the cone of shame on her and she's a furry Cuisinart of horror. #catworldproblems
Pop the collar?
posted by sebastienbailard at 8:51 PM on September 9, 2016 [5 favorites]
Pop the collar?
posted by sebastienbailard at 8:51 PM on September 9, 2016 [5 favorites]
Obligatory reminder that kittens and cats can and have strangled themselves in blind cords.
Also, if you have a kitten, start getting him used to having his paws handled ASAP, so you can clip those claws. Start clipping claws gradually on a cat that isn't used to it -- start by just touching the paws, then holding them, then extending the claws, then let him sniff/play with the clipper, etc.
posted by amtho at 6:11 AM on September 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, if you have a kitten, start getting him used to having his paws handled ASAP, so you can clip those claws. Start clipping claws gradually on a cat that isn't used to it -- start by just touching the paws, then holding them, then extending the claws, then let him sniff/play with the clipper, etc.
posted by amtho at 6:11 AM on September 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
This Is Very Serious and Horrible
I was attacked by a cat once (the cat was not stuck on me, though, it was just exceptionally angry that I existed) and it was terrifying. I feel your pain.
posted by janepanic at 6:41 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
I was attacked by a cat once (the cat was not stuck on me, though, it was just exceptionally angry that I existed) and it was terrifying. I feel your pain.
posted by janepanic at 6:41 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
I've been clipping my two cats' claws for nine years now, amtho, and they're still not used to it. How long does this process take?
posted by octothorpe at 6:42 AM on September 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 6:42 AM on September 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
Guelph Police officer uses lunch to lure kitten from car engine
Man called police for help because Humane Society wasn't open yet
posted by Carol Anne at 7:14 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
Man called police for help because Humane Society wasn't open yet
posted by Carol Anne at 7:14 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
My Fritzie loved playing with glowsticks.
posted by pjern at 7:47 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by pjern at 7:47 AM on September 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
My three "i totally meant to do that"/trapped cat stories from the dear departed Kitty:
1. Kitty decided a small paper bag with those twisted twine handles was the greatest thing of all time. She kept jumping in, then out, then in, then out of the bag. I actually said out loud to her "you're gonna get caught in those handles, you know" and 30 seconds later she did. Of course she panicked and ran all over the small apartment. Which would have been fine, and I laughed at first. And then the dog, a greyhound who normally would never ever chase the cat, noticed a paper bag scurrying across the floor. Things got scary pretty quickly, but luckily Kitty dove under the bed before the dog caught up.
2. Same cat, same apartment. A rubber band got looped around the leg of a light plastic chair in the kitchen. Kitty found it great fun to paw at the rubber band. Boing, boing. Then her claw got hooked. Again, panic. Again, running in terror, this time with a chair chasing her.
3. Same cat, at my folks' big house in the suburbs. They had one of those large open air living rooms with a two-story ceiling, and the second floor hallway looked over the living room with a railing with bannisters. Kitty thought it was a great feat of daring to weave around the bannisters, in out in out. Until on an out weave, she lost her balance and fell ~10 feet to the living room floor below. Landed on her feet, licked her leg like it was NBD, then darted away as I sat there worried sick and my brother laughed hysterically.
Cats getting themselves in trouble is one of the greatest things about cats. I miss Kitty.
posted by misskaz at 8:20 AM on September 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
1. Kitty decided a small paper bag with those twisted twine handles was the greatest thing of all time. She kept jumping in, then out, then in, then out of the bag. I actually said out loud to her "you're gonna get caught in those handles, you know" and 30 seconds later she did. Of course she panicked and ran all over the small apartment. Which would have been fine, and I laughed at first. And then the dog, a greyhound who normally would never ever chase the cat, noticed a paper bag scurrying across the floor. Things got scary pretty quickly, but luckily Kitty dove under the bed before the dog caught up.
2. Same cat, same apartment. A rubber band got looped around the leg of a light plastic chair in the kitchen. Kitty found it great fun to paw at the rubber band. Boing, boing. Then her claw got hooked. Again, panic. Again, running in terror, this time with a chair chasing her.
3. Same cat, at my folks' big house in the suburbs. They had one of those large open air living rooms with a two-story ceiling, and the second floor hallway looked over the living room with a railing with bannisters. Kitty thought it was a great feat of daring to weave around the bannisters, in out in out. Until on an out weave, she lost her balance and fell ~10 feet to the living room floor below. Landed on her feet, licked her leg like it was NBD, then darted away as I sat there worried sick and my brother laughed hysterically.
Cats getting themselves in trouble is one of the greatest things about cats. I miss Kitty.
posted by misskaz at 8:20 AM on September 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
Sorry, janepanic made me do it:
Tourist: Yes I'm sorry I can't say the letter 'B'
Bounder: C?
Tourist: Yes that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a sboolboy. I was attacked by a bat.
Bounder: A cat?
Tourist: No a bat.
posted by raider at 8:24 AM on September 10, 2016
Tourist: Yes I'm sorry I can't say the letter 'B'
Bounder: C?
Tourist: Yes that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a sboolboy. I was attacked by a bat.
Bounder: A cat?
Tourist: No a bat.
posted by raider at 8:24 AM on September 10, 2016
Landed on her feet, licked her leg like it was NBD...
Yes, the translation for a cat licking its leg after doing something WTF is "I totally meant to do that."
I always snip the handles on any bags that have them, as I have one fluffy-fluff who loves nothing more than to "hide" in them. As if a twelve-pound Maine Coon could hide in anything.
Mine are always getting their claws stuck in the mosquito netting over my bed. It always happens just as I'm falling asleep, or at 2am, sigh. I've been using the Sleep Cycle app thanks to an AskMe a few months ago, and yeah, now when I wake up I can see that yes indeed, kitty woke me up at 2am, I wasn't dreaming. Interesting thing is that the cats seem to be better than the app at predicting when I'm coming out of a deep sleep; they're very good at banzai-jumping on my tummy about five minutes before the alarm goes off.
posted by fraula at 10:29 AM on September 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
Yes, the translation for a cat licking its leg after doing something WTF is "I totally meant to do that."
I always snip the handles on any bags that have them, as I have one fluffy-fluff who loves nothing more than to "hide" in them. As if a twelve-pound Maine Coon could hide in anything.
Mine are always getting their claws stuck in the mosquito netting over my bed. It always happens just as I'm falling asleep, or at 2am, sigh. I've been using the Sleep Cycle app thanks to an AskMe a few months ago, and yeah, now when I wake up I can see that yes indeed, kitty woke me up at 2am, I wasn't dreaming. Interesting thing is that the cats seem to be better than the app at predicting when I'm coming out of a deep sleep; they're very good at banzai-jumping on my tummy about five minutes before the alarm goes off.
posted by fraula at 10:29 AM on September 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
Blinds cords = scary and deadly.
Most of my lifetime cats were born in days before plastic grocery sacks and I always viewed the bags as deadly. Everyone with cats whom I knew agreed, and kept the bags far far away from the cats, locked away enough for someone without opposable thumbs on their paws.
posted by tilde at 4:25 PM on September 10, 2016
Most of my lifetime cats were born in days before plastic grocery sacks and I always viewed the bags as deadly. Everyone with cats whom I knew agreed, and kept the bags far far away from the cats, locked away enough for someone without opposable thumbs on their paws.
posted by tilde at 4:25 PM on September 10, 2016
Number fifteen scares me. Many cats have been injured or killed that way. :-(
posted by Too-Ticky at 3:59 AM on September 11, 2016
posted by Too-Ticky at 3:59 AM on September 11, 2016
Officers Lure Tiny Scared Kitten Out Of A Drain Pipe With A Leftover Burrito
posted by Carol Anne at 4:02 PM on September 14, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Carol Anne at 4:02 PM on September 14, 2016 [2 favorites]
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