Where is my 20-pound orange cat hiding???

[slackmaster]

He heard me preparing pills. He's in the middle of a course of antibiotics and prednisone.

I saw him a few minutes ago, now he's gone. I know he's in the house but I can't find him. I think he made himself invisible.

Suggestions, please.

[calico1]

1. Some places I have found hiding cats:

under a pile of clothing, or blankets
under the bed
in closet
on top of book shelf or curio
behind washing machine or dryer or TV


They are so good at hiding and I have often finally found them where I was already looking because they were sitting there very still and just staring at me as I called to them!

Any nook or cranny they can figure out to hide is a possibility. Good luck finding him and I hope he is better soon!

[Kajsa]

2. Shake a box of kitty treats

so he hears it.

That seems to work most of the time.

Good luck!

:hi:

[Writer]

3. If you have an electronic can opener, operate it...

the noise will make him appear.

[slackmaster]

4. I opened a can of salmon cat food and rang the "special treat" bell

The bell brought both of my other cats running, but Unit 3 wasn't fooled.

[calico1]

5. So he is still missing?

Go through the house one more time. Take the empty can of food and a spoon and make like you are spooning food out. And look in places you may not have before. ANY little space you overlooked is a potential hiding place, including underneath piles of newspapers or laundry or a blanket....anything. Keep us updated!

[slackmaster]

6. Yes, and I had to go to work

He's skipping a dose of antibiotics and his prednisone will end up being about 10 hours late.

No biggie but it is a PITA. I may have to search the whole place when I get home.

My cat isn't exactly smart but he is very perceptive and very clever.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Places our fat cat hides...

Way back in the corner of our bedroom closet.

Behind the Hot Water Heater...somehow I think he thinks we would be too frightened of it to look for him there.

In the storage area downstairs-- he will sneak under the tape of taped up boxes...

and, sometimes, he will hide right in plain sight, on our bed. :hi:

[Love Bug]

8. Next time you have to dose him, pick him up and stuff him in the

bathroom before preparing his meds. That's what I have to do with my cats before doing anything they don't like like, clipping claws, eye drops, etc.

[TommyO]

10. This is especially effective

when the only access to that bathroom is through a bedroom! The way my condo is layed out, I can get the boys into one of the bathrooms and close off the 2nd bedroom/office so they can't escape! I am evil, but love them.

[slackmaster]

12. That is my usual procedure, but I deviated

It might also have something to do with the fact that I picked up the cage I use to transport him to the place which shall not be mentioned, in order to put it neatly away. The sounds that cage makes sends him scurrying.

[TommyO]

9. I've trained my boys...

or more specifically they've trained me, to use the laser pointer whenever I want to find them. It works even after the doorbell rings and strangers have been in the house to locate my anti-social classic tabby.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

11. You could take the couch apart to look...

that's where my father found his 25 lb. cat. :P :hi:

[slackmaster]

13. OK, he's back out of hiding

He was waiting for me in the kitchen when I got home from work. I tossed the pills down into his gullet and had to clean up and bail out for a date.

I think I figured out where he was hiding: Under a large cardboard box (shipping container for a shelf unit) that I had folded up and put behind a futon for temporary storage. He definitely was in the house the whole day.

I'm thinking of renaming him "Disappearo".



Thanks for the replies!

:hi:

[barb162]

16. he's a cutie

[calico1]

17. Aww, what a cute little guy!

Glad you found him and everything is ok.

:hi:

[sakabatou]

22. Reminds me of an orange cream saver

[Haole Girl]

14. Bring out the can of tuna?

Oh, and I guess it goes without saying that one must be very, very quiet when preparing cat pills! :)

Edit: Oh, now I read through the posts and see you found him. I'm glad! :hi:

[barb162]

15. closet floors

[yellowdogintexas]

18. ha, he turned on the Magic Invisible Cat Switch. They all have one

you know. It is right next to the Levitation Lever.

I had one who could vanish into another dimension, but if I flushed the toilet he was head down in the water in a flash; he never got over his fascination with the flushing toilet monster.

Glad you found the cat, he is pretty!!!

My big gray one is having his nightly adventure with the gecko who lives on the other side of the window. Every night, same thing, Gecko climbs the screen, Lewis hits the window. Bastard broke two of my Aftican Violet pots!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. kitchen cabinets

That's where mine like to hang out lately.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. They find all the little holes in the space-time continuum.

Sometimes they disappear into these holes, which I believe lead into other dimensions. Then you can't find them, and you search everywhere for hours. Then, all of a sudden, you look down and there's the cat staring up at you calmly, with this expression like, "What?!?"

[Kajsa]

21. Ocelot, you described the Mystery Disappearing Cat

to a 'T'!

I use to think the "borrowers" took them for a while!

:7

What really irks me is when you've been calling them,
they heard you and still disappeared!