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Cat loses 5 of his 13 pounds while stuck in a wall for six weeks
A vet believes the animal survived by licking condensation from a hot water pipe that ran through the wall. (Albany Times Union)
May 8, 2008 | Permalink
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If only it had be 10 weeks.....
Posted by: twerp | May 8, 2008 8:40:46 AM
If only it had been a dog...
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | May 8, 2008 8:52:45 AM
If only it had been Twerp and Sean.
Posted by: *** | May 8, 2008 8:54:05 AM
1. "Speedy disappeared in March by crawling atop some shelves and into a small space at the top of an unfinished Sheetrocked wall."
And-->
2. "Perhaps the pipes grew hot, but Speedy let out several unmistakable meows, much louder than the mysterious catlike groans that had haunted the family throughout April."
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3. "The family, however, is still a bit taken aback. They had thrown away Speedy's litter box after several weeks, trying to admit to themselves that their cat wasn't returning."
Ok, wait a minute.
1-So they knew where the cat got into the walls.
2-They heard the cat through the month of April (unless they thought it was a ghost).
3-And they apparently were ok with the probability of having a dead cat decomposing in their house.
I don't know, but if I was confronted with evidence of a cat getting in between my walls. Then hearing cat noises (for a whole month, mind you). I think I'd take take on the task of locating and removing the cat, and not stopping (dead or alive) until I found it.
I mean, JFC, if you HEARD IT, get a posse together and figure out where it is. Fn try pounding on a few walls near where you thought you heard it.
Posted by: stopeatingmysesamecake | May 8, 2008 9:06:43 AM
...I'm speechless. Three more candidates for a group lobotomy.
Posted by: CryMeAriver | May 8, 2008 9:18:41 AM
Further proof that cats are supernatual, satanic creatures that should be terminated with extreme prejudice at each and every opportunity.
Posted by: Dick Tater | May 8, 2008 9:48:37 AM
One of my cats can stand to lose a few pounds...
Posted by: elchampino | May 8, 2008 9:53:55 AM
Dick Tater better watch out for those wizardy cats. They might turn him into a goat f*ucker.
Posted by: That Asshole Guy | May 8, 2008 9:55:09 AM
Crymeariver...wonder if they give group discounts?
SEMC...I wondered the same thing....how do you hear the cat in the wall, but figure its gone for good and throw out all its kitty supplies? If I heard my cat crying in the wall, I'd be getting the damn cat out.
Eventually the smell would've indicated where it was.
Posted by: Cherie | May 8, 2008 10:11:19 AM
DAMN SHAME IT DIDNT DIE.
Posted by: ULTRA | May 8, 2008 10:23:41 AM
That cat is such a hero.
Posted by: Myra | May 8, 2008 10:45:38 AM
I've never seen condensation on a hot wate pipe.
Posted by: Jack | May 8, 2008 11:30:50 AM
Let's put ULTRA behind the wall .... we'll just turn the music louder when the wailing and whining gets too loud.
Posted by: the man in the trout mask | May 8, 2008 11:40:56 AM
I'm so disgusted by all these s (I won't say idiots, chumps, losers or f*wads because I'm just nicer than that) who are wishing death on an animal they've never even met because they don't like the species. Shame on all of you. How would you feel if it was your species of choice trapped in there for 6 weeks?
Posted by: LooseyGoosey | May 8, 2008 12:23:30 PM
Loosey, I was just kidding. I wouldn't wish death on a cat or any other animal--even though I hate cats and think that there are waaaay too many in this world. Spay and Neuter, spay and Neuter.......
Posted by: twerp | May 8, 2008 12:29:13 PM
Yah Twerp, don't wish death on poor animals! You save that for politicians and some "celebrities"!
Sheeesh!
Posted by: ol'dog | May 8, 2008 12:52:11 PM
Jack brings up a good point. My house is heated by a broiler...so there are hot water pipes running all over, never seen a one of them...even in the basement produce condensation..only the cold water pipes....
Posted by: Cherie | May 8, 2008 12:59:18 PM
"Shame on all of you. How would you feel if it was your species of choice trapped in there for 6 weeks?"
If it were my species of choice, let alone my own pet - I would've been sure to get it out of there the first time I heard the "mysterious catlike groans" and not let it go on for a whole month.
'Gee it so bad our cat is still missing - oh, what is that cat like groan? Nothing? Ok?'
Posted by: Inigo Montoya | May 8, 2008 1:21:58 PM
This story is hysterical!
They thought their house was haunted for 6 weeks??
The guy takes a 30 minute hot shower & probably scalded Speedy's little paws!
I'm with Cry on this.....group lobotomy.
& put the cat in Foster Care!
Posted by: Anna | May 8, 2008 2:10:57 PM
This story still amazes me given the fact that had any of my cats been stuck in the wall in the basement, they would have eaten the damn cinder blocks trying to get to the tuna can being opened two houses over.
Posted by: CryMeAriver | May 8, 2008 2:25:26 PM
SEMSC,
Thank you for your post. These points pretty much leapt to mind, and the conclusion about the cat being written off seems pretty reasonable, at least from how the article was written. I don't know whether it's actually the case, or if there were other points that just didn't make it into the article (like perhaps they'd heard moaning noises that they thought was the heating or the house settling, which they only realized after the fact was the cat).
What struck me most was how the adults possibly might have written off their cat, even though their child said he thought of poor Speedy as his best friend.
I've had "quiet" cats before, but once they're stuck where they don't want to be (like in a closet), even the milquetoast of the lot will raise a holy fury.
Posted by: outofsalt | May 8, 2008 3:32:10 PM
Twerp: Totally agree. Mine are all "fixed" (they say "Dammit, Mom, we weren't broken!") and don't go outside. Well, the cats don't, the Hounds love the backyard and the dog park.
Inigo: Very true... but I was talking about the reaction of the posters here, not the idiocy of the family in question. I didn't even go there! I can't imagine that.
Cryme: Yeah, for mine it's the sound of the 'nip container being opened. I have a bunch of little addled druggies hanging around my house and the dogs can't figure out what's so exciting about the leaves on the floor. ;-)
Posted by: LooseyGoosey | May 9, 2008 9:19:04 AM
"I mean, JFC, if you HEARD IT, get a posse together and figure out where it is. Fn try pounding on a few walls near where you thought you heard it."
Exactly. I gave my mother a similar speech after she lost her parakeet. She heard the occasional chirp for a week, then eventually, inadvertently discovered its remains pinned behind a shelf below a mirror.
If I'd known, I would've driven the 4 hours to help her find it.
Posted by: Grey | May 9, 2008 11:48:51 AM
