Eleanor reminded me last night to shut Tic Tac, our cat, indoors all night. It was Bonfire Night here in England and animals can be traumatised by all the bangs and flashes.It was good advice and I intended to follow it. But I had felt flu-ey all day, and I fell asleep (or perhaps "passed-out" would be more truthful) at about 5pm and slept through until 7.30am. So I never did lock the cat flap last night.
This morning when I woke up Tic Tac was not about. This was worrying as he is the most intensely sociable cat I have ever known. He is always there when the family is assembled, trying to join in the activity and the conversation and generally thinking that he's a human being. I went out into the garden and called his name over and over. And Ed walked up and down the crescent looking for him, to no avail.
Then when I was ushering the kids into the car to take them to school, I heard something. With difficulty I persuaded the kids to be silent and we could clearly make out the sound of a cat mewing. We tracked down the sound to our garage. Ed had accidentally locked him in when he locked up his motorbike for the night (I told you the cat follows us around and tries to join in with everything we do).
So Tic Tac had been locked inside for Bonfire Night after all. Perhaps the angel of cats was looking after him when I was too poorly to do it myself.
4 comments:
To be honest I have never locked my cat(s) inside. My first cat positively adored fireworks - so I often would stand holding him up so that he could get a better view if I saw some going off nearby. Now our latest cat gets so distressed (so very very distressed) if the cat flap is locked for a good reason (like his currently paralysed tail) that I don't lock the cat flap for any reason other than total necessity.
I would add that neither we nor our direct neighbours set fireworks off in our gardens and that the neighbourhood is so nice that no-one would carry out any of the horror stories that we hear of in the media.
I was so relieved when I read the end of that post, I was worried something dreadful had happened & he was crouched traumatised under the car in the cold. I love bonfire night, and we had sparklers to celebrate. We didn't go anywhere special but had a great view of the varied displays across the city just from our front garden.
My cat, Sammy is one of those social cats. Especially if somone is eating Italian food!
I love cat!the cat flap is locked for a good reason
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