Bad Omen?

[Rupe]

Sunday night I'm having a weird dream that my wife's cell phone is ringing and she has a new ringtone of a cat "meowing". Next thing I know, she smacks me and says "did you hear that!?". In a half-sleep state, I said "yeah, it's a cat". She then shakes me and I wake up and realize that the cat I was hearing was not a dream. I flip on the light and see a large black cat sitting on my dresser about 3 feet away from me! The issue is, we don't own a cat! He seemed a bit scared so I wasn't comfortable picking him up...I've been mauled by a scared cat in the past and wasn't up for another try

I sent my wife to sleep in the guest room and proceeded to try and coax the cat out. He was having none of it and eventually ran under the bed. After a while of trying to coax him out, I eventually devised a plan. I opened a can of tuna and sat it on the windowsill with the window open. I then turned out the lights and waited...and waited...and waited. About an hour later, I heard the cat jump up on the windowsill. I immediately flipped on the lights and went toward the window, scaring the cat and making him jump out.

I still can't figure out how he got in the house. All that I can come up with is that he got in on Saturday morning when we had the door propped open while carrying stuff outside for my son's graduation party.

[Jason1212]

I live in a college town and have neighbors that have free range cats. They dont feed them regularly and rarely let them in when the weather is bad. One morning a few months ago when it was 24 degrees out we got a similar surprise. My wife thought her cat which is all black was sitting in a kitchen chair that was pushed into the table. She reached down to pet her and knew instantly it was not her cat it was a big black tom. He was scared, but allowed me to pick him up and put him outside. That cat obviously wanted a warm place to sleep, but we have no idea how he got in.

[Jack The Riffer]

If you have floor vents with under the house flex ducts get under there and check the ducts. We had a cat rip into one of our ducts and then come in through the vent.

[horns666]

..Rupe, that's hilarious!!!

[Spivonious]

I will never understand people who buy cats and then just let them roam around outside. Is it really a pet if you never see it?

[Jason1212]

College kids are just bad with cats. They are a bit transient and I cant count how many times they have moved out but their cats are still there. The fellow that came into our house is in that situation now. His owner moved on and he is homeless.

[atomic charvel guy]

It was Sidney Catsby-lol

[zeegler]

I will never understand people who buy cats and then just let them roam around outside. Is it really a pet if you never see it?

You've never owned a cat I assume. I have 2 cats who both come and go as they please. In the summer they spend about 50% of their time outside, but even then, they spend a good portion of that time lying around on the patio, or in the grass in the backyard. Cats like to hang out with people, but they're not as needy and attention starved as dogs. That's what a lot of people don't get. A cat doesn't have to be at your feet all the time.

Personally, I can't understand why people like dogs. Most of them are annoying, dirty, smelly, and require a hell of a lot of attention and time. You have to pick up their shit, take them for walks, play with them, etc. Cats require very little care. Change their litter, feed and water them, and let them lay in your lap once in a while and rub their tummy, and they're happy. I don't miss having a dog at all. It was way too much hassle, and lots of shit got ruined. I'll most likely never own another dog.

[SEEGERMANY]

Oh yea, cat's are the definition of clean. Ever watch a cat back up to a sofa or curtain and spray the motherfucker to mark their territory? Ever watch your cat shit in the neighbor's flower pots or flower beds? Ever watch your cat use the side of a vehicle as a scratching post? Ever miss out on sleep because two cats are fucking outside your window? Ever watch your cat killing the neighbor's song birds as they come to the feeder? Ever watch your cat walk across the kitchen counter?

Finally, anyone, and I mean anyone that says a cat and it's litter box don't stink are just used to the stench. Fuck cats!

[toejam]

I will never understand people who buy cats and then just let them roam around outside. Is it really a pet if you never see it?

You've never owned a cat I assume. I have 2 cats who both come and go as they please. In the summer they spend about 50% of their time outside, but even then, they spend a good portion of that time lying around on the patio, or in the grass in the backyard. Cats like to hang out with people, but they're not as needy and attention starved as dogs. That's what a lot of people don't get. A cat doesn't have to be at your feet all the time.

I've got two cats. I don't let them go outside ever. One of them snuck out behind me onto my back deck once or twice, I yelled at him and he ran back in.

[SEEGERMANY]

I don't even date chicks who own cats. If they can't tell that their house or apartment smells like cat shit, then more than likely, they have no clue what their other pussy smells like!

[SEEGERMANY]

Joe, do you bath your cats? I've never met a single cat owner that bathed their felines.

[guitarsjb]

If you get the males fixed, they do not spray. If you keep the litter box clean, you don't smell them. I have one that comes home after rolling in the dirt..he gets a bath..wouldn't try it with the other 2.

[Newc]

Remarkably, cats do their own washing, and they do it well.

The only cat I ever had that stunk was one that was dying. She smelled like urine and death.

Yes, litter boxes stink. They all do. That's part of the reason my cats stay in the yard. The other part is the whole "no scratching the furniture" thing they didn't understand, and the "stop pissing/shitting in the corner, use the litterbox" they couldn't seem to grasp.

Cats understand, they simply don't care. 2000 year ago, cats were worshipped as gods. They have never forgotten this, but they want to know why we forgot

Dogs understand, and they care, but they're too stupid to do both at the same time, so they piss and shit anywhere they please (but at least they're thoughtful enough to put it in your shoe, or bury it with your laundry).

[toejam]

Joe, do you bath your cats? I've never met a single cat owner that bathed their felines.

Nope. They clean themselves. I hosed one off in the tub once after he came home from his checkup... he pissed in his carrier on the way home and I wasn't having him run around the house smelling like that.