Sunday morning DH decided to open the windows through out the house. It was a breezy morning and the air was blowing from the front all the way to the back of the house.
All of the windows have screens and I think three of them have duct tape to keep in my more adventurous kitties.
Of course our bedroom windows in the back of the house were only opened about 2 inches because the screens were not duct taped shut. I'm sure my husband thought no one would be able to squeeze between
a two inch crack. Ha! Never underestimate a Bengal!
As I was walking to the back of the house commenting on the wonderful
breeze through the house. I noticed the curtain blowing more than a two inch gap should have. Checking further I saw the screen was missing and the window was actually up about 5 or 6 inches.
This is when panic mode sets in! I mobilized everyone to do a head count.
Do you know how hard it is to track and count 11 cats!!
First count
gave us 11 but you always double check and ask for names. So with our
second count we only had 10. Takoda was counted twice due to his
following my son up under the bed looking for Magnum.
I knew he had to be in the backyard but DH and son thought he jumped fence. So off they went to neighbors to search yards. I stayed behind calling and opening cans of cat food.
My son insisted he checked under the shed but I just felt that's where he had to be. Called my husband home and made him search under the shed.
BINGO! A very upset, dirty, stressed Bengal is now home where he should be!
We are now going to use a little bit of duct tape on all the screens even though they snap in place. My Bengals don't necessarily want to be outside they just don't like limits placed on their space!
All of the windows have screens and I think three of them have duct tape to keep in my more adventurous kitties.
Of course our bedroom windows in the back of the house were only opened about 2 inches because the screens were not duct taped shut. I'm sure my husband thought no one would be able to squeeze between
a two inch crack. Ha! Never underestimate a Bengal!
As I was walking to the back of the house commenting on the wonderful
breeze through the house. I noticed the curtain blowing more than a two inch gap should have. Checking further I saw the screen was missing and the window was actually up about 5 or 6 inches.
This is when panic mode sets in! I mobilized everyone to do a head count.
Do you know how hard it is to track and count 11 cats!!
gave us 11 but you always double check and ask for names. So with our
second count we only had 10. Takoda was counted twice due to his
following my son up under the bed looking for Magnum.
I knew he had to be in the backyard but DH and son thought he jumped fence. So off they went to neighbors to search yards. I stayed behind calling and opening cans of cat food.
My son insisted he checked under the shed but I just felt that's where he had to be. Called my husband home and made him search under the shed.
BINGO! A very upset, dirty, stressed Bengal is now home where he should be!
We are now going to use a little bit of duct tape on all the screens even though they snap in place. My Bengals don't necessarily want to be outside they just don't like limits placed on their space!