Ellena Morse
I have an indoor cat. She greets me at the front door, like a good indoor cat.
Except this morning, when I returned home in an unfamiliar car, from the wrong direction. As I got out of the car I saw my good indoor cat barrel down a treetrunk, scoot across the lawn, and leap up a wall and through a window I didn't know she could access.
Then she demurely greeted me at the front door like any good indoor cat.
How long has this been going on?
Apr 16, 2023 at 6:23amWeb
Show threadAriane TannerApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle
🤣🤣
Show threadPhil LandmeierApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle Bahaha. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.
Show threadRHDApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle 🤣
Show threadiantoApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle forever.
Show threadJules 🍺Apr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle welcome to real life 😊
Show threadPau AmmaApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle @ailbhe *snerk*
Show threadPurpleShonaSApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle
Surely you understand, as a member of staff, that you are informed on a 'need to know basis'.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle 🤣🤣🤣 That is hysterical. #CatsOfMastodon
Show threadSinead_QuealyApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle "It wasn't me" #Shaggy
Show threadmaloki 🍍Apr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle 🤣
Show threadDisco SexualApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle this is the best #caturday story ever.
Show threadArtemis PersistsApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle This made me laugh out loud! Thank you for sharing.
Show threadRobert DenbyApr 16, 2023

@Auntienelle

Oh, for a few millennia, at least.

Show threadKaliahApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle Sounds like your cat has a secret routine.
Show threadStacyApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle The secret life of housecats!
Show threadMs. DenieApr 20, 2023
@dancinyogi @Auntienelle I would so watch that. Just endless footage of cats rushing to get home before their owners/cohabitants/staff
Show threadBetsyApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle 😹
Show threadHope50Apr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle sounds like an idea for a good kids book, too funny 😁
Show threadleah & tigers & bears, oh my!Apr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle i find it kind of heartwarming that she's been considerate enough of your feelings to let you believe she's an indoor cat all this time. that's true love!
Show threadTanya ReynoldsApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle wow 😯 sneaky kitty 🐱
Show threadAnnette SimpsonApr 16, 2023
@Auntienelle sprung bad🤣
Show threadcanusfeminacanisApr 16, 2023

@Auntienelle

It's probably best not to speculate, just...

...thank her for us all. The antics have created much-needed mirth
😆😂🤣

Show threadBelle (she/her)Apr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle The secret lives of cats! I love that she knows your car 🤣🤣
Show threadHansApr 17, 2023

@Auntienelle
Many cats do what they want.

I am worried about one of my two pet cats. A tumour has developed on her milk line and has broken open bloody. To the vet tomorrow.

Greetings from Schleswig-Holstein/ Germany to Brisbane.

Show threadEllena MorseApr 17, 2023
@Hans oh no! I hope it isn't too bad at the vet. Best wishes.
Show threadHansApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle
Vet: Today at noon (01:00 local time CEST)
Show threadAshley OdellApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle This is how I learned my dryer vent had come loose several years back. :) Apparently it's exactly wide enough for a housecat to wiggle in and out of! He was *very* displeased when it was fixed...
Show threadKimApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle this reminds me of my happy outdoor dog that used to greet me every morning at the back door for a walk and breakfast. One day an early rising neighbour told me he often saw him in the early morning down at the non dog park chasing ducks! Discovered his escape route via a hole in the fence to the back laneway (he couldn't catch the ducks thankfully)
Show threadMaisie SummersApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle
When you catch your cat out in a bald-faced lie:
Show threadVesApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle haha
Show threadIvor HewittApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle
🤣
Show threadJohn ColagioiaApr 17, 2023

@Auntienelle Reminds me of, decades ago, we got a kitten who we wanted to keep indoors. But he very much wanted out, so as a compromise, I rigged up a harness and leash to walk him.

He enjoyed that until, one day, we got home and he shrugged out of the harness to go eat.

Long after, discovering that adult cats rarely meow unless there are people around leads to one unavoidable conclusion: House cats are always just doing a bit.

Show threadNancyAnnApr 17, 2023
@jcolag
That was my thought exactly. They’re really wild animals who put on a show of being domesticated for us.
Show threadDave IrvingApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle
How long? Probably since about a week after you acquired her.
Show threadThe LichtenbergianApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle You know too much, hooman.
Show threadLisa HamiltonApr 17, 2023

@Auntienelle Consider it a blessing and fix that window!

Reminds me when I lived on a ranch far out in the country and kept my Border Collie in a lovely outside chainlink pen while I went to work

Until one day a neighbor from several miles away stopped by to mention my dog escapes his pen every day as soon as I leave and roams all over, hazing and herding people's cows. Then he'd come home and get back in his pen before I arrived!

Who says animals aren't smart? :-)

Show threadJeanineFinnApr 17, 2023
@Auntienelle Is your cat named Ferris Bueller?
Show threadBetsyApr 17, 2023

@Auntienelle

😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄

Show threadpericatApr 18, 2023
@Auntienelle that is a clever kitty. You may need to reward her cleverness with an updated vaccination routine based on her new status. :)
Show threadEllena MorseApr 19, 2023
@pericat
Yes. Already done the tick treatment. (She hates that) Appointment booked for vaccination.
I'm sure when I fix her egress, she'll just create a new one.
(I live in a hot climate. Windows are always open, flyscreens aren't effective catscreens.)
Show threadOldBrushNewPaperApr 18, 2023

@Auntienelle Uhm.... ooops?

(And giggling energetically.)

Show threadbluestarultorApr 19, 2023
@Auntienelle Who ISN'T pulling double duty these days? Respect the hustle. XD
Show thread✨Lord of Misrule ✨Apr 20, 2023
@Auntienelle OMG LMAOO
Show thread✨Lord of Misrule ✨Apr 20, 2023
@Auntienelle she has a secret life! Omg
Show threadJennifedApr 20, 2023
@Auntienelle Good thing you caught her in the act the first time!😉😆
Show threadMrinappropriateApr 21, 2023
@Auntienelle Cats. Our overlords.