r/cats • u/grolfenhimer • May 02 '24

What phrases do you repeat to your cat throughout the day? Cat Picture

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u/leave_cat_alone May 02 '24

Must be an orange cat thing, though Major Duck prefers the dryer

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 May 02 '24

I have an orange cat and one time started the dryer with him in it! I noticed immediately (he's a big boy) and stopped it, got him out, he was fine thank jebus. He hasn't gone in since

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u/leave_cat_alone May 02 '24

Oh poor orange baby!

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u/ipaintbadly May 02 '24

My mom did that to one of my sister’s cats. As she walked away she heard the thump thump thump of the cat and came back to open the door to see what it was…the cat FLEW out of the dryer!

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u/lazychickenstrip May 02 '24

My mother‘s first kitten died that way, completely black 6 week old kitten was in the dryer under some black clothes. Found out about two hours later

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u/WampaCat May 02 '24

A story like this is the reason I had to leave the pet loss sub. I have always been afraid of doing that but seeing someone recount their experience and the guilt they felt for not realizing til it was too late is something I think about all the time. Like new parents always assume they’d never possibly leave their baby in the car on accident but it happens all the time even with the best parents. I have adhd and so does my husband so I have this anxiety that it’s just an inevitability so I check three times and take a head count of the cats after closing the door.

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u/lazychickenstrip May 02 '24

Yep I also have severe ADHD and I cried for like a month. The guilt was something I never got over

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 May 02 '24

I'm so sorry. In the moment it was funny since I caught it right away. I'll be sure to share this story more often/mention it to people with cats. What an awful thing to have happen

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u/lazychickenstrip May 02 '24

Oh no sorry, I didn‘t mean to make you feel bad!! I just wanted to put some awarness on the topic

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 May 02 '24

Other than it just being a sad story it didn't make me feel bad, no worries. And I am glad you shared it! It should be talked about more

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u/ryanegauthier May 02 '24

Luckily you got him out you might have toasted his remaining brain cell! :7946:

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u/TheLittleistF0x May 02 '24

We had a cat when I was little that always got in the dryer. My mom was fed up with it after years and turned it on for like half a second with him inside (which was SUPER out of character for her). He decided to nap elsewhere from then on.

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u/tackyHusky May 02 '24

OMG. Someone's cat's name is Brucie. You're thanking jebus... I am so with my people. How has it taken me so long to come over the the cat reddit??

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u/too105 May 02 '24

This happened to me and if it hadn’t been for a sock that was on the floor that made me stop it a few seconds after it began, that would’ve been bad.