Escapologist Cats

We had agreed to look after our friends' 3 cats for a week and they duly arrived, somewhat scared. When they were put into the 'pen' 2 of them immediately climbed up and disappeared into a small hole between wall and roof. To Sue's relief they did reappear at feeding time. The week went by, but one of the cats, Bella, continued to hide at the top of the walls. Sue took it upon herself to try to block up all possible hiddy-holes, without total success I should add.


Today was the end of their stay and so we needed to get them back into their travelling cage. We thought that we would grab them whilst they were feeding, but Bella wasn't going to fall for that. She was like greased lightning and was back in her little hole before we knew it. So, drastic measures were required, and I began to 'demolish' the tops of the walls; I removed stones all along the top of the walls so that I could at least see the cat.


We got to the point where we had the cat surrounded and I attempted to grab her by the scruff of the neck and pull her out. Needless to say, she escaped and, as Sue tried to hold her, she bit Sue on the hand ..... deja vue comes to mind here! After some more demolition, I had the cat and we stuffed her into a cat box, giving us the chance to view the devastation.
























So, a trip to the Doctors, 8 days of antibiotics, anti-inflamatory tablets and paracetamol, and Sue's hand will be fine. M. et Mme. Evans have a lot to answer for!!!!!!!!
(It's a good job they're our friends!)