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WARNING...IF YOU HAVE A NEW KITTY IN YOUR HOME....

lyn61 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:46:21 GMT

Last summer I picked up a beautiful stray kitten. She loved my little Greta dog. They played ALL the time!!!

My heart was broken as my Greta dog was to! We adopted 2 new kittens from our shelter and they are just about full grown now, Since this happened, I could not turn my washer or dryer on till I knew my new kittys were in view or I would look in the machines,

Well last Friday I put a load in the dryer and it was the first time in months and months that i did not check for my cats. ******THIS HAS A HAPPY ENDING******, ANYWAY, MY JAN KITTY WAS IN THE DRYER AND WE HEARD THUMPING AND CRYING!!!!! SHE WAS ONLY IN IT FOR A VERY SHORT TIME AS WE WERE BOTH NEARBY!!!!

She was fine but my horror started all over again....

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SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF WASHERS AND DRYERS IF YOU OWN SMALL CURIOUS PETS...

THANKS!!!!

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Toejam — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:49:06 GMT

Good advice. Thank you

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NickNack — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:55:04 GMT

I'm so glad you heard her! What a tragedy that could have been.

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Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 00:56:41 GMT

I wish you wouldn't of posted this, I just can't imagine why the dryer door was left open and second, how can you toss clothes in the dryer without checking if anything is already in there.

So sorry, but this just made me sick.

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on the bay — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:12:45 GMT

@lyn61

Don't you keep your dryer door shut?

With kittens and young cats and puppies, you pretty much have to baby proof the house and watch them all the time just like babies to keep them safe.

That includes blind cords-make sure they are not hanging down, electrical cords, cabinets with poisonous material etc.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:22:00 GMT

Come on guys! Don't bust on her. It looks like she's a new poster. You will scare her away if she thinks you guys are mean (which you aren't).

I'm sure this was a one time thing. If people think they are going to get 'busted' on every time they post something dumb they did, they won't post here.

She's knows it wasn't wise. She posted to remind everyone else. I know you guys mean well, but let it go. She feels bad enough as it is. I guarantee you she'll be more careful without everyone telling her what she needs to do.

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Gram W — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:24:03 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs. Please don't be judgemental. I have had many cats over the years. I have 2 now. I have never understood why but they all love the dryer and jump in whenever the door is open. They also jump into the top loading washing machine. Yes the lid of both appliances is open while I load and unload the clothes. Years ago I shut my little girl in the dryer. I had shut the door and reached to turn it on. For some unknown reason I noticed my "helper" was missing. I opened the dryer door and she jumped out. Cats are inquisitive and any hole or high place has to be explored. I also have had ferrets. They are also inquisitive and impish.

All she was doing is kindly reminding new cat parents and the rest of us who love our furbabies to beware. I appreciate the entry. My painfully devilish little girl is watching TV from the top of a bookcase. To date in her 2 years she has not broken anything. At laundry time I will remember her experience and smile.

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Abrowneyegirl — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:26:36 GMT

Thank heavens your baby is okay! It must have scared you horribly.

It only takes a second.....

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Marp — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:35:50 GMT

You said your heart was broken followed by you adopted two kittens and ended with your horror started all over again. Does this mean that you lost your beautiful stray to a similar dryer accident that wasn't caught in time?

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:36:53 GMT

I've had many, many cats, all kinds, all colors, all personalities. None comes close to Bill the cat! He's something else. I swear to you any day he's going to be riding the ceiling fan. He's watched that thing from day one...he's measuring it, I know it.

Cats do crazy things. Bill gets in the hall closet and pulls the door shut (it doesn't latch) but it's shut. More than one time I've gone looking for him and he pops out, scares me to death.

When I was in the hospital, my friends were packing a bag for me and Bill jumped in and they almost shut the zipper and he put his paw out! Everyone loves him and he loves them. He walks between my legs when I'm walking. My legs an back are so bad it's amazing I don't fall!

My reason for posting this is cats are crazy. We all know that.

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kittymomNC — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:46:09 GMT

Please don't be too hard on yourself, and thank you for reminding others to be careful. (It's called an "accident", and if there is anyone here who has never had any kind of accident at all, you've been lucky.) I have two 5 month old kittens myself that I adopted from a feral family (the others still live in my yard, but these two were tame enough to bring inside). I had almost forgotten that many years ago, when I had my first cat (I was in my 40's) the same thing happened to me. She was a fat little thing, black all over. I had opened the dryer door to take some things out (the inside of that dryer was very dark colored & hard to see a black cat), only had my back turned for a few seconds, but everything was not dry so I closed the door and started it again. I heard a loud thump, then another thump, and thought I know I didn't put any tennis shoes in there, grabbed the door open, and my little baby jumped out! She was fine, but I was more careful after that. I've had three more cats (little angels now) plus these two and I, for one, appreciate the reminder.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:02:04 GMT

@lyn61

So glad this has a happy ending @lyn61.

While we're at it, another valuable warning is to be especially careful of cats hanging out underneath your vehicles in cold weather. When you arrive home and the engine is still warm, cats often get underneath the motors and even get inside them. Starting a car with a car in the engine is a verrrrry tragic event. Happened to a friend of mine.

You can bang on the hood or beep the horn before starting your car in cold weather. Mine never goes out and I'm in SoCal, so it's not an issue for me, but just wanted to remind people in cold areas about this risk.

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Gram W — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:06:54 GMT

@Annabellethecat66. Your Bill reminds me of my Sam who passed many years ago. He was a climber but never broke anything. One of his favorite places was on top of a tall cabinet in the bathroom. At the time I had a ferret whose energy was endless and this was where Sam hid for his naps. I put a stool cushion in a big round wicker plant holder and put it up there for him. At that time I had 3 cats and now just 2. All have been shelter adaptions. It is funny that each group always includes a climber who has an independent mind. There is always 1 who is laid back easy going. My cats bring a lot of pleasure to my home.

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x Hedge — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:20:46 GMT

Thank you for your post @Tinkrbl44.

Yes, cats DO hide up inside cars.

I also wiggle in the seat to shake the whole car, drum on the dashboard for 10 seconds, tap my feet on the gas and brake at least a dozen times, and turn the radio on before turning the key in the ignition. I creep v e r y slowly for the first several feet in case a cat is trying to get out while the car is moving.

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pattypeep — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:52:54 GMT

Thank goodness this turned out well. I have personally not experienced this; however, for some reason, I always, always check the washer and dryer as well. Something niggling at the back of my brain makes me do it. Bless your furbabies.

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MalteseMomma — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:39:42 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
I wish you wouldn't of posted this, I just can't imagine why the dryer door was left open and second, how can you toss clothes in the dryer without checking if anything is already in there.

So sorry, but this just made me sick.

@Mistreatedbycs

I leave my dryer door open because my timer does not shut off ,it will keep the dryer running 24/7 I have had it repaired many times but never seems to work proplerly no matter what,so I leave the door open!

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:52:32 GMT

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RoughDraft — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 01:19:54 GMT

@Marp wrote:
You said your heart was broken followed by you adopted two kittens and ended with your horror started all over again. Does this mean that you lost your beautiful stray to a similar dryer accident that wasn't caught in time?

Wondering same thing.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 04:34:21 GMT

@Marp wrote:
You said your heart was broken followed by you adopted two kittens and ended with your horror started all over again. Does this mean that you lost your beautiful stray to a similar dryer accident that wasn't caught in time?

@Marp The way the OP's statement is written it certainly sounds like this recent incident was a repeat performance, and the first time it ended badly.