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About two years ago, with a Hav-a-heart trap. She was new to the whole cat-trapping business, and well - she made a pretty bad mistake. Feeling bad about containing the animal in such a small trap, she let the cat out in our bathroom.
So now, there's a very scared, feral cat desperately looking for a way out of this strange place - it jumps into the tub and hides behind the curtain. Wife can't coax the cat back into the trap so she calls me. 1/2 hour later, the bathroom is TRASHED - the shower curtain is pulled down, shampoo bottles everywhere, everything not bolted to the ceiling or wall is now in a big pile on the floor. I managed to trap the cat, after sustaining many deep cuts and scratches. Moral of the story? When you trap a wild cat, DO NOT LET IT OUT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
But I digress - We ended up keeping this small black cat, which we named Gypsy. It took her quite awhile to get used to people. She spent the first few months darting from hiding place to hiding place. One day, we couldn't find her anywhere. We searched the house top to bottom, but this cat was nowhere to be found. It was very frustrating, as neither of us could think of how the cat could've got out. Then we noticed a scratching noise in the bathroom. After awhile, I finally figured out what she was up to. She had let herself into the under-sink area in my kitchen. Right about the area where my hot/cold spigots enter the apartment, there was a small gap in the wall. She had crawled through the gap to the other side of the wall, which is where the plumbing for the bathroom is. She had actually crawled inside of the tub, in the space between the tub's outer surface and the tub's inner surface. It took a day of coaxing to get her out of that area, and you better believe I sealed that gap immediately!
We still have Gypsy, and to this day, my wife and I are the only humans who have seen this cat. She only comes out if we're the only ones home. But she is a sweetheart!
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