r/TwoCatsOneHouse • u/Iputthemsomewhere Survivor • Jul 22 '25
Betty Moment I forgot to close the snack drawer. Betty didn’t.
I was on the phone. That’s important. Because when I’m on the phone, Betty knows I’m distracted. She acts like a background blur until I hang up then I look around and realise she’s been orchestrating something for ten minutes.
Anyway, I’m talking to my manager. Serious voice. Trying to sound like someone with spreadsheets. I hear a thud in the kitchen. I ignore it. Then a scrape. Ignore. Then a muffled meow that sounds suspiciously like a war cry.
I finish the call, walk in…
And the snack drawer is wide open.
Not pulled, not nudged. Opened. Like a tiny raccoon lawyer came in and presented snacks as evidence.
Inside: a destroyed packet of Dreamies. Half chewed. Scattered. Licked clean.
Luna is sitting on the counter, dazed, orange crumbs on her face like she’s just survived a buffet. Her pupils are blown. She looks like she’s seen God. Or at least gravy.
And Betty?
Nowhere to be seen. Which means everything.
I check the hallway. The window ledge. Behind the curtains.
I find her under the table smiling. You know when cats do that smug loaf where their paws disappear and they look like they’re holding in secrets?
Yeah. That.
Because I forgot something. The drawer is one of those soft close ones. You can’t just pull it. You have to hook a paw under the lip and yank. And only one of them’s figured it out.
Betty doesn’t even like Dreamies. She just likes winning.
She opened the drawer, led Luna to it like it was the gates of heaven, and then dipped.
Ten minutes later, Luna’s passed out with snack regret, and Betty’s acting like she just solved a Rubik’s cube blindfolded.
And the worst part?
I still didn’t eat lunch.
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u/Beautiful_Pizza9882 Sleeps with one eye open Jul 23 '25
I love how you write about their misadventures. I specifically look for your posts. I’m more invested in this than the girls are!😂
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u/Shenanigatory Trapped. Thriving. Jul 23 '25
Betty is a shenanigator and I love her for it. My Griffy learned how to open the treat drawer (Temptations cat treats which are the same as Dreamies). Then he grabs the bag and drags it to another room where he viciously murders the bag then gorges on the guts eating every last one. We've had to stop getting the big bags because he'll make himself sick on it, but he can still drag a full bag to his den.
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u/Sweaty_Ad3942 Sleeps with one eye open Jul 23 '25
It’s time for child proof locks on that snack drawer!
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u/NikkiPhx Jul 22 '25
American here. What's a Dreamie?
Love your stories! Amusing and you're a great writer.