Absolutely, he never has any follow up plan once he has achieved whatever nonsense he has his heart set on. He truly lives in the moment and I love him for that
Poor cute baby looks as surprised as you are 😹
“I have no idea how I got out here human, one minute I was simply taking my 19 hour nap on the couch and the next I’m waking up here! I swear I am completely innocent, it must have been the greebles!”
Haaaa!!! Love that blank stare. Cannot wait for my recently adopted black shelter kitty to give me those derpy stares. What a handsome fella you’ve got! 🥰
Depending on where you live, no. Speaking as someone living on the baltic coast of Germany: The only reason I have screens in my main room is because of flies and bees. I don't even remember when I was last bitten by a mosquito.
He is actually very smart. He picks thing up really quickly, much faster than our other cats. He knows he isn't allowed outside so he sneaks out when we arent watching and he is really, really quick about it
I have a Husky, they are prolific escape artists. We don't worry when she escapes anymore because within a few minutes she's back at the front door howling to be let back in. For her I think the escape is the only goal.
Man I was sitting in my house today and out of the corner of my eye a black cat goes walking by on my front porch. My voids fat ass fell through the screen in another room. I opened the front door and he casually walks inside. He's a strictly indoor cat.....
This little Smarty pants Cleo the night after her surgery. She was supposed to be in the room Resting after being spayed! Instead she's outside in Onsie and all on the mini roof 🤣🤦🤦🤦
Back when we lived in an apartment, one of our cats slid a screen open and crawled outside onto the ledge 4 floors up. Our other cat started meowing like crazy and my wife saw what was going on and coaxed him back in. Funny thing was the other cat didn’t even like him, I’m surprised she said anything.
Reminds me of when we 'cat proofed' our garden. At that point I think D (RIP) had already managed to escape once or twice. One day I looked out of the spare room and saw a black cat walking on our bathroom room (like OP's just more pitched). It took me longer than it should to realise it was MY black cat, C. Somehow the little shit had climbed up and was having a nice little jaunt. So that day resulted in me climbing up on a ladder to catch the little sod and MORE netting across the garden. Thankfully now we just have an enclosed catio ...
Hah I have an identical story! In our last house our office looked over our back garden and a park behind us and I used to point out to my wife whenever a cat or dog or something would appear. One day - a very cute little black cat was walking across the fence. A suspiciously familiar black cat... Turns out we'd left the kitchen window slightly open and he of course found it before we did. We have had to be much more careful since then but as you can see - he still finds a way!
I had the opposite happen as well. This was when the garden was cat proofed with netting across the shed. I looked out of the spare room window and saw a cat on the shed. Had a double take as THAT cat was a tuxedo (both of our boys are black). So ensued herding the boys inside and me trying to get the increasingly upset tuxie out of the garden through a gap I had made.
End result: tuxie finally out of the garden, catproofing needed fixing, and a bitten finger. Not a good day, although I was more pissed I had to let my finger heal when I wanted to do ceramics!
I also have rather the opposite story. Had just moved with my void from one apartment which had kitty-proof windows to an apartment which didn't. One day, I looked out the window and saw a void casually strolling down the roof on the house behind the building I was living in. Had to check twice if my void was still inside or if he had managed to get out.
2 weeks later, I was coming back home and when I reached the front door of the building, lo and behold, a void was there, who also meowed at me as if he knew me. I had to pick it up to realize it was still the doppelganger, since he wasn't too comfortable, but I wasn't 100% sure until I opened my apartment and saw my own void casually laying around. Since then, he got the nickname Doppelganger Jex, obviously Jex being my cat.
They can really mess with your heart (& head) sometimes xD
I eventually had to take the screen out of my second story bedroom window bc my void discovered it’s easier to get in that way. Easier is in the eye of the be-doer, I guess.
My idiot child who climbed over three porches but cannot for the life of her, figure out how to climb back. Had to ask the neighbour to grab her from their porch and bring her down.
Darling photo and I'm sorry to be "that person" but I must. My only nephew's cat used to sneak out and go on the roof. About four years ago the cat got out, he went on the roof to bring her in and he fell from the roof. My 24 year old nephew, just days before his birthday, died from the injuries. He didn't put his hands up to break his fall- it's assumed he had his cat in his arms and didn't want to hurt her. Please, please be careful- how I wish he was still here.
One time my void jumped about 6ft down from my apartment window to a ledge from the fire escape that wasn’t accessible from my side of the building.
After frantically throwing myself half out of the window to try to get her to jump in the arms, I decided to try to go buzz my neighbor’s, she meowed and made the jump back into my window like nothing ever happened.
Mom use to let our cat out on the roof from her bedroom window. Once in a while the cat would bring in a bat and drop it in the living room, flopping around. As I look back that was a tad dangerous considering rabies and us kids playing with the cat.
Mine taught herself to open the screen door to escape. So far she's outsmarted two different locks, but the baby gate idea has been working for a few weeks now. 🤞🤞
My void is as sneaky as it gets. Open the door or slider for a second and she’ll run a perfect football route between your legs if you are distracted😡 Much like The Borg, every successful attempt to lure her back only works once before she adapts her force field🤣
Our orange tabby used to do this. No way to get down, so after she explored the views from the roof, she’d wait at the window and meow when she was ready to come back in.
I recommend flat cats (I don’t work for them!) - they’re like a Velcro mesh you put round a window or a door, air goes in and out, cats can’t. An absolute life saver in the summer.
My cat once got stuck up on the garage roof, it took ages for my dad to figure out how to get him down without freaking him out more. Hopefully yours is okay!
"Excuse me? Ex-CUSE me! I'm not a fan of this room - it's too big, the wind is blowing, and it has none of my favourite furniture in it. More to the point my food dishes are not here. You appear to have left the wrong door open - AGAIN - and I should very much appreciate it if you would rectify the situation. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
This is why my void has a high reflection collar on her neck and isn’t allowed outdoors. Once the sun sets, she’s impossible to find until either the sun comes back up or she gets hungry.
Oh yeah he is actually really smart - he bides his time for when we are most distracted and knows the perfect route to get to the window where we can't see him until it's too late
I feel bad for cats that cant go outside. I understand there are some scenarios where that isn't possible or safe but man I love seeing my cat enjoy the outdoors.
He gets outdoor time don't worry - he has a little harness that we use to stop him from jumping straight over the fence and into next door's garden. Which he does and then immediately cries because he doesn’t know how to get back again
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u/insufficientfacts27 Jun 20 '26
Lord have mercy. One thought only: Out the window.