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Nico ([personal profile] vilakins) wrote2011-01-26 04:54 pm
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Cat in the air-conditioning duct

Jasmin must have read one of the stories I uploaded onto my site yesterday, Rebels and Rats (in which Vila and Avon are reduced to the size of cats to infiltrate a Federation facility via the air conditioning ducts) because I was unnerved (to say the least) to hear scrabbling in the hot-air exhaust last night.


We have proper installed air conditioning in the dining/TV/kitchen area but I had to buy this portable unit to make the living room, in which I spend a lot of time, liveable in summer. See the flexible tube snaking towards the door?


That's where she was. Luckily it was evening, not the blazingly hot afternoon it is now, and the unit was off. There's a narrow flared end (that's hard to see in the bright sun) that must have been loose because it was lying on the deck outside. I was about to disconnect the duct from the unit to get whoever it was out when there was more frantic scrabbling and the tip of a tawny tail appeared followed by the rest of Jasmin. [shakes head at lunacy of cat now sitting on couch looking like butter wouldn't melt]

I did disconnect the thing and look down it in case there was a lizard or a cat toy in there but it was clear. The narrow end is now very firmly on.

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[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
She'd have back out like she did eventually. She was just having another look at it now so I turned the unit on for a brief burst which made he run away. I hope she stays away. Not that she can get in through the narrow end piece anyway.

[identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
At least you can frighten her away from inside.
But sometimes a frightened cat panicks so much that she petrifies completely - this I have experienced several times with Tygr - you can´t get them away, the only way is to leave and wait. Very unnerving!
Hopefully this is not like Jasmine:-)

[identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Tessa used to be like that when we tried to get her out from under our cars. We'd call her, shout at her, toot the horn etc because we couldn't leave till she was safe, but she'd just hunker down and look at us.

If Jasmin got in there again, she's just back out, and if not I could detach the duct and call her towards me.
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