how did the cat get in there?

[fizzgig]

this


wound up like this


and that is how the drawer was when i found her. she either squeezed her rubenesque self in there or closed the drawer behind her. i think she just used the wormhole under the bed.

[yellowcanine]

1. Is there a dog?

If so the possible role of the dog must be taken into consideration.

On edit: Also small children have been known to do this sort of thing.

[fizzgig]

5. no dog

just a sketchy kitty

[hifiguy]

2. Cats can briefly dematerialize

to get where they want to go. I've seen my cat asleep on my bed and two minutes later come walking out of my office two rooms away. How he does it I do not know.

[fizzgig]

6. that is absolutely the truth

they can bend space and time

[charlie and algernon]

3. squeeze in from the back?

Maybe she got in behind the cabinet and crawled in the back of the drawer?

[fizzgig]

7. we pulled her out from under the drawer the next day

but they can't get in under the cabinet. all cat magic.

[marzipanni]

4. Cats' curiosity leads to interesting napping spots

Our neighbor's young cat discovered that she could come in our outside back door to the laundry room, go down the basement stairs, jump onto the water heater, and climb up into a space in the wall between built-in cabinets. Sometimes we hear her rustle around in there on rainy winter, or hot summer days.
She learned that she can come up the stairs at night after our dog comes in (dog likes to chase her), and I'll let her out to go home before I close the back door.
The next time I see her people I'm going to ask if their young English bull terrier is friendly with the cat...wondering if she's hanging out here to avoid him.

[onager]

8. How's this for "interesting?"

From WWI, judging by the helmet. But why is Hans wearing a dress? In front of the outhouse?

[marzipanni]

11. LOL- is this an earlier incarnation of Klinger?

My hubby says they called their helmets pots. Cat on a Cold Steel Pot, instead of a Hot Tin Roof.

[pinboy3niner]

12. His uniform was out at the cleaners?

[trof]

13. That may be the weirdest photo I've ever seen. n/t

[fizzgig]

9. they are great at finding hidden spots

sounds like she could be trying to avoid the dog.

[AsahinaKimi]

10. Kitten in Hamster Ball stuck in the middle.

[marzipanni]

16. That's so cute- makes me think of a jellyfish

when the kitten's legs and tail are poking out of the ball.

[fizzgig]

21. all of the squee!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Cat physics isn't like regular physics.

Cats can change their state of matter at will. Usually they seem fairly solid (your cat looks quite solid in the first photo), but they are able to change into a sort of silly-putty-like liquid (remember, one characteristic of a liquid is that it assumes the shape of its container), and extrude themselves into and out of unexpected places.

[fizzgig]

18. you speak nothing but the truth

[alphafemale]

15. Was there a drawer up higher left open and untended for even a little while?

They can jump down to lower drawers from inside if there's space in the back.

[fizzgig]

19. nothing open higher up

and she can barely hop onto the couch as it is. not the most agile kitteh.

[LWolf]

17. She snuck under the dresser,

climbed up and entered the drawer from behind.

My cat does it all the time. It doesn't really matter how small the passage is; cats regularly dissolve and reform their bones every time they take a nap; I'm sure they can manage it other times, too.

It looks like that cat, though, might have to dissolve something besides bones.

[fizzgig]

20. she is my moo kitteh