Originally Posted by JustBonnie2
That story brought back a memory from about 20 years ago. My first cat, Pebbles, came through the cat door one night with a VERY excited look on her face and laid something on the rug just inside the door. I thought it was a mouse until it started flapping it's wings and took off flying. It was a BAT!!! Then both cats were chasing the bat from one end of the house to the other and back while the bat was searching for a way out and I was hiding in the bedroom with the door closed. Finally, I called a friend who came over and simply opened the sliding glass door and waited until the bat circled back to the kitchen. The bat (having radar) flew right out the door! Why didn't I think of that??!!
That reminds me of when I was in high school and my single mom and I were alone, we slept in the one bedroom of our downstairs apartment and there was a patio off it with sliding doors. It was late at night and we were in bed, someone was trying to get into the bedroom from the patio, we called the landlord and he was reluctant to come over but because we were 2 women alone he finally agreed, we all three crept into the bedroom, unlatched the door, threw it open ready to do goodness only knows what, the landlord shines his light right into the eyes of a very scared cat who was obviously at the wrong apartment. We found out the next day it was our neighbor's cat and they always left the door open a crack so she could come in at night. I don't know who was more scared - her or us!!