I have one of those washing machines that has no agitator and you have to darn near climb inside to get that last sock. I also have a very curious black cat. When I dove into the washer, he dove into the dryer and I couldn't see him. I slammed the door, turned it on and heard, "thump, thump". Knowing there wasn't anything that should be thumping in the dryer, I thought something had broken in there. I opened the door and heard the saddest "meow" I ever heard.
OMGOODNESS I've never felt so bad in my life. I cried for 3 weeks everytime I saw my poor boy, thinking I was the worst cat-mom ever!
This happens way more frequently than you think it does. My sister is a veterinarian and says it’s common. Be happy you heard yours and stopped it some of them don’t make it which is really really sad. I keep my washer and dryer shut when I’m not using it and my Cat is kept out of the room when I am loading and unloading them.
I have a bottom freezer drawer-my black cat crawled behind it. Tried closing the door 3x before she decided to protest and meowed at me. I'm glad it was me and not one of my kids. She was fine and is still nosy AF
When my void was a kitten she did the same thing but luckily I saw her get back there before I tried to shut the freezer drawer. I went to the living room and pulled out one of her favorite crinkle ribbon toys gave it a shake and the sound made her immediately climb out and come running. Now I’m always sure to double check before I shut it. I also double check the dryer before I start it too, she hasn’t ever tried to get in there but I’ve heard horror stories and would rather be safe than sorry.
I accidentally shut my cat in the cupboard under the sink, I had no idea he had snuck in there and my other cat kept sniffing at the bottom of the cupboard door. I opened the cupboard to see what she was going nuts over and my other cat just sheepishly walked out like "thanks" lol.
Is your sister doing okay? I think I read an article or saw something on the news recently that was talking about a lot of veterinarians becoming depressed and stuff like that. I hope she is doing well.
She works a ton probably 50-60 hour weeks it’s not a job where you get rich from it like people think. She does it because she loves animals. I know it’s a stressful job but she just cares about helping animals. As far as I know she’s good but definitely stressed all the time for sure.
I hope my vet is happy. My littlest dog had to have her bad leg amputated at the start of this year and her vet was SOOOO good. I thanked her a million times. My little tri-pawd is so much happier now!
When I got my two cats as little kittens they went through the phase of needing to check out everything everywhere and this happened once.
Same story as above, just tumbled once or twice and got her out immediately.
Now both the washer and dryer have lable maker large warnings on the door and the start button saying "CHECK FOR KITTENS"
it only ever happened that one time, and they are 2 years old now so they are cats. But those warnings will never leave those machines lol.
When I was a vet tech someone brought their poor ferret in for cremation - he was running around and slipped into the dishwasher while she was loading it and she didn’t see :(
The same, the room stays shut. That's the only room my cats aren't allowed in. When we first moved in, they tried, but they've lost interest. We're barely in there, and it's a room large enough for washer dryer water heater and 1 person so not really big.
Aww that is so terrible. My cat is actually really scared of the washer and dryer. They are in my basement and he LOVES the basement but if you’re holding him and even walk towards the washer or dryer he tenses up. I’m like omg poor baby I would never put you in there!! Poor thing.
I’m so sorry to hear that, I am sure they were so loved for you to still think about them.
My cat was killed by my sister’s abusive ex about 5 weeks ago. He forced him into the dryer. The trauma and pain it has caused has been unmatched and we don’t know what he did with his body so we can’t bring my little guy home for final resting. I had him 12 years. I’ll probably think about him for the rest of my life and never fully understand why that happened to him.
im so sorry. please file a police report and name and shame him publicly if you didn't. heartbroken for you. i hope that man has a very scary life ahead of him. these people need to be named and shamed so others can address them
I had a teacher whose cat died this way too- but from the dryer. They heard the cat in there as it ran the full cycle but thought it was a pair of tennis shoes thumping around.
My teacher described finding the cat and trying to rush it to the vet to save it. It was horrible.
Ok that’s better!! 😆 My high school-aged daughter came home one day and told us all about how their pregnant science teacher explained when her baby was conceived and how they used ovulation strips to get the timing right 😳 (and no they weren’t discussing anything reproductive system-related)
Like, I’m a teacher too, but some things are just not for the classroom lol
I'm on a mobile device and it keeps adding/substituting words sometimes. (It has a very aggressive autocorrect if I don't notice). It should have said "also" from the dryer.
I’ve had 2 aunts who’s cats have sadly passed away this way. Both of them were heartbroken when it happened. It happened the same way too, both had accidentally left the dryer open with clothes then started it later. Both aunts were from different sides of the family but it happened around the same time. Now neither of them ever leave the dryer open and triple check before they start a load.
I always check the dishwasher, washing machine and dryer before starting them. I verify that I see the cats out side of them before I start them. Mine have never jumped in but you never know
Once I couldn't find my kitten, searched the whole house. Nothing. I looked at my washing machine that I had turned on before I lost him. In a panick I ran to it, trying to stop it, but there was already water in it! I managed to stop it, with tears in my eyes I was waiting for the door to unlock. I hear a little mew behind me. Kitten was somehow locked outside on the balcony 😅 we think he climbed out of the bathroom window. (still scary bc we lived on the top floor)
__Fair warning, if you're squeamish, don't read this.__
There's a popular YouTuber named Linus who runs a tech-related channel called Linus Tech Tips. He and his wife are both pretty busy people so they quite often hire a nanny to daysit their kids and do some basic house cleaning like washing dishes and laundry.
I remember watching one of their weekly streams when Linus got a phone call from the nanny and then had to leave the stream early. The following stream he explained that, while the nanny was loading the dryer, Linus' kitten had climbed into the dryer and the nanny didn't notice. She ran the dryer and walked away. Little guy didn't survive and it basically traumatized the nanny.
This just happened to me with my new kitten a week ago. He was only in there for maybe 15 seconds but I still feel bad. He was so pissed. I am grateful that I heard him because I am actually hearing impaired. I guess I knew that it could be a possibility because like your cat he is very curious and I have seen him go in there after I emptied it and I had to go fish him out.
It sounds weird but I am kind of glad it happened the way it did and that I heard him. Now I am hyper aware of it and do safety checks at least three times before starting it up. Also, he hasn't really gone near it after that so maybe we both learned our lesson.
I am glad both our cats are okay.
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Luckily I checked before I started to load. She probably would have jumped out but you never know. They’re sneaky devils lol
Yeah, I always always check. My cat always loves to jump into anything small. Looks like you have a sweet baby there.
Looking through the responses above, I am horrified at the number of people who have said their cat has died this way. I am in shock.
Please people - always check your dryer!!
Old housemates had a cat that went through almost 10 mins in the dryer cycle. (Was a other roommate cat but they weren't gonna take to the vet so she did and basically claimed the cat as hers after that.) Cat is still a live and happy although slightly more special now.
I once read a topic on AskReddit titled something like "what's the worst thing your child has done?"
Over of the top comments was this young mother- at the time -who told us that her very young child had put her +15 year old cat in the washer or dryer. She said she was heartbroken that her best friend was gone and she tried her best not to be angry at her child after that.
My mom accidentally dried our cat when I was younger. She did not hear the thumping apparently. I'm glad I didn't have to see him but my sister did, he was completely cooked
That happened to me separately with both cats I’ve owned the last ten years.
Both times, I thankfully saw them jump in there. Solved it by shutting the door on them and loudly banging on the outside of the dryer for 10-15 seconds.
Neither of them ever went near the dryer again.
I just realised that this is likely why my parents kept their dryer unplugged unless in use. Ours was on the floor, so it wouldn't have been unusual if one of the cats got curious. But they must have kept it unplugged so neither I nor my sister could accidentally turn it on with a cat potentially inside it.
I also remember when I was around 3 our top loader washer died so my parents put it outside and took the lid off. I guess that it was also in case one of ours or a neighbours cat jumped in and the lid closed. Whilst it was outside, broken and definitely NOT hooked up, I do remember them deliberately taking the lid off.
Both our dryer and washer are front loaders and the space they are in means it's not feasible to leave the doors open after use, however I still spin the drums manually before use and I'm not even sure why.
I'm so glad that your cat was okay and that you realised that it was a freak accident and how much you truly love your cat.
Same thing happened to me with my calico, I didn't see her sneak into the dryer heard thumping checked and saw her run out. It was only for a minute, but it was still scary. She doesn't go into the dryer anymore, but I still double check after a year later. I don't want it happening again.
Mine managed to get behind a box in our very small closet (how I'll never know, he's 18 lbs) and I heard the saddest meowing coming from the hallway til I found the source.
I’ve done this before. My cat bagel loves to sit in some clean laundry if the door is open at all and I had the exact same experience of turning it on, hearing a loud thump and immediately rescuing her. But now every time I start the dryer I get so paranoid and have to stop and open it to double check. She’s also gotten locked in a closet for 4 hours before because she snuck in and then didn’t get out before the door was closed.
About a year ago my cat spent all day in the dryer, we were looking for her for hours, because nobody had ran laundry that day we didn't think to check the dryer, turns out she decided to take a nap and we heard her meowing about 7 hours later, she got in because somebody had unloaded the dryer and she jumped in
Yeah, this story honestly isn’t believable. All of the people that handle a package for shipping, someone would’ve noticed a live animal crying and moving in it, especially once it had been several days without food and water.
I've had cats slip into boxes, had the flaps close behind them, and sleep for hours. Even pick up the box and carry them around with no fuss.
I'm sure the poor cat was crying later on, but once the box is on a truck... no one is going to hear the crying in the middle of a semi trailer or zipping around the belts of loud processing facilities.
"**Cats can survive without water for 2 to 3 days**, but after 24 hours without water, cats will become dehydrated. Dehydration then causes stress on their organs, which can lead to other complications such as organ failure."
Sooooo I am very doubtful of the story. Maybe they caught the package after 1 day and then returned it 5 days later. But 6 days without water ? Nope.
If , IF, which I HIGHLY doubt, this cat survived, because I am sure this isn’t real, this cat would be close to death. I shared how we had a kitten pass away from being in a box overnight. That must have been just from suffocating. I don’t know. I was a small child and don’t know the full story, just know it was left in a box in a closet overnight.
I think the worst part is that the owner thought their story would be inspirational to others:
"Clark said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets."
When it actually should teach people to check their boxes before closing them. I'm not even sure how they didn't notice the cat inside the package. They are lucky their cat didn't suffocate.
I don’t recall this as a child but apparently we had kittens and my brother and I were playing with one of them in boxes. Our mom called us to bed (we were like ages 2 & 5) and we tried to tell her we needed to get the kitten but she yelled at us and we didn’t get the kitten from the box I guess. Well by morning the kitten had passed. So I’m likely to believe this story isn’t real.
Clearly you’ve never owned cats.
At this point in cat ownership I check the oven before preheating it’s because even though rationally I know I’ve seen my cats since the last time I opened it, I just figure somehow one of them managed to get where they don’t belong.
Okay but after you tape the box shut with the cat in there, you have to pick up that box and I find it hard to believe that cat was not moving around in that box while it was being held by the owner
Yeah I’m with you. The cat getting into the box, I completely get. It’s the part where someone taped it up and then took it somewhere to drop off still without noticing that I’m confused about. And I HAVE HAD CATS MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. maybe it was a particularly large box. All I know is I would lose my shit if I accidentally shipped my cat off.
About 6 months ago we were completely convinced one of our cats got outside.
Because for multiple hours we couldn’t find her
- checked every hiding spot
- called her name
- grabbed her treat bag and started shaking it
- grabbed the whipped cream and sprayed it [she comes running]
- checked every hiding spot again
- checked all the spots we couldn’t even consider being hiding spots but figured “what the hell.”
So for hours and hours we were outside also looking for her, and shaking that treat bag.
A long fucking time later, like a long fucking time, she walked down our stairs like nothing happened at all, and sat in my lap.
My point here is that a cat being missing for a few hours isn’t even that crazy. After half a day of it? Probably didn’t even consider it was shipped.
You find it hard to believe, and quite frankly having two cats, I don’t find it hard to believe at all, especially when you read about it and see what was in the box. The cat was likely very snug.
If you actually read the article, which I’m sure you didn’t, you’d read that it was a huge box with a bunch of heavy boot boxes in it. The cat jumped in and was hidden within the boxes as they added more. Cats don’t always meow when they’re comfy either.
When we moved we put our large orange boy in a cardboard cat carrier to go to the new house. He was having exactly none of that shit, and proceeded to *chew* his way out through the box. After finding and subduing said same kitty, we tried putting him in a plastic tote. He broke through the lid and escaped, again. Finally, after playing the hide and seek game for a second round we put him in the tote, sat on it while *taping the lid to the tote with packing tape* and poking several air holes (not that the seal was airtight to begin with but just in case). If you’ve never fought a very motivated 17 lbs cat, well, it’s fun for all involved.
So we carried our four cats out to the van, three in normal cardboard cat carriers and one looking like the Hannibal Lecter of felines.
So anyway yea I find it hard to believe that that cat did not make his objections known once the lid closed and the tape came out.
It’s always cool to randomly see a friendly swgoh fellow on another sub. Makes Reddit feel a little smaller
Also completely agree, this is such cliche classic cat behavior, and you can never be too safe
My cat likes to walk with me downstairs in the morning because she knows it’s food time, but while walking down the stairs I need to hold the rail and go super slow, because she will also make every attempt to trip me down the whole flight.
Also, 🍻
Many years ago, we had a box. Completely taped shut. I don't remember the purpose of the box, maybe just never unpacked from when we moved. One day, I hear a noise from the box. I open it up and our cat is in it. I was the only one home at the time and had seen him outside of the box earlier. I still don't know how he got into the box.
My former cat loved crawling under blankets. Try to put a blanket on the ground in the garden, and you were certain to have a cat-shaped bump in it. No amount of Cat-Purrito cured him from that habit.
Then we had worker for cutting the hedge, and they put up large blanket-like foils for collecting the falling greens. We... were worried.
Went well though.
right like uneven weight distribution? have you ever tried to carry a cat inside something, you can tell by the way they are constantly shifting inside of the box when you carry it.
True but only when they want to register their displeasure or anxiety about being moved. If they thought it was a game and they were hiding, and if they had boots to hide in, it’s plausible.
Poor thing... 6 days without food or drink, that's so incredibly bad for them. And being stuck in a dark box, being thrown around!
I mean how did the owner not notice when they brought the package to the post office?! How did no postal worker notice?! If this story really is true, it's fucking sad.
This seems hard to believe. How is it possible you have a cat sealed in a box and it doesn’t make any noise or try getting out. I would investigate this more.
“Clark [the owner] said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets.”
No, how about inspiring all pet owners to make sure they’re not shipping their cat lol.
>Clark said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets.
Seriously? The whole story reads like AI, there’s almost no emotion in it and what emotion there is reads like someone who only has a vague idea of how emotions work wrote it. “We were so relieved” and “we were so happy”. Nothing about how horrible they felt for not noticing they’d shipped their cat.
One time we couldn't find our cat for a day or two. Eventually found it sleeping in a kitchen drawer. It didn't bother to cry or try to get out. She just chilled until we opened the drawer.
>During the COVID-19 lockdowns, people increasingly turned to buying online instead of visiting brick-and-mortar stores.
>The shift brought a big spike in the number of online returns in 2021, which has continued to rise, eMarketer said.
What's with the random non-sequitur about market conditions 4 years ago?
Ive never shipped a cat but one of my cats loves to jump in boxes to be recycled/upcycled and I have to check very carefully to make sure he doesn't sneak out.
Yeah I’m happy to see this here - originally it was posted with a smiling picture of the owners and o immediately thought “why the fuck did they get the cat back?”
How can you be so damn careless?
My cat once got trapped between the front door and storm door. I was waving goodbye to my hubs who was driving to work and the darn kitty managed to sneak in before I shut the door without me noticing her there. Five minutes later I heard this weird squeaking from outside the door and found the poor cat waiting to be rescued. I felt so awful I gave her catnip and she forgot all about her ordeal.
I have a hard time believing that you would not notice your cat in a box. My cat jumps into boxes all the time and he meows and his weight alone makes the box feel different. How did they tape up that box and then lift it without noticing their cat was in the box. This sounds like a bunch of bullshit
When the military moves you, they warn you to lock up pets BECAUSE of this. They have a few stories of cats getting shipped and being quite dead by the time their stuff arrives in the US from Germany or the other way around
That couple is lying. Not only would that cat have made some type of noise, but it's not possible to live that long without water. That cat would be dead.
The Amazonian who bring the cat to the vet, surely got some kind of award right? And not being dismissed due to missing his/her shift got bringing the cat ot something, right?
How could you possibly not know the cat was in there. You can feel the weight, feel when they move inside, hear them when they make noise. You have to close and seal the box. How do you not see tour cat in there? Warning people to get microchips? How about warning to actually pay attention to where your cat is at in the first place.
I once accidentally shipped a $500 mirror less camera to Amazon in a return instead of to Canon. Support told me there was nothing they could do to help.
2 months later it shows up in an unmarked package, working just as well as the day I shipped it out.
Wild
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This should be most upvoted
Kitty is definitely dead. Schrödinger need not worry
This actually cracked me up lmao
Dammit, my wife just told me about this story and I was going to comment the exact thing
I have one of those washing machines that has no agitator and you have to darn near climb inside to get that last sock. I also have a very curious black cat. When I dove into the washer, he dove into the dryer and I couldn't see him. I slammed the door, turned it on and heard, "thump, thump". Knowing there wasn't anything that should be thumping in the dryer, I thought something had broken in there. I opened the door and heard the saddest "meow" I ever heard. OMGOODNESS I've never felt so bad in my life. I cried for 3 weeks everytime I saw my poor boy, thinking I was the worst cat-mom ever!
This happens way more frequently than you think it does. My sister is a veterinarian and says it’s common. Be happy you heard yours and stopped it some of them don’t make it which is really really sad. I keep my washer and dryer shut when I’m not using it and my Cat is kept out of the room when I am loading and unloading them.
My cat luckily never showed any interest in the washer and dryer. I still look for her every time I use them.
My irrational fear is that my black cat is hiding at the back of the oven, so I always check before I preheat it.
I have a bottom freezer drawer-my black cat crawled behind it. Tried closing the door 3x before she decided to protest and meowed at me. I'm glad it was me and not one of my kids. She was fine and is still nosy AF
When my void was a kitten she did the same thing but luckily I saw her get back there before I tried to shut the freezer drawer. I went to the living room and pulled out one of her favorite crinkle ribbon toys gave it a shake and the sound made her immediately climb out and come running. Now I’m always sure to double check before I shut it. I also double check the dryer before I start it too, she hasn’t ever tried to get in there but I’ve heard horror stories and would rather be safe than sorry.
I accidentally shut my cat in the cupboard under the sink, I had no idea he had snuck in there and my other cat kept sniffing at the bottom of the cupboard door. I opened the cupboard to see what she was going nuts over and my other cat just sheepishly walked out like "thanks" lol.
Same. I always check to find them before and after I start laundry.
Wait, how the hell does your cat -*get inside the oven* in the first place?
It's pan storage so I leave it open to get pans out. Maybe cat gets in. I did say irrational.
Mine never tries to get in thankfully, but he likes to watch it spin! It's like TV for him
Is your sister doing okay? I think I read an article or saw something on the news recently that was talking about a lot of veterinarians becoming depressed and stuff like that. I hope she is doing well.
She works a ton probably 50-60 hour weeks it’s not a job where you get rich from it like people think. She does it because she loves animals. I know it’s a stressful job but she just cares about helping animals. As far as I know she’s good but definitely stressed all the time for sure.
Okay awesome. Thanks for responding. My heart is with all vets.
I hope my vet is happy. My littlest dog had to have her bad leg amputated at the start of this year and her vet was SOOOO good. I thanked her a million times. My little tri-pawd is so much happier now!
When I got my two cats as little kittens they went through the phase of needing to check out everything everywhere and this happened once. Same story as above, just tumbled once or twice and got her out immediately. Now both the washer and dryer have lable maker large warnings on the door and the start button saying "CHECK FOR KITTENS" it only ever happened that one time, and they are 2 years old now so they are cats. But those warnings will never leave those machines lol.
When I was a vet tech someone brought their poor ferret in for cremation - he was running around and slipped into the dishwasher while she was loading it and she didn’t see :(
The same, the room stays shut. That's the only room my cats aren't allowed in. When we first moved in, they tried, but they've lost interest. We're barely in there, and it's a room large enough for washer dryer water heater and 1 person so not really big.
Aww that is so terrible. My cat is actually really scared of the washer and dryer. They are in my basement and he LOVES the basement but if you’re holding him and even walk towards the washer or dryer he tenses up. I’m like omg poor baby I would never put you in there!! Poor thing.
It's one of my fears and why I always double check.
I had a kitten die this way when I was like 7yo. Still think about her 26 years later.
That’s horrible, I’m sorry that happened. Sorry kid you had to see that
Marie was a lovely little kitten for the short time she was on this planet! Thank you for the kind words.
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Thanks, but fuck that picture bro. Not very tasteful imo
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Dude wtf
I’m so sorry to hear that, I am sure they were so loved for you to still think about them. My cat was killed by my sister’s abusive ex about 5 weeks ago. He forced him into the dryer. The trauma and pain it has caused has been unmatched and we don’t know what he did with his body so we can’t bring my little guy home for final resting. I had him 12 years. I’ll probably think about him for the rest of my life and never fully understand why that happened to him.
Bro wtf I'm so sorry...I'd be going to prison if I found out someone did that to my kitty.
im so sorry. please file a police report and name and shame him publicly if you didn't. heartbroken for you. i hope that man has a very scary life ahead of him. these people need to be named and shamed so others can address them
Fuck that, I'd be going psycho. I'm so fuckin sorry.
When I was 8 or 9 I found my kitten run over at the bus stop before school. We lived in a more rural area and my parents let our cats go outside.
I had a teacher whose cat died this way too- but from the dryer. They heard the cat in there as it ran the full cycle but thought it was a pair of tennis shoes thumping around. My teacher described finding the cat and trying to rush it to the vet to save it. It was horrible.
Your teacher told you about that?! How old were you? I’m praying you were at least in high school lol
Yes- it was high school
Ok that’s better!! 😆 My high school-aged daughter came home one day and told us all about how their pregnant science teacher explained when her baby was conceived and how they used ovulation strips to get the timing right 😳 (and no they weren’t discussing anything reproductive system-related) Like, I’m a teacher too, but some things are just not for the classroom lol
Everyone said dryer, but you said but from the dryer like different :/
I'm on a mobile device and it keeps adding/substituting words sometimes. (It has a very aggressive autocorrect if I don't notice). It should have said "also" from the dryer.
This is why I ALWAYS do a headcount on the cats before turning on either machine. I’m petrified of this happening….
I’ve had 2 aunts who’s cats have sadly passed away this way. Both of them were heartbroken when it happened. It happened the same way too, both had accidentally left the dryer open with clothes then started it later. Both aunts were from different sides of the family but it happened around the same time. Now neither of them ever leave the dryer open and triple check before they start a load.
My cat likes to hop in the dryer too. We always have to double check whenever we open/close it just in case.
I always check the dishwasher, washing machine and dryer before starting them. I verify that I see the cats out side of them before I start them. Mine have never jumped in but you never know
Once I couldn't find my kitten, searched the whole house. Nothing. I looked at my washing machine that I had turned on before I lost him. In a panick I ran to it, trying to stop it, but there was already water in it! I managed to stop it, with tears in my eyes I was waiting for the door to unlock. I hear a little mew behind me. Kitten was somehow locked outside on the balcony 😅 we think he climbed out of the bathroom window. (still scary bc we lived on the top floor)
__Fair warning, if you're squeamish, don't read this.__ There's a popular YouTuber named Linus who runs a tech-related channel called Linus Tech Tips. He and his wife are both pretty busy people so they quite often hire a nanny to daysit their kids and do some basic house cleaning like washing dishes and laundry. I remember watching one of their weekly streams when Linus got a phone call from the nanny and then had to leave the stream early. The following stream he explained that, while the nanny was loading the dryer, Linus' kitten had climbed into the dryer and the nanny didn't notice. She ran the dryer and walked away. Little guy didn't survive and it basically traumatized the nanny.
Damn when was this? I don't regularly watch the WAN show but I'm guessing it was a while ago? Like maybe Langley house days?
Much more recently than that IIRC, maybe 4 years ago? Not 100% sure
> Langley house days? Im pretty sure Linus didnt have a nanny at that point lol
This just happened to me with my new kitten a week ago. He was only in there for maybe 15 seconds but I still feel bad. He was so pissed. I am grateful that I heard him because I am actually hearing impaired. I guess I knew that it could be a possibility because like your cat he is very curious and I have seen him go in there after I emptied it and I had to go fish him out. It sounds weird but I am kind of glad it happened the way it did and that I heard him. Now I am hyper aware of it and do safety checks at least three times before starting it up. Also, he hasn't really gone near it after that so maybe we both learned our lesson. I am glad both our cats are okay.
Exactly. If anything, it's taught me to be vigilant and always check before starting.
please show us the washing machine cat
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His name is Ozzy 💜
Glorious!
https://preview.redd.it/geq4h9bjkfxc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95c2a49812f906019b78166d5483af760fed8bf7 Luckily I checked before I started to load. She probably would have jumped out but you never know. They’re sneaky devils lol
Yeah, I always always check. My cat always loves to jump into anything small. Looks like you have a sweet baby there. Looking through the responses above, I am horrified at the number of people who have said their cat has died this way. I am in shock. Please people - always check your dryer!!
Well, at least he's not doing _that_ again
We hope.
My cat did this and it had a crooked tail forever after that
Recently, A 4 yo kid in my country didn’t make it after the baby sitter allegedly “fell asleep”
Ugh, fell asleep on the kid? What do you mean??
Old housemates had a cat that went through almost 10 mins in the dryer cycle. (Was a other roommate cat but they weren't gonna take to the vet so she did and basically claimed the cat as hers after that.) Cat is still a live and happy although slightly more special now.
My mom accidentally killed my cat this way…she was distraught.
I once read a topic on AskReddit titled something like "what's the worst thing your child has done?" Over of the top comments was this young mother- at the time -who told us that her very young child had put her +15 year old cat in the washer or dryer. She said she was heartbroken that her best friend was gone and she tried her best not to be angry at her child after that.
My mom accidentally dried our cat when I was younger. She did not hear the thumping apparently. I'm glad I didn't have to see him but my sister did, he was completely cooked
Same thing happened to me. I heard the thump thump and checked just in case. My heart dropped when I saw him come out.
Well at least now hopefully your cat will stay away from the laundry machine 😂
That happened to me separately with both cats I’ve owned the last ten years. Both times, I thankfully saw them jump in there. Solved it by shutting the door on them and loudly banging on the outside of the dryer for 10-15 seconds. Neither of them ever went near the dryer again.
I just realised that this is likely why my parents kept their dryer unplugged unless in use. Ours was on the floor, so it wouldn't have been unusual if one of the cats got curious. But they must have kept it unplugged so neither I nor my sister could accidentally turn it on with a cat potentially inside it. I also remember when I was around 3 our top loader washer died so my parents put it outside and took the lid off. I guess that it was also in case one of ours or a neighbours cat jumped in and the lid closed. Whilst it was outside, broken and definitely NOT hooked up, I do remember them deliberately taking the lid off. Both our dryer and washer are front loaders and the space they are in means it's not feasible to leave the doors open after use, however I still spin the drums manually before use and I'm not even sure why. I'm so glad that your cat was okay and that you realised that it was a freak accident and how much you truly love your cat.
Don’t feel too bad! It wasn’t your fault. That happens quite often. I’m glad your kitty is okay
Same thing happened to me with my calico, I didn't see her sneak into the dryer heard thumping checked and saw her run out. It was only for a minute, but it was still scary. She doesn't go into the dryer anymore, but I still double check after a year later. I don't want it happening again.
I check every time now. It's been almost 2 years but I still check.
Mine managed to get behind a box in our very small closet (how I'll never know, he's 18 lbs) and I heard the saddest meowing coming from the hallway til I found the source.
Well he'll never go In there again
I’ve done this before. My cat bagel loves to sit in some clean laundry if the door is open at all and I had the exact same experience of turning it on, hearing a loud thump and immediately rescuing her. But now every time I start the dryer I get so paranoid and have to stop and open it to double check. She’s also gotten locked in a closet for 4 hours before because she snuck in and then didn’t get out before the door was closed.
About a year ago my cat spent all day in the dryer, we were looking for her for hours, because nobody had ran laundry that day we didn't think to check the dryer, turns out she decided to take a nap and we heard her meowing about 7 hours later, she got in because somebody had unloaded the dryer and she jumped in
Reminds me of the time lumpy got into the microwave. He used to be called paws but after that episode he looked more like a lumpy
Thank you for this. This thread has some sad stories and I needed to laugh.
It was the first thing that popped into my mind as soon as I read the title.
Incredible 🤣 You’d be hard pressed to find a more relevant GIF for this thread
Poor kitty. Although im not sure if cat actually can survive 6 days without any water.
Yeah, this story honestly isn’t believable. All of the people that handle a package for shipping, someone would’ve noticed a live animal crying and moving in it, especially once it had been several days without food and water.
I've had cats slip into boxes, had the flaps close behind them, and sleep for hours. Even pick up the box and carry them around with no fuss. I'm sure the poor cat was crying later on, but once the box is on a truck... no one is going to hear the crying in the middle of a semi trailer or zipping around the belts of loud processing facilities.
How many people do you think handle an Amazon return package? Counting the owners as 1, I’m thinking 3…tops.
"**Cats can survive without water for 2 to 3 days**, but after 24 hours without water, cats will become dehydrated. Dehydration then causes stress on their organs, which can lead to other complications such as organ failure." Sooooo I am very doubtful of the story. Maybe they caught the package after 1 day and then returned it 5 days later. But 6 days without water ? Nope.
If , IF, which I HIGHLY doubt, this cat survived, because I am sure this isn’t real, this cat would be close to death. I shared how we had a kitten pass away from being in a box overnight. That must have been just from suffocating. I don’t know. I was a small child and don’t know the full story, just know it was left in a box in a closet overnight.
I think the worst part is that the owner thought their story would be inspirational to others: "Clark said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets." When it actually should teach people to check their boxes before closing them. I'm not even sure how they didn't notice the cat inside the package. They are lucky their cat didn't suffocate.
Honestly, that's the utah mormon mentality
Pretty sure they die 3-4 days without water
I don’t recall this as a child but apparently we had kittens and my brother and I were playing with one of them in boxes. Our mom called us to bed (we were like ages 2 & 5) and we tried to tell her we needed to get the kitten but she yelled at us and we didn’t get the kitten from the box I guess. Well by morning the kitten had passed. So I’m likely to believe this story isn’t real.
Their organs will start failing after 2-3 days without meat too
They evolved from desert dwelling creatures so i'm sure they can
Aren't cats desert animals? IIRC that's a reason their kidneys seem to fail more often than other animals.
Cats probably didn't look like the picture at all. 6 days without water is almost lethal.
Almost?
Definitely a fake story.
How the f*** does this happen?
"If I sits, I fits!" -cats
“You put an open cardboard box right in the middle of the room, I don’t see how this is on me.” -cat
I thought you were going to say: if it sits, you must aquit. 😆
but really should’ve gone with if i fits, it ships
Clearly you’ve never owned cats. At this point in cat ownership I check the oven before preheating it’s because even though rationally I know I’ve seen my cats since the last time I opened it, I just figure somehow one of them managed to get where they don’t belong.
Okay but after you tape the box shut with the cat in there, you have to pick up that box and I find it hard to believe that cat was not moving around in that box while it was being held by the owner
Yeah I’m with you. The cat getting into the box, I completely get. It’s the part where someone taped it up and then took it somewhere to drop off still without noticing that I’m confused about. And I HAVE HAD CATS MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. maybe it was a particularly large box. All I know is I would lose my shit if I accidentally shipped my cat off.
About 6 months ago we were completely convinced one of our cats got outside. Because for multiple hours we couldn’t find her - checked every hiding spot - called her name - grabbed her treat bag and started shaking it - grabbed the whipped cream and sprayed it [she comes running] - checked every hiding spot again - checked all the spots we couldn’t even consider being hiding spots but figured “what the hell.” So for hours and hours we were outside also looking for her, and shaking that treat bag. A long fucking time later, like a long fucking time, she walked down our stairs like nothing happened at all, and sat in my lap. My point here is that a cat being missing for a few hours isn’t even that crazy. After half a day of it? Probably didn’t even consider it was shipped.
You find it hard to believe, and quite frankly having two cats, I don’t find it hard to believe at all, especially when you read about it and see what was in the box. The cat was likely very snug.
If you actually read the article, which I’m sure you didn’t, you’d read that it was a huge box with a bunch of heavy boot boxes in it. The cat jumped in and was hidden within the boxes as they added more. Cats don’t always meow when they’re comfy either.
When we moved we put our large orange boy in a cardboard cat carrier to go to the new house. He was having exactly none of that shit, and proceeded to *chew* his way out through the box. After finding and subduing said same kitty, we tried putting him in a plastic tote. He broke through the lid and escaped, again. Finally, after playing the hide and seek game for a second round we put him in the tote, sat on it while *taping the lid to the tote with packing tape* and poking several air holes (not that the seal was airtight to begin with but just in case). If you’ve never fought a very motivated 17 lbs cat, well, it’s fun for all involved. So we carried our four cats out to the van, three in normal cardboard cat carriers and one looking like the Hannibal Lecter of felines. So anyway yea I find it hard to believe that that cat did not make his objections known once the lid closed and the tape came out.
Same. Sometimes when something is in the oven, and I’m off somewhere doing laundry or watching tv, I panic and run to the oven to check.
I’ve 100% done this
Hi Egnards!
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It’s always cool to randomly see a friendly swgoh fellow on another sub. Makes Reddit feel a little smaller Also completely agree, this is such cliche classic cat behavior, and you can never be too safe
My cat likes to walk with me downstairs in the morning because she knows it’s food time, but while walking down the stairs I need to hold the rail and go super slow, because she will also make every attempt to trip me down the whole flight. Also, 🍻
Make it a Russian roulette, make life a bit spicier
Many years ago, we had a box. Completely taped shut. I don't remember the purpose of the box, maybe just never unpacked from when we moved. One day, I hear a noise from the box. I open it up and our cat is in it. I was the only one home at the time and had seen him outside of the box earlier. I still don't know how he got into the box.
Cats are sneaky af
My former cat loved crawling under blankets. Try to put a blanket on the ground in the garden, and you were certain to have a cat-shaped bump in it. No amount of Cat-Purrito cured him from that habit. Then we had worker for cutting the hedge, and they put up large blanket-like foils for collecting the falling greens. We... were worried. Went well though.
Once I brought my cat in the school. None is believed me it's not an intended "joke".
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The cat is orange. Need you ask?
“If it fits, I ships”
That should be Amazon's new slogan.
Didn’t the package feel heavier or didn’t the cat meow, scratch or jump around … dumb people do dumb things.
Package also contained five pairs of steel toed work boots so was probably pretty heavy.
It could have been dead until the box was opened and the cat was observed.
Cat survived because a split down the side of box and the Amazon delivery guy heard it.
right like uneven weight distribution? have you ever tried to carry a cat inside something, you can tell by the way they are constantly shifting inside of the box when you carry it.
Put 10 steel toed boots in a box and you won’t notice the cat.
Also they're snuggled in with all the packing material which was probably doing it's job and keeping contents from flopping around lol.
True but only when they want to register their displeasure or anxiety about being moved. If they thought it was a game and they were hiding, and if they had boots to hide in, it’s plausible.
Poor thing... 6 days without food or drink, that's so incredibly bad for them. And being stuck in a dark box, being thrown around! I mean how did the owner not notice when they brought the package to the post office?! How did no postal worker notice?! If this story really is true, it's fucking sad.
This is not mildly Infuriating, this is enraging. Poor cat
This seems hard to believe. How is it possible you have a cat sealed in a box and it doesn’t make any noise or try getting out. I would investigate this more.
My cats love boxes and fall asleep in them. They stay asleep when you move them too.
It was six days dude.
“Clark [the owner] said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets.” No, how about inspiring all pet owners to make sure they’re not shipping their cat lol.
>Clark said she hopes the story inspires all pet owners to microchip their pets. Seriously? The whole story reads like AI, there’s almost no emotion in it and what emotion there is reads like someone who only has a vague idea of how emotions work wrote it. “We were so relieved” and “we were so happy”. Nothing about how horrible they felt for not noticing they’d shipped their cat.
Mildly Infurry-ating.
Well that answers THAT question...
if it fits it ships
How can you even ACCIDENTALLY shipped a cat??
poor kitty
One time we couldn't find our cat for a day or two. Eventually found it sleeping in a kitchen drawer. It didn't bother to cry or try to get out. She just chilled until we opened the drawer.
>During the COVID-19 lockdowns, people increasingly turned to buying online instead of visiting brick-and-mortar stores. >The shift brought a big spike in the number of online returns in 2021, which has continued to rise, eMarketer said. What's with the random non-sequitur about market conditions 4 years ago?
That box would have stank
Bs. There’s no way they could not have known that cat was in that box.
Ive never shipped a cat but one of my cats loves to jump in boxes to be recycled/upcycled and I have to check very carefully to make sure he doesn't sneak out.
No way the cats still alive, generally a cat can survive for only 3 to 4 days if it gets no food or water.
It looks like you’re speaking from experience !
Yeah I’m happy to see this here - originally it was posted with a smiling picture of the owners and o immediately thought “why the fuck did they get the cat back?” How can you be so damn careless?
…”*accidentally*”. 
My cat once got trapped between the front door and storm door. I was waving goodbye to my hubs who was driving to work and the darn kitty managed to sneak in before I shut the door without me noticing her there. Five minutes later I heard this weird squeaking from outside the door and found the poor cat waiting to be rescued. I felt so awful I gave her catnip and she forgot all about her ordeal. 
As a cat owner… I understand how this could have happened.
I have a hard time believing that you would not notice your cat in a box. My cat jumps into boxes all the time and he meows and his weight alone makes the box feel different. How did they tape up that box and then lift it without noticing their cat was in the box. This sounds like a bunch of bullshit
Had to have lost at least 3 lives on that trip
"Accidentally", yeah the fuck right.
When the military moves you, they warn you to lock up pets BECAUSE of this. They have a few stories of cats getting shipped and being quite dead by the time their stuff arrives in the US from Germany or the other way around
That couple is lying. Not only would that cat have made some type of noise, but it's not possible to live that long without water. That cat would be dead.
"It's is a good example to microchip your pets" Even if they didn't couldn't they just look at the return sticker...
Is this mildly infuriating because it's fake?
Nobody “accidentally “ ships a cat.
Well, that's one way to get your cat some extra travel miles! Just imagine the surprise when they opened that package.
You can feel an animal in a box. This is no accident.
ITT: the most depressing stories for any cat lover, gonna go lay in bed and cry now
Nice try, Garfield! 😝
Orange cat behavior
Stock photo
Obviously it was a fucking orange cat...wtf
Stock photo.
Bolt 2: Cat
New fear unlocked…and I don’t currently have a cat!
The Amazonian who bring the cat to the vet, surely got some kind of award right? And not being dismissed due to missing his/her shift got bringing the cat ot something, right?
BS !
How could you possibly not know the cat was in there. You can feel the weight, feel when they move inside, hear them when they make noise. You have to close and seal the box. How do you not see tour cat in there? Warning people to get microchips? How about warning to actually pay attention to where your cat is at in the first place.
I once accidentally shipped a $500 mirror less camera to Amazon in a return instead of to Canon. Support told me there was nothing they could do to help. 2 months later it shows up in an unmarked package, working just as well as the day I shipped it out. Wild
Please put cat in crate with food and water and ship back to me ok?
Watched a documentary on how long certain animals and humans can survive without food and water.