Well there I was sitting in the family room and my 13 year old daughter frantically and very puzzled came to me and said DAD I THINK CUJO (the kids 5 month old kitten) IS STUCK UNDER THE FLOOR!!! I was like what the hell are you talking about she said listen you can here him in the kitchen floor but I cant here him in the basement. I was like what are you talking about so I went into the basement where my daughters just put the cats food and such because the dogs kept eating it all.
Anyways I listened and nope I cant here the cat I thought your nuts her eyes began to tear up and I knew she was upset so I went back up to the kitchen and couldnt hear anything at first then my daughter called him and there came the blood curdling cry of the cat I was like what so I ran back down we all looked in the crawl space under the kitchen nothing them my 12 year old son crawled in and said I dont see him he called and the wife and kids called but still nothing we couldnt even here him anymore.
I ran back upstairs and my daughter said as she was crying dad I dont understand hes right under the kitchen floor by the refriderator. She called him and I could again here him cry frantically my daughter said right here dad listen I put my ear to the floor and called him and there he was plain as day with a massive echo I said he soundas like hes in a tunnel or hole. My son went back down into the crawl space and was frustrated because he couldnt hear or see the cat or any holes I then remembered that when we got this house last year the realator howed us a suare in the floor boards and said this was a water cisturn they used in the old daysits extremely deep but I think the cover is now not removable but make sure you keep something over it well theres the fridge a chair over it.
I was like ohhh no I could tell by the echo he somehow got into that damn cisturn now the panic set in kids screaming and crying I was panicing because were all screaming and crying I ran and grabbed a screwdriver and kneeled down and prayed I HOPE THIS THING OPENS AND ISNT NAILED OR GLUED IN. Well in went the flathead screwdriver at the closest edge to me of this square tile and up it came I looked in with my spotlight and to my surprise he looked up from about between 20 and 30 feet down with amazement and bellered out as he tried frantcally to clime the round cement walls to us I thought OHHH boy now what?
I my wife and I looked down and said awww $h!+ thats really along way down I ran around trying to figure out what to do. My wife yelled to me shes said I can believe how high hes jumping up the wall she was amazed at how high he was jumping to try and get to them. This thing is like an underground silo thats basically what it looked like and thank god NO WATER!! My wife says how about tying a close rope for him I thought like hes going to grab on well its worth a try.
9I walked into the living room kids crying and frantic wife running to the stairs to find things to tie togethar and I LOKKED AND SAID HEY WAIT!! DING DING Ilooked over at the parrot cages which were covered with bed sheets at night and gota an idea you know where this is going yupp the old fire escape trick I knew he was jumping very high so I ran to the cisturn hole and the wife took the bed sheet ladder I shined the light and there was Kim fishing for a real Catfish with bed sheet as the lure.
The bed sheeet ladder wasnt long enough to hit bottom but there was that chance because they told me he was damn near jumping half way up! Well kim lowerd the bait it took to jiggles of the bed sheet lure and a call of his name he leaped up dug his claws into the sheet and off Kim went realing hand over hand he was at the top and she started yelling grab him before he falls off. Well kim sweeps one of her arms out and grabs him like she was grasping that game winning touchdown pass. With kids balling cat freaking but happy Im sure I laughed and said he wouldnt let go of that bed sheet I literally had to unhook the little guys claws LMAO he wasnt letting go of that escape.
I couldnt believe how deep that cisturn is scary deep like a underground silo litterally. They just put the food down there with litter boxes what a great idea I GUESS NOT ANYMORE!! I looked how the hell he got in there and I looked down the hole and there at the top under the floor was on small hole just big enough for a cat and he found it we couldnt believe he didnd break a leg or legs I now laugh knowing we have wasted space in the basement but yet a nuclear bomb shelter. I still cant get this situation out of my head crazy I tell you I cant believe this happend neither can the kids or my wife.
Im just glad I got the little guy out of there the terror on my kids faces was just incredible and they looked at me as if to work magic to get there little buddy out and to be honest I wasnt sure I could or how to go about it once I and my wife calm down it all came together . Its a true thing I tell you Ive been in this situation with kids choking ETC staying calm as hard as it is really really pays off and will most likely be the difference between solving the situation and not. there is going to be some things done to keep this from happening again thats forsure. GODBLESS AND HAPPY SAFE HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL....A now high blood preasured father......Tony
Anyways I listened and nope I cant here the cat I thought your nuts her eyes began to tear up and I knew she was upset so I went back up to the kitchen and couldnt hear anything at first then my daughter called him and there came the blood curdling cry of the cat I was like what so I ran back down we all looked in the crawl space under the kitchen nothing them my 12 year old son crawled in and said I dont see him he called and the wife and kids called but still nothing we couldnt even here him anymore.
I ran back upstairs and my daughter said as she was crying dad I dont understand hes right under the kitchen floor by the refriderator. She called him and I could again here him cry frantically my daughter said right here dad listen I put my ear to the floor and called him and there he was plain as day with a massive echo I said he soundas like hes in a tunnel or hole. My son went back down into the crawl space and was frustrated because he couldnt hear or see the cat or any holes I then remembered that when we got this house last year the realator howed us a suare in the floor boards and said this was a water cisturn they used in the old daysits extremely deep but I think the cover is now not removable but make sure you keep something over it well theres the fridge a chair over it.
I was like ohhh no I could tell by the echo he somehow got into that damn cisturn now the panic set in kids screaming and crying I was panicing because were all screaming and crying I ran and grabbed a screwdriver and kneeled down and prayed I HOPE THIS THING OPENS AND ISNT NAILED OR GLUED IN. Well in went the flathead screwdriver at the closest edge to me of this square tile and up it came I looked in with my spotlight and to my surprise he looked up from about between 20 and 30 feet down with amazement and bellered out as he tried frantcally to clime the round cement walls to us I thought OHHH boy now what?
I my wife and I looked down and said awww $h!+ thats really along way down I ran around trying to figure out what to do. My wife yelled to me shes said I can believe how high hes jumping up the wall she was amazed at how high he was jumping to try and get to them. This thing is like an underground silo thats basically what it looked like and thank god NO WATER!! My wife says how about tying a close rope for him I thought like hes going to grab on well its worth a try.
9I walked into the living room kids crying and frantic wife running to the stairs to find things to tie togethar and I LOKKED AND SAID HEY WAIT!! DING DING Ilooked over at the parrot cages which were covered with bed sheets at night and gota an idea you know where this is going yupp the old fire escape trick I knew he was jumping very high so I ran to the cisturn hole and the wife took the bed sheet ladder I shined the light and there was Kim fishing for a real Catfish with bed sheet as the lure.
The bed sheeet ladder wasnt long enough to hit bottom but there was that chance because they told me he was damn near jumping half way up! Well kim lowerd the bait it took to jiggles of the bed sheet lure and a call of his name he leaped up dug his claws into the sheet and off Kim went realing hand over hand he was at the top and she started yelling grab him before he falls off. Well kim sweeps one of her arms out and grabs him like she was grasping that game winning touchdown pass. With kids balling cat freaking but happy Im sure I laughed and said he wouldnt let go of that bed sheet I literally had to unhook the little guys claws LMAO he wasnt letting go of that escape.
I couldnt believe how deep that cisturn is scary deep like a underground silo litterally. They just put the food down there with litter boxes what a great idea I GUESS NOT ANYMORE!! I looked how the hell he got in there and I looked down the hole and there at the top under the floor was on small hole just big enough for a cat and he found it we couldnt believe he didnd break a leg or legs I now laugh knowing we have wasted space in the basement but yet a nuclear bomb shelter. I still cant get this situation out of my head crazy I tell you I cant believe this happend neither can the kids or my wife.
Im just glad I got the little guy out of there the terror on my kids faces was just incredible and they looked at me as if to work magic to get there little buddy out and to be honest I wasnt sure I could or how to go about it once I and my wife calm down it all came together . Its a true thing I tell you Ive been in this situation with kids choking ETC staying calm as hard as it is really really pays off and will most likely be the difference between solving the situation and not. there is going to be some things done to keep this from happening again thats forsure. GODBLESS AND HAPPY SAFE HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL....A now high blood preasured father......Tony
