Cat Sleeping Bag

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... people up. 😂 Big cat just loves sleeping on my phone/ipad... or alternatively a plastic bag! 🤷‍♀️ Old Cat likes his comfort...

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... he returned home from the sleeping bus of tuckered-out students, his... decently enough. Throwing his duffle bag that carried his trusty baseball ... baseball bat from his duffle bag. It had helped him beat... to him. "■ev■■!~" The greedy cat called out to him. "■■■in." ...

... tilted my head at the cat clock Shino had got me... stop and probably forget his bag on the bus. If I... and put it inside his bag. I waited for him at... before were sitting, let alone sleeping on a single one without ...

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.... - you may get a sleeping bag if you have any packs ... away. (You may get a cat litter box and one toy. ...

.... I need to get this bag of garbage on down to ... a pretty white and grey cat and kitten sleeping on my back porch... attracting my neighbors rats leaving cat food out for them. And...

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..., but I'd be the Cheshire cat if I came home dragging... runny nose from forgetting my sleeping bag and in dire need of...

... yo on reflex , before seeing Cat Noir standing behind her with a bag from her parent's bakery. "How ...?" His hand went to his bag, searching for another pencil, or ..., would you-" An empty chip bag blew into his face, getting ... corner, she popped open her bag to see Tikki inside waiting ... teenager. "Are you having trouble sleeping?" "I hurt Cat Noir, my partner, he doesn't ...

... would rather Tyrion not go sleeping around at all and act... have been useful, but the cat was quite out of the bag. "Long as you don't...

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... into a heated game of cat and mouse, pun very much... them tucked away in my bag with Wave. Oh yeah, Wave. ... gestures. I carefully strapped the bag back into place, noting how ... in the depths of my bag before making my way back ... you can actually recover without sleeping on a stone floor." I ...

... face. She relaxed. Just a cat. "Scared me, buddy," she muttered... I saw something." "What, a cat?" Shadow Stalker scoffed. "Nobody lives .... Her Shatter-Picks were in that bag, Roxy realized suddenly. She used .... Someone had her money, her bag, and some of her tech. ... when she started. It'll suck sleeping on the ground, but I ... anyone noticing. She'd fill a bag with essentials and disappear while ...

... from a cat who would not even get on a bed, to sleeping on...! We tried a zip up bag. hahaha!!!) so we can get ... the “Pillow Princess”. Our fattest cat (Pineapple) always finds the softest ...

... will end your inflatable mattress) Sleeping bag rated for at least 5.... Bin bags + a small MOOP bag clipped to your belt (MOOP... a nightmare) Your dog, your cat, your bearded dragon. No pets...

... Izzie up and dragging the cat along by the scruff of..., my back was sore from sleeping in such a strange position. .... And set off the grenade bag. "Huh. The portable disc player... utterly annihilated. "…Considering that the bag with the charger for it ...

... your room while you were sleeping and told you that you.... She had already packed your bag—you just had to follow.... Curled into him is a cat, fainlty breathing. Around the person's ...

It’s 3am and somehow I’m lying here thinking about COE prices… not even joking this thing actually stressing me out 😅 Yes, driving in Singapore is a Luxury. Second bidding for April pushed Cat A to $123,010. We’re getting damn close to the previous high of $128,105 back in Oct 2025. For context 📈: Cat A: $128,105 (Oct 2025) Cat B: $150,001 (Oct 2023) Cat E: $158,004 (Oct 2023) At this point it feels like breaking ATH again is just a matter of time. I get why COE exists, control congestion, limited land etc. But still… paying 6 figures for a 10 year right to own/drive a car really hits different. Then I went to look at the budget numbers and realised something else: FY24: S$6.38bn FY25 revised: S$8.66bn (that’s +35.8%) original FY25 estimate was S$6.6bn so actual came in way higher FY26 projected: S$9.42bn So it’s not a small number anymore, it’s the fourth largest revenue source of FY25 revised, approximately 6.6%. Of course main tax revenue still comes from corporate tax, GST and personal income tax (about 59% combined), but COE is not just a car thing anymore, it’s starting to look quite significant on its own. Another thing that crossed my mind at 3am… Singapore is actively encouraging people to have more kids to improve our total fertility rate. But at the same time, cost of living is going up, and COE hitting these levels just adds another layer of financial pressure. Yes, pushing towards a car lite future makes sense from a planning perspective. But on the ground, it feels like there’s a bit of tension between these goals. So genuine question… Should we be more worried about having fewer cars in the future, or fewer locally born Singaporeans? Makes me wonder a few things: Are we slowly depending more on COE money? Is driving here basically only for people who can comfortably tank 100k+ extra cost? Is there even a way to make it more affordable without messing up traffic? For families with young kids, especially those with multiple children, it’s honestly quite challenging to rely fully on public transport. Managing strollers plus bags with diapers, hot water flasks, milk powder etc is not easy at all… so how do you all deal with this or justify not having a car? (btw i have no kids, just purely observational) Not trying to complain just for the sake of it, just feels like every few months price go up and we all just accept it. Just a stressed Gen Z but anyway maybe I should sleep instead of thinking about COE at 3am. Disclaimer: All numbers from Singapore Budget site, I’ll attach screenshots. Might not be perfect but no intention to misrepresent anything, just sharing for discussion. https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/revenue-and-expenditure/revenue-expenditure-estimates submitted by /u/sucram00 to r/drivingsg [link] [comments]

Hello first time posting here Today I bring my cat to the vet because she had a suture sticking out from her incision (got neutered 2 weeks ago) they wanted to check it. Now I would like to say my cat is adorable little happy bun at home but at the vet she is angry, she always sleeps with me she hugs me she always follows me at home but multipl vets I visited usually dont think she is a cuddly cat idk why my cat cant be the only cat who is angry at the vet. She hates men and she hates vets unfortunately my vet is both. I bring her in they cut the suture out everything is fine and they put her in her box and while the vet gets the door part of the box she escapes the examination room the door is apparently open. I follow her, no need to panic I think, but oh no the main door of the veterinary is wide open which is right on a big district and there are tons of cars going full speed and my cat runs from the door. At that moment I was like "oh shit" and throw my bag ran at full speed like I was running for a cod blue at my hospital shift. Luckily she didn't go for the street but instead to the garden of the building and we were able to catch her. I don't know what could have happened. What If she ran to the cars? What If she ran so fast I couldn't find her? She is white and tabby and in my country there are tons of tabby cats on the street nobody would have thought she might be a home cat and looked for her owner. Should I change my vet? Is this a big thing or am I blowing this out of proportion? It kinda bothers me that I was running full speed and they were like 'meh' I mean they apologized but idk what to do submitted by /u/YeolsansQ to r/cats [link] [comments]

My mom left earlier to grab a few groceries. It was supposed to be a quick trip. After almost three hours, I was honestly thinking the store must’ve been packed. The door finally opens and instead of grocery bags, she’s holding this tiny black kitten like it’s the most normal thing in the world. She told me she found him sitting alone by a fence on her way to the shop. She didn’t just pick him up right away. She stayed there for a while checking the area, looking through bushes, and asking around in case there was a mama cat nearby. There wasn’t. She even brought him to the vet before coming home because she was scared something might be wrong. Turns out he’s completely healthy. No microchip, no injuries, just really hungry and apparently very lucky. So yeah, no bread. No milk. No groceries at all. But we now have a tiny blue-eyed void sleeping on our couch, and I don’t think anyone’s complaining. does anyone have a guess what breed he might be? submitted by /u/kishi045 to r/IllegallySmolCats [link] [comments]

My mom left earlier to grab a few groceries. It was supposed to be a quick trip. After almost three hours, I was honestly thinking the store must’ve been packed. The door finally opens and instead of grocery bags, she’s holding this tiny black kitten like it’s the most normal thing in the world. She told me she found him sitting alone by a fence on her way to the shop. She didn’t just pick him up right away. She stayed there for a while checking the area, looking through bushes, and asking around in case there was a mama cat nearby. There wasn’t. She even brought him to the vet before coming home because she was scared something might be wrong. Turns out he’s completely healthy. No microchip, no injuries, just really hungry and apparently very lucky. So yeah, no bread. No milk. No groceries at all. But we now have a tiny blue-eyed void sleeping on our couch, and I don’t think anyone’s complaining. does anyone have a guess what breed he might be? submitted by /u/kishi045 to r/CatDistributionSystem [link] [comments]

My cat roams around the house and usually stays in my room to chill or sleep. Sometimes I put my office bag on the floor, and he would sleep on top of it. What could this mean? LOL he's so cute submitted by /u/Distinct_Ad_7114 to r/cats [link] [comments]

I was goin mg to buy a cat stroller because he is so boring in the apartment, sleeping all day. So I am taking him out and see if he likes it. He is very scared of everything, but loves going out. I can feel he is shaking when I’m holding him, but he sneaked out many times before and always stayed outside for 3 days, then came back home, I can’t let him do that anymore. Do you think it’s a good idea to take him out like this few times a week? submitted by /u/BirthdayUnfair7703 to r/OneOrangeBraincell [link] [comments]

😿 URGENT: ONLY 3 DAYS OF FOOD LEFT! Our rescued cats tiny kittens, paralyzed fighters, injured souls, and special-needs babies are about to face empty bowls and growling stomachs. Our food stock is finished. Completely. We only have 3 days left, and after that… There will be nothing to feed them. No joyful meows. No full tummies. Just hunger, confusion, and sad eyes staring at us asking for help. We rescue them from the worst situations from abuse, accidents, sickness, and neglect. They are safe now… but safety means nothing without food. 🐾 They have no one else but us. And we have no one else but you. Please help us buy: – 🍼 Kitten food – 🍽️ Adult cat food and 9 dogs food – 🩺 Special diet food for disabled & ill cats Even the smallest donation or a single shared bag of food can mean survival for a hungry soul. Let’s not allow a single rescued cat to go to sleep hungry. Your kindness is their only hope. 🙏 Donate. Send food. Share this post. Every action saves a life. Thank you from our hearts and theirs. ❤️ Paypal ( account is under our longtime rescue friends name as we don’t have PP in Pakistan) https://www.paypal.me/slater1969 Go fund me ( this fundraiser is for our FIP cases if you would like to donate) https://gofund.me/2effc1f5 submitted by /u/Kat_Eyes_544 to r/rescuecats [link] [comments]

Crisis Preparedness: My situation: I live in a 26 square meter apartment (it's tiny, I know). My space is limited. Therefore I have decided to prep one backpack thats ready to go in case of emergency (bunker scenario). I've been working security for 12 years. Some years in the army and the last 7 years in a high security prison. I grew up in the 90's and I have slowly seen this world go "sour". And throughout life I have come to appreciate how more comfortable it is to be ready, rather than not. It's the same with any test, exam, job interview, meeting or training. Prepare and train as you fight is what we say in the service. You'll be way more comfortable when/if the day comes. I also have a cat as you will see in the list. My boy is 14 years old, and I have no plans of leaving him behind. My pictures shows his carrier without a door. That's because he is using it as shelter outside. Door will of course be mounted in this scenario. Shelter: --- Removed info for privacy --- Estimated walking time: 30 min Estimated cycling time: 10 min Estimated drive time : 5 minutes. Capacity: 700 people Wear (if time): Boxers, Darn Tough socks, hiking pants, t-shirt, sweater, Gore-Tex jacket, M77 military boots, knife on belt, leatherman on belt, flashlight on belt, paracord bracelet, emergency whistle on keychain. Notebook and pen inside goretex jacket. Map with 1:50,000 scale showing estimated time of arrival (ETA) to two different bunkers by foot, by bike, and by car. Includes alternative routes in case roads are blocked or other scenarios. If this is not possible, use a hiding spot in the underground garage. Passport must be packed. Water must be filled. Packed and ready: Alfa waterproof bag: 2 x Boxers ✅ 1 x Wool winter socks ✅ 1 x Darn Tough socks ✅ 2 x T-shirts ✅ 1 x Wool terry top ✅ 1 x Wool terry bottom ✅ 1 x Mesh undershirt ✅ 1 x Mesh pants ✅ 1 x Wool winter gloves ✅ 1 x Summer gloves ✅ 1 x Balaclava ✅ 1 x Quickdry towel ✅ Currency: 500 in cash ✅ Cigarettes ✅ (I don't smoke) Shelter/Sleep: Summer sleeping bag (wrapped in plastic bag) ✅ (Field tested in 35–40 °C / 95–104 °F.) Liner ✅ Sleeping mat ✅ Stove (with cleaning kit) ✅ Cooking pot ✅ Tealight ✅ Fuel ✅ Thermos ✅ Toiletries: Toothbrush ✅ Toothpaste ✅ Cream ✅ Deodorant ✅ Toilet paper ✅ Wet wipes ✅ Hand sanitizer ✅ Health: 4 x Paracetamol ✅ 4 x Ibuprofen ✅ 4 x Opioids ✅ 10 x Iodine tablets (130mg) ✅ 2 x Condoms ✅ Pocket first aid kit ✅ 1 x 3M industrial mask ✅ 2 x 3M hearing protection ✅ 1 x Small factor 50 sun protection ✅ Food: 3 x field rations (hot meals) ✅ 1 x BP-ER ✅ Salt/Pepper/Chili ✅ Nut mix ✅ Coffee ✅ Spork ✅ Sawyer water filtration system ✅ 5 liters of water ✅ Extra gear: Compass (in jacket) ✅ CamelBak ✅ Super glue ✅ Headlamp ✅ Walkie-talkie ✅ Emergency flare ✅ Crank/solar emergency radio (DAB, FM, and AM) ✅ (Can charge other things via USB) 1 x Duct tape ✅ 1 x Waterproof matches ✅ Zippo lighter ✅ Batteries: 4 x AAA batteries ✅ 2 x AA batteries ✅ 1 x 12v battery ✅ USB-C cable ✅ USB micro cable ✅ 1 x 10,000mAh power bank ✅ Cat bag: 1 x Apelka medication ✅ 1 x Prednicortone medication ✅ 1 x wet food (2 days) ✅ 1 x dry food (3 days) ✅ 2 x aluminium bowls (food/water) ✅ 1 x bag of boxed litter ✅ Cat harness ✅ Cat carrier: 1 x cat (Rambo, not packed) 1 x blanket ✅ TOTAL WEIGHT: Backpack: 18kg / 40 lbs (with 5l water) Bag: 2.5 kg / 5,5 lbs Carrier w/cat: 5,5kg / 12 lbs Weakness: No firearms, only knife. This is Norway. Low on water, but bunker system has water. And there are water reservoirs all over the map if one needs to collect or move (if safe). No car. I would prefer to go on bike either way. With backpack on person, cat bag on left handlebar and cat in right hand (even weight). I am strong, durable and confident in my coordination to pull this off. With no car I have had a backpack and groceries/packages above this weight on my handlebars and in hand to know I can do this. Been doing it for 5 years. My problem is snow. I could coordinate with neighbors with a car, go by foot or go to the underground car park. I could also make a sled with tarp and plastic box and put everything in the "sled" tie it around my climbing harness and run for it. Depends how much time I've got. At home: Food in fridge 10 days of canned food ✅ 20 days of BP-ER ✅ (Estimated survival: 1 month) 1 x 50,000mAh power bank ✅ More stove fuel ✅ 70 liters of water ✅ Three buckets (rain or snow storage) ✅ Tarp ✅ Trash bags ✅ Rope ✅ 3 person tent ✅ If you have made it this far on the list I would like your honest opinion about my preparedness and give me some tips. I have practically no space left, but maybe I could take something out or reorganize it somehow. submitted by /u/Glufsebart to r/prepping [link] [comments]

For context I live in rural Saanich by camosun on interurban campus. I walked out my front door this morning to feed one my cat who stays outside and I see a bag of random stuff at my front door and I think well that’s random, when I look to my left there’s a large white duvet cover placed on the outdoor bench and I can see some hair sticking out at the top of it and our propane fire table is turned on. I turn around to go back into my house to grab my mom and tell her there’s someone sleeping on our front deck. My mom creeps up to her and pulls the blanket back and all she says is “hi” and we’re like what are you doing here and she starts going on about how “this her house” and about how “she also lives here” and we’ve lived in that house for about 15 years or so. We told her she needs to leave and she keeps telling us no and that she lives here. I called the cops and while we waited for them to come she didn’t move and kept saying to us if you got to know me this could be my place too. We kept turning off the fire table and she would just turn it back on saying “she pays for the propane.” We ended up walking down to the end of our driveway while we waited for the police and my mom left her coffee on the deck railing we watched her get up and grab it and drink it telling us that it was her coffee. The cops came eventually and they got her to leave. It was just a bizarre and random experience. I’ve never in my entire life of living in that house had this happen. We don’t know how long she was there for and it seemed like she was trying to get into the house by how her bag was left at the door. Really whack and crazy for that neck of the woods. submitted by /u/Big-Geologist6170 to r/VictoriaBC [link] [comments]

So, this guy turns up on my doorstep New Year’s Eve night 4 years ago. I hence with neighbours and no one claimed him. He was super friendly & clearly used to humans, but sadly where I live puppies and kittens are thrown out like garbage. Some times they’re allowed to stay with their mama until they have a chance to survive on their own and are dumped (often, they’re simply tied up in a bag and dumped merely days old). I suspect that’s what happened in this case. I took him in the house as it was heavy rain in the middle of the wet season. Gave him a good feed from my older cats supply. My older cat was very chill about it and seemed cool about this new addition. My plan was to get him treated at the vet’s (mild eye infection, treat for parasites and vaccinate etc) and find him a permanent home. Well, he had other ideas. When we got to the vet, her eyes lit up when I took him out the carrier and she examined, “Bengal”. Hadn’t even occurred to me, but she pointed out to me his faint rosette markings and shared a few tips about caring for him. He’s quite heavy set, and weighs around 5.5kg. He’s loooooooong when you stretch him out though 😆 After we went home from the vets, he just fell into step perfectly with my other cat and I. I named him Aslan. We moved house shortly after he recovered and he started jumping into the swimming pool of his own accord. I couldn’t believe a cat would do that 😂 it was hilarious to see him in action, although he didn’t stay in the water for long, he loved the jumping in part. He’s VERY vocal. Absolutely refuses to stay inside for longer than a few hours. He will scream nonstop if you try to defy his wishes. He’s ingratiated himself with all the neighbours, who appear to love having him sleep on their bed / chairs outside. He’s very independent but also a big baby and loves cuddles. He’s also very sociable and has taken to his 3 younger dog-siblings brilliantly, he head butts them constantly. I’ve seen him leap into action defending his older cat brother from an attack from a big bully street cat. He’s very gentle and doesn’t tend to cause drama with other cats around, but if they start something, he will finish it. He’s just built differently - his claws and teeth are sharper than any other cat I’ve met and split my skin open with gentlest, playful touch. Luckily, he’s aware and keeps his claws in most of the time when we play. He’s just regal. Announces his presence whenever he comes back from one of his strolls. Loves having his belly rubbed. I can’t believe he was once someone’s “garbage” - because he’s our King. He’s certainly lives the life of a king now, a life he deserves ❤️ submitted by /u/Easy-Application-262 to r/cats [link] [comments]

I have never owned a cat before. I moved in with my boyfriend a little over a year ago and his cat is my shadow. He follows me everywhere, including the bathroom. He has to watch me get ready for bed every night and he sits outside the bathtub when I take a shower. If he can’t get into the bathroom when I’m in there, he screams at the door for me. He sleeps with me at night. He gets under the covers and he cuddles up on me. When I sit at my desk to game on my pc, he has a bag/sling thing he crawls into and he’ll sleep in my lap for hours. He sometimes refuses to leave the bag and I have to take him with me to go to the bathroom. I even have a heated bed coming to put on my desk to give my legs a break from all the dead weight he puts on them. I got a baby wrap as a joke but he loves the thing. He doesn’t do that stuff with my boyfriend, his actual owner. Is this normal cat behavior? I don’t know if he does this stuff because he likes me or if the cat is bullying me into submission. I feel bad when he meows at me so pitifully. He is like 15 or 16 years old. submitted by /u/w3ttoaster to r/cats [link] [comments]

I saw this tiktok about how when cats sleep in the day, they're bored. But, its not like all she does is sleep. She plays with her toys, eats, scratches her scratch toy things, and I play with her with a plastic bag. Plus, she sleeps later on in the day. Am I doing something wrong? submitted by /u/Life-Sandwich-6062 to r/CatAdvice [link] [comments]

Don’t mind the cheese puffs in the corner, they were his favorite toy for the last week. submitted by /u/b00b00kittyfck to r/OneOrangeBraincell [link] [comments]

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I am NOT OP, this is a repost. Original post by u/tuckerTroubles14 in r/CatAdvice Mood Spoiler - Conclusive but not completely satisfying ORIGINAL Hey everyone, I'm not really a redditor, but I'm at a bit of a loss, and one of my friends suggested that I try asking reddit about my problem, so I created this account. I have a beautiful boy named Tucker (14M) who I've been taking care of for about ten years. He's always been the most easy-going, well mannered, healthy cat, with pretty much no behavioral or health issues to speak of. About two weeks ago, Tucker developed a really strange fixation with a completely nondescript region of the wall in my dining room. At first, he was his usually animated self: I would hear him making his excited chirping noise from the adjacent room, and come into the dining room to find him batting at this wall area, and rubbing up against it. I didn't think too much of it, but as the days went on, I found Tucker was spending almost all of his time in the dining room, where he usually doesn't hang out at all. After a few days, Tucker was spending all of his time in the dining room - like, he wasn't leaving to eat or use the litter box. He was no longer animated, spending most of his time lying on the floor about three feet in front of the wall, just staring at it. I got curious and decided to set up my workstation in the dining room and spend the day in there with him to see what was up. My suspicions were two: first, that perhaps there might be some little critters in the wall, or second, that perhaps passing cars outside were casting light patterns on the wall that he had never noticed before (he's really excited by light reflections). After sitting in the room for pretty much ten hours, I was unable to notice anything unusual about the area of wall. At this point, I moved Tucker's food and litter boxes into the dining room, because he wasn't eating or using his litter box, and I didn't know what else to do. I took him to the vet last week to have him checked out, and told the vet about the issue, and the vet was pretty much at a loss. According to the vet, Tucker is in good health, slightly underweight. More recently, I've tried blocking off the two entrances to the dining room and removing the cat. In this case, he just sits by the blocked doorway, curls up in a ball, and doesn't move. I'm extremely concerned about my guy. He is barely eating, only using his litter box about half the time, and I haven't actually seen the poor cat sleep since this all started, he just lies there staring at the wall. He is usually super animated, affectionate and chatty, but has become borderline unresponsive in the past two weeks. This was not a gradual change, it was like a switch just flipped one day. It sounds dumb but he and I live alone together in this house, and I never realized how much we really share the place. The guy has been my only friend for the past year and I know he's old, but I want to do anything to help him if I can. Thanks in advance for any advice you guys might have. Relevant OP comments: Hey, so your plastic cup idea got me interested and I gave it a shot. I couldn't hear anything particularly interesting behind the wall but I did notice that the area was generally, noticeably cooler than the rest of the surrounding area. It felt like some sort of draft behind the drywall. I'm wondering if there's a breach in the insulation or something, the house is old. I doubt tucker is transfixed by a minor temperature gradient, but maybe it has something to do with it? Response to question about what is on the other side of the wall The other side of the wall is my living room! FIRST UPDATE (link to comment) Hey everyone, I'm really overwhelmed and thankful for all of these responses, I really only thought I'd get two or three. I have an update which is both relieving but also somewhat disturbing. A number of people have suggested that some sort of very small burrowing insect like termites are behind the wall, something Tucker can detect but that I can't. Somebody suggested I use a stethoscope or plastic cup as a drum to see if I can hear anything behind the wall. Well, I couldn't hear anything with the plastic cup, but I did notice that the wall was significantly cooler in the area that Tucker was interested. I suspected a breach in the insulation, and many other people suggested that if there is some sort of burrowing critter or insect that this may very well be the case. I called pest control, and between Thanksgiving and the pandemic, they can't get here until Tuesday. A couple of people suggested I open up the wall myself and see if anything is going on behind it. It might sound extreme but I've been sitting in my empty house since 6 AM watching Tucker, and I'm honestly looking for anything to distract me from this solitaire Thanksgiving, and I'm worried about the cat, so I welcomed a small project. I used a jabsaw to cut through the drywall and cut open about a 3 foot by 3 foot square in the wall where Tucker was interested. When I did this, Tucker became quite animated and was more mobile than I've seen him in weeks, scurrying around under my feet and chirping excitedly, but clearly agitated. I finally pulled the wall off and made quite a few discoveries. First, there appears to be no evidence of critters or bugs. Second, there is about three feet of clearance between the dining room wall and the opposite, living room wall. This area is mostly insulated but there is a gap in the insulation at the base of the living room wall, where there is a small, 2' x 1' cast iron doorway. Now, this may sound creepy, but the cast iron chute is not actually the creepy part. This house is extremely old (Germantown, PA) and has a number of additions. After some (slightly frantic) googling, coal chutes were pretty common on old houses, they were a place that people would shovel coal from ground level down into the basement. The fact that the coal chute is in the middle of my house, behind a wall, actually makes some sense. The dining room is an addition, and I imagine that it's grafted onto the outer perimeter of the original house. The creepy part is that there is no basement under the living room. The edge of the basement is under the dining room. Which means that the coal chute drops down to an original basement that I literally don't have access to. In any case, I'm partly relieved that Tucker isn't suffering from dementia or some weird illness. Clearly there is an irregularity in the wall here that he has been able to detect. But I'm a little disturbed by this coal chute to what must be a sealed off basement, and I'm more disturbed by the fact that Tucker didn't start getting worked up by the coal chute until only about two weeks ago. We've lived here for years. Anyways, I guess the whole feline component of this equation has been solved. I appreciate everyone's help and insight. Now I just need to decide what the hell to do about this chute. SECOND UPDATE (link to comment) Okay everyone, so at this point we've determined that Tucker is probably fine, but if anyone is still interested, I've been poking around my house all day to try and find some sort of access to this alternate basement. I'm posting here because I really don't have anybody else to tell about it and my baseline anxiety at this point is somewhat high, haha. After extensive investigation of the dining-side basement, I couldn't find anything that looks like an access to the other side of the wall to where the coal chute leads. From here I began to investigate the living room. The floor of the living room is hardwood, so I began to tamp around with the butt end of a broom. I read online that often these old basements would have vent accesses to higher floors, so I was looking for some sort of hollow or resonant area. Sure enough, behind my TV (basically flanking the coal chute) I found a resonant area with the broom. Seeing as the resonant area was DIRECTLY behind the coal chute I reasoned that there was a high chance it was correlated. At this point my wall was destroyed, and I don't particularly give a shit about beating this house up, so I decided to try and carefully pull up a small area of the floor. The flooring is older and it was easier to get a prybar underneath one of the panels and expose an area. Sure enough, just like I read online, there is an old wrought iron grate set into what appears to be an original stone floor here, about a foot beneath the hardwood. The grate is super rusted and weathered into its stone housing, it will be a bitch to remove. It smells VERY strongly of must, old wet rock, and fire. Like, the extremely dank three-days-old bonfire smell. I assume this may be (centuries?) old coal residue or woodstove refuse. I assume there has to be a woodstove down there, or that there was at one point, if there was a coal chute. At this point my wall and floor are completely pulled up and it's getting dark. Tucker has been acting fine, still hanging out in the dining room. I'm having my mate over tonight to break out some scotch and pull up this grate. Will keep anyone who is interested up to date with our findings. FINAL UPDATE (link to comment) So for whoever is still interested, my buddy came over last night and after more than a few beers and a ripped off fingernail, we managed to get the grate out of the floor. The space beneath the grate was a pretty narrow, maybe 3' x 2' shaft. Shining a light down, we could see the shaft only extended a few feet in depth before opening up to the room below, with the floor about 8 or 9 feet down. We noticed immediately that the floor was wet, not a great sign. Hank and I managed to get a ladder from the garage lowered down through the hole and argued for about an hour over who should go through first. After extensive deliberation I decided to make my way down first, as Hank is a bit of a larger gentleman and we figured I could hold the ladder stable for him once I reached the bottom. The basement is clearly extremely old. The walls are all uneven rock, and the ceiling is only about six feet high, so I had to stoop while I was down there. The basement is not very large, maybe only 12' x 20' in floor area. On the back wall, sure enough, there is a completely rusted over entrance to the coal chute. Beside it there is an ancient, again completely rusted over, falling apart coalburner. Troublingly, the entire floor was covered by about an inch of standing water. After sloshing around the basement for a few minutes, hank and I found that the left wall of the basement is buckled inward almost to the point of collapse. My guess is that this basement cannot be loadbearing or supporting the weight of the house, because the stones are pretty loose in the wall and it looks like it could come down at any second. Or, if the wall is loadbearing, I'm in some serious shit. This buckled wall is also the source of the water, after a close inspection we could make out tiny rivulets of moving water on the stones. This leads me to believe that the standing water on the floor is a new development. My guess is that sometime around two weeks ago, the wall buckled and the basement flooded. This actually coincides with a bunch of rain we received here a couple of weeks ago. This would explain Tucker's sudden fascination with the coal door up in the house. The sudden inch of water probably opened up a universe of new smells for the poor guy. And let us be clear, the air in the basement is absolutely rancid. I think it's a combination of the flaking rust from the chute and the coalburner, just the fact that the room is extremely old, the standing water, and clearly the room is open to the elements, since the wall is breached. There's another oddity down here that I don't fully understand. Behind the buckled wall there is what's clearly a black garbage bag. It's mostly crumpled up, I'm not sure there's even anything inside of it. Hank suggested the plastic may have been left behind a contractor or previous owner who had been working on the wall or maybe tried to seal up a leak or something. We tried briefly to get it out, but realized quickly we were going to have to pull some stones out of the wall to make it happen, and I wasn't ready to roll the dice on collapsing my house. Tucker and I spent the night at Hank's, there's nothing down there but the whole house just vibes me out at the moment. I'm about to pack up and head home and try to get ahold of a contractor or something. Will keep you guys updated if we learn anything interesting about the basement! LTL;FTP - this story is one I truly enjoyed! No further updates from OP re: basement, but I think it's safe to conclude that Tucker was right to be concerned. I am not the original poster. This is a repost sub. submitted by /u/FearlessPhilosophy95 to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

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