Cat in Heating Ducts

Turn off the heat and try turning on just the blower.

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He's out!! A little dirty, but one VERY happy kitty! He finally came over where I could see him in the duct in my bedroom, and with a lot of coaxing, he finally figured out that he needed to go UP in order to get out of there! He had to squirm and wiggle for a few minutes to make the bend at the bottom of the duct. He nibbled at the tuna once he got out, then headed back to Grandma's bathroom to see if he had any food left, LOL! (He's big, but not fat.) I went ahead of him to make sure the grill was back on the duct, and it fits pretty tight; I don't know how he managed to get it off in the first place. I'd like to screw it down or something so this doesn't happen again, though.

Thank you to everyone for your ideas, concern, and prayers!

Kathleen

Tie a string on a chicken leg and lower it into the duct, then when the cat gets near it, pull it out slowly so the cat will follow. That's how we coaxed our cat out from a drain pipe years ago.

Sure, my wife says the same thing about me. Glad it had a happy ending.

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The first chance you get you still might want someone to stick their head under the house to check if kitty put any holes in your duct work. No need to rush it, the only thing that could happen if there is a hole or two is your heating bill would go up a bit.

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Hope he didn't poo or piddle in there, either.

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happy endings!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad he's out, Kathleen, and none the worse for his adventure! My cat, Marilla, is curled up on my lap at the moment with her little blanket tucked around her and is purring away. I'd freak if she pulled a stunt like that one!

Hoooray! I'm so glad to hear kitty cat is out and well.

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Tell Granny that while she was away you hired a duct cleaning service for her Christmas present. She'll think you;re an angel.

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When we moved from one house to another, I carried my son's 11 foot long, 6 inch diameter python in the first load and put him in the upstairs bathroom with a note on the door not to open it so that the folks helping us move wouldn't have heart attacks.

Well, if you laid your cheek on the floor and looked under the sink cabinet with a flashlight, you could see that the heating duct didn't have a cover.... he found it.

I could not get a HVAC guy to even CALL ME BACK let alone come look for him! Really, I just wanted to know if he could crawl into a fan somewhere and get hurt! I took off all the vent covers, and he finally came out 3 days later, into another room, very very grumpy!
Kit

My friend's cat used to pee in the ducts, and it sure stank when they turned the heat on! You might want to check he hasn't done anything in there!

Oh, I'm so happy this little critter is out of the ductwork! Please give him a skritch behind the ears for me!!!

Gee and I spent a bunch of time today working with the DNR to get a Wolverine loaner.............

Oh well...........

Casey is curled up on my lap right now -- he misses Grandma, as he usually spends a lot of time on her lap while she reads or watches TV.

I hate to call a friend and ask them to do something that I *could* do myself, just because it's scary.

I'm hoping he didn't scratch holes in anything -- I could hear him moving around down there, and it didn't sound like he was scratching on anything.

Silver, the young cat, is sitting on the table on the porch outside my window, saying, hey, are you going to let me in or not! So now I have to dump Casey off my lap to go let her in. He's a nice lap-warmer, and she won't sit on laps.

Kathleen

Oggie is just promoting his new buisiness venture of selling wolverines as house pets. Talk about ankle biters.....

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Glad kitty's okay! Hope you've secured that duct work so this doesn't happen again. Also hope the Wolverine came out and you got your full deposit back on the rental

Don't worry Grandma will be so pleased to be home she won't notice the hot catpee smell.

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Having a deep emotional conversation with my quilted buddy..........

There was a recent "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode that dealt with this issue... one of the guys tied a string on another cat of the opposite sex, and put it inside the wall with the other 'stuck' cat. Of course, it got loose too, and then there were two stuck cats.

Course, the wolverines sound good... I'd take a breeding pair if any were left over.

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