Never underestimate the intelligence of a cat!

[nsweezie]

Hello!
Thought I'd share a funny story.
We have an attic space in our flat, that you can only access by ladder. My husband was putting some things in there, and he left the ladder while he went to eat lunch as he figured that there was no way the cats could climb up the rungs.
Well, to make a long story short we realised that Odin was nowhere to be found. He had managed, somehow, to climb the ladder, and was having the time of his life in our dusty, messy attic. He stayed up there for 5 hours before he finally had enough (or more likely, got hungry).
Odin is a mess now, covered in dust and cobwebs, and is sleeping now, with a look of pure, angelic innocence.
Louise

[Terminalvelocity]

What a doll!! And what a great time he must have had! He's a gorgeous fellow and I'll bet he was even cuter covered with attic dust!

[Sonia59]

Silly Odin! With or without dust on you, you are gorgeous!

[Killearn Kitties]

Quite right too, Odin. Obviously when you saw a great unexplored territory you knew what you had to do. You are a cat after all.

[zoey]

Hahh! Smart kitty! He's probably thinking to himself, *cool, this quiet, dark place has been here all along and now I've discovered it!!*

[GreyhoundGirl]

Awww. Watch out. Curiosity killed the cat ! You don't wanna get all messy again. Or maybe you do...

[Laura's Babies]

It is a cats job to investigate EVERYTHING! I am not surprised he figured out how to climb that ladder so he could go check out that new place.. I bet he had tons of fun while he was up there and he will probably be trying to figure out how to get back up there again.

[sirrahbed]

Thanks for the chuckle this morning - so cute and funny!

[gini]

Now if you WANTED Odin to climb that ladder, there is no way you could get him to do it.

But because you didn't want him up there he figured out how to do it.

But now he is happy because he has now explored his entire territory including the attic.

[KitCat]

I am sure he's very proud of himself!

[jazzcat]

Now if you WANTED Odin to climb that ladder, there is no way you could get him to do it.

Boy isn't that the truth!

That's funny, I would have never thought about a cat doing that.

[RedHedd]

He has such a smug look on his cute face. I bet he had lots of fun!

[orangemm]

What a wild chase he led you on! You must have been half-crazy, wondering where he could be. I can't imagine how he got up that ladder.

In our old house we had folding stairs to the attic and once we found Archy halfway up the rungs (they were wide boards, not narrow metal ones like yours). We were scared to death he'd get up there and fall thru the insulation or get caught where the roof met the floor.

We always do a head count when we go up and down!

Boy, I bet he was all proud of himself!

[momcat]

So, how did you enjoy all that exciting exploring Odin? From the look on your face you must have had a blast! All that new and exciting territory you never even knew was right there waiting for you. Now for your well deserved snack and nap

[catmandu]

I have to be very careful with the Porch, as Pouncierge almost got out again!
They are so clever, and I am half blind.
If she sneaks out I might not notice, that would be a disaster.