Panicking - my new kitten is lost in my house

[Anonymous]

This happened to me once. I was worried that my kitten had crawled under a cabinet or the sofa. After searching for it for 20 or so minutes, I found it under my blanket on my bed.

[Anonymous]

Keep us updated, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation also happened to my friend while she was traveling - their cat didn't show up for meal time twice in the row, and there was no way he could escape outside. I searched that house top to bottom. Nada. Cat showed up in unfinished basement of the neighbors two doors down - imagine neighbors surprise when they saw a kitten walking up the stairs from the basement.

That is wild! How did she get to their basement?? Is it a connected townhouse?

[Anonymous]

Unless you are 100% certain he is not in the vent, I'd shut the system down ASAP until he shows up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Similar situation also happened to my friend while she was traveling - their cat didn't show up for meal time twice in the row, and there was no way he could escape outside. I searched that house top to bottom. Nada. Cat showed up in unfinished basement of the neighbors two doors down - imagine neighbors surprise when they saw a kitten walking up the stairs from the basement.

That is wild! How did she get to their basement?? Is it a connected townhouse?

Yes, townhouses. And my friend's basement is finished except for utility room. Somehow that crazy young cat found a pass-through. Probably out of boredom, everyone was out of town 😜

[Anonymous]

Our kitten also hid on the first day. I found him wedged under the basement stairs and it took a lot of effort to get him out. 13 years later and he's now sleeping on my lap.

[Anonymous]

My kitten managed to climb inside the lining under our couch the first day. But she came out and was fine.

[Anonymous]

My new little kitchen was on my childhood bed nestled-in with my other stuffed animals.

[Anonymous]

In college my roommate got a cat and it crawled into the gap in the corner of our kitchen cabinets. We didn’t even know there was a hole to get in down there.

[Anonymous]

Our 10 year old cat disappeared once. We panicked because neighbor kids rang the doorbell and we opened the door and were terrified he somehow got out. DH and I searched the house. I went outside calling with a flashlight. Hours.
DH finally found him in the attic crawl area behind our closet. The door came open and he got in and went to sleep in a box. DH had looked there and missed him the first time. What's weird is his sister cat watched the whole search with disinterest and never gave a hint.
So look with flashlights in weird places like behind furniture and the refrigerator, in cabinets like under the sink that don't latch (we put a latch on that crawlspace door!), behind and in washers and dryers. Make sure all HVAC grates were on well.
Good luck. Kitten will be found.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kitten managed to climb inside the lining under our couch the first day. But she came out and was fine.

OP here. This is exactly where she was!!! The irony that she was under my husband the entire day.
Thanks for everyone here that made me feel better. We spent most of the evening letting her explore as much as she wanted while keeping an eye on her. She went to her food and water several times and even used her litter box. She's now asleep up in my daughter's room with the door closed.

[Anonymous]

I am so relieved. Thank you for updating OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kitten managed to climb inside the lining under our couch the first day. But she came out and was fine.

OP here. This is exactly where she was!!! The irony that she was under my husband the entire day.
Thanks for everyone here that made me feel better. We spent most of the evening letting her explore as much as she wanted while keeping an eye on her. She went to her food and water several times and even used her litter box. She's now asleep up in my daughter's room with the door closed.

PP whose cat was inside the couch: I used my old textbooks to block off where she'd used to climb in just because I was a little nervous about her getting hurt if someone sat on the couch suddenly. She got too big to get in there pretty fast.

The kitten stopped hiding pretty quickly, she bonded with our calmer older cat and goes to her when there's a loud noise or visitor.

[Anonymous]

If you have a recliner sofa or chair, don’t recline it/them until you find her.

You don’t want to know why I know this is a very bad idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kitten managed to climb inside the lining under our couch the first day. But she came out and was fine.

OP here. This is exactly where she was!!! The irony that she was under my husband the entire day.
Thanks for everyone here that made me feel better. We spent most of the evening letting her explore as much as she wanted while keeping an eye on her. She went to her food and water several times and even used her litter box. She's now asleep up in my daughter's room with the door closed.

Aww I’m glad you found her!

My cats also used to hide under and inside couches.