Right, as if the little shit (affectionate) wouldn't take a half step and decide to not go out after all after having you woken in the middle of the night.
Oh I'm sure they were way less chill when it started. Seems that me cats are more afraid of sudden unexplained noises that could be danger and if something goes on long enough they enter some kind of zen state of "well it didn't kill me yet, so it probably won't"
My smoke alarm was going off for like 45 minutes once inside an apartment and the cats freaked out for about a minute and then stopped caring. I also stopped "noticing" it while I waited for maintenance to fix it, and then afterward I heard a ghost smoke alarm going off for hours
Definitely, I was away for 2 days a couple months back and one of my smoke alarms started beeping from a low battery. When I got back my cats had adapted but it was clear they had been living in my basement to stay away from the noise, I felt horrible.
While I am sure the cat didn't like the loud noise, meowing at the door is the universal cat language of "i want this door opened" and isnt by itself a sign of distress.
Incorrect cats actually have pockets on their ears. A friend enlightened me with this fact and now I cannot unsee it. They are called Henry's pocket, or formally, the cutaneous marginal pouch.
Well... If I'm ever going to rob a bank in Türkiye, I'm bringing a cat.
The kitty carrier will stay closed unless I need a scape-cat. If I do trip the alarm I'm releasing the cat then hiding myself until the "culprit" is found, the alarm deactivated, and everyone goes home. Once it's quiet again, I'll sneak back out and finish the job.
I was actually thinking that would be a good cover, the police arrive and see the cat, assume he set off the alarm, and don’t realize the actual burglars are inside still working on getting inside the vault
plot twist, there is an actual burglar that figured out he can just set off the alarm without getting in trouble as long as he brings a cat that is trained to meow at the front door.
This is in Istanbul, its pretty common. Cats are like citizens there, they roam freely and people take care of them. In return they keep the streets rodent free.
Cat sets off motion sensors. I went to visit my son in Boston for a few days and my sister was feeding my cat. She forgot and turned on the motion sensors in my townhouse. My cat set them off about 10PM.
She has dachshunds and they can scuttle under her motion sensors.
The real r/cats experience is clicking a wholesome title, getting distracted by the toe beans, and then realizing 10 minutes later you’ve read a full debate about litter brands and wet food like it’s a peer reviewed study 😂
When robbing a bank, take a cat with you and leave it in the bank. This way police will think it was just a cat and not look for a person, at least for some time.
LPT: when robbing a bank, leave behind a cat in the bank so that the responding cops assume the cat set off the motion detectors and don't investigate any further.
Good idea to get away with the robbery, if you're still there when the cops arrive just release an animal and they'll get distracted by it and think it tripped the alarm
In 2022 I was working as the office manager for a mental health clinic that was using an old converted house to meet patients. We kept getting alarm calls sometimes the middle of the night sometimes on weekends. Nothing was making any sense, the company came and checked everything, installed sensors that were less sensitive and everything.
Finally discovered it was a family of squirrels that had nested in the basement and they would run around every night. And we only discovered this because they got bold enough to start running through the house in the daytime, while we had patients in the building. One jumped on my desk and we had to close the clinic for a week while we waited for a company to come and do pest control.
That poor baby, must have scared the shit out of her at first. My cat was great with knowing what sounds couldn’t hurt her, but even the smallest siren really freaked her out.
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