{"id":604661,"date":"2024-05-24T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/?p=604661"},"modified":"2024-05-24T10:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:01:05","slug":"magical-disappearing-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catster.com\/felines-weekly\/magical-disappearing-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Disappearing Cats: Zazzles & Alex’s Vanishing Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, I\u2019m Dr. Karyn! Read my introduction<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about me and meet my five hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but some of my cats are magic.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing for cats that go outside to seem to vanish off the face of the earth from time to time, only to appear again in time for dinner, but when your completely indoor feline pulls off a vanishing act on a regular basis, you can\u2019t help but suspect there are mystical forces at work.<\/p>\n

Not long ago, we had some friends come to stay with us, and they were all too aware of how strict we are about letting our cats outside. One afternoon, I came home from work and the pair of them were sitting in our lounge room looking incredibly sheepish.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d I asked, wondering who\u2019d broken what.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t find Alex,\u201d came the reply.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh! Is that all? You had me worried for a minute. Don\u2019t stress, this is just what Alex does. He vanishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Magic<\/p>\n

But they wouldn\u2019t relax until I had proceeded to turn the house upside down in search of our ginger ninja. And just as I knew he would, Alex magically appeared in the middle of the kitchen floor at precisely the time we had finished searching every square inch of the house. There he sat, calmly licking his paws, pretending to be oblivious to the furniture that had been rearranged during our game of hide-and-seek.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut where was he?\u201d came the perplexed question.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u201d I said, \u201cis for Alex to know, and us never to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whilst Alex would give Mr Mistoffelees<\/a> a run for his money, Zazzles has proven herself to be equally committed to hiding, but somewhat less skilled at vanishing completely. It has taken me several years, but I believe I have finally mapped out her favorite hiding spots<\/a>, of which she has five, one of which we recently destroyed by swapping our ottoman bed for a regular slatted arrangement. Prior to this, Zazzles had a rather impressive technique of opening the drawers under the bed just enough to ooze inside, then somehow close it behind her. Or perhaps she had an accomplice; I never witnessed this for myself.<\/p>\n

\"One
One of Zazzy’s favorite spots; lurking among my clothes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sully, the cat who joined me in the UK,<\/a> all the way from Australia, was also skilled in the art of invisibility. Like Alex, she would always finish her disappearing act with a sudden, stealthy reappearance in the center of a room, looking as though she had been sitting there all along. And this is where the magic comes in.<\/p>\n

Our house is of a reasonable size, but it is not enormous. We have systematically checked every drawer, cupboard, nook, cranny, basket, and bread bin. We have searched under sofas and checked above the fridge<\/a>, and never come up with the goods. Although I am not a superstitious person, nor one who believes in the supernatural, the only conclusion I can reach is that I have a magical disappearing cat. Or, more correctly, a magical re<\/i><\/b>appearing cat!<\/p>\n

\"When
When I found Zazzy snoozing inside a pile of clean laundry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps next time I\u2019ll get one that can make my bills disappear.<\/p>\n

\"Dr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, I\u2019m Dr. Karyn! Read my introduction\u00a0to learn more about me and meet my five hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles. I don\u2019t know about you, but some of my cats are magic. 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