Houdini
I might not be lost, but my little Georgie-boy is.
Sometimes I think I should've named Gressy 'Houdini', as he has an uncanny ability to get out of (or into) just about anything, particularly if he shouldn't.
It appears that his first-born inherited that ability - Georgie escaped from his cage some time between 2 AM (when I put everyone to bed, and then went to bed, myself) and 4 PM. I don't know where he is - Cappuccino was still in the cage, and Gress, Amber, Applique, and the four new arrivals (whose skins are becoming pigmented!) are all where they're supposed to be, too.
I'm really scared - I don't know where he is, and I'm afraid that something untoward might happen to him - he might be accidentally stepped on, he might eat something bad for him, he might get played with a little too roughly by Kira.... There are all sorts of unpleasant possibilities.
So we're cleaning up, looking for him, and doing a few things to try to find him - a) we're putting out little pre-measured piles of treats, hoping to at least discover which room he's in by checking on the piles at certain lengths of time, b) I'm thinking about putting lines of flour on the floor at thresholds so that I can see where he's been if he moves from room to room, and c) I'm going to use the old bucket trick - putting a strong-smelling fruit or vegetable in the bottom of a bucket, then making a staircase out of books to the top of the bucket so that when he goes to get it, he'll fall in and be trapped.
But I'm scared to death. I love our little escape artist, and I'm afraid that I've lost him for good...
I'm a bad Mommy. :(
Sometimes I think I should've named Gressy 'Houdini', as he has an uncanny ability to get out of (or into) just about anything, particularly if he shouldn't.
It appears that his first-born inherited that ability - Georgie escaped from his cage some time between 2 AM (when I put everyone to bed, and then went to bed, myself) and 4 PM. I don't know where he is - Cappuccino was still in the cage, and Gress, Amber, Applique, and the four new arrivals (whose skins are becoming pigmented!) are all where they're supposed to be, too.
I'm really scared - I don't know where he is, and I'm afraid that something untoward might happen to him - he might be accidentally stepped on, he might eat something bad for him, he might get played with a little too roughly by Kira.... There are all sorts of unpleasant possibilities.
So we're cleaning up, looking for him, and doing a few things to try to find him - a) we're putting out little pre-measured piles of treats, hoping to at least discover which room he's in by checking on the piles at certain lengths of time, b) I'm thinking about putting lines of flour on the floor at thresholds so that I can see where he's been if he moves from room to room, and c) I'm going to use the old bucket trick - putting a strong-smelling fruit or vegetable in the bottom of a bucket, then making a staircase out of books to the top of the bucket so that when he goes to get it, he'll fall in and be trapped.
But I'm scared to death. I love our little escape artist, and I'm afraid that I've lost him for good...
I'm a bad Mommy. :(