Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Read my introduction to study extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.
I don’t find out about you, however a few of my cats are magic.
It’s one factor for cats that go exterior to look to fade off the face of the earth infrequently, solely to seem once more in supper time, however when your fully indoor feline pulls off a vanishing act frequently, you’ll be able to’t assist however suspect there are mystical forces at work.
Not way back, we had some mates come to stick with us, and so they had been all too conscious of how strict we’re about letting our cats exterior. One afternoon, I got here dwelling from work and the pair of them had been sitting in our lounge room trying extremely sheepish.
“What’s improper?” I requested, questioning who’d damaged what.
“We are able to’t discover Alex,” got here the reply.
“Oh! Is that every one? You had me anxious for a minute. Don’t stress, that is simply what Alex does. He vanishes.”
However they wouldn’t calm down till I had proceeded to show the home the wrong way up in quest of our ginger ninja. And simply as I knew he would, Alex magically appeared in the midst of the kitchen ground at exactly the time we had completed looking out each sq. inch of the home. There he sat, calmly licking his paws, pretending to be oblivious to the furnishings that had been rearranged throughout our recreation of hide-and-seek.
“However the place was he?” got here the perplexed query.
“That” I stated, “is for Alex to know, and us by no means to search out out.”
While Alex would give Mr Mistoffelees a run for his cash, Zazzles has confirmed herself to be equally dedicated to hiding, however considerably much less expert at vanishing fully. It has taken me a number of years, however I consider I’ve lastly mapped out her favorite hiding spots, of which she has 5, certainly one of which we not too long ago destroyed by swapping our ottoman mattress for an everyday slatted association. Previous to this, Zazzles had a quite spectacular strategy of opening the drawers beneath the mattress simply sufficient to ooze inside, then one way or the other shut it behind her. Or maybe she had an confederate; I by no means witnessed this for myself.
![One of Zazzy's favorite spots; lurking among my clothes.](https://www.catster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/One-of-Zazzys-favorite-spots-lurking-among-my-clothes._Dr-Karyn.jpg)
Sully, the cat who joined me in the UK, all the way in which from Australia, was additionally expert within the artwork of invisibility. Like Alex, she would all the time end her disappearing act with a sudden, stealthy reappearance within the middle of a room, trying as if she had been sitting there all alongside. And that is the place the magic is available in.
Our home is of an inexpensive measurement, however it isn’t monumental. We now have systematically checked each drawer, cabinet, nook, cranny, basket, and bread bin. We now have searched beneath sofas and checked above the fridge, and by no means provide you with the products. Though I’m not a superstitious individual, nor one who believes within the supernatural, the one conclusion I can attain is that I’ve a magical disappearing cat. Or, extra accurately, a magical reshowing cat!
![When I found Zazzy snoozing inside a pile of clean laundry.](https://www.catster.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/When-I-found-Zazzy-snoozing-inside-a-pile-of-clean-laundry._Dr-Karyn.jpg)
Maybe subsequent time I’ll get one that may make my payments disappear.