This Cat Definitely had Nine Lives
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
July 6, 2007 4:59pm CST
I just read this article about Spice, a calico cat who was with its owners while in a trip to Hawaii. Somehow in the scurry of packing they lost site of the cat...couldn't find it anywhere. Unknowingly though the cat had crept in a large packing crate that was to be shipped and was sealed in the crate---The cat's journey in this crate took three weeks!! When the owners opened up the crate upon it's arrival, they couldn't believe it...there was the cat! Spice had survived three weeks contained in this crate for three weeks without any food or water...other than dehydrated and of course starved for food, Spice is doing fine
Read more about this story here:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OCEAN_CROSSING_CAT?SITE=UTSAC&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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23 responses
@dcroome2005 (1210)
• United States
6 Jul 07
That is so cool. I love these kind of stories. It's always a miracle and a sweet story. Thanks for sharing it with us. Spice is a cute name for a cat as well. I guess Spice wanted to go to Hawaii too huh? LOL Smart cat!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Well that goes to show that maybe cats can be too curious too! LOL
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I've quite a lot of remarkable stories about cats in the past
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
7 Jul 07
thanks for this link.this ought to make some good reading! i can't believe that kitty survived 3 weeks without food or water.Maybe this will teach them to be more careful with their kitty.
@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
7 Jul 07
what a beautiful kitty! I am so glad she made it. I know how sneaky cat's can be-my Moose is living proof,lol
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Well it was an accident...the darn cat snuck in that crate and they didn't know it
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
7 Jul 07
somehow i knew that had to be a calico.
spunky lil cats..
very very lucky,that must have been one hard journey.
3 weeks,that's amazing :)
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
7 Jul 07
they're..adventurers.
lump in the bed? the calico.
cabinet open?it's the calico.
that being said,i always have at least one.keeps the others on their toes LOL
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Hehe--why are calicos trouble makers? hehe
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@tdbrower1969 (1242)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I am so glad that this story had a happy ending! That is an awfully long time to be without food and water, plus to be locked in a dark packing crate. I am glad that Spice made it and is ok.
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
7 Jul 07
That is amazing. That poor kitty. I am glad that they got him back. I don't think he would have lasted much longer. They got lucky.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
That cat was one lucky one...must have had a fighting spirit to survive like that
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
12 Jul 07
That is one incredible story!
I'm so glad the cat survived and is doing great now! That's just so amazing!
Thanks for sharing this miracle story with us :)
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
I heard there was also another story like this but the cat was in a box shipped to China. Both cats were OK. Oh my, what is it with cats and boxes? they keep crawling in boxes, what if animal abusers use this to catch and hurt them? I'm glad these 2 cats are OK, I hope they don't tell other cats their stories and the rest will try it out!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Good thing cats don't tell each other things like this...or have access to the internet...LOL they'd be e-mailing each other
@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I was wondering if you would post a discussion on this story. I replied to the news article. Quite a story, isn't it? I wonder who was happier to be reunited, the family or the cat? I'm so glad he lived.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Mmm..on the same wavelength here again...LOL--That really was quite a story--like the ones you hear were pets who travel for miles to get to their new owners home..like the movie Incredible Journey
@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Man I feel bad for that poor cat, hope he didn't use up all his nine lives in that crate. I am glad he survived though, hopefully he will be all right after that little misadventure.
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
8 Jul 07
What an amazing story the cat did not want to be in quartine. LOL poor baby. I would be so happy if it was one of my kitties.
@dbhattji (2506)
• India
24 Jul 07
The cats are really resilient, I had unknowingly locked a cat that used to come to my office, in a cupboard before the weekend. When I went to my office on monday I heard her knocking, and let her out - she was so hungry that I had to feed her with a whole bottle of milk, since then she regularly comes to my office at lunch time.
@rosie_123 (6113)
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7 Jul 07
Wow - Spice was very lucky. It is amazing how many stories you see about cats surviving such amazing ordeals. They really are the most intelligent and incredible creatures! Of course they also really are the most curious creatures - if they were less nosey they probably wouldn't get into such escapades in the first place!
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 Jul 07
I just logged on to the site for detailed information on the calico. Though true, it's just unbelievable. My indigenous cat makes disappearances quite often ,but is back to my place sometime later . I could not find reasons for such vanishings and reappearances . CATS ! They are quite strangely behaved .
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@morgandrake (2136)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Wow. And I think it is bad when I lock one of the cats in the studio and forget them in there for a whole day. I am glad Spice survived.
@orbeltadz (506)
• Baguio, Philippines
7 Jul 07
Wow, incredible! I do really like cats and it was very strange for me to know that they can survived that for long.
Maybe that cat was fully blessed with God's mercy.
@UnicornDancer (91)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Makes me wonder how much weight he lost and how much he weighed to being with. Three weeks is a long time to fast.
