Mack down the drain
Months ago, when Jimmy jumped down into one of these storm drains for the first time, I stood at the top on the grate and sobbed, called out to him and sobbed, opened cans of Fancy Feast and sobbed, dangled his cat dancer down to him and sobbed, laid down and reached my fingers towards him and sobbed ... you get the idea. After hours of this, I had to take a bathroom break and as I walked towards our place I saw Jimmy sitting next to our front door. Apparently there is a whole maze of drainage pipes underground and he surfaced at a different grate opening. I have since seen Jimmy and another cat jumping down into and out of these drains several times so no longer worry.
This evening, I was out following Jimmy and Mack around hoping for a photo op, when something startled them and first Jimmy, then Mack went jumping down the drain. Because I wasn't worried this time, I was just thrilled imaging the action shots of these guys jumping out of the drain. What an opportunity! What a shot! After a bit, Jimmy jumped out. I called for Mack (time for his pic!) and he just looked up at me and meowed pathetically. I called again, in a sort of "come on, don't be silly" tone of voice. He meowed again and looked from me to the opening of the grate then back to me. It suddenly ocurred to me that I had never seen Mack around the drainage grates. Now I got to panic all over again. Thankfully Mack didn't make me go through hours of agony. He jumped out after a few minutes of working up the courage.
And after all that, I didn't get very good pictures.
Mack down the drain
Months ago, when Jimmy jumped down into one of these storm drains for the first time, I stood at the top on the grate and sobbed, called out to him and sobbed, opened cans of Fancy Feast and sobbed, dangled his cat dancer down to him and sobbed, laid down and reached my fingers towards him and sobbed ... you get the idea. After hours of this, I had to take a bathroom break and as I walked towards our place I saw Jimmy sitting next to our front door. Apparently there is a whole maze of drainage pipes underground and he surfaced at a different grate opening. I have since seen Jimmy and another cat jumping down into and out of these drains several times so no longer worry.
This evening, I was out following Jimmy and Mack around hoping for a photo op, when something startled them and first Jimmy, then Mack went jumping down the drain. Because I wasn't worried this time, I was just thrilled imaging the action shots of these guys jumping out of the drain. What an opportunity! What a shot! After a bit, Jimmy jumped out. I called for Mack (time for his pic!) and he just looked up at me and meowed pathetically. I called again, in a sort of "come on, don't be silly" tone of voice. He meowed again and looked from me to the opening of the grate then back to me. It suddenly ocurred to me that I had never seen Mack around the drainage grates. Now I got to panic all over again. Thankfully Mack didn't make me go through hours of agony. He jumped out after a few minutes of working up the courage.
And after all that, I didn't get very good pictures.