So, Codi had her spay recently. She was confined afterwards so that she couldn't move around too much. This past Sunday we set up her pen again, but we're still not letting her free roam.
Of course, she had other ideas. She's been biting at the pen like a mad rabbit over the past few days, probably tired of being cooped up. It's been getting frustrating for me, the amount of noise she's been making.
Anyway, I was lying in bed at 5am and she's making a lot of noise again, sounding like she's running around and binkying. I started to think it sounded like she had a bit TOO much space, so I was weighing up whether to move and check on her, and then I heard the sound of an empty plastic bottle that she plays with.
Now, usually I take this bottle out of her pen at night because she loves to throw it around and it makes loads of noise, so when I heard that I instantly wondered if she WAS out of her cage and had managed to get hold of it.
I went in and instantly saw that the plastic bottle was INSIDE her sealed pen, so I figured I must have left it in by accident and she'd been playing with it. I was just about to leave the room and go back to bed, when I realised she was out of her pen.
I have NO idea how she got out (the pen is quite high and I really don't think she can jump that high - she seems terrified of jumping - but it's a possibility). I wonder if she managed to lift it up and crawl under, but again I don't see how. The idea that she lifted her pen seems MORE likely than the idea that she jumped over it, but I still can't believe that happened. It's heavy and surely would have dropped on her as she was making her way through.
I also have no idea how I heard her playing with the bottle when she was out and it was in. It's not like she'd only just that second escaped because when I looked around she'd worked her way through some paper by my printer and had bitten a wire through in about six different places so that it was strewn across the floor (with the plug still in the wall).
Cue tears and a panic attack from me, thinking that she could have killed herself. I had a lot of other cables around, all plugged in, and various electrical devices switched on but it looks like she hasn't touched the rest of them.
Husband managed to get her back in her pen immediately, and she's since been hopping quietly around and relaxing, playing innocent. Gave me such a fright though!
Scared to leave her alone tonight, but not sure what we can do to stop it from happening again.
Of course, she had other ideas. She's been biting at the pen like a mad rabbit over the past few days, probably tired of being cooped up. It's been getting frustrating for me, the amount of noise she's been making.
Anyway, I was lying in bed at 5am and she's making a lot of noise again, sounding like she's running around and binkying. I started to think it sounded like she had a bit TOO much space, so I was weighing up whether to move and check on her, and then I heard the sound of an empty plastic bottle that she plays with.
Now, usually I take this bottle out of her pen at night because she loves to throw it around and it makes loads of noise, so when I heard that I instantly wondered if she WAS out of her cage and had managed to get hold of it.
I went in and instantly saw that the plastic bottle was INSIDE her sealed pen, so I figured I must have left it in by accident and she'd been playing with it. I was just about to leave the room and go back to bed, when I realised she was out of her pen.
I have NO idea how she got out (the pen is quite high and I really don't think she can jump that high - she seems terrified of jumping - but it's a possibility). I wonder if she managed to lift it up and crawl under, but again I don't see how. The idea that she lifted her pen seems MORE likely than the idea that she jumped over it, but I still can't believe that happened. It's heavy and surely would have dropped on her as she was making her way through.
I also have no idea how I heard her playing with the bottle when she was out and it was in. It's not like she'd only just that second escaped because when I looked around she'd worked her way through some paper by my printer and had bitten a wire through in about six different places so that it was strewn across the floor (with the plug still in the wall).
Cue tears and a panic attack from me, thinking that she could have killed herself. I had a lot of other cables around, all plugged in, and various electrical devices switched on but it looks like she hasn't touched the rest of them.
Husband managed to get her back in her pen immediately, and she's since been hopping quietly around and relaxing, playing innocent. Gave me such a fright though!
Scared to leave her alone tonight, but not sure what we can do to stop it from happening again.