If you are a CAT and you accidentally get shut into a room here is how to handle the situation:
1. Meow loudly, repeatedly. If you are loud enough, it echos.
2. Beat on the door, then "run" your feet on it, to really get it banging. Do this often, it's good exercise.
3. Dig and scratch under the door..stick your feet out in case someone walking by might see your plea for help. Be sure to pull up pieces of carpet so the humans can see your frustrations.
4. Yodel, humans really respond to it better than meowing.
5. Go back and start throwing stuff off of shelves in the room you are in. They should know to come looking for you sooner.
6. Try beating on the door WHILE you yodel..maybe it's the combination that attracts humans; they are rather slow.
7. When they call your name-BE QUIET and don't move! Finding you shouldn't be easy.
8. When they finally open the door to your room, turn around and pretend you aren't sure if you want out or not. Maybe even lay down right inside the door. You don't want them to feel they are overly needed.
9. If they try to pick you up RUN back into the room and act like they are trying to murder you. Let's face it-they just locked you up-they are not stable!
10. Be sure to get stuck in at least one room or closet a day. It helps keep the humans entertained and mentally exercised. Without this daily routine they can become bored and destructive.
~Kenya Jo (Black Cat Ninja, who does this aprox. 4 times a day, EVERY DAY in my daughters room.) =^..^=
