Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)

Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane) http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane) en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:44 +0000 SylvesterMiasMomma on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117907 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:10:51 +0000 SylvesterMiasMomma 117907@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ That is hilarious, NNM! Poor kitties. 2bpurring on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117905 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:08:59 +0000 2bpurring 117905@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Wow I had missed this one..great story...I also want to know about the raccoon in the bathroom catherine.. anncetera2 on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117896 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:52:49 +0000 anncetera2 117896@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Chimney caps are great inventions! I went on vacation for a week one summer, and came home to a chimney swift dead in the bathroom. Apparently the flue was open, bird and nest had fallen down to the fireplace, and the bird took off and ran straight into the mirror in the bathroom. I felt bad for the bird, and promptly installed a chimney cap; no incidents since then. Buttercup on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117310 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:14:49 +0000 Buttercup 117310@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ come on Catherine,spill. LOL paulajeanne on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117288 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:09:43 +0000 paulajeanne 117288@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Raccoon in the bathroom? Is that a story I missed? Cats4Cats on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117267 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:18:38 +0000 Cats4Cats 117267@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Oh, that's hilarious. I needed that laugh. That's a lot better story than my raccoon in the bathroom. Chrissycat on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117266 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:12:50 +0000 Chrissycat 117266@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ that made my day.................thanks for the laugh GreatDane on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-117260 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:58:41 +0000 GreatDane 117260@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Ha! I KNEW there was a funny story there! Poor duck - and poor Jerrie and RT not daring to come downstairs! Pollys_Mum_in_UK_26/05 on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116542 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:26:32 +0000 Pollys_Mum_in_UK_26/05 116542@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ I was in Bangor all day yesterday so missed the story then. Thank you so much for telling it. Absolutely hilarious! AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116487 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:44:09 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew 116487@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ W&W's mom, poor Skimble did all that work and then it just flew away...I can only imagine the sulking, thanks for the visual of the event ;) WillowandWindismom on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116285 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:27:43 +0000 WillowandWindismom 116285@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ That is so funny, NNM! We had a dove come down our fireplace once but our kitty got it. The look on his face said "Wow - there IS a Santa Claus!!! He carried that poor bird all over the house before we could get it away. Skimbleshanks only had one tooth so he couldn't really hurt the dove but it was definitley scared. Finally he dropped it, we got it and managed to get the bird back outside. He sat there a minute shaking his little tiny dove head and then flew off. Skimble sulked for days..... 2 Popoki on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116278 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:54:54 +0000 2 Popoki 116278@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ what a visual ! LOL AnnF on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116262 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:54:12 +0000 AnnF 116262@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ BWAH!!! Well, even if you didn't videotape it, your description is great! Rubia in CA, 4/28 on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116252 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:43:45 +0000 Rubia in CA, 4/28 116252@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ That is hysterical! I can just picture it all - from those first few moments when you wondered what the cats were staring at and then realized it was duck. I mean, a duck? In the fireplace?? And then the flapping duck and the frantic kits! ROTFLMAO! Moonshadow_NZ on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116249 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:29:49 +0000 Moonshadow_NZ 116249@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ ROTFLMAO, so funny especially the mental image I now have of your 2 cats. Thanks I needed that laugh. miu on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116247 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:55:27 +0000 miu 116247@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ LOL! A great story. (Hip hip hurrah for the duck!) AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116230 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:29:53 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew 116230@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ N&NM, oh thank you for sharing that story, laughing still after reading it and seeing the visual so clearly :D Buttercup on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116222 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:06:42 +0000 Buttercup 116222@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Oh my gosh N&NM,that was such a great description I could practically see your kitties racing up the stairs. And that was laugh out loud funny,thanks! feral on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116150 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:46:25 +0000 feral 116150@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Hilarious story. Lucky Duck that you came along when you did. lol Karenopa on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116140 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:40:21 +0000 Karenopa 116140@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Great Story...LOL!!! Poor duck..thank goodness the cat gave her away by staring in at her. artistabobbi TX 1/17 on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116125 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:33:23 +0000 artistabobbi TX 1/17 116125@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ ROFLOL!!!!! linda on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116081 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:05:44 +0000 linda 116081@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ LOL N&NM!!! That's a great story!! Did you laugh at them? Poor kits! and duck!! NNGM on "The Duck In The Fireplace (a story for GreatDane)" http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/4084#post-116060 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:52:06 +0000 NNGM 116060@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Sorry I left you hanging this morning (you know, work and all that...) Here is the story. I have a wood burning fireplace downstairs in my house. I used to have the glass doors on the front. One day I was downstairs and noticed Jerrie sitting on the hearth, staring into the fireplace. RT was also sitting nearby, also looking in. This was very odd behavior when there was no fire going. So I walked over and looked in - and there was a duck sitting in there! It was a small mallard female. It was spring time and I have no idea why I left the flue open (but I am glad I did! I'm also glad the ashes had been cleaned out.) The doors were closed so she couldn't get out of the fireplace. So - what to do? The fireplace is only about 10 ft. from the slider door, so I decided to try to get the duck out the slider. Then I thought "well, birds in cages get quiet when you put something over them, so maybe I can put a blanket or something over the duck and get it out that way". OK, maybe I wasn't thinking very clearly at that point, but it seemed like a good idea. All this time Jerrie and RT are staring, fascinated, at the duck. So, I got a blanket, opened the slider, went over to the fireplace, counted to 3, and opened the fireplace doors. This of course scared the duck and she started flapping her wings wildly. And THAT scared both of the cats out of their minds. They both turned tail and ran for the stairs. What made it so funny is that they were actually running OVER each other trying to get upstairs and away from the horrible flapping bird. It was totally cartoon-like. In the meantime, I did manage to get the duck into the blanket and out the slider door. The poor thing took off like a shot. I have no idea how long she sat in my fireplace before Jerrie noticed her. I just know that for a long time the cats would not go back downstairs. Also, whenever they saw ducks outside after that, they would get very quiet and just stare at them with big saucer eyes. Moral of the story: get chimney caps so the critters can't get down there. Oh, and always keep a video camera nearby to catch scenes like this. I figured I could have made a lot of money on one of those "America's Funniest" shows if I had managed to tape the frantic free-for-all.