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[Joyce]

It has taken me a few days to recover from the exciting morning I had on Wednesday. 
Well, first I wake up and find it very unusual not to have any cats in the bed with me!    Hmmm?  I get out of bed and walk out into our living room where all 4 of our quite large cats race to greet me!   And guess who was with the cats just running alongside them all like he was one of them?  "OLIVER", one of Mia's 7 week old kits. 
Yep!  He was just prancing along side them like one of the big kitties,   
  I WAS HORRIFIED!!!!!!!!!  He looked OK and seemed very happy!  All three cats turned around and ran into the kitchen for their breakfast.........Oliver turned around too and ran with them.  Our 2 Jack Russels just kind of sat and looked at me like "what's the fuss all about"?  I ran for Mia's cage to find the door WIDE OPEN, Mia just siting by the door in a small panic!  She was trying to tell me her sons had escaped.  Yes, and the second kit Milo had not been located yet.  I was a little sick at this point just praying he was OK.  I could not find him.   I calmly sat down in front of their cage and began calling the kits & filling a bowl with alfalfa hay......out pops Milo!  He & Oliver were hungry.  They both came right over to the bowl and I picked one up at a time to examine them.  Both looked fine. 
  I gave them back to their momma who was very verbal, almost scolding them both for staying out all night!    Apparently they  opened the 2 fastener hooks on the cage and the babies let themselves out.  Mia never left, I think she stayed home in case they ever returned.     Who knows.  So we put 2 extra locks on the cage door now.  We'll NEVER know how long they were out & running around, it is possible the whole night.
I am just so glad no body ate something harmful or chewed through a wire.  We have been keeping a close eye out!  These little escape artists are lucky!  And I can laugh at the whole thing NOW! 

  Anyone else have any great escape stories to share?

[Sweetnessheart]

WOW...I would have been horrified also!  Not knowing if they were okay and where they had been all night.  It is a good thing that your cats and dogs didn't think your babies were snacks        I am glad that you can laugh about it now, but I would still be double checking my locks on the cage doors at bed time.

[Summer]

I would have been so scared!! 

[Misskitz]

Thats sooo funny  but also a little scary.      thanks for sharing! 

[Jo Ann]

Sometimes our animals, even those who would be natural enemies, can teach us a thing or two.  They were all willing to, and did, get along with each other.   
   I would not suggest anyone 'test' their other pets to find out ... but, for those you do find that go against their natural instics, it makes them even more special to you.   
     I hope you gave them all extra treats and a kiss!

 
Jo Ann

[Joyce]

   My laughter now is I think nervous laughter.  And you are correct Janice.  The past couple of nights I make Mike go after me and double check ALL cages to make sure they are all shut and latched.  We are going to get safety latches for each cage now as a precaution.  You know those metal ones that look like the ones at the end of your dog leashes that hook onto the collar?  I'm picking up a bunch at Home Depot.
And yes Jo Ann,  ALL got extra kisses, praise & treats!
Chins..........NEVER a dull moment!

[Lauren_201]

Poor Mia! She must have been so worried about her babies! and poor Joyce I would have panicked too! Well alls well that ends well. LOL. I'm glad everyone is safe and sound.

[Debbie.nl.ca]

Aww yes I have had a few rushes, I can laugh now too.
The panic at the time is 
From how could "I" to how could "they"
We are not perfect and do forget so triple checking is not out of the question.
The "they" chin can get anywhere they put their mind to, or drive us nuts trying.

My very first rush was when I had Pokie out in the car picking up my son from school.
I'd open the carrier and let him jump on my hands.
He jumped on the floor and under the seat.
My son walked up to the door with his hysterical mother screamming, don't open the door.
After he calmed me down by shouting back at me, and reassured me Pokie couldn't have gotten out, he jumps from under my seat.

[chinclub]

Oh, I have had hundreds of escape stories!!!  Most of them are pretty uneventful.  I did have an adult male slide his pan out and get out of his cage that way.  If you have seen my chinchilla building - it is just one huge room with a loft 8 feet in the air and just a little ladder going up there.

When I realized he was gone I spent 4 hours looking all over my chinchilla building floor. Finally I sat down in the middle of the floor, exhausted, and had to admit that he was no where!  I have two doors going into my chinchilla building and those two doors are never open at the same time (so if a chinchilla were to escape out of the first door it would be locked in the office and not outside).  I was trying to think if there was any time that the doors were left open together.  My chinchilla was gone.  I was about in tears! I laid down on the floor which had me looking up at the loft and guess what I saw.  That silly little chinchilla had managed to climb an 8 foot ladder and was looking at me over the edge of the loft floor!!!

That became a favorite game of his and I had to retrieve him from that loft 5 more times before I found a chinchilla proof way to hook his cage pan so he couldn't get out.
 

[Chins To Love]

I would have been terrified............ I can ony hope my dogs and cat would be so nice. But, I do hope that I never have to find out.

[Joyce]

  Oh my gosh Jamie, I have heard lots of escape stories from lots of people including several of yours.......BUT........THIS STORY TOPS THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!  This is by far the best chin story we have ever heard.  I had to get Mike to come in from outside just to read this one.  He & I were cracking up, I even rollled a few tears!    
Just picturing you on the floor looking up into the loft and seeing this little head peering down is hillarious! 
Not to mention a chinchilla climbimg an 8 ft. ladder!  Now that's a bit scary.  But the funny part is that he is a "chichilla" and they are capable of almost anything!  They have such a drive don't they.
You should set a camera up and get this on film, you could win a prize I'm sure!

What is this particular chin's name?  We need a name to put with the face!

[chinclub]

That was my Jeff!  He is the chinchilla I use for the Chinchilla Breeders Org logo.

[Misskitz]

You're a cutie Jeff!

[Joyce]

   Oh my gosh Jamie, the name "Jeff"!!!  Now THAT is a great name and really fits his personality!   

[Debbie.nl.ca]

 
Oh my that was funny Jamie.