'I would have torn the whole house down to get to him': Cat parents call for emergency backup to rescue their curious feline after he gets himself trapped in a sinkhole under the house

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 28, 2025 5:00 AM EDT

Most cat parents would do just about anything for their feisty feline. While we know they can be curious and mischievous, no one is more shocked when a cat gets stuck somewhere unreachable than the actual cat themselves. As if climbing into an air conditioning shaft or dashing up the bark of a particularly tall tree was going to end somewhere fruitful!? 

But our kitty's mischievous nature and 9 lives are some of the reasons we love cats to begin with. 

However, this cat family was put to the test when their dimwitted yet adventurous black cat found himself wedged between a rock and a hard place after tumbling into a sinkhole between the drywall. It was time to call the fire department... again.

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  • Whenever cats are rescued from perilous predicaments, they act like they did nothing wrong. Proudly cashing in on their multiple feline lives, cats know that they can get away with just about anything when it comes to the hoomans. None more than YoYo the silly kitty acrobat who cartwheeled straight into danger.

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  • Took 2 hours, 8 firemen, and a couple thousand of dollars in property damage, but we saved this little b_rd
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  • The post-rescue criminal himself. Little f found a water access panel and went inSIDE the walls of the house. Promptly tripped, schlorped down a cement hole, and got himself
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  • trapped between the first and second floor of the house. It was cement and wood studs and no room for a person. There were points where my husband
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  • and I legit thought he had successfully The Cask of Amontillado'ed himself and we wouldn't be able to get him out. So grateful we saved this
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  • moron, I would have torn the whole house down to get to him. Completely recovered from his trauma within a half-hour, not a single brain cell in that fuzzy head of his.
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  • Hour-Needleworker 598 I would do it again.
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  • somehowlostmyw He does not look ashamed
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  • GingerKitty26 That must have been an interesting 911 call. "911, whats your emergency?" "MY CAT IS STUCK INSIDE THE CEILING"
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  • estelle1988 And he'd do it again ☺☺☺1 love our voids
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  • Ok _Rate_9298 I love it. it's always the free cats, the rescues, and mutts that end up costing us the big $$$$.
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  • moderniste Oh. Kitty. You all must have been just beside yourselves with worry. It's a good thing we love them so much!
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  • Less-Ad-7377 he has now made it the mission of lives 1-8 to see how much $$$ he can get you to blow on saving him from himself, with the intent of giving you no choice but to literally tear the
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  • entire house down brick by brick in order to do so by the time he reaches life #9. He will then live out the 9th life, voiding around at peace with his time well spent.
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  • spriralout So appropos to use a Poe reference on a Black Cat! Glad he's safe INSIDE your home. Congrats you've been chosen! -
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  • liftbikerun I have major psychological issues with spending large sums of money, yet when it comes to my animals, it's the only time that doesn't come into play.
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  • cherrymitten I thought my dumb a cat got out and I started calling tracking dog services after hunting outside for him for 2 hours. Paid $65 for a pet amber alert to shelters. The second I hit complete purchase he runs out of my closet.....
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  • Nagant1349 He looks like he's planning his next adventure already. Glad you managed to save him okay! Little terror
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