Searching for the lost toy

[u/Green____cat]

[u/ArtistAyaya]

the way hes holding his buddy hahaha

[u/SpongebobSquareNips → u/ArtistAyaya]

Patience my boy, the slave will get it back for us

[u/uriar → u/SpongebobSquareNips]

[u/SpongebobSquareNips → u/uriar]

Lmao perfection 👌

[u/HavenTheCat → u/uriar]

lol that’s perfect

[u/GoldflakeTheGoldWing → u/SpongebobSquareNips]

read this in heimerdingers voice

[u/agoddamnzubat → u/GoldflakeTheGoldWing]

A wise decision!

[u/SugarplumStorm → u/SpongebobSquareNips]

Patience, the ultimate test of faith.

[u/DoodleEmber → u/SpongebobSquareNips]

Best friends forever, even if one of them has no idea what’s going on.

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp → u/ArtistAyaya]

I literally can't get over the 2 cats just looking with the kid intently 😭😂

[u/SugarplumStorm → u/bunny_the-2d_simp]

It's like the cats are the parents and the kid is the one in trouble 😂

[u/TinkerbellPuddle → u/bunny_the-2d_simp]

The cats have probably hidden the toy just to watch the chaos unfold.

[u/TheZippoLab → u/ArtistAyaya]

1. Pull out stove drawer.
2. Remove pots/pans from drawer.
3. Angle drawer upwards to gently remove.
4. Lie on floor, retrieve toy.
5. Repeat entire process 30 minutes later when toy is re-pushed under stove.
6. Use swear words during number 5 (above).

[u/Del_3030 → u/TheZippoLab]

Good advice but Step 4 should also include finding at least 3 more toys that were presumed dead, a shriveled grape, and a bottle cap.

[u/rabidstoat → u/Del_3030]

I once moved out of an apartment that I'd been living in for three years. The furniture people came over and when they moved the couch out, there were like 50 tiny toy mice where the couch had been.

[u/[deleted] → u/rabidstoat]

own a ferret and the toys come from inside the couch.

[u/trainercatlady → u/Del_3030]

And about 40 hair ties

[u/ArcadeAnarchy → u/TheZippoLab]

1. Have the kid get it.

[u/rVintageRKO → u/ArtistAyaya]

Patience brother. The human will assist us in retrieving our beloved play thing

[u/y0uwillbenext → u/ArtistAyaya]

cats need emotional support cats too

[u/__mia_hart → u/ArtistAyaya]

This is true teamwork lol

[u/Material-Scale4575 → u/ArtistAyaya]

"She" is holding her buddy. Tricolor=female

[u/UnGatito → u/Material-Scale4575]

Not always though, there are make tricolor cats, just not as many.

[u/Waffle_King_57 → u/UnGatito]

I have a tricolor good boi

Edit: paid the tax

[u/littleliongirless → u/Waffle_King_57]

Hey, pay your cat tax dude.❤️

Edit: He paid the tax! What a handsome and majestic floof!

[u/Mielornot → u/littleliongirless]

Yeah pay the tax!!

[u/Superkritisk → u/Mielornot]

😺

[u/ThirdAlt6969 → u/Waffle_King_57]

I am once again, asking you to pay the tax of the cat

[u/ThePocketPanda13 → u/UnGatito]

Yes, but theyre even more rare than an orange female. Around %20-25 of orange cats are female, while %0.03 tricolored cats are male.

The reason for this is because, to simplify it a whole lot because genetics is complicated, the orange gene is essentially a recessive gene for females but not for males.

Tricolors are more complicated, so without getting into the "why" im just going to leave it at the conclusion that the tricolor pattern requires 2 X chromosomes. In order to have a male tricolor he would have to have XXY chromosomes, a genetic defect. Not to worry though, besides being slightly more prone to certain diseases and being sterile this genetic defect has almost no impact on your cats health

[u/UnGatito → u/ThePocketPanda13]

I had one, and yes they are rare as heck I know. Don't know about sterile though as the vet took care of that before it could be an issue. He lived for 22 years.

[u/ThePocketPanda13 → u/UnGatito]

I mean the sterility doesn't really matter because you should still neuter them for health purposes, its just an interesting fact

[u/Juror_Number_4 → u/ThePocketPanda13]

Neither vet knew why, but two different ones told me that for some reason in my area 50-60% of orange cats are actually female. 🤷‍♂️ One wandered up while I was building something in my back yard and never left.

[u/afeeqo → u/ThePocketPanda13]

Also to add, I had a cat who gave birth to a litter and 1 was a short hair calico boy….. this will sound gruesome… but my other male cat(the one that didn’t mate with the female as he was new to the house) killed it months later… there was only 4 from the litter.. I was so sad and devastated… there were 3 males and 1 female from that litter too… the other 2 males wasn’t even bothered by the male and was even well accepted…. I don’t know how true that tomcats sees male calico as a threat or not but I was devastated… I was young and wasn’t well off and found the mama cat with the other cat together out in the rain… and didn’t had much to neuter/spay them as we weren’t able to afford since it was expensive, this was around 25 years ago… till this day I remember it so vividly. I cried for days… I tried to hate on that male cat but it was just a cat… I love them all so dearly…

[u/FionaTheElf → u/ThePocketPanda13]

I have an orange female and a hermaphroditic tricolor.

[u/Longjumping-Jello459 → u/[deleted]]

We are still looking for a couple of my boy's toys it's like he sends them into the void.

[u/lovestobitch- → u/Longjumping-Jello459]

We moved some stuff around fully thinking we’d finally find the lost balls to the three terrace ball toy. Nope. I’ve seen one of the two drop a toy in his litter box and definitely in the water bowl. Have bought a second ball toy to use as a replacement.

[u/rabidstoat → u/Longjumping-Jello459]

It's scary because Jax really loves his Bucky Beaver toy. It's the only toy he plays with. At least twice a day he start growling and picks it up in his teeth and struts around with it, showing it off.

I fear for the day when it becomes lost forever.

[u/loveNthundermifflin → u/Longjumping-Jello459]

I'm a cat owner of a year now. Didn't know this was a thing until now. Her favorite toy disappeared a couple months ago and then i realized many other toys were missing. They are nowhere.

[u/Headed_East2U → u/loveNthundermifflin]

Same place the missing socks end up.

[u/justsomepotatosalad → u/[deleted]]

There’s a room in our house that we keep closed overnight. Every morning I have to go in there and rescue the 5+ toys that my cats push under the door because they “lose” them on purpose…

[u/Future_Direction5174 → u/justsomepotatosalad]

Yes, I am sure that my daughter’s void was deliberately knocking her toys under the fridge so that we would get them out for her. I ended up putting a small piece on wood across in front of both of the feet. That way they could only go under it by an inch.

[u/_red_flower_]

The search party is in full effect. Wish them luck.

[u/GrammarPatrol777]

We found 22 kitty spring toys under the fridge. I think Melvin bats them under there on purpose!

[u/EmiliaFromLV → u/GrammarPatrol777]

None of them was the toy we went looking for...

[u/Bastette54 → u/GrammarPatrol777]

And how long did they stay “above ground?” I was once able to retrieve about the same number of spring toys from under the fridge, and they all disappeared again within 20 minutes.

[u/Zealousideal_Sir5421 → u/Bastette54]

I had to block off under my fridge with some cardboard lol

[u/8lock8lock8aby → u/GrammarPatrol777]

Mine drag all their toys into the kitchen & immediately start batting them under the fridge. Like they don't even try to play normally with them, they just try to push them to where they can't get them.

[u/Bastette54 → u/8lock8lock8aby]

But then it’s so much fun to try!

[u/my_stupid_name]

Oh hey, this is my pic! Damn cute still, even if stolen and reposted.

[u/Better-Ranger-1225 → u/my_stupid_name]

I was gonna comment that OP should print and frame it. Guess I should be saying that you should print and frame it. 

[u/garlic_bread_thief → u/Better-Ranger-1225]

We should print and frame it

[u/1Gutherie → u/my_stupid_name]

I personally went on your profile and liked this photo. Cute cute fam!

[u/Stiffclouds → u/my_stupid_name]

I think it’s a bot, look at the profile

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/Stiffclouds]

Absolutely a bot.  It just has massive posts being spammed out hourly, almost no comments, any comments made are almost always deleted (mods discovering bot).

Money says it's one of the networks of the little fuckers pumping eachother.

[u/ShanaAfterAll → u/my_stupid_name]

Love it! I have a fishing rod that is only used for cat toy retrieval.

[u/Definitely_Not_Erin → u/my_stupid_name]

I went to your profile as well. You seem like an awesome person! Very creative with a love of candy and cats. 🩷

[u/Things_with_Stuff → u/my_stupid_name]

The sad thing is this account has 13 million post karna, and only 19,000 comment karna. Says a lot. 😐

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/Things_with_Stuff]

It says bot

[u/BloodChildKoga → u/my_stupid_name]

Those drawers come out pretty easily fyi, in case you ever need to look for something under there again, and with cats that's guaranteed

[u/limit_13]

Love to see cats being bros.

[u/fructose_juxtapose → u/limit_13]

r/catsbeingbros

[u/SushiMom213]

The cats 🤣 “hang tight buddy, the human is about to get it for us! Don’t freak out! “ what an emotional supporter 👍🏼

[u/[deleted] → u/SushiMom213]

😊

[u/TravisAnthony711]

r/accidentalrenaissance

[u/FistFullofGarberBuck → u/TravisAnthony711]

r/accidentalrockwell

[u/TravisAnthony711 → u/FistFullofGarberBuck]

When you're right you're right

[u/No-Surround7394 → u/TravisAnthony711]

yesssss

[u/publicwent]

They all loved that toy

[u/CaptWrath]

I pulled my fridge out to clean the other day…

[u/Big_Bottle3763]

lol this is a daily occurrence in my house too. They are so cute 🥰

[u/[deleted]]

I lost all my hairties. I think the cats took them but I'm not sure.

[u/Embarrassed_Evening2 → u/[deleted]]

oh, they did

[u/Interesting-Rush780]

this is too funny, they look so invested

[u/Public-Sink6672]

I think OP and I share the same cat. 🤣

[u/Boomersgang]

My boy, Mr. Bond has his special collection under the stove as well.

[u/Fuzzy1353]

r/accidentalrenaissance

[u/Inner-Purpose7061]

X3.. anyone gonna tell her the bottom try likely pulls out?

[u/alkaliphiles]

I've got books under my stove to prevent my void from getting her favorite mouse lost under there.

Before that, I'd literally have to fish it out a dozen times a day

[u/usernamethismf]

Ohh..nice clean grout. I like that.

[u/HappyCamperUke]

We own a yard stick for this sole purpose. China hutch sweep, stove sweep, fridge sweep, wine chiller sweep. Sigh. So many mousie toys.

[u/Emergency-Problem-15 → u/HappyCamperUke]

I do the same thing 🤣. My cats know when I bring out the garden stake toys will be found

[u/HappyCamperUke → u/Emergency-Problem-15]

And I know they supervise the work, right? Watching the whole process like a little furry micro-manager.

[u/AnyDamnThingWillDo]

Did that very thing last night.

[u/Frosty-Reporter7518]

Are you aware the drawer can come out. The rails slide function just like normal drawer slides

[u/plnterior]

The paw over for reassurance 🥹 I love it.

[u/Humble-Ambassador878]

“Patience, my friend”

[u/overagardenwall]

photo of the year in my opinion

[u/maybesaydie → u/overagardenwall]

If that year was 2019 I'd agree.OP is a repost farmer

[u/PrisonerV]

FYI - That bottom drawer in the oven comes out and you have full access to the bottom of the stove.

I learned this when we redid the flooring in the kitchen.

[u/Joblessanalyst]

Under our oven

[u/95blackz26]

love it how the one has it's paw on the other one

[u/gracklit]

The moral support arm omg

[u/deerfawns]

The universal experience!

[u/inthevendingmachine]

Did you look under the fri...nevermind.

[u/exchaindragger]

And it will be lost again 5 minutes after you find it

[u/Ace-of-snakes]

"It's okay buddy, the big hairless cat may be stupid, but they're really good at getting the toys that vanish under the Forbidden food box."

[u/[deleted]]

Cats are incredible, royal, majestic creatures. Honestly, they never cease to surprise me. I think they are gifts from the supernatural world (if you believe such a place exists). Humans do not deserve cats. I love cats. The end.

[u/whoreintheoryy]

Mildly r/AccidentalRenaissance

[u/drj87]

[u/Red-head-0]

Guys, I couldn't resist sharing this picture of my cat today! 🐾 Isn't she the absolute queen of sass in her little outfit? I can't get over how adorable she looks—it's like she knows she's stealing the show. 😂 What do you think? Would your cat ever tolerate wearing something like this? Let me know, and share your fur babies' pics too!

[u/extrastupidone]

That drawer comes right out

[u/Dry_Cardiologist6758]

This is so freaking cute! 🥹😍

[u/VegetableCommand9427]

This is priceless!

[u/jawknee530i]

That drawer under the oven is removable.

[u/BillyBobbaFett]

I think your cats are trying to tell you that there's a drawer that pulls out the bottom.

[u/lu5ty]

Bug Rockwell vibes from this

[u/Jealous_Courage_9888]

“It’s okay Babe, hell get it”

[u/flatbushkats]

FYI for those in a similar situation: if that isn’t a drawer, it is probably just a panel that pulls right off with a gentle tug.

[u/Civilian8]

/r/accidentalrockwell

[u/Legitimate_Acadia_99]

This is so real and relatable

[u/gride9000]

My dignity is here somewhere

[u/FlyBuy3]

We tell our kitties, 'Let's get the stick', and they get excited about toys emerging from underneath things.

[u/Unhappy-Attention760]

Cute as heck

[u/floorplanner2]

That floor looks super clean.

[u/temporaryspastics]

Emotional support cat.

[u/YippyYupYap]

They are so invested 😭😭😭

[u/Thatguyfacepalm]

That drawer should lift up, you can take most of them off.

[u/Big-Red-Rocks]

Pull the drawer out from the oven…

[u/Jasperblu]

Awwww, look at the one kitty providing emotional support for the other kitty. Too cute! 🥹

[u/Anleme]

Growing up, we always had a wooden yardstick by the fridge for just such "emergencies" to fish out items that rolled under.

Now, I don't have kids or pets. But I still keep a wooden yardstick next to the fridge. Don't ask me why, LOL.

[u/ReTrOGurle → u/Anleme]

I have a long umbrella for under the sofa

[u/jamey92]

Cortez knows when I pull out pink metal ruler thats its to get a toy out from under the stove/washing machine/tight spot

[u/theUnkn0wnHokage]

That cat is comforting the other one. “Don’t worry whiskers , we will get Mr Fluffles soon”

[u/pix666]

I did that about an hour ago but under and pantry cabinet with a skewer. I got out about 15 pipe cleaners.

[u/Chemical-Career-2463]

Awwwwww the emotional support from the left cat. ❤️💯🤗

[u/BuilderKlutzy]

This is so relatable..

[u/soonergirl_63]

OMG we have to do that all the time! And the cats love to participate, guiding the stick with their arms & helping as much as they can. And then, they hide it in the same damned place 10 minutes later. Because cat. And they love it!

[u/Bessie_Charm]

teamwork

[u/Privileged_Interface]

Years ago, whenever I made a cup of Twinnings, my cat would immediately recognise the distinct sound of the paper tea bag cover. As soon as I would begin to crumple it, she would come running, even if she was upstairs. I would toss it up, and she would leap in the air to get it, like it was the very first time. She would chase it all around for a few minutes, until it inevitably went under the fridge.

All of them would end up under the fridge. Then when you pull out the fridge, there would be like a hundred of them.

[u/Drink-my-koolaid]

This feels very Norman Rockwell!

[u/Leading_Ant_7771]

This is us all day every day! ❤️

[u/jessiebearie]

I do this nearly daily to get my cat’s favorite spring toys out!

Pulling out the oven drawer should give you easier access to find the toys btw! Most of the toys end up at the back so I have to pull out the drawer so I can just reach in and grab them instead of trying to get them through the bottom crack.

[u/Barewithhippie]

I can assure you that they’re helping

[u/Pale_Somewhere_596]

I love when my cats do this, too!!

[u/kiruska87]

😭🥰🥰🥰

[u/Deep-Stranger1335]

I saw the mouse run under here.

[u/T0eBeanz]

I always find at least a dozen catnip mice whenever I clean underneath my stove 😂

[u/DeadStroke_]

You should be able to pull out the drawer in the bottom of the oven, then you can reach all the toys under there.

I do this every few months and always find a nice collection of toys the cats have been missing.

[u/Some_Corgi6483]

My cat secretly loves doing this sort of thing lol

[u/chinas2801]

So relatable! I moved my oven yesterday for cleaning, and actually found 8 cat toys underneath 😂

[u/Hungry_Fly_2148]

Wow! How do you get 4k+ upvotes! I post about my kittie, and the poor guy gets only a few votes! Crazy! Really cute, fluffy cats!

[u/bjchu92]

Does the bottom drawer not fully come out? The one on my oven does

[u/ihazmaumeow]

How does one not just remove the drawer?

[u/Ninja_Ducky]

r/accidentalrenaissance

[u/Intrepid_Plankton_91]

something tells me she just has to pull that drawer out

[u/martina-24-]

Lo encontraron?

[u/LitelSnekProtec]

That's cute! It's also me on a daily basis, but every time I reach for the toy my cats go demon mode. So it's not as friendly looking as these two.

[u/Bigassnipples]

/accidentalrenaissance

[u/vlad_nada]

I cut pieces of pipe insulation and wedge under stove, fridge etc to prevent these tragedies.

[u/SaltineAmerican_1970]

Doesn’t the oven have wheels?

[u/mybelle_michelle]

Pfft, amateur. Get a yard stick, it's perfect for cat toy retrievals.

[u/hettuklaeddi]

god they love this game

[u/Charlesbassiste]

Love to see that

[u/bunheadxhalliwell]

r/accidentalrenaissance

[u/Geetersmith]

Haha amazing

[u/LindaW5555]

Omgosh, the cat on the left seems to look like our Lexus!

[u/hailstruckler]

Accidental Renesaince Vibes

[u/Stoneykid0311]

Sounds like a jimmy buffet remake…

[u/traggedy_ann]

Norman Rockwell wished he could paint something like this.

[u/jennifer_m13]

This was me and my tortico last night

[u/DizzBish]

They like "no it's to the left a little more......aaaalllllmoooossst got it"

[u/gwendwr]

Love to see cats like this

[u/Big-Ask-3738]

Been there.

[u/Brick_in_the_dbol]

Been there many times. I have a hanger I straightened with a hook at the end.

[u/True_Loph]

It will be okay, mittens

[u/Various_Alfalfa_1078]

R/accidentalerenaissance 

[u/polenta23]

Beyond cute 😍

[u/DDM11]

Maybe both cats smell a mouse. Owner thinks searching for a toy. Yeek!

[u/MaltieHouse]

haha

[u/lysssssssssssa]

r/accidentalrenaissance

[u/seanathan24]

This is a work of art

[u/Original-Case-2012]

Wow! My cat meows at me and then sits on the highest point watching me try to find her toy! 🤦‍♀️

[u/International-Ear108]

In my house growing up, this would have been a picture of my mom fishing out a lizard the cat brought in that escaped and ran under the fridge....

[u/Ted-Chips]

I buy little rainbow hair ties at the dollar store so if they go missing it doesn't matter.

[u/Things_with_Stuff]

Take the bottom drawer out.... 10x easier!

[u/Zealousideal-Tie1812]

"don't worry, he is an expert"

[u/AbstractLavander_Bat]

accidental Renaissance

[u/jennye952]

They were all crazy about that toy.