From dogs that open doors, cats intent on humiliating their owners and hamsters with a degree in escapology, iVillagers share their silly pet stories

Embarrassing pussycat
Once the postman came to my front door to deliver a package that was too large to fit into our mailbox. We stood at the door chatting and I felt my cat Snoop brush past my leg. I looked down and discovered that she had thoughtfully brought a tampon in from the bathroom and was violently batting at it with her paw. The conversation ended rather abruptly.
sarahduran

Soppy dog
My youngest daughter Anna started back to school last week. She and our 18-month-old Springer Spaniel are inseparable and great buddies. When Anna started putting on her school uniform the dog kept running back to her room and fetching her 'normal' clothes as he knew that seeing her in school uniform meant she'd have to leave him.
debs04

Monster muncher
My hamster Taz is bonkers. While I was building his new space station house I sat him in a box on the wardrobe. Two minutes later I heard a thud. Yep you guessed it he fell off the wardrobe having successfully munched a big hole in the box, the next day I came home to find him sitting on the hall stairs cleaning himself; my daughter had left the cage open and he obviously fancied a walk.

I always blame my daughter when he escapes but I caught him the other night biting the lid, lifting it up and escaping. Ironically, he is so lazy I had to give up with his exercise ball because when you put him in it he rolls over to the nearest radiator and promptly falls asleep.
lorri531

Underwear conspiracy
One of our cats will drag pants, socks or bras around the house from the laundry basket or just after they've been washed. Her best time to do this is usually when we have guests!
iona_ivf

Retriever cat
My cat plays fetch with cotton buds. She loves it. She carries them round in her mouth and drops them for us to throw again! My husband is now teaching her to give him her paw when she brings a cotton bud back.
fiona81

Ganging up on the dog
One Christmas, Mum was visiting for the day and had brought the dog with her. Our little cat sat in various places during the day in view of the dog but always out of reach (you could almost see the smile on her face when the dog was told off for getting excited). When she got fed up with taunting the dog she slowly strolled upstairs where our larger cat was asleep. A few minutes after the door swung open and our larger cat was sitting slap bang in the middle of the doorway staring at the dog, who promptly jumped on to mum's lap shaking like a jelly. It was as if our two cats had been talking about the dog!
iona_ivf

Spider fan
Our cat used to have a toy spider that he carried everywhere in his mouth. Even when the legs (which were pipe cleaners) fell off, he'd just carry this bit of black fluff about. He doesn't like real spiders, though. He likes flies best - if there's one on the wall, window or ceiling where he can't reach it, he sits there miaowing softly to it as if encouraging it to come down to him.
Catswhiskers

Silent protest
My husband and I went on holiday to Prague for two weeks. Upon our return, we set our suitcases down and gleefully hugged all three cats. We then went outside to retrieve the rest of our luggage from the car. In that short amount of time, one of the cats (still not sure who was the guilty culprit) showed her displeasure with our absence by having a bowel movement directly on top of our suitcase. It was a silent but effective protest.
sarahduran

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