To ‘Free' Injured Brother From Bed Rest, A Cat Learns To Open The Shower Door

2023/05/04

Jean Ralphio recently injured his hip and had to get surgery. His parents placed him in the shower in the bathroom to ensure that he did not re-injure himself. Mona Lisa was instantly put off by this and lamented the fact that she couldn't be with her brother.

"She meows through the door and attempts to break in when we keep them apart," McLemore added. "Since being removed from Jean Ralphio, she's been a little more needy for hugs with us."


While Jean Ralphio was meant to be quarantined, his parents were taken aback when they saw him nonchalantly limp by them downstairs, baffled as to how he'd done away. They re-immersed him in the shower and kept an eye on the bathroom door, only to see that Mona Lisa had worked out how to open both the bathroom door and the shower, all in order to reach her brother.

"We knew she was going to test closed doors to see if they were fully locked prior to this, but I didn't think much of it," McLemore said. "The fact that she could open a sliding shower door was even more surprising – especially that she'd go to the trouble of doing both!"


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