NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA: A horrific construction error has left Ashlin Hadden’s cat stuck in a bathroom wall. Hadden, a resident of Noblesville, Indiana, intended to take a peaceful bath after returning from a business trip, but was forced to break through a dry wall to save her missing cat when she heard him meow.
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Hadden, who has two cats named Stripes and Cookie, hired a contractor to renovate her home’s bathroom before she left for a work trip to New York. She granted him permission to enter and leave the property as she pleased because she trusted him. She sent her sons to stay with their father and arranged for Stripes and Cookie to have vending machines for water and food as well as litter boxes. She even informed the worker that they would be allowed to roam freely around the house.
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Hadden told Today, “I’m a single mom and I love my bath. So I just wanted a new tub, like a higher tub, so I could get in the tub and be underwater.” She was looking forward to using her newly built bathtub when she returned from her business vacation. However, it turned out that she had to break through the drywall to save her cat.
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In a TikTok video that has received over 2.6 million views, Hadden says, “As I’m sitting here trying to figure out where my cat is, I can hear the cat crying somewhere here.” She claimed that when she got home, her normally quiet cat, Cookie, was unusually loud. She could also hear Stripes but not see him.
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Hadden said, “I’m like, ‘Man, what’s going on? And, ‘Did you run out of food?’ I’m upstairs, and I look around and I hear him meow, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God. He is behind the wall.’ from a neighbor, she stopped what she was doing for fear of hurting the cat and smashed the wall instead.
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“I love our pets.” Hadden continued, “They’re like kids to me.” After a brief visit to the vet, the “shaken” Stripes was found to be in good condition. “He got a lot of hugs and kisses and cuddles, and he’s a bit of a different cat. He was really, really nice and affectionate, probably because he was scared. He said, ‘I saw the light and you saved me.'” Since then, she has made a habit of hiring a cat sitter when she travels for work.
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