Mischievous Cat Managed to Flood Home and Caused $30,000 AUD Worth of Damage
A quiet night in Adelaide turned into a very expensive disaster for Amber and Joe Fauser. They went to bed expecting the usual routine, but by morning their home had been flooded from the inside.
The culprit was their Bengal cat, Eve, who apparently managed to turn on a laundry tap while the couple slept. Joe, who had to be up early for work, was the first to discover the mess, and what he found was far worse than a wet floor.
By the time the damage was assessed, the bill had climbed to a staggering $30,000 AUD. Read on.
When he came downstairs, he saw pools of water. He rushed to check on their cat, Eve, and there she was, sitting on top of the washing machine.
Right beside her, there was a laundry tap that was pouring water into the room. The cat most likely turned it on.
The couple wanted to fix the damage as soon as possible, so they immediately called a repairman.
It is an understatement to say they were unpleasantly surprised when they found out that the repair would cost them a massive $30,000 AUD (over $25,000 USD).
The flood emergency services team needed a whole day to dry the house, remove the water, and rip out the drenched floorboards and carpets.
After the initial response came the long period of recovery. Over the next seven days, they used 30 different air dryers to complete the drying process. Needless to say, the electricity bill skyrocketed.
And they had just moved into the house three months earlier.
And if you think flooding is bad, the Redditor regretting trying to bathe their sulking cat, Whiskers, gets way worse.
22-year-old student Amber remembers: "My husband and I went to bed at about 10 p.m., and we had put Eve in the laundry room to sleep, as we have done for the past year.
"Around 6 a.m. the next morning, Joe woke up for work, went out of our room to get his uniform, and was greeted by water almost at our front door.
"He quickly went to find the source of where it was coming from and found Eve on top of the washing machine with the laundry tap on full blast..."
That is one very curious cat.
"We knew it was Eve straight away because she is always causing havoc and playing with things; the Bengal in her makes her super curious.
"We then had to call Research and my unit to inform them we wouldn't be in today as we dealt with the aftermath of Eve."
The couple installed baby locks around the house to prevent the naughty cat from doing it again.
Needless to say, the laundry room is off-limits for Eve from now on.
"We bought her an outdoor enclosure with access to the garage and only let her roam the house when someone is home and awake!" Amber concludes.
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Now the cat has a much tighter schedule.
For more cat-caused chaos, read how a woman argued forewarning should excuse her cat’s actions.
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