Sometimes it can Anissa Kate the Widow XXXbe hard to distinguish your pet from others that look like it.

It's something that happened to one New Zealander, although it took them five days to realise they had accidentally kept their neighbour's cat hostage. Oops.

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The debacle was chronicled by Clarke Gayford on Twitter, posting two different pictures of cats on Tuesday. One cat belonged to his friend, and had just walked in. The other, was the kidnapped cat.

To add to the problem, the neighbour had been looking for her missing cat.

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And to make matters worse, Gayford's friend had fed the kidnapped cat anti-anxiety medication, on the prescription of a vet.

Eventually, the mistake had been atoned, and fortunately the neighbour was cool about the whole catnapping thing.

"Just thought I'd let you know, pussy doesn't seem to have been traumatized by his confinement at your house," a text message reads.

Of course, this case of mistaken kitty is no isolated incident, with other people sharing stories of pet mix-ups. It's too damn easy to mess it up.

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