THE CATNAP FROM HELL...

A kitten has used up its nine lives after getting trapped inside a washing machine.  

Toreilles, a 15-month-old tabby, survived an entire one-hour wash cycle with water as hot as 40 degrees C.



Owner Debbie Sainsbury, 44, an education officer from Horfield, Bristol, said she was amazed the cat had survived.  

She said: "He lost 40 per cent of his tongue and some teeth, he's got flickery eyes and a bit of a drunken walk.  

"The water in those machines is very hot and there's lots of detergent which can't have done him any good."  

The escapade happened last Sunday when Toreilles apparently settled down for a sleep among the clothes inside a neighbour's washing machine.  

When the neighbour opened the door after the cycle and the cat fell out on to the floor.