LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — “Only in Vegas” is what a security officer at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino said when he saw a guest holding a cat that had just been found in her room. It was not the guest’s cat.

The adventure of the hotel cat began almost two weeks ago when, according to Lindsey Sanders, the woman who found the cat, someone staying in this Excalibur room lost their cat. Six days later, Sanders and her husband were woken up at 4 a.m. only to see a cat standing in their room.

Sanders has documented the whole adventure on her TikToc channel, including a couple of updates. Her initial video about finding the cat has been viewed well over 1 million times.

Sanders and her husband are both veterinarians and were in town for a conference, but they never expected to be rescuing a lost cat during their stay.

“The third night, I heard some weird sounds,” Sanders told 8 News Now. “I thought it was in the hallway.” She then told her husband to check it out. “I was like, oh, you know, maybe you should go check it out and see if you see anything,” Sanders said. “So he got up, and he turned on his light, and he goes, ‘There’s a cat in here.'”

Standing in the middle of their room was a grey and black cat. Sanders said it was friendly, and she was fairly confident it was not a wild cat.

Security was called to the room, and they showed up with a leash. Sanders said that was not a good idea since the cat was already scared. Eventually, after realizing security only had a large dog crate, the cat was placed in a pillowcase to be taken downstairs and put into the large crate.

Security at Excalibur used a pillowcase to transport the cat to a larger crate. (Photo: Lindsey Sanders)

Sanders said during the exchange with security, the cat once again hid, revealing its hiding spot.

Sanders said the cat had crawled into a space about three inches tall under the bathroom sink. Security had to take it apart to get the cat out of the hidden compartment under the sink.

Security had to recover the cat again when it hid under the sink in this Excalibur room. (Photo: Lindsey Sanders)

A security officer later told Sanders that the previous guest had reported losing their cat. Sanders later found out it was a person moving from Reno to Las Vegas who stayed in the room prior to her stay.

Sanders said security did call the cat’s owner and reunited them about an hour later.

According to Sanders, the cat appeared to be in good health, even after not eating for six days. She believes the cat had been drinking water from the toilet after its owner said it did that at home. Sanders and her husband had also noticed what looked like urine in the shower and personal items knocked off the counter during their stay.

8 News Now has reached out to MGM about this incident but has yet to hear back.