My kitty ran away

Dymphna

Dymphna

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He got mad at us because he knew we were leaving town for Thanksgiving. He apparently snuck out while we were packing the car because when we came back he was gone.

He hates the outdoors, only occasionally sneaking out when a door is left open only to come crying to be let in five minutes later. Only this time, no one was around to let him back in.

He's no where around the house or nearby woods or we'd have seen him by now. No evidence that he was hit by a car. He's microchipped, so he's not been picked up by animal control or they would have called (just in case, I called them to make sure)... so basically, he's adopted himself a new family. Now the trick is to figure out which one. How far did he have to go to find someone to let him inside? I put up a couple of flyers, but I'm going to have to go door to door in the neighborhood and the other nearby houses. :banghead:
 
cattitude

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
Check sheds, garages, etc. Daughter's kitty disappeared before the first blizzard last year..apparently sought refuge in neighbor's garage and got shut in. They figured she didn't make it. As soon as people started digging out, home she ran!
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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Larry Gude said:
Sorry. Poor taste on my part.


We had one cat that would take off on walk about once in awhile. He'd be gone for days and always came back.
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We had a cat that for a few years would spend the winter at a neighbor's house. He was an indoor/outdoor cat and they'd let him in and keep him in in the winter and come spring they'd let him out and he'd come home. After a couple of years, they realized it was our cat they didn't keep him shut in all winter.

This cat that's missing is such a people-oriented cat, I have no doubt he found some people to take care of him.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

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Dymphna said:
We had a cat that for a few years would spend the winter at a neighbor's house. He was an indoor/outdoor cat and they'd let him in and keep him in in the winter and come spring they'd let him out and he'd come home. After a couple of years, they realized it was our cat they didn't keep him shut in all winter.

This cat that's missing is such a people-oriented cat, I have no doubt he found some people to take care of him.
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Then, it's all good!
 
gary_webb

gary_webb

Damned glad to meet you
Put out a plate of his favorite food. He'll come back, hopefully when you're around. If another cat eats it first, there's your new kitty.
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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gary_webb said:
Put out a plate of his favorite food. He'll come back, hopefully when you're around. If another cat eats it first, there's your new kitty.
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Did that already. Two cans, one in front of the house, one in back. After 2 days one can is untouched and the other....well, although I didn't see the new "kitty" I suspect it looks something like one of these:
 

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gary_webb

gary_webb

Damned glad to meet you
Dymphna said:
Did that already. Two cans, one in front of the house, one in back. After 2 days one can is untouched and the other....well, although I didn't see the new "kitty" I suspect it looks something like one of these:
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Sorry. Don't give up. Well let's hope the new one doesn't look like this

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huntr1

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Dymphna said:
Did that already. Two cans, one in front of the house, one in back. After 2 days one can is untouched and the other....well, although I didn't see the new "kitty" I suspect it looks something like one of these:
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Front can still untouched. Back can is now MIA. It was on the back porch at 4:45. Gone at 8:15.
 
Katelin

Katelin

one day the dark will end
OK..so somewhere in the world your cat escaped.
How about fine tuning your post to give MORE details..
Like WHERE..and be specific if you would...
And if you post pics of opossums and raccoons, how about posting a photo of your cat so IF someone sees her they can contact you.

Thank you.
 
Dymphna

Dymphna

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Katelin said:
OK..so somewhere in the world your cat escaped.
How about fine tuning your post to give MORE details..
Like WHERE..and be specific if you would...
And if you post pics of opossums and raccoons, how about posting a photo of your cat so IF someone sees her they can contact you.

Thank you.
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Because it's highly unlikely that anyone here has him. If someone here HAS found a cat in the last week and taken him into their home and they saw this thread, they'd have mentioned it by now.

I know this cat, he is 1. Dead already or 2. moved into someone else's house. If it's not option 1 or 2, he would be sitting outside my door crying a pitiful little cry begging to come in. He's too spoiled for anything else.

But...he's orange with white on his chest and paws, about 12 lbs and in Northern Mechanicsville.
 
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Dymphna said:
He got mad at us because he knew we were leaving town for Thanksgiving. He apparently snuck out while we were packing the car because when we came back he was gone.

He hates the outdoors, only occasionally sneaking out when a door is left open only to come crying to be let in five minutes later. Only this time, no one was around to let him back in.

He's no where around the house or nearby woods or we'd have seen him by now. No evidence that he was hit by a car. He's microchipped, so he's not been picked up by animal control or they would have called (just in case, I called them to make sure)... so basically, he's adopted himself a new family. Now the trick is to figure out which one. How far did he have to go to find someone to let him inside? I put up a couple of flyers, but I'm going to have to go door to door in the neighborhood and the other nearby houses. :banghead:
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Well as far as I know, he hasnt wondered over the hill to my sons house, I'll ask him this evening (invited over for dinner) if there were any sightings.
 
Bay_Kat

Bay_Kat

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Katelin said:
OK..so somewhere in the world your cat escaped.
How about fine tuning your post to give MORE details..
Like WHERE..and be specific if you would...
And if you post pics of opossums and raccoons, how about posting a photo of your cat so IF someone sees her they can contact you.

Thank you.
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But how else would you have found this thread?
 
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