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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2007UPDATE on "Pong"
He goes to TED on Tuesday am. We have been letting him in the house for periods when we are around to supervise, but twice now he has "let" himself back on the front porch (closed of from the rest of the house by a screen door that only has the hook & eye latch, we don't latch it when "Pong" is in the house, only when he's on the front porch). Once when Lizzie chased him while he was exploring yesterday evening - and once today! Now we know how he got away from his other humans.... been scanning the papers for a 'lost Siamese' ad, but so far nothing. And I'm not wasting my money on a 'found' ad as nobody responds to them - or if they do, they are so desperate to find their lost cat that they ignore your basic color description (if you put that you found a black cat, they call you when they lost a yellow tabby - sheesh). Anyway, DH's co-worker's daughter is sooooooooooooooo excited about having to have a cat when she gets her apartment, she's already shopping for toys & whatnot! She's picked out a name, but DH can't remember what it is, but he said it's an oriental sounding name (probably from The King & I)  Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > He goes to TED on Tuesday am. We have been letting him in the house for > periods when we are around to supervise, but twice now he has "let" [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > & whatnot! She's picked out a name, but DH can't remember what it is, but > he said it's an oriental sounding name (probably from The King & I) Our newspaper prints found adds free. Great PR since so many are unwilling to pay for them. And you would be surprised at how different a cat can look especially if its been our a while. When our Sam was hit by a car in Alaska, friends of friends knew someone who found an injured cat a ways from our home and took it to the vet. Even guarantees the vet bill if owners weren't found. Said vet took the "stray" in in the middle of the night and stayed up all night with it on life support. Two days later when various connections got made we called the vet. They said they had a grey female cat that had been hit by a car. Fortunately we went to look anyway because of where the cat was found. And because we had no other leads. It was Sam. Our purebred lilac point male Siamese (who had been recently altered) He looked like hell and was in such bad shape the vet only felt back there. Didn't look. Amazing cat lived another 17 years and pretty much raised my oldest daughter. And terrorized the neighborhood. God, that cat had some lungs on him. Jo > When our Sam was hit by a car in Alaska, friends of friends knew someone who > found an injured cat a ways from our home and took it to the vet. Even [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Siamese (who had been recently altered) He looked like hell and was in such > bad shape the vet only felt back there. Didn't look. > Amazing cat lived another 17 years and pretty much raised my oldest > daughter. > And terrorized the neighborhood. God, that cat had some lungs on him. Great story! I'm so glad you decided to look anyway. When Smudge was missing last year, I found her because one day about a week after she'd gone missing, I was putting some stuff in the trunk of my car when I heard some extremely loud cat yowling. It didn't sound like Smudge at all, and I really didn't think it was her, but I decided to look because (1) if some other cat was in trouble I wanted to help it if I could, and (2) you never know. And the rest was history. I just hadn't heard her meow that loudly before - she had never needed to before. Granted, walking across the street is a whole lot easier than driving across town to check out a "grey" cat that might possibly be yours. But it's great that you did! Joyce > > When our Sam was hit by a car in Alaska, friends of friends knew > someone who > found an injured cat a ways from our home and took it to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Joyce We had a cat that never meowed in his life (he ONLY did silent meows) until he got stuck in the trunk of a car. He really could meow, but we had never heard it in the 7 years or so up until that incident. >> > When our Sam was hit by a car in Alaska, friends of friends knew >> someone who > found an injured cat a ways from our home and took it to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > until he got stuck in the trunk of a car. He really could meow, but we had > never heard it in the 7 years or so up until that incident. KFC has never meowed. She can manage an almost inaudible "muh" and " ih" However she could purr for Britain in the Kitty Olympics. Tweed > Now we know how he got away from his other humans.... been scanning the > papers for a 'lost Siamese' ad, but so far nothing. And I'm not wasting my > money on a 'found' ad as nobody responds to them - or if they do, they are > so desperate to find their lost cat that they ignore your basic color > description (if you put that you found a black cat, they call you when they > lost a yellow tabby - sheesh). I never put a description of a found cat in an ad - no color, breed (if applicable) or sex. If someone calls and claims they've lost a cat, I ask for a description from them - if they match, then it's theirs. Probably overkill, since as you say, you rarely get calls if you do put a description. But with a purebred, I'd be more careful, since those might be in more demand, or someone might think they'd have to pay a lot of money for a meezer (not knowing that you can probably get one in a shelter fairly easily), and think this is their chance for a freebie. Joyce > > Now we know how he got away from his other humans.... been scanning the > > papers for a 'lost Siamese' ad, but so far nothing. And I'm not wasting [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Joyce When Ping appeared, we never mentioned Siamese - only 'brown cat' - which could mean many types: Ragdoll, Himalayan, Siamese, or even your run-of-the-mill brown tabby! We put the general location (nearest main intersection) where 'found' and our phone # & "call w/descrip to claim". One call from someone looking for a cat lost 2 miles from here, a tabby & white w/ green eyes, and long haired at that. Here's my 'found' ad on the local Humane Association's web site: http://www.monroehumane.org/lostfound/story.php?ID=468 Here's a lost Siamese ad on the same page: http://www.monroehumane.org/lostfound/story.php?ID=467 But Ivy Tech is 5 miles from here (as the crow flies, longer via roads), and looks more like a Smoke or Blue point Meezer. >>> Now we know how he got away from his other humans.... been scanning >>> the papers for a 'lost Siamese' ad, but so far nothing. And I'm [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > But Ivy Tech is 5 miles from here (as the crow flies, longer via > roads), and looks more like a Smoke or Blue point Meezer. I agree that doesn't look like Pong (or whatever his name will be). Jill |
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