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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2006Missing cat
Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it backs onto a forest, with few neighbours. Anyway I haven't let my cat out because I wanted him to become familiar with the territory first on a leash. However at our old house we had a lot of neighbours, lots of cat friends would come visit and Simba would go outside all the time with them, in and out all day long. So yesturday he wouldn't stop crying to go outside. So we thought ok, he won't go far, he's been around the yard on leash. So we put him out around 1:00pm. I watched him from the window and opened the door once in awhile to let him know I'm there, he likes that. Around 3:30 I called him, and wondered where he went. At 4:30 I went outside looking for him through the trees and asked the neighbours if they've seen him. Nothing! I went out for hours after that, nothing! I went out at 10:00pm, and every hour after that and constantly called him from the door every few minutes. Now I'm panicking, I went out at 3:30am and again at 5:00am and then went deep in the forest and across acres to the neighbours for about an hour at 6:00am. Now it's going on 24 hours and no sign of him. What can I do?? I already put missing signs up on all the neighbourhood. Since I just moved here, I haven't met my neighbours all yet and they'll think I'm nuts, crazy cat lady if I go around asking them to check their garages. Please keep Simba in your thoughts today, I do believe in the power of the mind and a higher power. Thank you! Simba's Mom Also I forgot to mention Simba is not a roamer, never has been. He's been neutered 10 years. THanks, Simba's Mom > Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their > thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > check their garages. Please keep Simba in your thoughts today, I do > believe in the power of the mind and a higher power. I would not necesarily become too desparate yet. I moved 3 times with Q who was a neutered tom and not a wanderer but each time he immediately disappeared for 3-4 days before he came back. The first time I was very worried but once I realised he was just scoping out his new area I wasn't too worried. The last time I moved was from one end of the village to the other and once Q made his way back to his old house despite never making the trip before. I collected him and bought him home. I don't know how far you have moved but if Simba doesn't come back in about a week it might be worth getting in touch with your old neighbours in case they see him around there?  SignatureNiel H : Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their : thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] : check their garages. Please keep Simba in your thoughts today, I do : believe in the power of the mind and a higher power. Is your new house near the old one? Then he may have found his way there. No need to panic yet, but also no harm in informing your new neighbors gracefully (and also old ones if not too far) that your cat is missing and you'd appreciate a call if they see any sign. I hope he has an identifying collar with your phone number? Maybe hang somethings with your household smells at the back door and also at the entrance to the yard. Let us know how it goes. >: Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their >: thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Let us know how it goes. Funny looks from neighbors, but a dirty sock on the doorknob! Thanks for your support - I put signs up every where and visited all the neighbours. No sightings yet. I can't imagine Simba going all the way back to our old house. That's a 20 hour drive. He usually doesn't let me out of his sight, he's my baby, very needy of me. Do you really think he'd go all the way back to our old house?? We move a lot all over the country and he is used to it by now. He had alot of neighbourhood cats there tho, but he never left our yard back at the old place ever!! I would have thought he'd know this was our house now. I'm so worried now! And the drive up here he wasn't paying attention to the roads and smells at all. He just would cry until I looked at him in the kennel and just stare at me the whole drive up, 20 hours. He'd just reach out to hold my hand, that's how much he needs me. I sure hope he didn't go all the way back to Ontario. Please keep him in your thoughts. I have done everything I can. I put our bedding out on the patio for our scent to blow through the wind, hopefully that helps, if he's lost.... Gee I sure hope he knows what he's doing!!!! Thank u, Simba's Mom Dear Simba's Mom, Don't give up. We had a cat once that I let walk around our back yard. Normally, we don't let the cats outside but with this former stray, I'd take him out once in awhile and stay right with him. Of course, I made the mistake of letting him out of my sight and he disappeared. He too, was gone overnight. At one point in his life he was outside-savvy, but I had no idea now what he'd do or how to find him. I kept going back in the woodsy area. I knew he had to be around. I went out at least every hour. I'd call and call and look under bushes. The next night, I was out there after dark, and I heard a faint cry. I kept calling and he kept answering. I had to go through thorns and crap to get to him as he sat and waited for me. He was afraid to come back into our yard through all of the brambles. I carried him out and that was a trick in itself -- 14 lbs of cat and I needed both hands to get through the "jungle." Keep a vigil, keep going out and canvassing. He might be stuck somewhere and waiting for you. Good luck, Rhonda > Thanks for your support - I put signs up every where and visited all > the neighbours. No sightings yet. I can't imagine Simba going all the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > he's lost.... Gee I sure hope he knows what he's doing!!!! > Thank u, Simba's Mom > Thanks for your support - I put signs up every where and visited all > the neighbours. No sightings yet. I can't imagine Simba going all the > way back to our old house. That's a 20 hour drive. He usually doesn't > let me out of his sight, he's my baby, very needy of me. Do you really > think he'd go all the way back to our old house?? We move a lot all > over the country and he is used to it by now. Q was bonded to me but still when we moved 3 hours away he went walkabouts for 3-4 days. It it still feasable to think tha Simba is either checking out the new area or is in the process of deciding whether or not to try to get back to his own home. I read somewhere that cats have some kind of magnetic built in sat nav in that they will home in on their 'used to' location but adjust if this is too far away after a few days. Keep your fingers crossed, I will have my thoughts with you and Simba in the meantime. xx SignatureNiel H Something similar happened to me and I live in the woods. I left the back light on and a bowl of water out the back door. Julian showed up around midnight fending off some raccoons. He was very scared and had no interest in going outside again for a very long time. Indoor cats get disoriented when they get lost, even if is their own neighborhood. That is why they hide and don't come when you call. If you leave out something familiar or a beacon of some sort it helps them find their way home. Good luck! Stacey > Thanks for your support - I put signs up every where and visited all > the neighbours. No sightings yet. I can't imagine Simba going all the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > he's lost.... Gee I sure hope he knows what he's doing!!!! > Thank u, Simba's Mom > Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their > thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Thank you! > Simba's Mom How far do you live from your former home? Be sure check there (and call your previous neighbors) if it is reasonably close -- even a few miles. Cats have been known to "return home." Put out some pungent, scented food at your current home -- tuna, sardines, etc. -- to help attract your cat. Look *very* carefully at any hiding place close to your house, even if you have already searched there. Cats (especially if frightened) can curl up in the tiniest, most unlikely of places, and they are often close to home in these situations (the difficulty in your case, of course, being this hasn't been "home" for very long). MaryL >> Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their >> thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > MaryL They sure have! Every year I here about a cat that wandered home hundreds of miles. HOW do they do that? Cat GPS? Last year a family moved from Chicago to L.A. The cat disappeared about a week later and went missing for three months. Then they got a call from their old neighbor: You're not gonna believe who just showed up on our doorstep! : Every year I here about a cat that wandered home hundreds : of miles. HOW do they do that? Cat GPS? Last year a family moved from : Chicago to L.A. The cat disappeared about a week later and went missing for : three months. Then they got a call from their old neighbor: You're not : gonna believe who just showed up on our doorstep! Amazing. The cat had to survive, find food and water, and keep walking maintaining a general direction for 2000 miles! > : Every year I here about a cat that wandered home hundreds > : of miles. HOW do they do that? Cat GPS? Last year a family moved from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Amazing. The cat had to survive, find food and water, and keep walking > maintaining a general direction for 2000 miles! When I was growing up we took our cat, Sniffy, on vacation with us down to the New Jersey shore. When it came time to go home Sniffy was no where to be found. Eventually we left and came home without him. We lived about a 3-4 hour drive away. About a week later Sniffy showed up at home. My sister and I have wondered how he managed to get across the Delaware River. I just can't imagine him using the Walt Whitman or Ben Franklin bridges with 8 lanes (or maybe it's 6 - it's been a while since I used them) of traffic. He would have had to use a bridge though because the river is pretty wide and I don't think he was much of a swimmer. W : When I was growing up we took our cat, Sniffy, on vacation with us down to : the New Jersey shore. When it came time to go home Sniffy was no where to be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] : would have had to use a bridge though because the river is pretty wide and I : don't think he was much of a swimmer. I have no idea how they do it, but your is quite a story. I hope it will give some hope and solace to OP. >I have no idea how they do it, but your is > quite a story. I hope it will give some > hope and solace to OP. The answer is obvious. The mother ship brings them to wherever that want to go. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') Thank you, that story was amazing! Cats are amazing animals, it's one great mystery how they do that. I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. I was just going out to put more posters around etc. and as I pulled into my driveway I seen him sitting at my front step. I just left the car running and ran to him. As he saw my car I could see he was meowing and he just started running down the front steps towards me so happy to see me too. Such a wonderful feeling!! I just hugged him so tight! He smelt like laundry soap, or bounce and was very clean. So I figure he must have gotten stuck in someone's house. There's no way he was out roaming around or he'd smell dirty and be all dirty. He must have wondered to the neighbours. We just moved in and I asked everyone to check their garages, but one house down the road looked like they had gone away for the weekend. I suspected something so I went to call him around that house last night at 2:30am but I didn't hear anything. So I was so disappointed but this afternoon as I was driving home I noticed this house had people now, they had returned. And to my surprise so had Simba! He's exhausted and just so hungry - he just won't stay down for a long nap tho, he keeps getting up and just checking to see if I'm still there with him. We're all a happy family now. Now we can finally enjoy our dream home and new life together as a family. And finish unpacking! Thank u for your support. You're a great group of people! Simba's Mom > Thank you, that story was amazing! Cats are amazing animals, it's one > great mystery how they do that. > > I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. Yay, Simba! Now maybe keep him IN where he is safe. : I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. : I was just going out to put more posters around etc. and as I pulled [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : Now we can finally enjoy our dream home and new life together as a : family. And finish unpacking! The two of you don't need a third person butting in, but when there is an open moment lots of hugs and purrs to both of you. Maybe he got in that home as they were leaving and then got locked in? If that's where he was. Who knows. Don't let him overeat though, just is usual diet, maybe an extra treat. Also teach him to stay away from dangerous spaces like ovens, washers and dryers. I am not in favor of confinement but do let him get to know the new area slowly, in a controlled way. If he doesn't have a collar, put one on with your phone number, somehow a microchip is not the same to a passerby. Introduce him to all of the neighbors, so if they see him wandering around they'll know who to call. Finally consider one of those "locators" on the collar, you press a button and it beeps or rings. Should be good enough for quite a distance at quiet times; in any event even if you don't hear it, someone else might and investigate. Happy reunion, and enjoy your time together. : Thank u for your support. You're a great group of people! : : Simba's Mom really happy to hear he is back! I never got a chance to post on this one, but I am very happy for the both of you that it turned out well. Char > Thank you, that story was amazing! Cats are amazing animals, it's one > great mystery how they do that. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Simba's Mom Yeah! I'm so relieved for both of you. I wonder if he was in the garage of those neighbors -- maybe they have a washer/dryer in there. That's great news. I'm glad he's safe. Rhonda > I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. > Yeah! I'm so relieved for both of you. > > I wonder if he was in the garage of those neighbors -- maybe they have a > washer/dryer in there. Or, he was beat up and dirty from wandering and they gave him a bath. > Thank you, that story was amazing! Cats are amazing animals, it's one > great mystery how they do that. > > I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. Yay :) SignatureNiel H >> Thank you, that story was amazing! Cats are amazing animals, it's one >> great mystery how they do that. >> >> I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. > > Yay :) I bet you are one that can't wait till they make the gps finders for cats. > I'm happy to tell you all Simba came home this afternoon, 3 days later. I'm very happy for you, what a relief! Candace That is wonderful news. How does she look? He looks great, smells like soap! He's just skinny, was before but now even skinner, but fluffy and clean! I'm sure he must have gotten stuck in someone's garage or house for the weekend. Not one person call me tho to say where he was. And there are posters everywhere, I'll have to go take them down now. Simba's has been sleeping so so much!! Must be just exhausted and hasn't even asked to go outside. We're installing a clothesline so I can put his leash on a run this weekend. I'm just so happy he's home and so relieved that he knows THIS is home now. We've moved so often in the last 10 years across the country it's surprising how smart cats can be to know where his house was after only living here a week! :-) Simba's Mom > We're installing a clothesline so I >can put his leash on a run this weekend. Are you staking him out like a goat for dogs, coyotes, owls and hawks? -m > > We're installing a clothesline so I > >can put his leash on a run this weekend. > > Are you staking him out like a goat for dogs, coyotes, owls and hawks? Just what I was wondering. Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's the safest option out there. > Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's > the safest option out there. Excellent. Bravo! By the way, "Simba" is a great name for a boy cat. :) >Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's >the safest option out there. A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. -m >>Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's >>the safest option out there. > > A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. > > -m I can vouch for that possibility I rescue my spirit from a hawk when he was kitten >>>Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's >>>the safest option out there. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I can vouch for that possibility I rescue my spirit from a hawk when he was >kitten Wow, you saved him? Tell us more! -m >A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. I've taken my cats outside for 14 years. No birds of prey have grabbed them and I live in a rugged part of Canada. They couldn't carry a large cat away anyways, a kitten or a 3-4 lb. cat or dog yes, but she would be out there with him. >>A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. > >I've taken my cats outside for 14 years. No birds of prey have grabbed them >and I live in a rugged part of Canada. They couldn't carry a large cat away >anyways, a kitten or a 3-4 lb. cat or dog yes, but she would be out there >with him. You are so wrong about some raptor's capabilities. Usually the prey is dead at first strike with the talons so survival is not connected with a birds ability to carry its prey away. Nor do they all even bother to carry their prey away and instead they tear their prey apart on the ground in very short time. Island foxes were almost eradicated by eagles in the Channel Islands (off California) Naturally they prefer easier prey like mice and voles if they are plentiful but snowy owls and eagles are a real threat to cats. -mhd >>>A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >-mhd A barred owl can lift a 12 pound cat. It happened to a friend right in front of their little girl. Rev. Jack My fish aren't very happy. ~~~~ }<((((x> ~~~~~~ }<{{{{x> ~~~~~~~ }<(((((x> >>>>A bird of prey could strike before you know what's happening. >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Rev. Jack Anyone who underestimates the capabilities of North American raptors should just refrain from giving advice while they live in their fantasy world. -mhd >Anyone who underestimates the capabilities of North American raptors >should just refrain from giving advice while they live in their LOL. No one is underestimating the capabilities of NA raptors. But people take their little dogs for walks in North America; there is no difference between taking your kitty for a walk and taking your small dog for a walk. Would you suggest to a chihuahua or shitzu or other small dog owner to never walk their dogs because a raptor might get it? Of course not. So why say it to people who want to walk their cat around. As I stated, I've been doing it in my yard for 14 years. So have many, many people in my city. So far, no one's reported an owl swooping down and taking their dogs or cats from them. Of course it could happen, anything can happen out there. But chances are much lower if there is a human around. What we've seen the most here is dog attacks. Smaller dogs and unattended cats have been attacked by them. But thanks for the advice; I'll keep it in mind when I'm out there, although I already do. >>Anyone who underestimates the capabilities of North American raptors >>should just refrain from giving advice while they live in their [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >thanks for the advice; I'll keep it in mind when I'm out there, although I >already do. Good grief, she was talking about tying it to a clothesline! Follow the thread from the beginning! -mhd > >>Anyone who underestimates the capabilities of North American raptors > >>should just refrain from giving advice while they live in their [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -mhd Do you think there is a raptor large enough to carry Anna via CatKB off? >Do you think there is a raptor large enough to carry Anna via CatKB off? Probably, I'm quite tiny, only 107 lbs. >Do you think there is a raptor large enough to carry Anna via CatKB off? Andean Condor with an 11-foot wingspan might be able to do it. While their diet is mainly carrion of large mammals they do sometimes kill live prey unlike the California Condor. It would be a freakin awesome sight to see one. More so carrying off Anna LOL. -mhd > >Do you think there is a raptor large enough to carry Anna via CatKB off? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -mhd Great minds. :) >It would be a freakin awesome sight to see one. More so carrying off >Anna LOL. LOL. If it were a male condor it might want to carry me away. > >It would be a freakin awesome sight to see one. More so carrying off > >Anna LOL. > > LOL. If it were a male condor it might want to carry me away. Think you are irresistable to boy birds, eh, Anna? >Good grief, she was talking about tying it to a clothesline! Follow >the thread from the beginning! Which is what a lot of people in my city do. So far, no owl attacks. Just dog attacks as they were left unattended. > >Good grief, she was talking about tying it to a clothesline! Follow > >the thread from the beginning! > > Which is what a lot of people in my city do. So much for the average IQ of Thunder Bay. >So far, no owl attacks. Just > dog attacks as they were left unattended. How can they tell what attacked, from the bloody bits of bone and stuff that are left tied to the clothes line? >>Good grief, she was talking about tying it to a clothesline! Follow >>the thread from the beginning! > >Which is what a lot of people in my city do. So far, no owl attacks. Just >dog attacks as they were left unattended. Fail to plan then plan to fail. -mhd : Would you suggest to a chihuahua or shitzu or other small dog owner : to never walk their dogs because a raptor might get it? I think this thread was about Simba's mom leaving him restrained in the yard. That would be dangerous, and in an unfair sort of way. He can be attacked but not escape. As long as he is free to sense and react to any danger how he sees fit, fight or flight depending on the attacker, we are on normal level playing field as nature designed it and his odds are much, much better. >You are so wrong about some raptor's capabilities. Usually the prey is >dead at first strike with the talons so survival is not connected with >a birds ability to carry its prey away. Nor do they all even bother to >carry their prey away and instead they tear their prey apart on the >ground in very short time. Which is why it's a good idea for her to be outside with her pet. >>You are so wrong about some raptor's capabilities. Usually the prey is >>dead at first strike with the talons so survival is not connected with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Which is why it's a good idea for her to be outside with her pet. So she can watch helplessly? As I said before she could do nothing to prevent an attack that she probably would not see coming. Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic table with the family pet mouse in a cage. As they were letting it out the camera caught a flash of very fast moving bird zooming through them taking the mouse with it. It happened in a blink. Many raptors do not attack from high up either but just drop from a tree branch and glide low to the ground. -mhd >Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny >with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic >table with the family pet mouse in a cage. As they were letting it out You're comparing a cat or dog to a mouse? Umm okay. >>Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny >>with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic >>table with the family pet mouse in a cage. As they were letting it out > >You're comparing a cat or dog to a mouse? Umm okay. You deliberately ignored what I was answering to. You said... >"Which is why it's a good idea for her to be outside with her pet." -mhd > Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny > with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -mhd Wow, I don't see anything funny about that either. Obviously, the poor mouse's owners were not too despondent about its death if they submitted a video (or maybe someone else submitted it, but that's equally disgusting) and the TV show's producers must not be very kind people to find the death of a pet funny. I have watched that show about twice in my life. No offense but it seems to be geared to the lowest common denominator. I would hope they at least got some complaints about running that video. Candace >> Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny >> with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Candace It was amazingly not funny and had no place on that show. It's one thing to submit videos of stupid people doing stupid things, but that was just a tragedy in my mind, and it also had to be to the child who owned the pet mouse. There has been some other sick videos such as the cat who grabbed something hanging from a moving ceiling fan. The cat ended up flying off and bouncing of a wall. Naturally the audience laughed. -mhd >>> Just this past year on America's Funniest Videos(I saw nothing funny >>> with this), a father and son were sitting across from each on a picnic [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > something hanging from a moving ceiling fan. The cat ended up flying > off and bouncing of a wall. Naturally the audience laughed. UGH! I'd rather watch "Animal Planet's, The Planet's Funniest Animals" where they won't show any videos in which an animal is hurt (and ask that no animals be harmed in the making of videos to submit). SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > -mhd : Of course not - don't be ridiculous! He only goes out WITH me! That's : the safest option out there. I am sure you know what you are doing and will decide the best for Simba. So much depends on local conditions. A city is different from a wooded area, a yardful of people different from one distracted person. However, as a general rule, please understand that if Simba is tied, your only contributions to his safety is that a potential predator might feel intimidated enough not to attack. But if he decides to take his chances and attacks, do trust me on this, you won't be able to sense or do anything in time. OTOH, Simba would do much better if he was free to move. He will sense the danger before you and move faster than you can ever dream of. : Simba's has been sleeping so so much!! Must be just exhausted and : hasn't even asked to go outside. We're installing a clothesline so I : can put his leash on a run this weekend. Leash etc are for the shopping mall or urban sidewalks. :) Since you seem to live in a rural/wooded area, I would advise against leaving him restrained outdoors. This would put him at great danger to an animal or bird predator and he won't be able to ecape. This is true even if you are around: a human simply does not have the acute senses and quick reaction time that predators, and Simba, are likely to have. : I'm just so happy he's home and so relieved that he knows THIS is : home now. We've moved so often in the last 10 years across the : country it's surprising how smart cats can be to know where his : house was after only living here a week! On a different note, I read somewhere that if you leave food around for the cat to eat as and when he wants, he associates food security with that house and has difficulty adjusting to another one. OTOH if you bring him food at set times, then remove and cleanup pretty soon, and then again 12 hours later, he starts associating his food cycle with you as a person and less with that room or house, and such cats have an easier time adjusting to a different location becasue they focus on your presence. Just a theory I read, don't know how true it is. >hasn't even asked to go outside. We're installing a clothesline so I >can put his leash on a run this weekend. I'm just so happy he's home >and so relieved that he knows THIS is home now. We've moved so often in That's a good idea. Just make sure you stay out with him as tied up animals are vulnerable to other cats or dogs who may enter the yard. Don't go in the house and leave him out there (unbelievably, some people do). I've done this same thing for 14 years. My 2 seniors are so well trained they don't even need to be on a leash now. They never leave the yard but I still put their harness with id on as you never can tell. My younger one doesn't leave either but is less trustworthy as he gets so excited and could end up chasing something so I still leash him most of the time. Don't worry about appearing crazy to your neighbors -- if they are decent people, they will understand. I would go immediately to all of them and hand out your phone number, and show a picture of Samba. There are probably other critters in the forest, I wonder if she got scared by something and went up a tree? You might walk through as much of it as you can, especially looking up. You probably know most cats can go up the tree but not down. I would put an unwashed t-shirt, pajamas, or some clothing item with your scent outside. Keeping looking everywhere and talk to those neighbors! I will be thinking of Simba today. Let us know what happens. Rhonda > Since I just moved here, I haven't met my neighbours all yet and > they'll think I'm nuts, crazy cat lady if I go around asking them to > check their garages. Please keep Simba in your thoughts today, I do > believe in the power of the mind and a higher power. > Thank you! > Simba's Mom >Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their >thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >Thank you! >Simba's Mom You should have left him on the leash hooked to something. My furbabies http://users.ameritech.net/lestark/ Simba's mom wrote: >>Since I just moved here, I haven't met my neighbours all yet and >>they'll think I'm nuts, crazy cat lady if I go around asking them to >>check their garages. Please keep Simba in your thoughts today, I do >>believe in the power of the mind and a higher power. > > You should have left him on the leash hooked to something. Well, but then he would have been an easy target for any creature coming out of the woods. Maybe "should" isn't a good word to use at this time anyway. Still hoping for good news... Rhonda "Rhonda" <san-toki@attremovethis.net> wrote : > Maybe "should" isn't a good word to use at this time anyway. Yeah, I am learning that. I bet the OP will not let that cat out unsupervised again, if she ever sees him again. I hope she does get him back. Poor baby, poor her. "Simba's Mom" <jpotvin77@hotmail.com> wrote in news:1147529191.617056.9460 @g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: > Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their > thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Thank you! > Simba's Mom I've been through it. You and Simba are in my thoughts. I hope he comes bounding home! Does anything think my cat can really be lost? Some people say cats never get lost. I wonder if he knows what he's doing out there. I'm afraid if Simba is locked in someone's garage for the weekend that when he gets out he'll lose his scent back home and then get lost. I'm usually pretty sensitive in a 6th sense kinda way and I feel nothing, no answers right now with his where abouts. Nothing! I'm so worried now, where is he? I put my sleep clothes outside on near by trees and our blankets from the bed. Now I just read that kitty litter helps, I just cleaned his litter box so I'll use that. I just hope he's not far. It's been about 31 hours now since I've seen him last. Poor SImba. I'm not religious usually but he's in my prayers, if anyone else is please keep him in your prayers too. His brother died last year and they used to explore neighbourhoods together, closeby, always by eachothers side. I'm so worried that he's out there all alone! Simba's Mom : Does anything think my cat can really be lost? Some people say cats : never get lost. I wonder if he knows what he's doing out there. I'm [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : to explore neighbourhoods together, closeby, always by eachothers side. : I'm so worried that he's out there all alone! I know 31 hours is a long time for a worried person, but cats have shown up healthy and safe many days later, even weeks later. The important thing is to cover all angles. (1) Leave a scent trail for him to come back to your door. (2) Walk around the woods, in a sort of systematic way with attentive ears. He could be scared & hiding or just stuck in some spot. (3) Distribute his photos, with your phone # on the back, to your neighbors and their kids. He may show up at their homes they may just spot him. It does not hurt for them to be aware of the possibility of a cat hiding/stuck on their property. (4) If there are enough kids in your neighborhood, organize a pizza party where a large number of them fan out looking for the cat and come back for pizza! (5) 20-hour drive is far away to his old home and common sense suggests it is the least likely of all possibilities. However, cats have shown up at their old homes unbelievably far away (Chicago to LA, 2000 miles, according to another post). So let your old neighbors know. (6) Finally, do contact any shelters in your area. He could have lost his collar (did he have one?), been picked up as stray and turned over to such organizations. So visit them, ask to see all cats turned in or picked up recently, and make them aware of the situation. Anyway, there are experts there whose suggestions might be helpful even if he is not there. That's all I can think of. Don't lose hope; by the standards of lost cats who come back, 2 days is nothing. Cover every angle you can think of. All of our prayers are with you and Simba. And when he returns, think about fitting his collar with a homing or ringing device. : ) I've never needed one but they exist. > Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their > thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it > backs onto a forest, with few neighbours. Have you checked your old house? I've heard stories of cats who went back to their original home. : > Hi all - I am so stressed and need people to keep my baby in their : > thoughts today. I recently moved into a new house last week and it : > backs onto a forest, with few neighbours. : : Have you checked your old house? I've heard stories of cats who went : back to their original home. Good news, since she made her first post Simba has returned home. :) |
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