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Cat has gone missing. **UPDATE! She's home :D**
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Sheepdish1 wrote: »In an *unbelievable* stroke of good luck today my little cat was spotted as I drove into a carpark today!!!! She was roughly 1km from where she escaped and was quite distressed when I found her but started to recognise me when I sat down and called her, got a twig and played with it and she came out of the bush and sniffed me and came over
:D I scooped her up in the carpark and started crying, someone say me and probably thought I was nuts :D:D
She extremely underweight, weighs less than 2 kilos but hopefully will be ok after her ordeal. She was so distressed and I am so grateful that we managed to get her back - I just can't believe how lucky we are.
She didn't fair out too well in the wild is skin and bone but hopefully there is no long term damage. All her fat stores and muscle has been used as she must not have been able to find food but she somehow managed to survive.
I am astonished with the stroke of good luck. I usually don't park where I did and only parked there as I was reminded by someone yesterday I needed to set up a direct debit. I can't believe it !! Thanks so much for all your kind word and support through out the last few weeks, I just can't believe she's home!! She is quite anxious as shes hungry but I have to wean her slowly back onto food:D:D
Wow, from the 1st Oct to the 1st Nov...I've been following the thread but said in my head after a week or so that it'd be unlikely she was still alive. Delighted she's back, now never let her out again Well done to you for not giving up on her, she's lucky to have you. 0 -
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Sardonicat wrote: »Delighted to hear that news. I've been keeping mine indoors over the Halloween period and have been thinking of you a lot.
They're tough little beasties, aren't they?
I know I was dreading Halloween and I usually love this time of year!
One of mine is pretty tough and I wouldn't worry about her but the little one that went missing didn't approach people for food and didn't have much luck at hunting which I was surprised at.
She was abandoned at 2 weeks and was sick for months, was nearly put to sleep when she was a kitten but made a miraculous recovery as needle was being drawn:D Vet said we are extremely lucky as she weighs less than 2kg now but her organs are ok thankfully
I was so upset as she is so nervous, even when I found her she was circling , crying and terrified but this is because she is such a nervous cat. I don't know how she didn't get hit by a car / end up in a truck etc as she is soooooo skittish.
BUT if she managed to get by i think it should definitely offer other people's that have cats missing some hope as mine is the extreme end of dependant and nervousness so most cats odds would be much better than hers at fending for themselves. She is just the extreme, she's more like a really nervous dog. She tried to jump on the kitchen table but missed and slipped off which would be quite normal for her but not other cats 0 -
Wow, from the 1st Oct to the 1st Nov...I've been following the thread but said in my head after a week or so that it'd be unlikely she was still alive. Delighted she's back, now never let her out again Well done to you for not giving up on her, she's lucky to have you.
How she is still alive is astounding. Someone called me saying that they think they saw her around the banks of a river opposite to where she was found so I don't know how she even managed that
I noticed today There are so many gates that look identical to mine so she must have been going through steel fencing and gates looking for her garden
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Wow, that's great news, and just in time so that she wasn't subjected to the worst of Halloween.
I'd echo the advice to get her to the vets for a check up. They'll also be able to advise you regarding building up her food quantity over time. I don't think it's a good idea to give them too much too soon in cases like this.
Thank you the first thing I did was bring her straight to the vet as she was so thin I needed to make sure her organs where ok and thankfully the bloodwork is perfect. I also wanted to check if she needed antibiotic but thankfully she was ok:D
Due to the fact she is soooo underweight she needs to be weaned onto food very gradually. I also need to be careful with food as someone left the kitchen press open yesterday and she hopped in and ate a cracker 0 -
AndrewJRenko wrote: »Delighted she's back safe with you. Please post details of your GPS collars research when you get a chance.
Yes I will do this
I am not planning to let her out any time soon and probably not again without a harness. I'll have to see if she is ok being a house cat where as if she's stressed only inside I will have to rethink that:)
Either way i want to find one that is good and that will work within close range0 -
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Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »Don't give up hope, the little devils have a good head for survival.
Delighted for you, OP. I've checked this thread a few times since so am so happy this had a happy ending. Give the wee 'un a pet from me.0 -
THIS IS THE BEST UPDATE EVER!!
I've been following since I seen it as I've had a cat go AWOL for a couple of months before but wasn't hoping for a positive outcome after a couple of weeks.
So, so, so, glad you're reunited with pusscat:D 0 -
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I know its such a good outcome, the sheer luck of being there at that time was incredible its just incredible as i live in quite a busy town!! plenty of building etc !I walked by bushes in my estate that I had been searching in and the landscapers where digging them up , if I saw that a couple of days ago I would be freaking out :eek:
Seeing things like bin lorries loading bins was also not nice and don't get me started on people setting stuff on fire :eek::pac:
She is chuffed but following and meowing at me non stop, say she is just hungry 0 -
Sheepdish1 wrote: »I know its such a good outcome, the sheer luck of being there at that time was incredible its just incredible as i live in quite a busy town!! plenty of building etc !I walked by bushes in my estate that I had been searching in and the landscapers where digging them up , if I saw that a couple of days ago I would be freaking out :eek:
Seeing things like bin lorries loading bins was also not nice and don't get me started on people setting stuff on fire :eek::pac:
She is chuffed but following and meowing at me non stop, say she is just hungry
She's reminding ya to get that GPS tracker so she doesn't have to prove a point again 0 -
Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »She's reminding ya to get that GPS tracker so she doesn't have to prove a point again
Yes , that is something I am researching at the moment:D There seems to be a lot of them that only show within 200ft but I need something that shows e where she is within a couple of meters but am getting great feedback about one in particular as its quite lightweight!
I am getting loads of adds for it but that is because I have been on lost and found pages so just want to find out if it will actually work and then I'll post here.
I also need to decide whether I want a quick release collar or one that can't come off at all which has risks but she isn't much of a climber as she tends to aim towards things, misses and falls back down
For now she has to be locked in her crate when anyone is coming in or out for door even for second. When there are visitors she'll be in it too as I have her crate trained so she doesn't find it stressful thankfully !0 -
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Sheepdish1 wrote: »In an *unbelievable* stroke of good luck today my little cat was spotted as I drove into a carpark today!!!! She was roughly 1km from where she escaped and was quite distressed when I found her but started to recognise me when I sat down and called her, got a twig and played with it and she came out of the bush and sniffed me and came over:D I scooped her up in the carpark and started crying, someone say me and probably thought I was nuts :D:D
She extremely underweight, weighs less than 2 kilos but hopefully will be ok after her ordeal. She was so distressed and I am so grateful that we managed to get her back - I just can't believe how lucky we are.
She didn't fair out too well in the wild is skin and bone but hopefully there is no long term damage. All her fat stores and muscle has been used as she must not have been able to find food but she somehow managed to survive.
I am astonished with the stroke of good luck. I usually don't park where I did and only parked there as I was reminded by someone yesterday I needed to set up a direct debit. I can't believe it !! Thanks so much for all your kind word and support through out the last few weeks, I just can't believe she's home!! She is quite anxious as shes hungry but I have to wean her slowly back onto food:D:D
I'm very happy you got your cat back bud. Mines still missing but I'm still optimistic and hopeful.0 -
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Ruraldweller56 wrote: »I'm very happy you got your cat back bud. Mines still missing but I'm still optimistic and hopeful.
I'm sorry to hear yours is missing. I spoke to someone today who told me someone they worked with......Their cat turned up six months after it went missing so you are right to be optimistic
Mine has ZERO hunting skills and can't jump properly and still managed so I would be hopeful yours turns up too. They can survive by drinking rain water that has pooled in places we can't even see such as gutters etc0 -
Op I was away all last week and couldn't post due to password problems. But I could read and I was just THRILLED to hear that you and sweet little kitty were reunited.:D:D
Like so many others, I had been very touched by the story. Your obvious heart break at losing your little pet,the long frustrating searches and the way you described how vulnerable she is came across so strongly in your posts that I was constantly checking for updates with fingers tightly crossed. But eventually thinking, hey this isn't a film,this is real life and real life often doesn't have happy endings and the poor little mite is most likely no longer alive. So what a fabulous surprise to read such a fantastic outcome! Did you go into that car park looking for her or did you just happen to be there and just happen to spot her? It really is incredible after a whole month and just goes to prove that cats really do have nine lives.:D
I hope that you'll have her for many years and never have to go through anything like that again. How is she now OP? Has she recovered and able to eat properly. It's so sweet that she's as thrilled to be home as you are. Bless our little furry friends!:pac:0 -
Sheepdish1 wrote: »I'm sorry to hear yours is missing. I spoke to someone today who told me someone they worked with......Their cat turned up six months after it went missing so you are right to be optimistic
Mine has ZERO hunting skills and can't jump properly and still managed so I would be hopeful yours turns up too. They can survive by drinking rain water that has pooled in places we can't even see such as gutters etc
We moved from a semi detached 2 storey house in a town to a bungalow in the countryside. Huge difference for her. She used to enjoy running up the stairs and up to the landing where she'd give us a tap on the shoulder through the railings. Scaling walls around the estate and defending her yard from the other cats. Where we are now is pretty open and the neighbours dog chases her. We got a pug too and I don't think she finds it very amusing. Big change from what she's used to.0 -
Op I was away all last week and couldn't post due to password problems. But I could read and I was just THRILLED to hear that you and sweet little kitty were reunited.:D:D
Like so many others, I had been very touched by the story. Your obvious heart break at losing your little pet,the long frustrating searches and the way you described how vulnerable she is came across so strongly in your posts that I was constantly checking for updates with fingers tightly crossed. But eventually thinking, hey this isn't a film,this is real life and real life often doesn't have happy endings and the poor little mite is most likely no longer alive. So what a fabulous surprise to read such a fantastic outcome! Did you go into that car park looking for her or did you just happen to be there and just happen to spot her? It really is incredible after a whole month and just goes to prove that cats really do have nine lives.:D
I hope that you'll have her for many years and never have to go through anything like that again. How is she now OP? Has she recovered and able to eat properly. It's so sweet that she's as thrilled to be home as you are. Bless our little furry friends!:pac:
She really is so happy, I know it’s such a heartwarming story, people have contacted me from different parts of the country saying it’s given them hope looking for their missing cats.
For the first couple of days she was crying constantly and seemed to be anxious being on her own but she seems to have calmed down now which is great.
She is stuck beside us and her favourite place is the beside the fridge
I had a few phone calls about her being spotted close to where I found her but everytime I went down there was no sign of her!
On the day I found her I only pulled into the carpark as I had missed an appointment. Due to the carpark being very quiet at the time i think she momentarily ran out of the bush because she recognised my engine, but then she ran back in and I had to coax her out, she only recognised me when she sniffed me(this makes sense to me as they recognise sound and smell over sight)
She had also been spotted on a river bank by three people (yikes!) and was spotted eating a chip outside a takeaway. Some of the people recognised her from the last ditch attempt of the posters I had put up so they were worth it.
She weighed 1.9kg but has put on .4kg which is good progress, she was just so thin.
It was an exhausting experience but Im
Taking the positives from it. I learned a lot about cat behaviour so I can help other people who are missing their cats
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So glad. Reading your post was like reading the one I put out when my cat came home. I honestly think yours like mine was accidentally shut in somewhere? Makes so much more sense. I emailed local holiday let owners, asked folk to check their sheds, and empty houses, and soon after that she came in.
See
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505831/Cat-survives-garden-shed-TWO-MONTHS-licking-condensation-windows.html
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scroll down
http://feralcatsireland.org/Feral_Cats/Feral_Cat_News.html
That is so strange that you say that as I noticed that she was licking the window in my house as a drink and I have never seen her do that until now:eek:
I would love to know what happened in the first place to cause her to become displaced. I think she was in a fight with a male cat that she often would chase out of the garden
They really are incredible at surviving. They are still ''semi'' wild compared to dogs so they seem to manage a bit better I would imagine!0 -
Sheepdish1 wrote: »She really is so happy, I know it’s such a heartwarming story, people have contacted me from different parts of the country saying it’s given them hope looking for their missing cats.
For the first couple of days she was crying constantly and seemed to be anxious being on her own but she seems to have calmed down now which is great.
She is stuck beside us and her favourite place is the beside the fridge
I had a few phone calls about her being spotted close to where I found her but everytime I went down there was no sign of her!
On the day I found her I only pulled into the carpark as I had missed an appointment. Due to the carpark being very quiet at the time i think she momentarily ran out of the bush because she recognised my engine, but then she ran back in and I had to coax her out, she only recognised me when she sniffed me(this makes sense to me as they recognise sound and smell over sight)
She had also been spotted on a river bank by three people (yikes!) and was spotted eating a chip outside a takeaway. Some of the people recognised her from the last ditch attempt of the posters I had put up so they were worth it.
She weighed 1.9kg but has put on .4kg which is good progress, she was just so thin.
It was an exhausting experience but Im
Taking the positives from it. I learned a lot about cat behaviour so I can help other people who are missing their cats
and give them a bit of hope
That makes a lot of sense. My cat always appears when I pull into my road as she clearly recognises my engine and can differentiate between it and the neighbours'ones.
But wow,how lucky you pulled in when you did! And how lucky it was just before the Haloween shenanigans! You were obviously destined to get her back. And you really deserved it too as you had made such huge efforts.0 -
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It's that time of the year unfortunately, unneutered male cats are pretty indiscriminate and will go after any female cat, young, old, neutered or not they don't care. Usually they end up being bitten on their rear ends near the base of the tail, like our poor old neutered 16 year old cat was yesterday. Luckily we spotted some odd behaviour in her early on and took her to the vets on time.Sheepdish1 wrote: »I think she was in a fight with a male cat that she often would chase out of the garden0
I have 2 kitties so I can only imagine the joy you felt when you saw her.
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