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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
"Joy" wrote in message ... ((((((((Yowie))))))))) I hope she shows up and you get rid of your flu soon, so you feel better both mentally and physically. -- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken "Yowie" wrote in message ... Walked around the neighbourhood despite the 'flu to do a letterbox drop of an A6 sized flyer (thats 1/4 of an A4) with Shadow's picture and my contact details on it. I met a few people, but although they were very sympathetic (even the big burley guy with the growling & barking rotties) no-one had seen her. Unfortunatley couldn't get to the front of the big retirement complex that has its back in our street to do the letterboxes there - by the time I'd done my street I was shaking & wobbly and dead-on-my-feet. What gruesome timing for 'flu. There's no roadkill anywhere, for which I am truly grateful. No 'found' ads in the papers, the RSPCA hasn't got her (as far as they know... not very helpful) and she hasn't been handed into the local vet. Thankfully she is chipped but I hadn't thought of getting a collar for her, now I really wish I did. One neighbour did try to cheer me with a story of her cat coming home after three months, no worse for wear, bless her, but there's that growing feeling that she's gone... Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. Purrs for you. Of all people I know exactly how you feel. I went through all the emotions when searching for Ollie. Yes, ,many people told me reassuring stories of cats returning after some time and yes, many were true. You are doing everything that can be done, as I did. I would suggest that you regularly check in with animal shelters. I found that often when I checked that they had forgotten about Ollie and he could have been there and me not knowing. I also found when searching that I was contacted by other people who had lost their cats and they asked me to look for theirs at the same time. Keep an eye on newspaper lost and found ads from other people. Contact them, they might have found your Shadow in their travels. I managed to locate two other lost cats for people when searching for Ollie! One woman in the next street had a cat living in the roof her garage for a week. She couldn't get him down. I found he had been treated at a vet and that his frantic owner who lived in the next street but one had gone from house to house but had missed this house because the owner was out. I heard about the reunion. When the cat's slave went in and said Tom Tom Tom in a loud voice he raced down and nearly ate her. I felt so good about doing something for another cat lover. I might add that the cat's slave never even bothered to ring me and thank me for finding the cat but that's life I guess, lol. Bev |
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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
"hopitus" wrote in message
... Just to add my input to the chorus "don;t trust phone 411 from shelters"....in early May I was trying to adopt a cat I took out of the "for adoption" cages at nearest shelter. Can't believe indicative signs in the place...turned out he was "on hold" for vet care and shelter would not release for adoption. I called 3 times and visited again once during next 2 weeks, waiting for *their* shelter vet to come. During this time period, which continued till last week of May, I learned that his "medical hold" (relief to me) was only for dental cleaning and extraction of several abcessed teeth. Also learned that vet (whom I never saw) had okayed his general health for adoption other than his teeth. Lo and behold the last week I called again (having been told to come adopt him and take him home that day) only to learn he was sent in a group for adoption up to a PetCo store north of metro Denver in an area I had never been to! Calling the PetCo, I learned that yes, he was there, and they would hold him till I got there. It turned out to my horror the PetCo was in a tiny area of a 'burb enclosed and surrounded by two major interstates, neither of which I drive on. None of which I learned from original shelter. I managed to find the PetCo, adopt him, and he and I found out we could not exit the tiny strip mall without sticking ourselves in heavy rushhour traffic on *both* the xways. *He* was happy in the soft-sided cat carrier I had brought for him, seatbelted beside me. I was ballistic, calling anyone's name I could think of in vain while trying to exit to my merge to the route heading south to home, but especially the left hand at shelter, which so obviously knows not what the right hand there doeth, LOL. Meaning phone 411! Wholeheartedly advise NOT to phone shelters, much better results by accosting them in person. *** This is true. However, that's rather difficult when one is ill, as Yowie is. Joy |
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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:19:43 +1000, "Yowie"
wrote: Walked around the neighbourhood despite the 'flu to do a letterbox drop of an A6 sized flyer (thats 1/4 of an A4) with Shadow's picture and my contact details on it. I met a few people, but although they were very sympathetic (even the big burley guy with the growling & barking rotties) no-one had seen her. Unfortunatley couldn't get to the front of the big retirement complex that has its back in our street to do the letterboxes there - by the time I'd done my street I was shaking & wobbly and dead-on-my-feet. What gruesome timing for 'flu. There's no roadkill anywhere, for which I am truly grateful. No 'found' ads in the papers, the RSPCA hasn't got her (as far as they know... not very helpful) and she hasn't been handed into the local vet. Thankfully she is chipped but I hadn't thought of getting a collar for her, now I really wish I did. One neighbour did try to cheer me with a story of her cat coming home after three months, no worse for wear, bless her, but there's that growing feeling that she's gone... Yowie GYFBH purrs coming your way, now that Mir has decided to come home. Oh, and still keeping the candle lit for Tabitha, who has been missing way to long. -- Steve Touchstone Little Bit, Sammy, Spotty, Princess, Furby and Rocky (RB) Pix at http://tinyurl.com/22pfn8 Vids at http://tinyurl.com/4yb6nj |
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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
"Yowie" wrote:
Walked around the neighbourhood despite the 'flu to do a letterbox drop of an A6 sized flyer (thats 1/4 of an A4) with Shadow's picture and my contact details on it. I met a few people, but although they were very sympathetic (even the big burley guy with the growling & barking rotties) no-one had seen her. I hope that she's just enjoying a walkabout like Mir was, and comes home! |
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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:19:43 +1000, "Yowie"
wrote: Walked around the neighbourhood despite the 'flu to do a letterbox drop of an A6 sized flyer (thats 1/4 of an A4) with Shadow's picture and my contact details on it. I met a few people, but although they were very sympathetic (even the big burley guy with the growling & barking rotties) no-one had seen her. Unfortunatley couldn't get to the front of the big retirement complex that has its back in our street to do the letterboxes there - by the time I'd done my street I was shaking & wobbly and dead-on-my-feet. What gruesome timing for 'flu. There's no roadkill anywhere, for which I am truly grateful. No 'found' ads in the papers, the RSPCA hasn't got her (as far as they know... not very helpful) and she hasn't been handed into the local vet. Thankfully she is chipped but I hadn't thought of getting a collar for her, now I really wish I did. One neighbour did try to cheer me with a story of her cat coming home after three months, no worse for wear, bless her, but there's that growing feeling that she's gone... Yowie Oh, I do hope Shadow is hiding close by, and somebody who has seen a flyer, will see her, and contact you, very soon. Or, perhaps some kind person has taken her in, and when they see your flier, will telephone you, and return her. Sending purrs for both Shadow and for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein |
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Yowie skrev:
One neighbour did try to cheer me with a story of her cat coming home after three months, no worse for wear, bless her, but there's that growing feeling that she's gone... I'm so sorry you're going through this, too, Yowie. Heartfelt purrs of sympathy. I hope she shows up and asks for fudz just as nonchalantly as Mir did. -- Marina |
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"Missing Cat" Flyers delivered
On Jul 18, 5:19*am, "Yowie" wrote:
*Walked around the neighbourhood despite the 'flu to do a letterbox drop of an A6 sized flyer (thats 1/4 of an A4) with Shadow's picture and my contact details on it. I met a few people, but although they were very sympathetic (even the big burley guy with the growling & barking rotties) no-one had seen her. Unfortunatley couldn't get to the front of the big retirement complex that has its back in our street to do the letterboxes there - by the time I'd done my street I was shaking & wobbly and dead-on-my-feet. What gruesome timing for 'flu. There's no roadkill anywhere, for which I am truly grateful. No 'found' ads in the papers, the RSPCA hasn't got her (as far as they know... not very helpful) and she hasn't been handed into the local vet. Thankfully she is chipped but I hadn't thought of getting a collar for her, now I really wish I did. One neighbour did try to cheer me with a story of her cat coming home after three months, no worse for wear, bless her, but there's that growing feeling that she's gone... Yowie -- If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones. Many purrs and prayers for you and baby. Big Boy, Princess, Mr. Boots, Ms. Tigger, Sugar and Spice, Ms. Blue Belle and Cheddar |
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