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Scooter's great adventure
I was working outside the house after the hurricane passed, putting
back the patio furniture, and I had the glass sliding door from the Florida room to the yard open. I rarely use that door and never leave it open, but the sliding screen door was closed. I didn't realize that it was possible for a cat to walk between the screen door and the outside glass and then push through at the end. But Scooter figured it out. I was inside and noticed Scooter just as he pushed past the end and into the OUT. Yikes. I calmly slid open the door to get him but Scooter bolted around the house. FREEDOM AT LAST. I shut the door and calmly walked after him but he had disappeared. Panic. It's Florida. There's vegetation everywhere. I poked in bushes, called him, walked around a few houses. Then Scooter popped back into view, ran back into my yard, paused at the closed door, and shot around the other side of the house. I went in, made sure that Nipsy and Baby were in the bedroom, locked them in there, and left the outside door open. For an hour I walked around calling him, to no avail. My cousin and mother were driving around looking for him. The worst part was, his collar has a tracking device, all my cats have them, left over from my former house where I let them in the (fenced in) backyard. I had let the batteries die because they don't go out in Florida, at least not yet. I am working on getting a cat proof fence around the yard but haven't done it yet. So I tried the tracker but it found no trace of him because the batteries were dead. I did just replace them on all the cats. Actually I had replaced Marlo's when I brought her over to Mom's so we could find her new hiding places. So, I know that cats usually are scared and wait somewhere nearby. I went in, and waited. Half an hour later he walked in the open door. Adventure over. That was yesterday but I was too busy to write about it until now. He's lying next to me on the bed as I write this, and Nipsy is yowling for Temptations. Baby is likely under the bed but is about due to surface. So all is normal. |
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