"Get your butt home NOW" purrs needed!!

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

I remember one of my cats once disappeared, and I heard him
meowing from the cottage across the court from mine. That
one was vacant but he had apparently followed the manager in
when he was showing it to prospective tenants, no one
noticed him, and he got shut in. It might well be something
as simple as that - are there any houses for rent or for
sale in your area?

Oh, good idea! I'm not sure, but I can try to find out. I could
drive around and look for "For Sale" signs, I guess. But maybe if
I called a realtor and explained the problem, they could tell me
where there are properties for sale in my neighborhood? I assume
that all realtors at least know which houses are for sale in their
area, even if they're not selling all of them themselves. Any
realtors on this list who would know about this?

Thanks,
Joyce

Geez, please come home Smudge! I'll be very sad if you don't go home
to your Meowmie right away!

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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Oh, good idea! I'm not sure, but I can try to find out. I could
drive around and look for "For Sale" signs, I guess.


*shaking my head*

All this, when you could have just kept your cat inside where she is
safe?

What is the point?

I have no sympathy for you, but a great deal for your cat.



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"polonca12000" wrote in message
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Smudge didn't come home last night! She has never done that before.
Usually she comes running up to me when she sees my car pull up to
the sidewalk in front of my building. Sometimes she's not around at
that moment, but has always shown up within a half hour or 45 minutes
of my arrival home. Last night she did not show up when I get home,
and didn't come back at all.

Today I made signs and put them up in my neighborhood. snip
Thanks,
Joyce

We know how you are feeling when poppet went missing we had given up hope
but she came home safe and sound. I really hope that smudge comes back soon

Slinkytigs

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I keep thinking I hear her meowing at the door. This morning I was


Perhaps the thinking you hear her near the door is a hint. Are you sure
she isn't outside near the front of your house? On the roof or nearby?.
Maybe check the houses or any structures nearest to your place? Or even
as a long shot areas and things inside near the front of your place.
Maybe even the walls. Voices carry and since you said she had a loud
meow she could be inside trapped under something a bit farther away
then you think. I would check inside and outside everywhere you can. It
can't hurt to look even if they are unlikely places for her to be.
Provided you haven't already.

I still hope she is found or returns home soon.

rrb
purrs and headbuts provided,

rrb wrote:

Perhaps the thinking you hear her near the door is a hint. Are you sure
she isn't outside near the front of your house? On the roof or nearby?.
Maybe check the houses or any structures nearest to your place?

You're right, I have no idea whether she's nearby or far away or alive
or dead. I've had pretty much no information whatsoever as to why she
hasn't come back.

But I don't know how to check the roof. I live in a 2-story apartment
building, and in front, it's 2 1/2 stories because the house is on a
steep hill. How would I even get up there? I have looked along the edges
of the roof, but if she's stuck up top beyond my vision, I don't know
how I would reach that area to see.

Most of the time when I think I hear her, it turns out to be a baby
crying, or high notes of the music from another apartment, or birds,
or kids playing, or some high-pitched mechanical noise. That is, I can
usually identify the sound if I stop and listen, once I've heard it
the first time.

Maybe even the walls. Voices carry and since you said she had a loud
meow she could be inside trapped under something a bit farther away
then you think. I would check inside and outside everywhere you can. It
can't hurt to look even if they are unlikely places for her to be.
Provided you haven't already.

I have tried, but I don't know how to reach some of these areas you're
suggesting. How do I look inside the walls? I'm not being sarcastic - I
think it's a good idea. I just don't have any idea how to do it.

Thanks,
Joyce

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rrb wrote:


But I don't know how to check the roof. I live in a 2-story apartment
building, and in front, it's 2 1/2 stories because the house is on a
steep hill. How would I even get up there? I have looked along the edges
of the roof, but if she's stuck up top beyond my vision, I don't know
how I would reach that area to see.

Well unless there are trees tall enough, close enough, and big enough
around for her to get on the roof I would forget about that.

Maybe even the walls. Voices carry and since you said she had a loud
meow she could be inside trapped under something a bit farther away
then you think. I would check inside and outside everywhere you can. It
can't hurt to look even if they are unlikely places for her to be.
Provided you haven't already.

I have tried, but I don't know how to reach some of these areas you're
suggesting. How do I look inside the walls? I'm not being sarcastic - I
think it's a good idea. I just don't have any idea how to do it.

Unless there are crawlspace openings and ones big enough for her to get
into I wouldn't worry about her getting into the walls. The only places
likely to have crawlspace openings would be cabinets against the wall,
garages and maybe a bathroom cabinet.

I presume you have had no luck with checking shelters, and or vets? Or
in response to your posters?


I wouldn't give up she could come back at any time or even three weeks
or so later. Keep your chin up.

regards,
rrb

purrs and headbuts.

rrb wrote:

Well unless there are trees tall enough, close enough, and big enough
around for her to get on the roof I would forget about that.

My apartment building has various roofs jutting out all over the place.
The building is not a square shape, in other words. It has dormer-type
windows (with angled roof over them), and lower-floor apartments with
extra rooms that have a roof, because the second floor doesn't have
anything above them, etc. So she could have gotten up to the top roof
somehow. I'm not sure about trees - I'm not home right now, so I'll have
to look when I get back.

But the issue is, even if she can get up on the roof, how would *I* be
able to get up there??

Unless there are crawlspace openings and ones big enough for her to get
into I wouldn't worry about her getting into the walls. The only places
likely to have crawlspace openings would be cabinets against the wall,
garages and maybe a bathroom cabinet.

She definitely went outside before disappearing. I let her out on Friday
morning after she had her breakfast. This is the usual routine, and then
I get ready for work. When I come down to the street, she will often
bound over to me and roll around on the sidewalk for some attention. She
didn't do that on Friday morning, but it didn't alarm me because she doesn't
do that every day.

When I get home from work, she's often waiting for me and runs over when
she hears my car pulling up. But some nights, she hasn't done that, but
rather, she would come up to the apartment maybe a half-hour after I got
home. So at first when I got home and she wasn't waiting for me, again, I
wasn't alarmed. After an hour or so, I started to wonder, but still didn't
get upset. But after a few hours, I really started to worry, and went out
calling for her. Eventually I had to go to sleep, and I woke up several
times during the night, wondering if she'd come back. I'd check the front
door, no Smudge. Back to bed, lather, rinse, repeat, all night long.

I haven't seen her since.

I presume you have had no luck with checking shelters, and or vets? Or
in response to your posters?

That's correct. There's only one shelter in the city where I live that
she could be at. The other places (SPCA, Humane Society) don't take
strays, so if someone brought her in, they'd send her off to the city
shelter. I've talked to an officer at that shelter about 3 times, so he
now knows my cat by name. (I'm not even sure he knows my name, LOL.) I
dropped off a photo of her last night, and today he called me to say that
she was definitely *not* in that shelter. But he put the photo up on their
bulletin board, so hopefully, people will be paying attention to that.
I'll still keep calling and checking, of course.

I wouldn't give up she could come back at any time or even three weeks
or so later. Keep your chin up.

Thank you! I need to hear that from time to time. I can tell that I'm
starting to give up emotionally, even if I'm still at least going through
the motions of looking and posting flyers, etc.

Didn't someone recently have a cat return after being gone 6 weeks?
Clangnuts, maybe? The cat who hung out in a golf course? I keep thinking
about those stories because that's about the only thing that gives me
hope.

Joyce

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rrb wrote:

My apartment building has various roofs jutting out all over the place.
The building is not a square shape, in other words. It has dormer-type
windows (with angled roof over them), and lower-floor apartments with
extra rooms that have a roof, because the second floor doesn't have
anything above them, etc. So she could have gotten up to the top roof
somehow. I'm not sure about trees - I'm not home right now, so I'll have
to look when I get back.

But the issue is, even if she can get up on the roof, how would *I* be
able to get up there??

Unless you or someone you know has a tall enough ladder, and it is
possible to safely get on top of a lower roof then climb from roof to
roof to the top of the building safely I don't know if you can check
the roof. But I kinda doubt she would have got on the roof short of
having a tree to climb to get on top of one of the roofs.

I haven't seen her since.

Maybe she did get stuck in someones house or shed that went away for
the 4th of July holiday. She might surprise you by returning shortly
after July 4th.

Thank you! I need to hear that from time to time. I can tell that I'm
starting to give up emotionally, even if I'm still at least going through
the motions of looking and posting flyers, etc.

You are welcome! Keep the faith.

Didn't someone recently have a cat return after being gone 6 weeks?
Clangnuts, maybe? The cat who hung out in a golf course? I keep thinking
about those stories because that's about the only thing that gives me
hope.

Yes I think so. Plus I have heard of cats returning from longer
absences than that.


Jakes record wallk was about ten days. Then there was Sam who went camping
on the Kenai Penensula in Alaska by himself for a week.

We would leave cat food when we'd go to search for him. and by the time we
found him he was sharing his dish with a weasel;

Jo