Topic: Cat-sitting and one's gone missing! - SHE'S HOME! - GONE AGAIN (Read 8348 times)

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #71 on:** May 05, 2010, 18:00:17 PM »

So sad that she is so illusive

maryas · « **Reply #70 on:** May 04, 2010, 23:31:39 PM »

One of the things I did when Smudge was missing was to rub a t shirt all over me to get my smell on it and cut it up and tied it to bushes, gates, trees etc. near home for her to smell her way back to me. Maybe this would help with Poppy being deaf and not hearing your friend shouting her.

Fingers crossed she is still around and is ok.

Mary

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #69 on:** May 04, 2010, 23:17:53 PM »

There have been 'possible' sightings - but each time Poppy's owner goes to the place where she's been seen, theres no sign. If it IS her, then she is close. Someone in the road said that another person had been feeding a tortoiseshell cat that looked bedraggled and thin - don't think the person was in when Poppy's owner went to look, but she looked all round the front garden and no sign. She's been back and forth all day looking under bushes, and around all the places she may have been seen - its so frustrating, and of course, it may turn out not to be her anyway.

maryas · « **Reply #68 on:** April 30, 2010, 22:16:14 PM »

I had hoped that she would be back as quickly as last time - it's not looking gooid at all but she's in my prayers.

Mary

Mark · « **Reply #67 on:** April 30, 2010, 20:23:56 PM »

That is terrible. I hope they decide to keep her in if she comes back

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #66 on:** April 30, 2010, 19:36:29 PM »

Poppy is still missing - her owners have been out and about with more leaflets and another poster on the noticeboard at the entrance to their estate - there are just no sightings this time (apart from the electricity man who said he saw her). This is since Monday pm - the longer she's gone the less likely it is she will be found alive, if she is found - without her seizure medication and food of course. I'm just so sad for them and for Poppy, if she's somewhere curled up asleep, under a bush, she's unlikely to be seen - and being deaf, she won't respond to calling.

Beccles · « **Reply #65 on:** April 29, 2010, 16:36:14 PM »

Eek! Poppy lassie this is NOT a good habit, if you want to get all the humans chasing around after you all you have to do is grab the end of a loo roll and run...

Daisymac · « **Reply #64 on:** April 28, 2010, 16:10:09 PM »

Come on Poppy, come home now please

clarenmax · « **Reply #63 on:** April 28, 2010, 09:19:57 AM »

Hope the wanderer returns again soon

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #62 on:** April 27, 2010, 23:46:42 PM »

What a little monkey.............POPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY come home now

maryas · « **Reply #61 on:** April 27, 2010, 22:47:38 PM »

What the hell is she playing at? GET YOUR ASS HOME NOW POPPY

Hope they find her soon.

Mary

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #60 on:** April 27, 2010, 22:33:03 PM »

Come home vibes for Poppy again please - she's done it again, thankfully not while I was looking after her this time! Her owners emailed me to say she was on the bed around 11.30 pm last night, but nowhere to be found when they got up this morning. They've called round to the house where she was found in their garden last time - and talked to the others in that road - but no-one there had seen her. An electrician was out and about in his van when Poppy's owners were walking the streets and he said he'd just seen her - they went to where he'd said, but she wasnt there.

. They've done copies of the leaflets I did last time and leafleted their road and some other nearby roads, informed all the vets again etc.

Cat_Crazy · « **Reply #59 on:** March 17, 2010, 12:02:57 PM »

Fantastic news, glad Poppy is home safe and sound

Dawn F · « **Reply #58 on:** March 17, 2010, 09:22:43 AM »

the cat sitter I use makes you fill in a form with details of what you would like done in the event of death - cremation etc - she also wants information in what happens to the cats if you die while away!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #57 on:** March 17, 2010, 00:01:47 AM »

I definately would want to know and like them would have rushed home

Bonkers Mad!!! · « **Reply #56 on:** March 16, 2010, 20:20:19 PM »

OMG i'm so pleased she's home.

as for whether i'd want my holiday spoiled, most definitely. if something is wrong then i'm coming home immediately.

snarf · « **Reply #55 on:** March 16, 2010, 19:31:23 PM »

im so glad shes home, the first thing i did when i got in from work was check this thread!

Quote from: Mark on March 16, 2010, 19:01:25 PM

This is something anyone thinking of starting a cattery should think about. I know a cattery owner who has been in the position of having to tell people. Do you soil their holiday or do you wait until they get back? - I suppose a cat that is vulnerable could be pushed over the edge during a cattery stay?

i would want to know regardless, ive always told friends that have catsat for me to let me know if anything even slightly odd happens. i would want to be with them holiday or no holiday

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #54 on:** March 16, 2010, 19:19:22 PM »

Quote from: Rosella moggy on March 16, 2010, 18:52:27 PM

I have been in the position of having a neighbours cat die (heart attack) whilst we were catsitting and it's such an awful thing.

I've never (yet) had a death while catsitting, I have another cat I look after who is on heart medicdation and its always in the back of my mind that she could just go at any time

Quote from: Mark on March 16, 2010, 19:01:25 PM

This is something anyone thinking of starting a cattery should think about. I know a cattery owner who has been in the position of having to tell people. Do you soil their holiday or do you wait until they get back? - I suppose a cat that is vulnerable could be pushed over the edge during a cattery stay?

In Poppy's case we talked about what they would like me to do in the event of the worst happening because of her seizures - and they said they would want to know. I know this disappearing act wasnt the worst thing - but I knew they' want to know anyway. I'd want to know if a cat had disappeared while I was away, because I'd come straight back home, not sure about if it had died though - its not like you could do anything then is it?

Mark · « **Reply #53 on:** March 16, 2010, 19:01:25 PM »

This is something anyone thinking of starting a cattery should think about. I know a cattery owner who has been in the position of having to tell people. Do you spoil their holiday or do you wait until they get back? - I suppose a cat that is vulnerable could be pushed over the edge during a cattery stay?

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #52 on:** March 16, 2010, 18:52:27 PM »

OMG I just squealed when I saw title!

I really thought the worst and am relieved and completely delighted for all affected but mostly you and Poppy. What on earth was she playing at?

I have been in the position of having a neighbours cat die (heart attack) whilst we were catsitting and it's such an awful thing. Just chuffed to pieces

bunglycat · « **Reply #51 on:** March 16, 2010, 18:49:01 PM »

So pleased she is home - was a bit worried when i read the post , so didn''t say anything - but did tell my lot at the bridge to make sure she gets home safely !

Kirst · « **Reply #50 on:** March 16, 2010, 18:16:15 PM »

Yay!! So glad she is home!

maryas · « **Reply #49 on:** March 16, 2010, 15:01:40 PM »

Poppy you little Budder

I am so pleased for everyone Gillian.

Mary

clarenmax · « **Reply #48 on:** March 16, 2010, 13:12:58 PM »

I'm soooo pleased she's home

Defo calls for some more bananas

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #47 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:52:09 PM »

Excellent news!

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #46 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:40:24 PM »

that's wonderful news

do you think she was looking for her owners?

but one positive thing is that more neighbours are aware of her now, so if she does wander off again she will be recognised more easily

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #45 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:30:49 PM »

Quote from: Dawn F on March 16, 2010, 12:06:52 PM

I can say it now but I really feared the worst which is why it took me so long to post - thanks goodness!!!

Yep, me too Dawn.

The houses in that road back onto her owners garden - but there doesnt seem to be any way through from their garden, and there are 6ft fences, which means she MUST have gone out the front walked down their road, on a bit, and then down into the next road where she was found.

confining to barracks - not really an option, their cats would be climbing the walls by day 2 - and they are going away for even longer in June! Better start with the blood pressure tablets!

Daisymac · « **Reply #44 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:23:23 PM »

The best news for a Tuesday, glad all is OK

Zenith (Liz) · « **Reply #43 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:22:17 PM »

WOOHOO!

So glad she's safely home!

Mark · « **Reply #42 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:18:21 PM »

Quote from: Beccles on March 16, 2010, 12:16:18 PM

Whew! I'm so relieved for you... maybe if there's a next time, negotiate for them being confined to barracks ‘till their people get back? Cats may not like it but it'd do your blood pressure a world of good!

Ditto

Glad she's back - you deserve a strong drink

Beccles · « **Reply #41 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:16:18 PM »

Whew! I'm so relieved for you... maybe if there's a next time, negotiate for them being confined to barracks ‘till their people get back? Cats may not like it but it'd do your blood pressure a world of good!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #40 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:08:16 PM »

just stunning news and yes loads of these

i am so pleased she is ok

Leanne · « **Reply #39 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:07:59 PM »

That's brilliant news, glad to hear shes home and well

Dawn F · « **Reply #38 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:06:52 PM »

omg how wonderful - I can say it now but I really feared the worst which is why it took me so long to post - thanks goodness!!!

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #37 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:04:56 PM »

Just had a phonecall - can't believe it, she's home

This morning they popped a few more of my leaflets in the next road to them - then their phone started ringing off the wall!!! She was in one lady's front garden just sitting there (these are big front gardens with lots of shrubbery here you wouldnt necessarily see a cat obviously if you were just passing) and another lady phoned to say she'd seen her walking down the road!

(the cat that never wanders LOL!). She was SO close - I'd been concentrating on HER road and her owners said thats what they'd have done too, never thinking she'd go any further.

Anyway, she's a bit wobbly but otherwise seems fine and they are going to get her checked at the vets, but not today, they want her to settle back at home and see how she eats before whisking her off ets (she's not happy going to vets!)

So, thanks for all your positive vibes for Poppy from me and her very relieved owners

and I think a few of these are in order -

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #36 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:00:36 PM »

Greatttttttttttttttt but is she OK ?

JackSpratt · « **Reply #35 on:** March 16, 2010, 11:57:02 AM »

The title says she's home...is she?

Dawn F · « **Reply #34 on:** March 16, 2010, 11:44:53 AM »

how horrible for you Gillian

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #33 on:** March 16, 2010, 11:06:33 AM »

just checking................

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #32 on:** March 16, 2010, 10:33:00 AM »

Cmon Poppy - time to come home.

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