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Lost & Found Cats => Lost Cat/s => Missing cats over 6 months => Topic started by: JaninaD on October 23, 2009, 22:21:12 PM
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Hi All
It is coming up to 4 weeks now since Fable, my beautiful tabby/bengal cross went missing from our home in Widmer End, Bucks.
We have done absolutely everything that has been recommended by all of the forums and experts and still search daily for him.
We have had a couple of sightings placing him around a few houses and open farm land with woods and a myriad of footpaths, we have called and rattled food and taken favourite things of his hoping that the sightings are accurate and that he will respond to us.
As time goes on I am convinced someone is feeding him or that he has forgotten the sound of our voices.
I have read all the tales of the long lost cats on here, particulary that of Buddy and with some hope in my heart I have decided to make my own post, with the prayer that someone may find him and read this. Even though he is logged on every lost site we could find.
Someone cruelly mailed my husband this week telling him that his brother had our cat and that for 400 us dollars and our mobile phone number we would get him back. Stupid I know as we are in England and this was clearly a scam but how horrid can some people be?
So, to all of you cat lovers, many thanks for warming my heart with your various posts and threads and here's hoping that we get some good and positive news soon xoxo
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Here is a picture of my beautiful boy - he is just one year old
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Im sorry to hear hes gone missing but take heart from Buddy,s story and dont give up :hug: :hug:
By the way he is absolutely gorgous :Luv: sending lots of positive homing vibes for a safe return :hug: :hug:
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he looks like a minature tabby panther :Luv2:
I do hope you find him safe and well
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Fable is stunning and am sure you have seen this
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,305.0.html
Never give up hope and and poster and flyers seem to help .
Hoping that Fable saunters in as if she had never been away :hug: :hug:
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Still keeping everything crossed for you Janina xx
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What a gorgeous boy :hug:
You are right to take heart from stories such as Buddy's. Just a week or so ago we had another member's cat, Munki, be found after 4 months of being missing. Hope Fable finds his way home or is found soon :hug:
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that your boy comes home very soon, and your right to never give up hope.
Kenzi xx
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I think someone may need to put the location in the subject title! ;)
Sending positive vibes to get your beautiful babe back home soon~~~~Best of luck! :hug:
Can I ask if your boy is neutered?
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I've added the location to the title :hug:
Hope you hear good news very soon Janina xx
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I hope you are reunited soon :hug:
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:-:Many thanks all for your positive messages - yes, Fable is neutered and we have notched up 1500 posters and flyers distributed this week. As my 15 year old son is now on half term he is taking the search in a totally different direction to the one that we have focused on (based on sightings) No sightings since last Saturday at least none that sounded positive xoxo
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I do hope your son can find her :hug:
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More positive vibes for your babe to come home soon.... :hug: :hug: :hug:
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I live very close to you - if you would like help with posters or something let me know - btw I haven't seen any of your posters, where have you put them - will the co-op let you put one up?
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:thanks: Hi Dawn, many thanks for your offer, you can mail me at janina.diggins@btconnect.com if you want to take this off line re contact details etc. We have been leafleting and postering the "flower estate" (roads all named after flowers) at the back of us, Primrose Hill, where we live, Windmill Drive and Windmill Lane, Spurlands, Heath End, Margarets Grove, The Coppice, all of the farms. In total over 1500 posters - we have put posters on lamposts and poles throughout this area, have handed many to dog walkers on the Chiltern Way - Fable has been sighted, or at least people think they have seen him, throughout this area so we focussed our efforts there. Now we are targetting Brimmers and the off-shoot roads from there. We did put one in the co-op but the manageress was a bit off with me so not sure if she kept it up, the butcher's have one there for me too and the charity shop also agreed to display one.
We can use any help that is offered, I have lost 20lb in weight through worry and lack of sleep, we are depressed and our sole topic of conversation is Fable and where he may be. I realise I am not alone in losing a feline friend but this has never happened to me despite having owned rescue cats all of my life. We have three fur ladies at home who are all missing our poor little munchkin xoxo
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have sent you a pm, they are a miserable lot in that co-op aren't they!!
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:crossed: :crossed:We have another sighting and as always I am a day behind with my intuition - this time I asked my son (half term) to go and leaflet a road that turns left off our road but in a completely different direction to where we have been getting sightings hence we hadn't got to that bit yet - within minutes of him running out of leaflets we got a call from a lady saying that a cat looking very like Fable (although it was dark) nosied through her patio door window last night or the night before (she can't be sure which). She noted that she hadn't seen him before and that he was a young looking cat, light tabby, white bib. I have just been round to her garden and sat in there for 30 minutes talking away to my son so if in the area he can hear us perhaps, although he's likely curled up sleeping somewhere - we have left his precious cuddly toy that he carries about with him on her back step where he was before together with a shirt of Lee's that Fable sleeps on sometimes. Also left a pouch of wet food (more stinky)and a bowl, and dried food as the lady says she will rattle it and try to get him in, she is going to call him every night for a while bless her. Here's praying to the patron saint of lost cats that it's Fable's turn to get found now xoxo
Dawn, the lady lives on Southfields Drive, technically Fable could get there from our house with only crossing one road.....please, please, please let it be him.....
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Oo! This sounds very promising! :wow:
My finger's are crossed for this to be him! :Luv2: :hug: :hug:
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oooh good, I'll still carry on with the leaflets tonight anyway - I made the mistake of going straight from work last night in 3inch heels!!
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If it's him and we do get him back I am going to write a blog as if Fable wrote it for every day that he was away - I have been picturing his antics and trying to keep him in mind in a positive way in a bid to psychically lure him home - yes I know I sound like a mat cat woman but I would go to the ends of the earth and back to have him home xoxo
Medal of the Month goes to Super Neighbour and Purrs Member Dawn F for being such a superstar and helping us :thanks:
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not a problem - its what purrs people do!
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I do hope its him and sending lots of good lucj vibes :hug: :hug:
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Everything crossed it is Fable and hope that the kind lady has some good news soon :hug:
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It's wonderful there is a nice person looking out for Fable as well. I wouldn't of found mine without the kindness of a family who held on to my flyer for 7 weeks and then eventually the 8th day of a cat trap being in their in garden.
Fingers most definitely crossed :hug: :hug:
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Hi there, sorry to hear that fable is on a mission without permission! I'm in high wycombe and would most certainly pop some posters up on our notice boards at work if you like. We have over 150 staff, the majority of whom live in the areas surrounding wycombe so it might be of some help!
Drop me a PM if you like xx
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:( No news yet, we went out for a couple of hours last night and spread the contents of the vacuum cleaner all the way home from where we think he is, my son went looking at 6am for an hour and I am going out again at midday then again this evening. My thinking is that if we keep on calling he will hear and recognise the familiarity and kind of get used to it again. In my darkest hour in the middle of the night I got to thinking this is yet another false lead and we're never going to see him again but I am trying to pull myself together and be positive again.
Janina xoxo
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OH and I did upper lodge last night, have you done brimmers?? hope you hear something soon
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Hi Dawn
Super, thanks!
Have done Brimmers, not sure if my son did the bit that leads down to the shops (bottom of my road turn left on the left hand side) I will check with him when he gets back.
Janina xoxo
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I'd hate to be a postie - some of those letter boxes are in the oddest places!!
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came across an adorable tabby and white by the new flats were cedars used to be, I was comparing with your photo - it wasn't him but I did feel sorry for the poor little thing out in the dark - I hope when he is home I can come and meet him
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Just had a call from the lady at Southfields and the cat came back again but it wsan't Fable, she was able to identify him better this time and this cat had white on his mouth whereas Fable doesn't. So we have another dead end and no idea where to look now.
Just before Fable went missing we had decided to get a companion for him as our other three lady furries are much older the youngest being 9. Anyway after much ado and toing and froing we have decided to get another kitten (or two). Our local rescue has dozens in need of a good home and we need a little kit to keep us upbeat. The depression that we have gone through has been horrible and we are not giving up on Fable before anyone thinks that, but we also know that we need to do this to maintain our sanity. Having spoken to the local rescue lady who listened to me crying my heart out for an hour, she agrees that we need to do this. She also went through all of the sightings with me and we agreed that the only positive ones were likely the ones two days after he went that were on the farm land at the bottom of our road. I camped out there every day for a week before having to go back to work and then spent every evening there for four weeks, it is only this week that we moved to a different area and still nothing. I don't know what to think about where he may be but when he comes home he will have a new friend waiting for him.
So, please keep Fable's return in your thoughts and keep fingers crossed also that we will be able to offer a home to a youngster in need.
Dawn, of course you can come and meet Fable when he comes back, if we get a kitten you can come meet him too if you like :)
Another point that came up when I was speaking to the rescue was the young kitten Bengal that we keep meeting on our search for Fable, I have been looking to see if anyone has lost one in the area through the registers but nothing so far. Many times people have called us thinking that it is Fable although he's nothing like him really. The rescue want me to get him scanned and then take him to them if he's not chipped as he does appear to be lost and all of the local farms have no idea who he belongs to. I am hopeful that the chap has a home that we can return him to or that he will at least be warm and safe if we have to give him to the rescue, he's such a friendly little chap.
I welcome all your thoughts on all of this
Janina xoxo
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Yes never give up on Fable and am sure when he comes home he will love his new playmates :hug: :hug:
There comes a point sooner or later that one has to get another cat or cats, they dont replace any other but they allow you some semblence of normality and if you can allow more furry friends into your heart, Fable will be very pleased for them :hug: :hug:
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Positive vibes being sent for the safe return of Fable
:welcome: to Purrs by the way
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So sorry it wasn't Fable but never give up hope :hug: :hug:
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Hi All
No news but we have re-leafleted through the roads that he was last "seen" in order to keep people looking. He has to be out there somewhere...............
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Good luck :hug:
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More positive vibes, you are doing everything correctly hun....Keep up the fab work! :hug: :hug: :hug:
Fable please come home soon! :wish:
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don't give up up, I bet he is so close by, Pinkbears Tilly story always comes to mind when I see people have lost cats - she was missing for ages about 5 doors away but was scared and only coming out in the dark, if you want me to do any more leaflets just shout
is it Majorie Nash who is letting you have a kitten? she turned me down, I'd like to think if she saw the life my lot lived she wish she hadn't! anyway I'm not at work this week but you can pm or leave a message here if you need me to do anything :hug: :hug:
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any news??
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Nothing Dawn, not a whisper and no "sightings" for around 4 weeks now - I have no clue where to look any more. My neighbour caught me coming back from another hunt round this morning and told me he's probably snuggled up in the warm with some old dear who doesn't go out and hasn't seen the posters. The thought would be a good one if only I could know for sure. People keep taking the posters down too - it's set to rain tomorrow but not on Sunday so I will go back out then.
No news on the kittens as they're not ready to home yet.
Thanks for thinking of my boy though Dawn, hope you're ok and looking forward to a rest this weekend xoxo
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never give up cos one home this week who was in this situation and was recognised at the vets....hope they have ;posters too :hug: :hug:
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We gave the vet a poster Gill and they didn't put it up so we gave them another and they promised to - I am off there in the morning to see if the poster is still in a prominent place in the waiting room, it's been 7 weeks on Monday. I won't ever give up but I have learned to steel myself against the torment of thinking he's cold, lost and frightenend as that was eating me up. Thanks for caring xoxo
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:hug: sorry you've still had no news, but don't give up hope my sister told me of her friend's cat which was found when an elderly couple took it to the vets and he was scanned, this was a few miles from home, he'd been missing a month :hug:
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:scared: We have a possible sighting! A lady just called to say that her friend that she visited in the week told her of a cat that has been living in her garden since the start of October, we haven't leaflet dropped this particular area as it seemed unlikely he would be there but the lady that was visiting has had a leaflet and kept it so she called her husband to get him to read the description of Fable over the phone and it all seemed to fit. He moved out of her garden two days ago as the place he was sleeping in all day and every day has become water logged but the lady next door but one to her has said that he is in there now.
The lady that just called us is the visitor and we have the phone number of her friend but she's out and we don't know where to go look - we have to keep calling until she's in. If this is Fable she says he looks well fed and cared for so I'm not sure but someone could be feeding him. I will take his bowls and food down once I know where I have to go to and ask if I can sit in her garden and call and talk etc. You all know the drill.....I'm scared and nervous, today is the worst storm of the year, what if he runs off again and we lose the trail? Anyway, positive vibes please in the direction of Hazlemere and Widmer End xoxo
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Keeping everything crossed that this turns out to be Fable and he's in good health :hug:
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Really hope this turns out to be Fable! :crossed: :hug:
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It's looking doubtful, apparently this cat spent some of the summer in the daytime there too and Fable never went out during the day at all unless to sit in our garden, he was an "under the cover of darkness cat". We're going anyway as the car there seems to be a stray they think so will take some food and see. Both my husband and I have, and I mean HAVE to be in the office this week so we can't pick the stray up and take it to the vet yet - our bosses have been good with the whole Fable incident but their patience is wearing thin. We do get to work form home quite often but not this week.
Will update later. How can I join the Purrs weekly draw? xoxo
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:hug: :hug:
details for the Purrs monthly draw are on here: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,26334.0.html :thanks:
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Janina - I'm still here if you need anything from me - I can't believe he isn't out there :hug:
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Hi Dawn, everyone....
Well, we went down to the lady's house where the cat has been sleeping during the day in her garden since October 20th she says, you can clearly see two "nests" where he has been sleeping. He hasn't been there since Thursday night though. On Saturday morning the lady 4 doors away saw the same cat on her patio but she has a cat and when she let her cat out the other one ran off she didn't notice which way he went. We are leafletting the entire street now. Both of the ladies looked at the posters of Fable that we took down and said they were pretty certain it was him. We called for an hour between the two gardens and then went down the back of the gardens which is the rear access to the shops and called but clearly whereever this cat is he's asleep now and not interested in food rattling! They are going to call us if he turns up again. Where I'm confused in my head is that the first lady said that he had been there on and off in the summer, well if that was the case he knows his way home now so why doesn't he come back - this leads me to think it's a cat that looks like Fable but isn't him. We will hopefully get to see if he turns up again there and we can get there in time. Neither lady was over keen for us to spend any more time there than we did today as they are busy with dinner and visitors which is a shame. :-:
Dawn, the lady that called us lives at number 10 Roberts Ride, we are going to leaflet drop the whole road as soon as we have printed more leaflets today. We need to get Cedars done too I would think, if you have any time can you do any of Cedars perhaps? I'm in such a stew, I have to be in the office this week without fail when I need to be looking for the little chap that's been seen. We dropped a leaflet in the doctor's surgery letter box and another down at the vets too.
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I'll do cedars tomorrow night (don't have a printer at home) if that helps
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Everything helps Dawn, you're a star! Even if you can just do a few doors, the next time I can go out is Tuesday after work as the bosses are over from the US this week and need me on hand, they don't understand missing cats :(
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:hug: :hug: :hug: Thinking of you and adding more positive rehoming vibes....Nice one Dawn, your such a star! ;) :hug: :hug:
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Janina can probably see my house from hers so we are pretty close neighbours - I'd like to think people would help me if I needed it not that my mosters can get out of the garden ;D
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I probably need to come and see your garden to see how they can't get out!! My neighbour likes a lowish fence so therein lies our problem, we are shoring up the other side though which is their preffered way out since our tree fell down in high winds in early September.
I'm back on track for leafletting tomorrow so let me know where you got to if you managed to go tonight so we don't duplicate effort. Again, I can't thank you enough for your continued care and concern and of course if I can ever do anything in return I am there for you in the same way you have been there for us.
xoxo
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we put a new fence up inside our neighbours so they couldn't say anything about us putting the netting up (not that I think they would have said anything luckily all our neighbours are very nice) did you do all of roberts ride or should I start on cedar ave?
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Best of luck Janina (and Dawn) :hug:
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Positive vibes being sent for the search! Best of luck! ;) :hug: :hug:
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Lee got a call this morning to say "the cat" had been seen this morning in both gardens - he rushed over there right away from work but the journey was 30 minutes and needless to say the cat had gone when he got there. The lady who called seems to have a real issue with letting us into her garden and gets in a real state. We are decent looking people so I don't know why and we speak gently and with an emphasis on Thank You and politeness all the time. I am working from home tomorrow in case of another sighting.
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do you think she'd let you put a trap in her garden instead?
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Hi Dawn
Brilliant idea, the same suggestion just got made on Cat Chat's Forum so I am going to ask her tomorrow if she will let us and then find someone who will let me have one for a week or so. I can't see the wood for the trees at the moment so it's a good job you guys are doing all the thinking for me! :doh:
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the local cp or rspca will probably have one you can use - even Marjorie might no harm in asking - I am determined he will come home lol!
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Hi Dawn
Brilliant idea, the same suggestion just got made on Cat Chat's Forum so I am going to ask her tomorrow if she will let us and then find someone who will let me have one for a week or so. I can't see the wood for the trees at the moment so it's a good job you guys are doing all the thinking for me! :doh:
:evillaugh: Snap, I've just asked the same question on CC ;) even if he doesn't turn out to be Fable he may need neutering :hug:
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Janina - we were out for a walk last night and there is a tabby and white that hangs around by the new flats where cedars used to be - I'm not sure if you've seen it, I think it has too much white to be fable but you might want to take a look, I'm hoping its not the same one that you have had calls about, I've seen it twice now in the car park (next to the doctors) both times we've seen it it was about 8 - 8.30 pm last night it was looking into the window of one of the flats - I have got some leaflets with me and will post them at the flats on my way home from work if you want me to
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Hi Dawn
You know what I bet it is the one they are calling about - please do leaflet the flats, we didn't, stupidly didn't, put any there.
I am going to try to attach two more pics that show him off a bit more but the problem is they don't show his white bib much.
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I'm pretty sure the cat at the flats has white all the way down the front - its a friendly little thing but just shut out a lot, it followed us down the road the first time! I will post at the flats tonight I've kept leaflets in my car and will do it on the way home
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Hi All
No news - Dawn, I've seen the cat this morning on my way into work and it's not Fable, too much white on the chest and throat and the belly has white and not caramel bits like Fable Boy. He's been gone for 8 weeks today and I have spent the weekend imagining horrible things. Can't seem to buck up - I can't tell my husband what I'm thinking either as it's pointless and non-productive to spread my gloom. We put out a lot of new leaflets last week to the same houses as before and we're going to cover the whole estate at the back of us again in the hope that he may have wandered back and been taken in by someone that forgot about our first poster. If he's out there though I think he's more likely to be on a farm somewhere and remaining invisible during the day as we have asked all the farmers to keep a look out for him. :(
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I'm glad you've seen it for yourself, I was going to see if I could take a photo but is was so horrible at the weekend I confess to not going out - I managed to stuff a couple of leaflets under the doors at the flats but couldn't find the letter boxes??? anyway if you need any more help just shout, I'm sure he is holed up somewhere with someone
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Hi Dawn and all Purrs Folk
Dawn, I have been looking at all the "green corridors" and I'm going to try Grange and North Road, he was seen heading through the fields when he first went missing, up toward the allotments at the top of Windmill Lane, from there he could have crossed the road to Grange or headed right on through the Widmer Fields along North Road. What do you think? Possible? Anyway we will leaflet there over the next few days and see if we get any luck. I think the flats have post holes in the lobby or something but you're right I can't see them either.
I am also going to give the milkman and the postman another leaflet each to see if they can help.
Well, the big news of the day is that we just went to view the tabbies (two boys) that we have been waiting for ages to be ready to adopt, they are still underweight but have started to eat and are nearly ready for 1st vaccines. They are 9 weeks old and just adorable but very teeny still, they look around 6 weeks only. They were not feeding at all well before but they're getting there and wow, they are so playful and rushed around with their sister into everything and very sociable already, ermmmm we couldn't leave the little girl, she loves her brothers and sleeps curled up with them and she looks like she stepped off a chocolate box so we have reserved her too - our kids are all grown, only one left at home and we love our feline friends so much that another 3 makes no odds - our three old lady cats will snip and gripe for a couple of days then say oh well mum and dad brought in more waifs and strays and we were like that once! We will collect them as soon as they are ready perhaps another 10 days or so!!
I'm more determined than ever to get my boy back now so he can come home and play with these three beauties, hopefully they will occupy him enough that he won't leave again, he was getting bored with the three old girls. Once they are home and settled we'd love you to come and visit them Dawn.
I will let you know how the new leaflet drop goes.
love and hugs
Janina :Luv:
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good news about the babies, I'd love to come and meet them! Sounds like over the fields might be the way to go is north road the one that leads to Kingshill?
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Hi Dawn, Effectively North Road is what Brimmers turns into and goes on to Four Ashes. We have done the leaflet drop tonight. I will keep you posted.
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Sending more positive vibes for your continued search.....You are doing such a good job! :hug: :hug:
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:thanks:Bazsmun, he simply has to be out there, I won't take no for an answer (remind me of this post please when I am having a negative spurt!!) xoxo
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:thanks:Bazsmun, he simply has to be out there, I won't take no for an answer (remind me of this post please when I am having a negative spurt!!) xoxo
Dont worry I will quote and re quote your exact words.....Keep up the brilliant work you are doing! ;) :hug:
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Hi All
Have been very quiet about Fable - no news of course otherwise you'd all be the first to know. There was the strangest thing last week though, I was standing on the patio at 5.30am, having a quiet smoke beforeleaving for work and this huge cat with bengal markings leapt from standing frommy neighbour's lawn onto the top of her fence - he was sandier in colour than I would imagine that Fable wouldbebut it was so weird, he turned whilst he perched on the fence top and stared right at me. I nervously called "Fable?", I didn't believe it could be him, not after all this time surely? He looked once more and bolted - I have searched my head for a total recall pic of that cat as it leapt over the fence. Truth? It was likely too sandy, I have never seen it before though and there are no new neighbours in the area, although anyone could have got a new cat. I resolved to call the vet if I saw him again and I haven't yet. N.B, this is the first time that a cat other than one of mine has ever been in my neighbours gardenjust to add to the mystery.....
I have also been quiet on the kittens' post, Merlin, Mali and Myth - I have a tale to tell there but can't right now due to some nasty issues going on. Mysterious, yes, very, but I will reveal all when I can. Don't worry though the kittens are fine, despite everything going on :scared:
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Sorry it wasnt fable but maybe this is a friend cat sussing out the area for her :hug: :hug:
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I was thinking of you only last week Janina - I always have to stop to let people out of your road and often wonder if its you! hope things settle down with whatever is going on, I still look for fable when I'm out walking after dinner - haven't seen the cat by the doctors for a while, I heard they had to ban it because it scratched an old lady
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Hi Dawn!! You can't miss me, I drive a Sprint Blue Audi TT Roadster, it's the only one around here I think ;D
We've been ok, we miss the lad loads - I live in partial hope of his safe return, but I just don't know any more. When we put new posters up we have two or three false calls, mainly due to the large number of tabby cats on the "Flower" estate over the back to us. Of course, you follow every lead to no avail. I remember only too well how spooked he was that night, like there was something so much more important than coming back to us when called I wish time and time again that we'd headed off to Windmill Lane on the first day because we would have found him then I reckon, I also wish that I didn't work then I would have had all the time to keep up the search in the daytime. All the nights we spent wandering the streets with our torch as the nights drew in earlier and earlier - it's heartbreaking and it makes me so sad - We like to think that he's alive and happy in someone else's cozy home with lots of fuss and his own armchair like he had here. You were so wonderful helping us at every opportunity and many other readers offered advice and encouragement on CC and Purrs, we won't forget the kindness people showed to us.
The kittens have of course kept us busy and are thriving and growing well despite their bad start with their poor health. They are all very cuddly and devoted furbabies and boy oh boy are they mad as hatters!!! All of the three older cats have accepted them now. My fears begin now as we start to let them out to explore, I can't tell you how scary it is for us. :sick:
Wishing you all well - Janina xoxo