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Lost & Found Cats => Lost Cat/s => Topic started by: Elle CatRescueUK on September 17, 2011, 18:04:51 PM
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Please move this to right place if it's wrong, I have just returned from holiday to discover my mum is distraught after my cat escaped from her house yesterday in Redhill, Arnold Nottingham. He is black with white markings, bib, paws nose etc, red collar, microchipped and is slim build male.
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Sorry to hear this, I'll move this to lost and found for you as it was in the 'sorted' bit.
Does your cat usually live with your Mum or was she looking after him at her house while you were away? If he doesn't normally live there roughly how far is it to your home from hers?
Really hope he is found soon - there's lots of hints and tips here that may help :hug:
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,305.0.html
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Thank you, my cats were being looked after by my Mum and Dad all this past week whilst we were in Cornwall. Billy escaped from their house at 2,30pm yesterday, she said he was in her garden for up to an hour going back and forth from one edge of the garden to the other not knowing wheere to go. In that time she called him, shaked cat biscuits and tried to coax him back inside but without success.
She's been round all the neighbours, as did I today when we got back and she phoned and I went straight around to her house. I called him round the nearby streets and whistled as he responds to whistling.
Her house is 1,8 miles from mine . When we first got him we lived 2 streets away but we moved when he was under 6 months old and hadn't been outside much apart from supervised smelling round the back garden so I doubt he'd know that old house. Does anyone think cats have a natural homing instinct? I've now got his brother with me at home and I just keep wanting Billy to turn up at the door, I am so sad. He is microchipped and had a collar on with a circular disc with the address - house number, street and postcode one side and home telephone number on the other.
Is he likely to stay around my mums area do you think?
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Sorry I didn't make much sense on the previous post as I'm struggling to think straight, just so upset.
This is Billy
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150129873663885&l=b9752ba9ba
and again
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150129874388885&l=7d9db92898
I know it's a long shot but worth sharing his pic. I am putting up posters tomorrow round my mums area.
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What a nightmare :hug: The fact that he stayed in the garden for that first hour makes me think he might stick around that area. Best time to call for him is late at night/early morning when there's no other noises going on so your whistles will travel but call/whistle to him walking towards your Mum's house, you don't want to lead him away from the 'base' if he's nearby and trying to follow your calls. I'd also start a poster campaign in as many surrounding streets as you can.
If he hasn't stuck around then 1.8 miles is close enough for him to attempt to make his way home, even if he doesn't 'know' the way as cats are amazing creatures. Looking forward to a positive update soon :hug:
Edit: just seen his pics, his face is quite distinctive so hopefully any future sightings will be definite ones :hug:
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Oh he's gorgeous ...... I would recommend getting as many posters and flyers out immediately. The quicker you get the posters out the quicker you are likely to get him home.
Good luck ... I hope you find him soon :hug:
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Posters up around the area, doing more when we laminate more tomorrow. Thanks for your kind words about Billy. He's such a perfect cat, fantastic with my 2.5 year old twins, even though they chase him and try and hit him sometimes, he doesn't mind and is so friendly. i really miss him :'(
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I reckon he is trying to get home as its so close and know my cats map their journey to the vets in the car and as long as we come straight back they know as soon as we turn the corner into my road............thats a 25 mile round trip!
I hope he is found very quickly :hug: :hug:
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Well I was out this morning posting flyers through doors nearby. Back again this evening doing more and putting up more posters on lampposts.
Got a phonecall from my partner - he'd just had a call at 7.15pm from a couple that live round the corner from my parents house. They had a flyer through their door and they rang to tell us that they'd seen him last night and for past couple of days on their road but they assumed he was a new cat to the area from someone that had moved in as he had the red collar on and looked healthy.
They saw him with a bird or mouse in his mouth running from the back of their garden to the house opposite, as they have a male cat who chased him. I wasn't far by the time I got the phonecall so I went straight around and spoke to the couple and they saw another pic of Billy and said 100% certain that was the cat they saw. They allowed me to go to their back garden and call him but nothing came of it, but they said if they see him again they will lure him in and catch him for me to collect.
I am now going to make more of an effort to concentrate on that area which is behind my parents house. See attachment, it shows the area, where point A is last seen by my parents and salcombe circus is last seen by the couple last night.
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Sounds good news and hope you get him very soon :hug: :hug:
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Sounds very promising ;D
:crossed: that you are reunited very soon :hug:
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Excellent sounds likes he is staying in the area an is obviously managing to to catch his dinner. Hopefully now you have this couple on the look out as well you will get him back home very soon.
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still nothing :'(
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its still early days, keep up with the leaflets I know in the past people have had to put leaflets out in the same place more than once but got calls in the end
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thank you, I will do. I just have a feeling I'm searching in the wrong area now. Basically, the couple who said they saw him Sat/Sunday I trust that they did from their no hesitation when they saw other pics of Billy, they said "we wouldn't have rung if we'd not been 100%" and it makes sense that he went backwards towards a cemetery from my mums house. BUT then I got a call last night from a woman who lived halfway between my parents and my house. She had got my leaflet from my parents area as her daughter lives there, but she said this cat that fits the descrpition was sat on her wall Sun/Mon night. He had a red collar and I went into further detail about Billy she said it does sound like the cat they saw, but he hadn't been back yesterday. So I don't know what to believe, it's almost exactly in a straight line between houses on the map, and I go down that road at least twice a week too on the way to the kids nursery. But she said she'd ring me if she saw him again.
No more sightings from parents area so now wondering... but I'm just so anxious and want to hear something.. I was again out at lunchtime dropping more leaflets around the houses in mums area and talking to people.
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new sighting on map
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...and was your cat wearing a red collar?
It might be worth setting a trap where he's mostly seen?
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Yes he was wearing a red collar with a metal engraved disc and bell. Couple on first sighting said he still had it on when they saw him. This collar in pic but a newer version as I think he lost that one.
Edit: My Dad suggested the trap but there are loads of cats all around those streets that I'd imagine I'd be constantly getting other people's cats :sneaky: 2 people have now said to me I should walk Billy#s brother around the area to see if it draws Billy out. Boomer would be quite upset by this, he hates the carry basket and I'd look like a loon, and I'm also not sure it would work... what does everyone think? Billy & Boomer do get along - but they're not like really close, they mostly just play fight.
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Yes he was wearing a red collar with a metal engraved disc and bell. Couple on first sighting said he still had it on when they saw him. This collar in pic but a newer version as I think he lost that one.
Edit: My Dad suggested the trap but there are loads of cats all around those streets that I'd imagine I'd be constantly getting other people's cats :sneaky: 2 people have now said to me I should walk Billy#s brother around the area to see if it draws Billy out. Boomer would be quite upset by this, he hates the carry basket and I'd look like a loon, and I'm also not sure it would work... what does everyone think? Billy & Boomer do get along - but they're not like really close, they mostly just play fight.
well that's good then. It depends if he visits regularly at certain times and finding out where he goes most etc.
You could try leaving something of Boomer's nearby if you know where he's going that may attract him more.
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You could record Bloomer calling, even though they are not that close Billy will come to a known voice also record yourself whistling, give the tape recording to your parents , then maybe when it's nice and quiet in the evenings your mum and dad could stand in their garden with it for a little while each night for a week or so, also if it's dry out pop out some of your used clothes on your mums washing line...maybe a dressing gown.
Best forget that, hope you find him soonx
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It looks like he is on the move,,,,,is heading back to his old home? Away from his home? Or what.
You really do need to trap him I think.
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Point A on the map is where my parents live, and where he spent a week whilst I was on holiday. Point B is my house. The pin in the middle of the two straight lines is where someone rang last night and said she lived and a cat fitting his description was hanging about her house for 2 nights. She said he hadn't been around yesterday or evening though, but if she did see him she'd try and keep him around until I got there to have a look. But no word since. I am inclined to think he isn't in my parents area at all now. Out of leaflet dropping several streets and posters on lampposts, in an area of cat lovers (Redhill is full of cat owners) I think I'd have heard more sightings.
However, I stopped by at my old house this evening to talk to the neighbours (my old house is only 10 minute walk at most away from home) and I told them about Billy missing. They hadn't seen Billy for over a year so can't remember him but they said a little black and white cat had been hanging about their house this morning and yesterday. They#d never seen it before and thought it was strange as he was playing with the ginger cat that lives a few doors away (old ginger always used to come by my house when I lived there). I showed them a few pics of Billy and they said it could be him, but will call me when they see him again and understand that I will come round even at 10pm if they see him tonight as it'll take me a few minutes to drive there if necessary. I am hopeful.
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Hi - this might be of some help
Kids are brilliant extra eyes - I notice there's a school close to where he's been spotted. I wonder if you're able to post a couple of flyers on the school's notice board, and get the kids to report back to the school if they see him (I would stay shy of putting your phone number on there, kids can be cruel as well as helpful, just leave your contact details with the office).
Also, there's a council office on the map - stick a couple of flyers on their staff notice board and also at the closest supermarket - get more eyes looking that way.
Good luck- me and the Tufty club are rooting for you. :crossed:
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Hi Sheila!
I've discounted the route home now as i've had another sighting at 3pm today. A couple living on salcombe drive (so where the last sighting in the area was just further along to the right) rang and said he'd been scrapping with the neighbours cat in their garden. He bolted out of their garden when she went out to find out what cats were fighting (as she has a cat too) and saw him and he legged it over the back shrubs into the field behind. She rang me as I'd put a flyer through her door last night and when I got round there 20 mins later, he was no where to be seen :( I showed her more pics of him and she said, definitely same cat. So he's worked him way around the road towards the farmland. I went back to the fields afterwards with mackeral in a dish, but it didn't tempt him out, but I knew he must have been very nearby as he couldn't have gone far in that time so he would have heard me calling I am sure. He just doesn't want to come to me anymore :(
But your suggestion about kids is good :thanks:
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Another map im afraid :innocent:
yellow star is parents house last seen fri 16th, green is first sighting on sat 17th and sun 18th, third sighting red star friday 23rd sept.
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OK, another thought.
I don't think it's you he's avoiding. He's frightened and is in strange territory, I think he's lying very low and you will need to be almost on top of him before he'll break cover.
Try going back now it's dark and quieter, shake the biscuit box, squeak his favourite toy and wear your smelliest t-shirt (really) and walk 10 paces between calls. Then pause, listen, call again and pause again before moving on the next ten paces.
I found Theo this way when I lost him, he didn't announce himself until I was within 5 yards, and then I needed a torch to actually see where he'd dug in, and a blanket to restrain his struggles once I'd got a hold of him!
Oh, and take a friend to work (listen) on both sides of the street - you'll need the moral support too as well as safety in numbers.
I've got a real soft spot for B&Ws and can't bear the thought of him out there when he's so close to being rescued. :scared:
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I agree with all that Sheila says and he will not be scared of you but just everything.
Take food that smells with you cos unless he is scavenging he will be hungry.
The fact there are sightings is great news and dont give up hope :hug: :hug:
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Still no more news. Been round several times to area with mackeral in tom sauce warmed up etc. My Mum really annoyed me last night as she told my partner that she didn't think we'd get him back... great coming from the woman that let him out in the first place you'd think she'd be more positive for me. I know I shouldn't blame her but she's been really hard work since all this happened. Crying all the time and making it much harder for me to cope, then blaming my Dad and slagging him off for the cat escaping. I just need people around me to be positive and say I'll get Billy back but instead I have her dragging me down. >:(
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unfortunately not everyone feels that same about pets as we do, she probably doesn't realise how upsetting you would find this sort of talk
there is no reason you shouldn't get him back, people do all the time and under the strangest circumstances I can think of a few notable ones we've had other the years, one who was living a few feet from home in a hedge but just didn't realise, one who escaped at a motorway service station and was trapped a few months later. keep your chin up, I'm sure you will find him you are determined enough
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I agree with Dawn. You are putting in enough effort to make it far more likely than not that you will get him back.
Our Ruby went missing for 36 hours a couple of months ago and my OH was completely doom ridden saying there was no chance of her returning as it was so very unlike her. People just get caught up in their own guilt/grief and sometimes just don't think of the effect that has on others.
Stay strong and practice the "See, I told you he'd come back routine" :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Definitely - listen to the voices on here who actually know more about it than you Mum does. :slap:
Keep telling yourself that Billy is there and just waiting for the right moment to break cover and come running to you with his tail in the air.
It's just a matter of timing. :hug:
Try giving your mum something positive to do to help out - can she deliver some more fliers for you, perhaps? Or go and see the school/council/local vets etc. while you carry on pounding the streets? Might make her appreciate the effort you're putting in to get him back and help her get over the guilt.
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Thank you :hug:
Mum can't do much she's in pain with her knee and using a walking stick and feeling very sorry for herself. I'm just going to ignore her negativity and get on with it, you're all right, there's no reason why I shouldn't find him when he's sticking in the one area since going missing. I was back there again today with smelly sardines in tom sauce... walking the streets with my Dad who is being very helpful and coming with me round the fields and houses.
xxx
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Night time is good to go calling when it's quiet, as Sheilarose says. I've actually heard of a few people who've found their cats that way.
Keeping fingers crossed you're reunited soon. It's only natural there will be tension at home and your mum probably worries about you keeping your hopes up but you've everything to be positive for, even if there were no sightings so many cats are found months later :hug:
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thanks :hug: I'm off round there again later to call him. Was again round there today at 11-2pm doing the rounds, in the fields.
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Thinking of you tonight. Still hopeful. x
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Keep positive hun .... I'm sure he is nearby and desparate for his mummy to find him. Don't forget to hand out flyers to any dog walkers you see on your rounds as these are the folks that tend to be out at funny times of the days and also go "off road" with their pooches. :hug:
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neighbour who is just behind my parents house called mum yesterday and said she'd just seen a black/white skinny cat in her garden, but her dog ran out and he bolted over my mums fence. Mum came out immediately and called but nothing. I got round there within 10 mins and no sign. I don't know what to believe - could be Billy or maybe some other neighbours cat... woman said that she'd never seen this cat before now but she didn't see if he had a collar on or any clear view of his face. I showed her my pics of Billy that hadn't been on leaflets and she said she thought same cat.
I spent ages there calling/shaking biscuits/mackeral heated up - got onto parents shed so I was higher up and could see over the other gardens, Dad went round to the other neighbours garden other side to see if anything but woman there was out sunbathing and she said def no cat had jumped into her garden... I was round there again last night in the dark to call him too and I left dried biscuits out (even his blankets are tied to things in the garden for smell) but nothing this morning- nothig eaten or sign of him.
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C'mon Billy - get yourself home! :hug:
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Keeping everything crossed for you here Elle xx
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I hope it was him and if he is skinny then he may come to eat.
Sounds like that cat is terrified of everyone and everything so a trap would be best, can you borrow one from CP?
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I can and my Dad says there's a lady nearby who has one that will lend it out. Oly problem is where? Where on earth do I put it? He's been all over an area that is highly populated with cats, what if I trap someone elses cat? He may not even come back to my parents garden if he was scared off my the neighbours dog... just don't know :(
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If you can get it quickly then in your mums garden I think
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Agree with Gill - your Mum's garden in a quiet corner she can see from the house, with some Oh-so-smelly cat food inside.
Ask your Mum to keep a window partly open so she hears the clang! when it goes.
We'll be with you until he's back safe and sound, Elle. :hug:
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Any news?:hug:
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Thanks for asking :hug:
Dad set up cctv in the back garden to film a bowl of food and Billy's old bedding with his scent on... all it's caught so far is a tabby coming to eat the food. Cats protection wanted to charge 25 quid for the trap, i can buy one for that online, so Dad and I decided to order it if we caught Billy on film. But it's a neighbours cat that's been eating all the food we've been putting out. Very deflated, very depressed, not heard anything from anyone in the way of sightings for a week now and I'm losing hope. I've had a weirdo person texting me telling me to go down an alleyway to find him, loads of phonecalls from people saying they saw a black/white cat in their area and I should go an check it out despite them only seeing this cat once and 2 days before they ring me and not seen it since. My heart is broken and this is so much worse than having a cat die, because at least you know and you can move on and grieve. I am tormented.
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I know it must seem like forever that he's been missing but it really is very early days yet so please don't lose hope. Keep doing what you're doing :hug:
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....this is so much worse than having a cat die, because at least you know and you can move on and grieve. I am tormented.
My heart goes out to you :hug: :hug: :hug:
The fact that he is microchipped is excellent. Please don't give up hope. Very much hope the useless and weirdo phone calls stop :(
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Please do not give up hope, its very early days yet and so many cats come back after a month or more :hug: :hug: :hug:
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The others are right, so many cats are found weeks months even years after going missing, it must be draining and very hard for you but do keep on and keep that hope up :hug: :hug:
and make sure you always have someone with you when you go looking in lonely places too.
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Thanks :hug:
I had a phonecall yesterday from a lady who lives in the cul de sac on the other side of the A60. She said she'd seen a small black and white cat with red collar in the estate behind her house. She's going to photogaph him and have a look at his collar to see if there's a tag if she sees him again.. anyway, the call made me have another look at this estate behind her and I mentioned to my Dad that I was there looking around but there were no sightings. He asked me if I saw any of our posters and I said no. He'd been round there and put several posters up on lamp posts which I wasn't aware of, but they'd all been removed it appears. Dad went round later and drove round there and they'd all been removed. He said when he was putting them up a child of about 9 came up to one of them and read it then ran inside his house. His mum then came out and had a bizarre conversation with my Dad, not concern about the cat or showing any signs of sympathy, she just said something like "oh you looking for a cat, a few have gone missing lately" or something similar. No mention of her looking out for him and calling us, she just returned inside.
Anyway, I have decided now to leaflet drop the houses there, as someone has removed the posters I'm wondering why, could it be someone who has got him?!
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There's some oddballs out there, I wouldn't read anything into it though :hug: Good idea to do a leaflet drop, also if you laminated the posters you could attach them with a cable tie - they'd have a job removing them then!
Fingers crossed you get some more sightings after the flyer-drop :hug:
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I put up posters on lamposts in the snow last Dec when I found Pussy but everyone was pulled down, rtook me ages to write them all and put them in plastic containers.
\\\\\\\\\\\\yes a post probably woukld be better, I wanted mine to be seen by cars going by.
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Well I did the leaflet drop last night, unfortuately not all houses got done as we ran out, but got a call this morning from an elderly lady who said there had been a new cat appear recently (previous 2 weeks only) and that he was skinny and I popped around to her house and showed her more pics and she said he looks like the one. Apparently he'd been in her garden and hanging around for a week, she thought someone had moved in with a new cat nearby. Anyway, she has seen him as recently as Monday morning this week. I'm going to drop leaflets in the houses I missed last night and the road which her house backs onto as she said he came from a garden bordering onto her back garden a few times.
I just want it to be Billy and someone else to ring me and say they've seen him too.
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I do think leaflets are the most effective adverts, even if people have to pick it up to bin it they will see it - I really hope it is your billy :hug:
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thank you, I hope so too. But I am worried that someone has tried to keep him and it was them that removed the posters (see, my mind is thinking all sorts of worse case scenarios!) and that they will just keep him in their house until they think things will go quiet. He is a lovely, friendly cat after all... then I'm thinking, if someone takes him to the vet because they have adopted him, will the vets atutomatically scan a cat just coming in for minor ailments and the supposed owner says he belongs to them?? I'm doing my head in thinking all these things :(
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No most vets do not scan automatically I am afraid.
If he is being seen in one garden then you need to get that trap set in that garden and if the cat is skinny its hungry, if its the wrong cat no problem cos can just be released.
You have to jump at every chance :hug: :hug: :hug:
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That's the thing though, the people who see him, don't see him again after contacting me! It's so frustrating!! It's s shame vets don't scan all cats :(
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But you said this lady keeps seeing him?
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She kept seeing him up until monday morning this week, then nothing since. She said all through the heatwave we got end sept/first few days oct he was hanging around a lot, but she didn't know anyone was looking for a cat until last night, so she only rang me today. She may have found out sooner if those blumming posters hadn't been taken down by some idiot on that estate of course... >:(
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thank you, I hope so too. But I am worried that someone has tried to keep him and it was them that removed the posters (see, my mind is thinking all sorts of worse case scenarios!) and that they will just keep him in their house until they think things will go quiet. He is a lovely, friendly cat after all... then I'm thinking, if someone takes him to the vet because they have adopted him, will the vets atutomatically scan a cat just coming in for minor ailments and the supposed owner says he belongs to them?? I'm doing my head in thinking all these things :(
tends to be just people who think the posters look messy or kids who think its funny - I think once I remember it was even the council who took them down
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Well I've now put a poster up in a shop on that estate- it's opposite a post box so good placement too. Also dropping more leaflets tonight on the road which the elderly ladies garden backs onto.. photocopied about 100 leaflets so shouldn't run out if I decide I have time to do more roads nearby too.
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It is him! He is definitely in that estate. Loads of ppl have confirmed sightings even one this morning. Lots have said they will try and catch him now they know he is a lost cat.
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ooooh good luck
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Brilliant news - just a bit more patience and I'm sure he'll soon be tucked up safe and sound where he belongs :hug:
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;D That's brilliant, it does sound positive with so many people having seen him. Great to hear that they're going to specially look out for him now, fingers crossed for you xx
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I'm completely on edge now though I keep hoping someone will ring me and say they've caught him!! I want to go back there but I haven't got anyone to come round with me tonight, my Dad can't and my other half has to stay with the kids, but I don't want to walk the streets calling Billy alone as it's a bit of a dodgy area... I probably need to offer a reward as an incentive to people to catch him don't I? I mean, I could pay 25 quid for a cat trap that may or may-not catch him, or offer a 50 quid reward to anyone that actively will help to get him in their house for me... what does everyone reckon?
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No I wouldnt go for a reward purrrrrrsonally and think you need the cat trap cos I reckon he will be very hard to catch now cos he will be so scared.
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See I'd say the opposite - you'd have just one trap which would need to be monitored but if you offered a reward you potentially have, as an example, 10 people actively trying to catch him - not just for the cash but it certainly gives an incentive.
Was the Cats Protection £25 definitely a 'charge' rather than a deposit? If you could find a local rescue to lend you a trap (in return for a deposit) you could have the best of both worlds.
Rescues in your area: http://www.catchat.org/adoption/notts.html
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You don't need to offer a reward .... a genuine person will look out for him, catch him and return him to you because they know how much our furry friends mean to us ... NOT because there is financial gain.
I am sure now it has turned chilly and blustery he will be more inclined to show himself and be tempted with food.
Stay positive ... it sounds like the net is closing in and I have a feeling you will get you boy back soon. :hug:
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Have got everything crossed that Billy is found very soon :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Has there been any more sightings? :hug:
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Yes, various people on 2 roads ring me and tell me, one even yesterday at 7am and I drove straight round but hed gone. The people who say he had been coming in their gardens don't seem to have sightings again after they call me. I made myself ill actually and I was really poorly yesterday. Still not feeling good, think I've caught a virus with being so run down.
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Yes, various people on 2 roads ring me and tell me, one even yesterday at 7am and I drove straight round but hed gone. The people who say he had been coming in their gardens don't seem to have sightings again after they call me. I made myself ill actually and I was really poorly yesterday. Still not feeling good, think I've caught a virus with being so run down.
aww poor you, on the one hand it's so positive that people keep seeing him but then it must be draining for you. I can imagine how hard it must be, we're all here rooting for you though. Look after yourself and keep that faith :hug: :hug:
(PS if you need to chat any time do pm me )
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Dont forget to eat and try and sleep, all very hard I know :hug: :hug:
We are all here for you :hug: :hug:
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Try to look after yourself :hug: Come on Billy, your Mum's not far behind you now :hug:
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Awful, awful, devastated..
My other half drove home via that estate today (said he doesn't know what compelled him to go there today but something did) and he rang me saying Billy was sitting on someones driveway, with a red collar and a black collar on too. He called his name, the cat looked at him but wouldn't come to him. He rang me, I rang my Dad who lives across the road out of the estate so came quickly. I got kids in car and drove there.
I got there, my parents were in the garden of the person who had let them through to call the cat. My Dad went around to the opposite neighbour as the cat was in the back border bushes. I saw the legs I thought it was him from the back but couldn't get a clear view.
He wouldn't come to me, but then Dad saw his face and said, it's not him. This cat is almost identical but has a black face. My dad went to tell my other half who was minding the kids in the car by that point. Other half couldn't believe it wasn't Billy he saw, then it ran through his mind that this cat maybe had the white fur dyed black on his face?!! He knew this was crazy but he couldn't understand how he could have mistaken this cat for Billy. I also asked my Dad afterwards, when he saw this cats face, did it occur to him at all that it was Billy with a dyed face? My dad said it did occur to him, he thought that for a second, then decided it was crazy. I never got a clear look at Billy as I couldn't see properly through the bushes, only Dad was on the other side telling me it wasn't him. I ran through my mind why anyone would dye a cats face black but still leave his original collar on and it didn't make sense. Other half also said it was crazy, he said why would anyone go to such lengths to do that then leave the collar on. We decided that the phonecalls i had been having almost daily must be wrong. The people who saw this cat must have thought it was my cat, as it had this red collar on and was slim build, young looking and all the other markings.
If my other half who owned and lived with Billy for 3 whole years since we got him as a kitten, couldn't identify him sat right in front of him, looking straight at him, then how the heck could all these people get it right from a couple of photos on a leaflet???! I drove home in shock and couldn't even remember where I was going whilst driving. I took a really long winded route accidently. I am still just numb. All that energy, driving round at 7am after a phonecall on one day, walking the streets talking to people who say they see my cat but cant get him, no one telling me a cat with a red and black collar lived on that estate... surely SOMEONE, including the 15 kids on the streets corner could have told me a cat with a black face does live on this small estate. I'm shocked. My Billy isn't there and I have no idea where he is. I can't describe how gutted I feel now. :'(
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So sorry its not Billy :hug: :hug:
You have to remember that people are not always tuned into the finer details and think its highly unlikely that the cats face has been dyed,
So many black and white cats with red collars and am sure the black collar probably not noticed, red stands out better and it maybe a flea collar.
People are just trying to help :hug: :hug:
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So sorry the cat you saw tonight isn't Billy although that's still not to say there isn't another black and white cat that people have seen which is Billy :hug:
I wonder whether he's headed back to your house, have you postered en route to your house? I'm still keeping everything crossed you'll find Billy soon. It must seem ages but it's not, believe me I've heard of many cats found after months and one was found after a year :hug:
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It's very perplexing - we have a host of cats hereabouts who all look alike - I think there was a particularly fertile black and white Tom on our estate who has sired several cats who all have almost identical markings. My heart stops quite frequently that I've seen our 15 year old sitting in someone elses garden two streets away.
Now, try not to panic. People who decide to take in "strays" do tend to keep them indoors for 2-3 weeks until they acclimatise. If Billy has been adopted by a good-intending neighbour he will be out and about again very shortly. You need to keep up the campaign and don't let this set back bring you down, OK?
As for dying his face - this is absolutely not possible. Imagine trying to wash his face never mind leaving a dye on for 20 minutes.
Plus the cat wouldn't come. He's not yours. Just a doppleganger.
I'm so sorry for you, this is heartbreaking. Try to keep your pecker up, we're still here for you.
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Such a shame that it wasn't him but please try to stay positive - he is still out there somewhere and needs you to stay strong, keep positive and keep looking :hug:
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Elle, please check National Pet Register - there's a post dated yesterday from Forest Fields, just up the road from you, describing someone who could be Billy.
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/fp/34361.htm
If it's him, he's OK.
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I've just telephoned them thank you for the link! :hug: The cat she has had a black collar on and isn't microchipped apparently. She said he has been in the area possibly longer than 6 weeks too because a neighbour says he had been there longer but she only had been feeding him for 5-6 weeks now (she's contacted RSPCA today I think she said to tell them about her stray).
I know the whole thing about dying the cats face is crazy, we only considered it briefly because he looked so much like Billy, but we all discounted this as crazy as it would be incredibly difficult to dye a cats fur anyway. It was just a crazy thought at a desperate moment. A friend who works in a shop on that estate still maintains (I spoke to her today about it) that the cat she saw a few weeks back near the house where the old man yesterday said Billy had definitely been on his driveway 2 weeks ago, had a white face and was my Billy. So 2 people plus the old lady who originally phoned me after leafleting have now said, the white face and whiskers stood out to them. I am inclined to believe that he was on that estate at the end of Sept, but moved on. I've again done a map although I seem to be just clutching at straws hoping he is making his way home...
number 1 is where he went missing
number 2 is where I think he was hanging about sometime between 19th - 30th Sept
number 3 is where I live
I've put a line on the most direct route but he is unlikely to be able to go in that line, it just shows that point 2 on the map is in the right direction.
Thanks again for all your messages, it helps a lot to know people understand as I feel I can't talk to others as no one understands how my cats are like my family :( Even my other half thinks I should let Billy go and stop searching for him :'(
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Elle, mention to your OH that everyone on this thread is still scanning and searching, and we think it's worthwhile. :slap:
Sorry it wasn't Billy on NPR, but it was such a late post (she's had the cat for 5 weeks) I thought it sounded likely.
So, Billy hasn't vanished, he just hasn't made it past Luigi's yet!
I love your maps, this sort of visual aid is great for attention grabbing. Maybe get Luigi's to display a flyer for you? I would also re-post some "still missing" flyers as folk tend to assume the cat has been found after a couple of weeks and stop looking.
Did you see another Purrs post today?
"This is a very happy message to let those of you who remember, My little odd eyed tortie who went missing in October 2009 from Hamstead Road is now home safe and well..!!"
Billys turn next...
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Yep you've got my support until you find Billy :hug:
It's good that he's microchipped. My sister knows someone who lost her cat for a month and he was eventually found 5 miles from home. An elderly couple had taken him in thinking he was a stray anyhow, something minor was wrong with him but they took him along to the vet who scanned him and that's when they found out he wasn't a stray after all. So they eventually found their cat and what I'm trying to say is you just never know and I'm keeping everything crossed you soon find Billy too, keep the faith :hug:
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Never occurred to me to mention it before but we brought a cat to vet to be scanned about 10 years ago after we continued to see him for a few nights .... Turned out he had been missing for 6 months from about 1/2 a mile away. They were blown away with the reunion :hug: :hug: :hug:
Keeping everything crossed that your boy turns up soon and proves your doubting OH all wrong. My OH was also full of pessimistic doom when Ruby went AWOL for 36 hours.
I'm sure he just can't bear to see you so upset :hug:
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Have there been any more phonecalls of possible sightings? :hug:
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Yep you've got my support until you find Billy :hug:
It's good that he's microchipped. My sister knows someone who lost her cat for a month and he was eventually found 5 miles from home. An elderly couple had taken him in thinking he was a stray anyhow, something minor was wrong with him but they took him along to the vet who scanned him and that's when they found out he wasn't a stray after all. So they eventually found their cat and what I'm trying to say is you just never know and I'm keeping everything crossed you soon find Billy too, keep the faith :hug:
Thank you :hug:
Elle, mention to your OH that everyone on this thread is still scanning and searching, and we think it's worthwhile. :slap:
Sorry it wasn't Billy on NPR, but it was such a late post (she's had the cat for 5 weeks) I thought it sounded likely.
So, Billy hasn't vanished, he just hasn't made it past Luigi's yet!
I love your maps, this sort of visual aid is great for attention grabbing. Maybe get Luigi's to display a flyer for you? I would also re-post some "still missing" flyers as folk tend to assume the cat has been found after a couple of weeks and stop looking.
Did you see another Purrs post today?
"This is a very happy message to let those of you who remember, My little odd eyed tortie who went missing in October 2009 from Hamstead Road is now home safe and well..!!"
Billys turn next...
That's a lovely story to hear about them finding their cat after all that time :thanks:
Never occurred to me to mention it before but we brought a cat to vet to be scanned about 10 years ago after we continued to see him for a few nights .... Turned out he had been missing for 6 months from about 1/2 a mile away. They were blown away with the reunion :hug: :hug: :hug:
Keeping everything crossed that your boy turns up soon and proves your doubting OH all wrong. My OH was also full of pessimistic doom when Ruby went AWOL for 36 hours.
I'm sure he just can't bear to see you so upset :hug:
It's all I need, someone caring enough to find Billy and take him to be scanned... :cat rub:
Have there been any more phonecalls of possible sightings? :hug:
Well I paid another 3 days worth of lost/found notices in the Nottingham Post, it's so expensive though, cost me nearly £20 and I paid just over that last time, so it's going to be hard to keep putting the ads in! Anyway, I had one phonecall on Thursday night, from someone 8 miles from where Billy went missing, basically in my direction but well past my area, so seems unlikely. Anyway, this lady said a cat that was identical to the photo had been hanging about in a field in this small village, and had a red collar on. She said it was new in the area. She promised she'd ring back the next day after she'd spoken to her friend who's house backed onto the field but she never did. Not sure what to do as it sounds like she realises now she made a mistake but whatever the case, she said she'd investigate and the village is very small so I'd think she would find out if someone owned the cat.
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just had a call from a lady on that estate nr my mums. She says her neighbour opposite said billy tried to get into his kitchen but was scared by him walking into it. I explained that there was a cat almost identical to my cat with a red and black collar, but a black face and we wondered if other people who had reorted sightings had actually seen that cat. She said her neighbour is adament that this cat had white on his face.
I thanked her and said we wkll have another look on that estate. Don't knwo what to think, had another sighting yesterday from anothr area because of my local paper advert. Also someone who had seen my posters somewhere else said billy was def in his area. Both checked out yesterday but nothing.
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This is good that folk are still on the look-out for Billy. We're sending you the famous Purrs vibes. :hug:
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Fingers crossed one of the sightings is him! :hug: Surely if the black-faced cat lives in that area he'd be in the habit of going into people's houses in the past and wouldn't suddenly start now?
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If it is Billy then he is looking for a nice house with food and warmth and a cat flap, so its most likely that people with cats are likely to see him and thats a positive I think.
Sending loads of Purrs vibes too and so wish he could find his way home but sounds like he has lost his map now and just looking for a new home :hug: :hug: :hug:
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It's all so positive all these sightings, Billy has to be out there :hug:
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Thank you :hug:
I spoke to the lady with the black/white cat with red and black collar yesterday. Saw her outside with her cats so took the opportunity to have a word. Asked her if she'd ever seen a cat just like hers but with one red collar and a white face, she recognised me as being the missing cat woman and said she had my leaflet pinned to her fridge but unfortunately she had never seen my cat at all. She in fact lost a cat in Sept after she moved in and he made his way back 8 miles to his old home so she was onthe lookout for my cat knowing how upsetting it is.
I was really glad to hear she'd got her cat back as I had read about it on one of the missing pet registers online (as well as seeing posters up nr my mums house) and didn't know if she'd ever found him.
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Have there been any more sightings? I hope me keeping asking isn't upsetting you, I was - and still am - convinced that you'll get him back :hug:
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Nothing unfortunately. i dont mind u asking its nice to know youre thinking of me. im getting a gree advert in a local free mag delivrrrd end nov. just paid for anothrr 3 days in evening post. sorry bad typeing on phone xx
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Did I read somehwere you have young kids? Not trying to exploit them (honest!) but how about an article, as opposed to an advert, in the local paper with the kids looking really sad and asking for people to keep their eyes out as the children are heartbroken?
I live in a very large town so you'd think there'd be enough 'news' but my local paper often has articles like this. Especially as he escaped from your Mum's house rather than a normal 'didn't return after being let out' type story. Worth a go :hug:
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The other day I read of a cat that was found after about 3 months (it may have been on CC) anyhow the cat was found in the same way I mentioned in my previous post, someone my sister knows i.e. cared for by someone then taken to the vet. I thought of you when I read that and hope that soon you'll have the same good news about your Billy.
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Did I read somehwere you have young kids? Not trying to exploit them (honest!) but how about an article, as opposed to an advert, in the local paper with the kids looking really sad and asking for people to keep their eyes out as the children are heartbroken?
I live in a very large town so you'd think there'd be enough 'news' but my local paper often has articles like this. Especially as he escaped from your Mum's house rather than a normal 'didn't return after being let out' type story. Worth a go :hug:
Good idea, (yes the bboys do ask about Billy often) but the advert I am getting free is fairly small, not sure I can fit all the details in like that. I'll tell you the size when I check the crrespondence regarding it and post the draft when it's done!
The other day I read of a cat that was found after about 3 months (it may have been on CC) anyhow the cat was found in the same way I mentioned in my previous post, someone my sister knows i.e. cared for by someone then taken to the vet. I thought of you when I read that and hope that soon you'll have the same good news about your Billy.
Thank you that's good to hear. I have just seen an advert placed in nottingham gumtree yesterday about a black/white cat found. I have emailed the person, just waiting for an answer.
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Hope it's good news. Still rooting for Billy. x
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Did I read somehwere you have young kids? Not trying to exploit them (honest!) but how about an article, as opposed to an advert, in the local paper with the kids looking really sad and asking for people to keep their eyes out as the children are heartbroken?
I live in a very large town so you'd think there'd be enough 'news' but my local paper often has articles like this. Especially as he escaped from your Mum's house rather than a normal 'didn't return after being let out' type story. Worth a go :hug:
Good idea, (yes the bboys do ask about Billy often) but the advert I am getting free is fairly small, not sure I can fit all the details in like that. I'll tell you the size when I check the crrespondence regarding it and post the draft when it's done!
I didn't mean an advert as I know you've been doing those already :hug: I meant an actual mini article, see if you can get the reporters to come out and take pics of the kids holding up Billy's photo or if not then take some pics and outline the facts yourself and see if they will publish something.
You need to sell it to them as a human interest type story - just re-read that your boys are twins which is another good angle, you could say that Billy's 'twin' (non identical brother) is missing him too. The fact that he escaped from a strange home so won't know where he is is another different angle (eg much as it would be nice if they did, they're not going to run articles of peoples whose cats simply go out one day and don't return). Like I said, my local paper quite often does these types of stories, especially when kids are involved for the human interest type angle :hug:
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I see what you mean! I'll look into contacting a Notts Post journalist then and see if they'll run the story! :)
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This is the response I got from the Nottingham Post:
Thank you for your email. I’m afraid this is not something we could cover as a news story in the Post.
The only place we can include information on missing pets is in the lost/found section at the back.
Apologies we are unable to help, but best of luck in your search.
I have now spent £60 in adverts in the lost/found section of their Post as I had beiefly mentioned in the email to them. I tried the 'appeal for lost pet missed by family/children/brother cat' and they're not interested clearly.
Having a really bad day today and been in tears at work in toilets. You know Radio Nottingham wouldn't even do a mention of it in Sept when he first went missing.
I've asked @BBCNottingham to retweet a message that has links to Billy#s photo as they have thousnads of followers on twitter and they cant be bothered... :'( it wouldn't even cost them anything to retweet that, I am so disappointed I feel like how come other people get papers to do an appeal and when I ask anyone to do something even small that would help me I'm ignored. Very sorry, I'm quite depressed and tearful.
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So sorry they wont help :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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That's a shame but at least you tried :hug: I suspect that the papers that publish 'human interest' type missing pet articles have an animal loving editor at the heart of them.
I've had another idea to try and get some exposure for him, as you drive into my local supermarket car park often people park a few spaces in (so people are going slow enough to see it but have finished negotiating turning into car park) and leave the car there with a for sale sign in the car window to get maximum exposure.
You could make one massive poster by typing a few words in massive font on sheets of A4 paper and then join them up and blu tac them to the inside of the windscreen and windows. Especially at weekends this would get the message out to thousands. It means you have to do without the car for the day though!
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That's a shame but at least you tried :hug: I suspect that the papers that publish 'human interest' type missing pet articles have an animal loving editor at the heart of them.
I've had another idea to try and get some exposure for him, as you drive into my local supermarket car park often people park a few spaces in (so people are going slow enough to see it but have finished negotiating turning into car park) and leave the car there with a for sale sign in the car window to get maximum exposure.
You could make one massive poster by typing a few words in massive font on sheets of A4 paper and then join them up and blu tac them to the inside of the windscreen and windows. Especially at weekends this would get the message out to thousands. It means you have to do without the car for the day though!
That's an excellent idea. thank you xxxx :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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@CatsProtection have retweeted my message as soon as I asked just now so feeling a bit better now... :)
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Setting up my own website, need to buy the domain (i can do all that v easily and at v little cost so I may as well)
Not sure of name of website..
www.helpfindbilly.co.uk
www.findbilly.co.uk
any suggestions?!
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glad to hear you are getting some help!
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FindBilly sounds like a good idea and that could go on the posters for the car.
I would run with that poster idea and the posters can be put up wherever you park and taken down again when you drive away, even a few minutes will be getting the message out.
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Thinking about it, if you do the car park idea then it's prob best to get there super early and park as close to the store entrance as you can (rather than the car park entrance) so that every single person coming out of the shop on foot can't avoid it! If you do the 'one massive poster' idea or even as many normal size posters as fills the windows/windscreen then people will find it impossible not to look as it will look unusual.
You could get one of those clear document wallets and tape that to the outside of the windscreen with a few basic leaflets in with photo and contact numbers on so people can take a leaflet away with them.
The web address is a good idea too as people might not have seen him - yet - but the web address is simple enough to stick in their heads if they see him in the future :hug:
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Good idea about parking near entrance, definitely have to get there early!! ;)
just bought/registered findbilly.co.uk and activated hosting but wont be able to work on the site til tonight :)
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A lady texted me a photo this morning completely out of the blue and said that the cat in the pic had been hanging round her area. It wasn't Billy but it was such a nice thing to do to go to all that trouble :Luv:
Lovely little cat it was too, very similar to Billy but had a black nose!
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if you are keeping him in peoples minds you can't do more
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Thanks Dawn, yes it was nice to find out that people are looking :)
First work on my site done. http://www.findbilly.co.uk/
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Unbelievable! My sister's cat disappeared on Saturday night and I told her to go and knock on doors etc and just texted her to ask how things were going any news, and she's basically just written him off as if oh well he's gone and hope he didn't suffer?? She has no idea what's happened to him and I doubt she's even rang anyone I suggested... I just told her I would put all his details online for her if she sends me a picture of him and I'll ring the council to check for RTA... things she should be doing!
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She obviously doesnt care about her cat :( :(
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The website is good, very slick :hug:
It's great that people are still looking for him, there are so many stories of cats being reunited after weeks, months and even years so son't ever give up hope :hug:
Hope your sisters cat turns up safe and sound too :hug:
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Elle, there's a Yahoo Group that also lists lost UK animals - don't be put off by the title, I've used this site before and it really is excellent
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Animal_Rehoming_UK/
You would need to join the group before posting, as with other Yahoo groups, but I figure the more publicity you get, the greater your chance of finding Billy safe and well and living the life of Riley with a dotty old catlady somewhere.
Really good site you've created there, I'd post the link everywhere you can think of, you need it to go "viral" - anyone any ideas about that?
Sorry to hear that your sister's cat has also sloped off. Funny old world :(
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She obviously doesnt care about her cat :( :(
She makes out she does! But I can't understand her. I've posted online after getting a terrible qaulity picture from her! Still waiting for the post on Animal Search UK to be approved, but not sure why it's taking so long as when I posted about Billy it was immediate.
The website is good, very slick :hug:
It's great that people are still looking for him, there are so many stories of cats being reunited after weeks, months and even years so son't ever give up hope :hug:
Hope your sisters cat turns up safe and sound too :hug:
Thank you for taking a look at it! It's a template from wordpress, they're very good at providing free, nice looking templates now!
Elle, there's a Yahoo Group that also lists lost UK animals - don't be put off by the title, I've used this site before and it really is excellent
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Animal_Rehoming_UK/
You would need to join the group before posting, as with other Yahoo groups, but I figure the more publicity you get, the greater your chance of finding Billy safe and well and living the life of Riley with a dotty old catlady somewhere.
Really good site you've created there, I'd post the link everywhere you can think of, you need it to go "viral" - anyone any ideas about that?
Sorry to hear that your sister's cat has also sloped off. Funny old world :(
I've joined and posted, many thanks for the link. I will find other places to post too tonight.
xxx
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Just noticed the website doesn't have any contact details on, if you're gouing to have the web address on posters/flyers then prob best to add an email address and/or mobile as people might not keep the leaflet but see him a week later and hopefully remember the web address :hug:
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Just noticed the website doesn't have any contact details on, if you're gouing to have the web address on posters/flyers then prob best to add an email address and/or mobile as people might not keep the leaflet but see him a week later and hopefully remember the web address :hug:
Thanks for spotting that!! I completely forgot :thanks:
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Not been able to do the supermarket thing. Under immense pressure with difficulties in the family. Exhausted most of the time. Billy's brother has been urinating outside the litter tray which is kept clean and changed regularly. He was doing it around the tray and now on my bedroom floor in corner.
Poor Boomer :(
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Definitely getting the word out will give you more chance of finding Billy, best of luck with other websites and the supermarket :hug:
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Sounds like Boomer might be picking up on your stress :hug: For us cat lovers a missing cat must be one of the most upsetting and stressful situations going, let alone the fact that you have twin toddlers to look after plus whatever else is going on in your life :hug:
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Just a quickie! New possible sighting - a cat that has been around this ladies area for up to 6 weeks
http://www.findbilly.co.uk/?p=98
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This is very encouraging! Normally cats with collars look well fed and clean so the fact this collared cat is looking a bit thin and unkempt could well mean it's a stray and not another look-alike cat with a home... have absolutely everything crossed that it's Billy! :hug:
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thank you :hug: She said the collar looked faded... I suppose it could do if he was outside all the time etc. The red dye could have gone a bit.
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I do hope its Billy :hug: :hug:
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Can she take a photo of him if he turns up again? I've got a good feeling about this. Everything crossed. :hug:
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She did say she would try to photograph him but I think she was more convinced that it was him so was adament that she'd try and keep him there whilst I drove round to hers. I hope she manages to get him in her house again and shut the door this time... I could see it would be hard for her though to get to the door without panicking him... I'm trying hard not to get my hopes up as the disappointment if it's not him will be hard to take. I need to get some posters up in that area too, so will do that tomorrow.
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Is there a vet in that area that you could leaflet? Stick his photo on their notice board for instance?
Our local vet has a "lost local pets" photo album in the waiting room which gets lots of attention.
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Yes there is on coppice road which is very nearby but I did a poster there right at the start as it's Billy's own vet and I work 2 minutes away from it too! The snack shop that the lady saw my poster in is my local work lunch place and the owners became good friends with me and my other half so they have been really good at drawing people's attention to the poster when they are serving them. It's a very busy sandwich shop so ideal really. I suppose it would be strange if Billy is in that estate as it's so close to my workplace and his vets!
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Has the lady that is feeding this cat seen him again recently? :hug:
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She hasn't rang me at all although I went over there yesterday at 3pm and walked around the area again. To be honest, I'm dubious about this sighting now. When we went there the other day and she came out to talk to me and my Dad, her boyfriend came out and shouted down to us all that the cat was up near there house now (we'd all walked a little way down the road whilst she was pointing out a house that fed a lot of cats) and we ran up and there was a long haired, mostly white cat with black markings stood outside their door. It looked NOTHING like Billy whatsoever, but the lady said to her bf "no it's not that one, the collar is different"
I was a bit surprised that the only feature she noted that was different was the collar... not the fact that this cat looked nothing like Billy... I don't know but if it were me I'd say "no this cat is mostly white" not that the collar was different.... strange...
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The circular disc on the collar of the cat she thinks might be Billy sounds quite distinctive though? Especially as you work closeby there's no harm in checking the area regularly :hug:
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But when she said about the collar being faded to almost a pinky colour I thought that strange as it was definitely a strong red collar when I last saw him but I can accept it might have faded a bit. Then she mentioned about it being sparkly... I said no, it's not sparkly, and then she said, speckly then. I said well it wasn't really, it was all one colour, plain but was made out of a weave type material. She didn't seem to know what I meant. I really get the feeling that this lady wants to help but isn't certain about some details if you know what i mean. Almost like when I asked about specifics, she agreed with things I had mentioned about him.
But yes, there's no harm checking the area regularly and loads of posters have gone up round there now so someone else is bound to have seen him if he is really there.
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Don't forget he may have been adopted and re-collared by some well meaning (mad) cat person who hasn't had his chip checked, so you can't assume he's still wearing YOUR collar and tag. Still watching... :hug:
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Don't forget he may have been adopted and re-collared by some well meaning (mad) cat person who hasn't had his chip checked, so you can't assume he's still wearing YOUR collar and tag. Still watching... :hug:
Thanks, that didn't really occur to me actually, don't know why! I don't think there's anything in that sighting now. She hasn't contacted me again, even though I said she can conatct me anytime and I'd be round within 5 minutes usually if she saw the cat. Had no phonecalls from the posters we put up at all and that to me suggests he isn't in that area at all. I have just heard on moneysavingexpert forum that a woman in chilwell thinks she's seen a cat appear in her area... interesting... he could have travelled that far... who knows?
I turned on my old pc today for the first time in months and found some old Billy pictures that are even better than the ones I used on posters. Have the NG5 magzine advert going out soon and need to do the advert so going to use one of these pics I found. Added them to my blog. But this first one is really good I think.
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That's a brilliant pic, you can see exactly what build he is.
Does Billy have a habit of sniffing round cars and vans? I'm always worried about Theo cos he has jumped into visitors cars and delivery vans on several occasions, thank fully he's been spotted each time. Just wondered if this may have happened to Billy and he's in fact further away than you'd expect.
Any deliveries to your Parent's on the day he vanished?
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This is what got me thinking about chilwell.. i used to live there akthough he never did. its 9 miles.from my parents. but yes he is a butter for trying to get into cars!!!
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Another phonecall from a lady on the estate opposite my paretns (the estate I discounted cos there is a similar cat with a black face and red collar living there) and she reckons my cat is there... and that this one she saw at 7am this morning has definitely got a white face, NOT a black face... she didn't notice any collar. But she says this one looks just like the photo she has on the leaflet.
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must be such a roller coaster for you Elle
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Well I still believe in my heart that he is alive... someone, somewhere is feeding him. I'm going to drive round that estate again very soon. Possibly today on my lunch break. Not a good time to see any cats though really. I've always noticed you see far more cats out on streets at 4-5pm.
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I am sure he is alive and has found a safe home as he got himself so lost.........not that this is any concilation for you :hug: :hug:
Maybe one day he will just walk through the door.
I am sure him not being in his own house when he went missing and you having moved so recently just made him confused and maybe he didnt want to go back to your mothers house for some reason, maybe he was looking for you.
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This may sound really silly as I obviously don't 'know' him or you but I was convinced when you first posted that you WILL get him back, my feelings haven't changed it just seems to be taking a lot longer than you'd hoped :hug:
Is the multiple poster/one large poster in the car at a supermarket thing not an option at the moment? That would really spread the word - especially to non cat people :hug:
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Asking anyone who has a sighting to put food out (you could offer to leave them some) and to take a pic may be a good idea :hug:
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Just had a thought...
Is there any way you'd be able to easily trace the owners of the Billy lookalike with the black face? If so you could explain the sightings you're having and offer to buy him a new collar in a different colour (plus a replacement maybe in case it comes off). If they're cat lovers (which you'd hope they are if they have one!) then I'm sure they'd be fine about it. This was you'd know any sightings might well be Billy rather than lookalike cat.
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I spoke to the owner previously she is nice, she was keeping an eye out for Billy but she said she'd never seen him herself. But the person who rang me yesterday about a sighting didn't een notice a collar, she noticed the cats markings and that's a good thing as I don't think she even thought about the collar. The thing is about the woman that owns the similar cat, she has 3 cats and she makes them all wear red and black collars! I didn't like to ask her when I spoke to her a few weeks back... but I am not even mentioning the collar on my next posters that will go up in that area as I don't reckon he's even got it on anymore. They come off so easily and if someone has adopted him on that estate they'd have done so because either he didn't have a collar or they wanted to keep him anyway. I#m thinking he may well be there and if he is, he is being looked after by someone... otherwise he'd be outside most of the time and he was such a homebody that he liked to have regular sleeps indoors and feeding every few hours that he's inside someones house a lot.
I know it sounds crazy but I did a visualization thing that I read about tracing lost animals... I thought I could see him through his eyes in someones house, someone elderly, smoking, but Billy seemed to be sat on a sofa or chair in their living room.
I may well be bonkers... :innocent:
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Never bonkers and only time will tell if you are right :hug: :hug:
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Just wondering if there have been any more sightings/calls? :hug:
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Nothing :( Thanks for asking :hug:
My advert though will be in the NG5 magazine being printed in the next few weeks, and will look like this.
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Thats a good advert with pics, I hope someone recognizes him :hug: :hug:
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Hopefully you'll get a result with this ad :hug:
I don't know if you've been following Grapelli's story (cat lost from hotel huundreds of miles from home) but he was found after nearly eight weeks - there hadn't beeen one single sighting until one sighting the day before they managed to find him so just goes to show, even if you're not getting regular sightings it doesn't mean that Billy isn't out there safe and well :hug:
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I'm sure the very next thought everyone had on seeing that Grapelli had been found was of you and poor lost Billy.
Still hunting, still sending those famous Purrs Vibes. :hug: :hug: :hug:
C'mon Billy - you next sweetheart :(
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I've just read about him, such wonderful news! So happy for his owners they must be overjoyed. :Luv:
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It will make my year if we get a found on this thread :hug: :hug:
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me to!
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I pray nearly everyday for him to come home.. thank you so much for your support xxx
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Have you tried visualisation? As they say .... nothing ventured ... nothing gained ... http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,32202.0.html
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How's the search going, Elle? You OK? :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Hiya, sorry didn't see your post Sheila, yes I'm ok thanks, NG5 Magazine started going out, seen my website has had activity since it began going out yesterday (in the logs I can see several hits from people and it's looks like they're Nottingham area too!)
Had a phonecall from a man living near where I work, other side though to where I had that woman telling me a few weeks back. Will update the site with a map tomorrow but it's basically point A on the map and point C being home. I am going there tomorrow as it's dark now and tomorrow I can knock on a few doors and ask people. The man said cat hanging round up to 2 months and wearing red collar as he saw it earlier on.
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Hiya, sorry didn't see your post Sheila, yes I'm ok thanks, NG5 Magazine started going out, seen my website has had activity since it began going out yesterday (in the logs I can see several hits from people and it's looks like they're Nottingham area too!)
Had a phonecall from a man living near where I work, other side though to where I had that woman telling me a few weeks back. Will update the site with a map tomorrow but it's basically point A on the map and point C being home. I am going there tomorrow as it's dark now and tomorrow I can knock on a few doors and ask people. The man said cat hanging round up to 2 months and wearing red collar as he saw it earlier on.
This sounds very encouraging :crossed: I've been checking in on the findbilly site from time to time hoping for good news :hug:
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No more news. Spoke to the lady called Edith who the caller reckoned had also seen this black/white cat and she just sadly said "I don't remember him having any white on him". She did remember he was a long black cat and that she couldn't be sure he didn't have white if it was on his front as she saw him from the back. But she now has seen some clear pics of him so she will ring me if this cat turns up again. Also nothing from either the leaflets that were posted through doors on that street or anything else from the NG5 magazine except for someone on MY ROAD phoning my about a cat that I know lives on my road and isn't really like Billy :P
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Try and stay positive, one phonecall could change everything :hug:
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Topping up the good vibes for Billy's return. C'mon Billy, come home. :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Spotted this on one of the lost and found sites. I know it's a long shot, and you may have already seen this.
http://www.animalsearchuk.co.uk/view_found_pet.php?petref=AFP42253
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I pray nearly everyday for him to come home.. thank you so much for your support xxx
I can imagine, always thinking of you and so hoping Billy is home with you soon :hug: :hug:
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Has there been any news recently? I keep reading stories of cats being found after months and months away and my first thought is of Billy :hug:
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Hope you're ok, still thinking of you and Billy :hug: :hug:
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Thanks for thinking of me. There's been nothing for a while now. The NG5 advert didn't even produce people calling me about any cats, and I'd suspected I might get a few random callers but hardly anything. I'm still hoping. I check lost pet registers and animal search uk, gumtree and Notts Post online daily.
I've even just contacted someone who#s founf a cat in Arnold but they put female on animal search uk, and that it has a black collar on. I know it's unlikley but if he was adopted by someone who then put another collar on him, AND the person who has found this cat thinks it's female then I want to cover all possibilities. Sad I know, but I feel compelled to try.
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Every time I see this thread come up I hope its good news .
Sending lots of Christmas wishes to you and hope that Billy is in a lovely warm home being looked after and that one day he may find his way home to you :hug: :hug:
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Keeping ever hopeful you'll find Billy :hug:
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Every time I see this thread come up I hope its good news .
Sending lots of Christmas wishes to you and hope that Billy is in a lovely warm home being looked after and that one day he may find his way home to you :hug: :hug:
me too :'( :(
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This strange little site has an entry that may be worth following up. It's the seventh one down with very sketchy details.
http://www.amissingpet.co.uk/lostandfound.html
Thinking of you and sending "come home" vibes out to Billy, wherever he is tonight. :hug: :hug:
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This strange little site has an entry that may be worth following up. It's the seventh one down with very sketchy details.
http://www.amissingpet.co.uk/lostandfound.html
Thinking of you and sending "come home" vibes out to Billy, wherever he is tonight. :hug: :hug:
I apologise Sheila, I didn't see this post until today :( Hmm interesting, though if it's that long ago they advertised, they may not have the cat now, but I think I'll text the number... Skegby is a little way away though but thanks x
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We're still looking, Elle. If he turns up, we'll spot him between us.
Good luck with the fostering, wonderful way to deal with your sad situation, very generous :hug:
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Any more news Elle? still keeping everything crossed for you :hug:
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Hiya,
I did this ad on gumtree http://www.gumtree.com/p/pets/have-you-found-a-blackwhite-cat/94786104 just over a week ago and last night I had an email that said:
I believe I saw this cat in Carrington running across hucknall road, I turned back to make sure it had made it across the road okay.
I specifically remember the markings as there is another black and white cat in the area I see doing 'his rounds' at night, and I mentioned to my partner I had just seen a lost looking one.
I have not seen it since but that was about 2 weeks ago.
I will keep an eye out in the future for you if I see it again I will try and coax it nearby and try and get a picture.
All I can advise now is to out up posters and contact your insurance comopany for help.
I sincerely hope you find your lost moggie, I don’t know what I would do if I lost either of mine
Kindest Regards
I've asked them to confirm what the nearest road is off Hucknall road as I'd like to get the posters up as close as possible to the exact point she saw him.
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Have everything crossed it was him :wish: Just looked on google maps and looks like there's about 2 miles between the areas. Maybe you could put some posters up near the hospital too, lots of visitors for maximum exposure.
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keeping everything crossed for you xxxx :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
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:hug: Everything crossed here too xx
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Sadly no phone calls at all from all the posters I put up in Carrington.
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There's time keep the faith :hug:
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2 calls yesterday from different people. Both quite young (one said he was 17) anyway, they both coincidently rang about a cat with a silver sparkly collar on that had a tag or writing on the collar that said "I am microchipped". The 17 yr old lad said this cat never seems to live anywhere and it always outside. I told him to call me today if he gets it again as I couldn't go round last night as had no transport and couldn't get a babysitter for the kids at short notice. Anyway, he insisted it was a female cat that looked identical to Billy#s pictures. The girl in the morning said this cat looked the same too but she didn't get close enough to the cat to see its gender only that it had this silver collar on. I emailed the lady that originally told me to put posters up there and she emailed back saying that she thinks this is my cat and she lives right near where the cat has been seen yesterday so will look again monday as she's gone away today for the weekend. All I need really is someone to photograph this cat and send me the pic really and I'd know. I can't even go round there today as I'm at work and can't take more time off as I'm already behind with hours. I'll definitely go over there at the weekend though. Mayo Road is named by the lad who says its aways there. But he was adament it was a female cat. And no one would put a collar on my cat that said i am microchipped would they? I mean he is microchipped so for them to know that he'd need to be scanned then I'd be contacted..... I suspect this poor cat is just someone elses and now I've got people chasing after it :Crazy:
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Anything is worth following up, best of luck and let us know how things go :hug:
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As you say photos would be helpful, but he has been missing a time now and if he has been hanging around and been fed he may have been adopted!
Its very hard to sex a cat so would take that with a pinch of salt.
One problem I do see is that the time delay between sightings and you being able to get there can mean a cat has moved on.........this one maybe not.
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The collar with the 'I am microchipped' would be odd if it was Billy but still worth following up nonetheless :hug:
Did the original caller say whether she had noticed a collar at all? It could even be there are two different cats - the one which the first caller saw, who rang you as a result of the g*mtree ad and then the one the two callers from yesterday had seen with the collar, who rang you as a result of the posters seen.
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I think a 17 year old boy would probably mistake Billy's bum for girl bits :-[
Worth chasing up, definitely. Beware of bogus callers, though. If you're in the least bit suspicious, make sure you take someone with you, OK?
Still got everything crossed, Elle. Think you're doing brilliantly. :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Sheila - my Dad will come with me as he has always done when out searching for Billy. He's been really good.
Did the original caller say whether she had noticed a collar at all? It could even be there are two different cats - the one which the first caller saw, who rang you as a result of the g*mtree ad and then the one the two callers from yesterday had seen with the collar, who rang you as a result of the posters seen.
The first lady that alerted me to the carrington area emailed me (and has since) through g*mtree has said the following:
I dont remember a collar on the cat i saw, i was more worried about it crossing the road........ but these 2 responses are great news.
As previously said there are 2 b/w cats that live around here and neither of them have a collar at all so at least we know its not them.
She asked which roads the 2 callers said they'd seen the cat and I told them to her and she said they were right near where she lived and she seems to know the 2 black and white cats that live in the area, which is good. The young lad that rang said this b/w cat with silver collar had only been there about a month and he said it was outside all the time trying to get into the hostel he lives in. I know the hostel on his street funnily enough as my nephew went to live there for a while.
I'm going tomorrow with my Dad and he says he will knock a few doors to ask people. Whatever happens, it seems this b/w cat is unusual to that area.... maybe it is lost if it's not Billy, in which case I'd be happy to take it to the vets to get scanned.
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Good Luck :hug:
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Definitely not billy in carrington will post later with photograph of the cat in question
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This cat is the one with the silver collar that 2 people have phoned me about. The person who took the cat in put an advert on g*mtree looking for the owner and the cat has been taken to the scanned but the chip is wrong. Apparently it leads back to a womans house in Swansea who had a cat years ago that died and she's not had one since. So faulty chip the vet said.
So this person sent me this pic and also requested at first a pic of billy and he confirmed it wasn't the same cat, then sent me this one so I can be reassured it's not him. Quite a lovely little thing. Hope they find the owners.
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sorry it wasn't Billy Elle
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Sorry it wasn't Billy - but it goes to show there are kind, wonderful people out there, one of whom is probably looking after young Billy for you. Don't give up hope. :hug: :hug:
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Sorry it wasn't Billy - but it goes to show there are kind, wonderful people out there, one of whom is probably looking after young Billy for you. Don't give up hope. :hug: :hug:
Seconded :hug:
I would guess by now that he has been taken in by someone or is at least being fed by someone so maybe a renewed leaflet poster drop saying something like 'are you feeding a stray or have you/someone you know taken in a new cat in the last 6 months' might be the way to go. If you can spare your car at the weekends leave it someone prominent in the supermarket carpark with posters plastered over every square inch of glass, people can't help but look.
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Sorry it wasnt Billy too and agree with Helen :hug: :hug:
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So Sorry it wasn't Billy but I agree with Helen. There are more kind people out there than the press would have you believe. I'm sure Billy will have found someone to look after him until you are reunited. Good idea about the car ... the more posters on it the more chance people will have a look ;)
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Saw this:
http://www.animalsearchuk.co.uk/view_found_pet.php?petref=AFP49730
A long shot as they say un-neutered but have known vets to get that one wrong. :hug:
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Saw this:
http://www.animalsearchuk.co.uk/view_found_pet.php?petref=AFP49730
A long shot as they say un-neutered but have known vets to get that one wrong. :hug:
Thank you!! I saw this at 6pm yesterday, contacted the finder but the animal search website holds the replies in a queue to be moderated. It was like that for hours but this morning my reply seems to be listing as sent so I am waiting now hoping!!!!!
The fact that they say microcipped unknown gives me hope that the person hasn't even been to a vet yet, because a vet would scan if they took it in as a stray, so I'm thinking the finder has decided the cat isn't neutered which as you say, people can get it wrong :)
I'm waiting........... checking my emails constantly!!!
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still waiting :(
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:crossed: :hug:
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sadly still no word
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I've just emailed the finder for the 4th time. At least they could be decent enough to tell me the cat they've found isn't mine if they've seen the pics :(
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can't understand why someone would post a found cat and then not reply :hug:
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Can you e-mail the moderator of the site and check the e-mails are getting through? Just a thought but I know sometimes technology goes all wrong, so it might not be the folk at fault, but the system?
Everything crossed :waiting:
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I wrote on their facebook wall last night and they said they'd chase them by phone if i gave them the ref number of the listing, which I#ve done but not heard anything yet! I'll contact the site owners I think!
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Right I've just gone back to the listing to get the ref number to email them and now a photo has been uploaded!!
http://www.animalsearchuk.co.uk/view_found_pet.php?petref=AFP49730
Clearly not Billy. However, no email from the finder to even acknowledge me. I've still emailed the site to ask them if messages are actually getting through as you said it might be innocent and tyey haven't actually received anything from me at all.
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Sorry it's not Billy :( :hug:
I know when I sign up to new things that I probably won't use regularly I give them 'spam' email addresses which I don't check as regularly as my everyday email.
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A new contact last night:
Hello, I was just wondering if this cat is still missing? I live in Arnold and a cat looking very similar to Billy keeps coming into my house! At the moment I'm trying to get a photo of him for comparison.
this was through the animalsearch UK lost/found register and they saw my ad. Emailed back straight away, waitng for a response.
http://www.animalsearchuk.co.uk/view_lost_pet.php?id=50356
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fingers crossed .... it's the right area.
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Everything crossed here too :hug:
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Do so wish this is Billy :hug: :hug: :hug:
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fingers crossed here too
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Any news yet, Elle? :wish:
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Soooooooooooo hoping for you :hug: :hug:
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Elle, have you seen this Found post on NPR?
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/fp/37395.htm
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Elle, have you seen this Found post on NPR?
http://www.nationalpetregister.org/fp/37395.htm
Hi Sheila, yes I have been in touch with this lady, she contacted me cos of my preloved advert for Billy and she sent me some photos of the cat which I could see wasn't Billy. However, because I put her in touch with the rescue I foster for, the cat has found its owner because RACR rescue have contacts on facebook who identified the cat as being one who went missing 6 weeks ago from Bulwell. He's an entire tom not chipped as RACR scanned him, but through the pwers of facebook....!!
So I#ve heard from the lady from animal search UK. The cat in question comes in her cat flap and eats her cats food regularly. This cat she says looks very like Billy but is wearing a blue collar. She lives 5 minutes walk from my parents house!
I am not discouraged much by the collar as I reckon someone may have adopted him and put another collar on. The fact she is saying this cat does look like him but the collar (knowing that I put Billy online as having a red collar) confused her.
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Sarah just texted me back to say the same thing, sorry. :(
So pleased for the other kitty though - I reckon Arnold is awash with lost black and white cats, so it's only a matter of time before Billy pops up somewhere. :)
Still positive here, Elle :head rub:
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So I've heard from the lady from animal search UK. ............ She lives 5 minutes walk from my parents house!
So what's the plan? Has she got a photo of him yet? Any chance she could have him scanned?
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I don't know and I'm confused...
she said on the phone that this cat comes in her cat flap and eats her cats food. I asked was this regular ? She said yes everyday. I said is it worth me knocking doors putting up posters etc and she said wait until she gets a photograph and emails it to me! I don't know when this is going to happen and quite anxious now. Texted her after the phonecall toask her if she could trap him in her house and she said as soon as she goes near him eating he runs out the catflap :(
So I am just waiting at work and hoping she gets a pic soon!!!!
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Oh dear, most frustrating. We'll keep hunting while you sort this one out, won't we Rosella (oneglove) Moggy? ;)
PS he sounds a bit flighty to be Billy. But when I really want to trap an intruder I just set the flap to "IN" only.
They create a heck of a racket when they realise, and if he does escape, the little guy thinks twice about coming back. Might be best to go softly here in case it is Billy - don't want him spooked at this stage.
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I think any cat that might have been used to stealing food would panic of they realise a human is there behind them, he could have been used to doing it where people shouted at him to getout and chased him out. I know it's a long shot with the blue collar but that suggests it's a male cat that someone thinks they own, maybe a family found him and put the collar on but he's used to stealing his food so going into this ladies house to eat as well. Billy is a very hungry cat and always ate a lot despite being thin. This lady says this cat that she sees is thin and I didn't prompt that she just described him that way.
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Bloomin frustrating!
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No word from this woman who reckoned she could get a photo of that cat asap for me. I will text her tomorrow. My Dad was able to go knocking on a few doors in that area though this evening for me, and took Billy's photo, no one he spoke to recognised Billy but they knew of a few black/white cats on that road, but just not Billy. Still hopeful that this woman can photograph the cat she's been seeing though.
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Still got everything crossed for you :hug:
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Staying positive for you. It's good that your Dad is still taking an interest too. :hug:
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Still in my thoughts, keeping everything crossed for you xx :hug:
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Billy is HOME!!!! :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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OMG what fabulous news ... how? why? where was he? Please tell us the story. I'm so happy for you xxx
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I got a phonecall today from vets4pets. They said have you lost a cat called Billy? I said YES! And she said well we have him here, he's been brought in. She sounded a bit sombre so I said "IS he dead?" and she said NO he's fine, in good condition. So I said can I come and get him now and she said yes! So I raced down to the surgery and they told me an elderly couple had been feeding him for 3 weeks in Sherwood which is a few miles from where he went missing. So I have no idea what has happened to him in the past 3.5 years!! He has a wound on his tail like a cat bite which I need to sort out but it doesn't look infected so I'll take him to get it checked out at my vets. He is now sleeping on the chair in the spare room so he can get accustomed to all the other cat smells etc as I now have 4 cats in the house for him to get used to!! His brother is one of them but they won't know that obviously!
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This is just amazing news! I'm over the moon for you :wow: just goes to show you should never give up hope - three cheers for microchipping!
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Oh My God this is unbelievable, I'm shedding tears of joy for you Elle - really can't take it in. :faint:
So utterly delighted! Who took him in? They must have looked after him well and be gutted to lose him, but he's Back hes Back! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: I've spent hours and hours scanning the lost pages for him, just cant wait to see his piccies now hes home ;D
After all you've been through and the changes his loss made to your life, you must feel like your efforts have been repaid - I'm deliriously happy and happen to have some fizzy wine on hand... :drink:
Cheers! Welcome home Billy :welcome: Elle your faith has paid off! :)
(and your parents can relax a bit too now :shify: ) :evillaugh:
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OMG Elle :Crazy: :yesss: :yesss: :yesss:
Does he seem to remember you? I really wonder whether he and his brother may surprise you :) I do hope so. Boris and Bob where separated for 5 months or so when they where young and where sleeping on top of one another within a day or so of being reunited.
Am utterly delighted for you both :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Wonderful news :hug: ;D ;D ;D
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This news has me grinning from ear to ear - am so very pleased for you. :wow: You must've been stunned to get the call. Hope that Billy settles back down again very quickly, and that peace and harmony reign. :Luv:
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this is such great news, I am thrilled for you
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Am wondering if you will be able to contact the elderly couple Elle in an effort to thank em of course but also get more info?
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Thank you!
It's 2.5 years not 3.5 I thought he'd gone in 2010 and got my dates mixed up!
I did ask the vets if i could have the couples details but they wouldn't give them out (i suppose they can only if they've agreed) and they said they'd call them and tell them how grateful I am and to tell them thank you.
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Great news, have you stopped grinning yet? ;D
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I'm still smiling for you this morning, Elle. :cuddle:
Will the vet pass on your details to the couple? I'm wondering if they might be willing to take on one of your rescue cats in Billy's place :sneaky:
Can't wait for photos. :pic:
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Aww great news ;D
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Just wonderful news and so happy for you. ;D ;D ;D
Agree with Helen 3 cheers for microchipping
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That is wonderful news! :yayyy: :narna dance:
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;D how fabulous. Well done to the elderly couple who had the foresight to actually take him to be scanned.
Fingers crossed Billy likes all the newbies in the house :hug:
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aw wow what wonderful news!! :Crazy:
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Some photos of Billy since he's come home..
http://s63.photobucket.com/user/Eleanor_Flynn/library/
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Ahhh bless him ... he doesn't look at all fazed by all the excitement :Luv2: :hug:
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this is a lovely story and I hope it gives hope to all those people out there looking for their missing cats.
He is a beautiful boy
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What a lovely chap he is, I'm so glad that he's back where he belongs :briggin:
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How is he doing?? He looks no worse for his adventures and looks like he has settled back in ok??
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:wow: My goodness I can't quite believe it. I often think of Billy and wish he'd come home as I know how hard you tried to find him weh-eh-hey!!
Please pass on a big snuggle from me :hug:
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I've always been sceptical about microchips, even though all my cats are chipped. This wonderful thread restores my faith in them. I'm so glad you found him.
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On the 1st August 2015, my Billy came inside panting and drooling and in severe pain. I rushed him to the Vet and he'd been poisoned by something they can only tell me was very caustic. Bloods & all sorts of tests showed nothing except he was bleeding from his back passage and had a blue burn on his tongue. We made the decision to have him put to sleep after 3/4 hour of them trying to save him. The Vets said his digestive system was breaking down and disintegrating. The Vets said possibly weedkiller or some kind of cleaner (Jeyes fluid?)
I have his ashes now.
I miss Billy so much and in this past year since he's been back home, he was such a character and despite having 4 cats still, he was the one that was always there around you and always a great companion. RIP my gorgeous Billy.
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oh no how terrible, I'm so sorry to hear this
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Oh no! I am so very sorry to hear this.
RIP Billy boy.
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So sorry to hear this, but at least you were re-united after all that time :hug:
RIP Billy :hug:
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Very sorry to hear this sad news Billy was such a handsome boy :hug:
RIP Billy
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I am so so sorry that after everything, you've lost him in such a cruel fashion. My heart aches for you both.
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RIP Billy. Xx
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What a handsome and proud cat and so sorry he has been taken in such a terrible way :hug: :hug: :hug:
RIP Billy, play hard with all our friends
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RIP Billy. So sad :(
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I know the huge efforts you went to when Billy went missing, I followed his Facebook page, his website, ached for your loss and thankfully rejoiced in your ultimate reunion. Billy really was the cat that made me think twice about so many things associated with the security, loss, search, retrieval...gosh you name it, Billy's case raised that question, broached that topic.
Elle, you already know how sorry I am that Billy was taken to Rainbow Bridge in this dreadful way, Ibut I wanted to thank you and Billy for the legacy he has left in my heart. Without Billy I would almost certainly not be involved to this extent in cat rescue (and I think he may have had a paw in your rescue dealings, too) and think about the cats that have been saved because of him I hope you can absorb this positive message albeit at a time of terrible sadness. Billy was an inspiration.
RIP Billy. X
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ahhh so sad, he was a handsome cat. I used to have a black and white cat called Billy too :(