Dougy pulled a fast one Saturday and slipped outside when I wasn’t paying attention. I discovered he was missing when I got home from dialysis. Fortunately, this town is really good about helping people locate missing pets, and Dougy was found between a snowdrift and an apartment building, his fur full of leaf litter. He had a great time. I thought I would never see my kitty again!
Andy felt lost without his brother, too. We both were so happy when the young man who found Dougy brought him into the apartment! (Dougy was happy to be inside again, but oblivious to the scare he caused.)
When indoor cats get out, they either seem to be terrified or curious. I’m not sure which is scarier.
Dougy was curious, but put up no resistance to being picked up by a stranger and being brought back to me. Bad kitty!
Ooh. Very trusting or a cat. Are all Persians that way?
They do have mild personalities, though I don’t know if all Persians are this trusting.
Oh Dougy, you best not do that again, ’cause you and Andy would be lost without you. Mom and I would be very sad, too. Hugs.
I hope his adventure is sufficient for now!
I can imagine what you’ve gone through, Doug! We’ve had a couple of scares like that, with our little adventurers and explorers, and every time I almost had a heart attack.
Exactly! It hap[pened on a dialysis day on top of it, and I was so exhausted from that medical procedure that I had to take a rest/nap at one point even thought I knew I should be out looking for him. It was when I was resting that the young man who found him knocked on the door with the naughty Dougy.
Oh my goodness!
How scary for you!
That is one thing I dread with Sonu Singh!
So glad he was found and left unaffected by his adventure!
Curiosity is strong in kitties, of course, and Dougy has always been the more adventuresome of the two, with a few brief forays into the feet feet by the front and back doors, all of which wetre closely supervised to prevent him from going too far away. (Give Sonu Singh a nice ear rub and head scritch from the kitty boys and me!)
Bless him and his curiosity!
I will do !
As long as he keeps it inside…!
Yes!!
So happy the escapee was apprehended! How long was he gone? You should write a story about his escape from his point of view.
As berst I can tell, he was gone around 11-12 hours. I think he got out when I had the door open to check for the weather. It was still dark, he’s a stealthy black cat, and I saw and heard nothing when he escaped! I didn’t discover he was gone till I put out the kitty boys’ midday wet foiod meal and her didn’t come when I called his name. That would have been about six-seven houtrs after he got loose.
well I’m happy all he had was an outside adventure. I bet Andy was asking him how it was?
That must have been what was going on – “Meow?” “Meow! Meoooow!” LOL! I dfon’t know if Andy would be happy outside, though I suspect he could get used to it if given a little time and me being there to help him build his confidence. In the meantime, Dougy would have wander off on another adventure! I need to get one of those cat cage things that let cats enjoy being outside in a safe environment.
Good idea,maybe for their next birthday present
great idea!
I rent, whioch makes the nature of the cat enclosure one that has to be somewhat portable and impermanent….
That is very scary. I am so glad you got him back. Tell him he is grounded.
He is grounded for sure!
The scallywag! Got all frit. Phew!
He was very pleased with himself, and covered in leaf litter from exploring (hunting?) inb bushes around the housing units.
Thank goodness your wayward boy was found and returned – safe and sound.
My Seattle sister had a cat missing for 10 awful months, and I had visions ofg an ordeal like that. When the young man who spotted him told me there was a black cat that he thought might me Dougy, I halfway thought it would be lucky if it were Dougy, but I had my doubts till he brought the cat to my door and it was Dougy. He was within 150 or so feet / 45,7 meters of home!
So happy you found him! Missing cat posters are the saddest thing! But I’m so glad when they work!
The best part about missing pets where I live is there are lots of people who take an active role in searching for the pet till it is found. Also, when people find a lost animal, they are good about posting a photo and information about the circumstances of its appearance on Facebook. The local animal control officer posts photos of found animals at the shelter, too. All in all, this is (if there is such a thing) a good place to be a lost pet! The young man who found it was with his mother at a store half a block away from where I live. She asked him if he wanted to look for the naughty Dougy. He said yes, and they came over to my lane to start the search. He spotted Dougy almost as soon as they drove done the lane! I drove by the same spot earlier and he weasn’t there or I didn’t see him because he was behind a snowdrift.
wow 🐱 This gives me ptsd 😢 from 6yrs ago when Washe slipped out the front door while I was reaching for the mail. Found him a ½ hr later nibbling on day lilies outside the back door. I was bothered shitless man! I feel for you Doug 😉 Glad he is back home 🐱
It happened on a day I have dialysis, and half way into the process beforfe he was found, I was physically so exhausted I had to take a rest/nap. It was during that rest that tiurned into a nap that I heard a knock on the door that turned out to be the people who fa=ound Dougy! Sounds like what happened with Dougy. A black cat in a dark doorway can slip into the black night with little effort, I learnedf!
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Same here! I enjoy your imaginative posts and, of course, your kitty!
I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw this post!!! He is probably going to try that trick of getting out again, so you got to keep a close eye on him!
That is so scary! I’m so glad Dougy is now safely back with you!
What an awful time – eleven horrific hours but all is well that ends well.
Did he appreciate brushing at home ? Was he hungry ?
Be happy and quiet the three of you 🙂 amitiés
Thanks! Yes, it is good it’s over!
I’m so glad of the happy ending. I’m sure Dougy will have some incredible stories to share with Andy now.
I suspect he told Andy that now that he’d tasted the alley cat life, he preferred it and can’t wait to get back outside!
Wow, I’m glad he is back home safe, Doug! More so when our so cold. 🙏🏻😻
For sure! Fortunately, he did have his winter coat on!
That is frightening. I had something similar happen to me many years ago only my cat didn’t really get outside. She crawled up into the ceiling rafters in the basement of a new home we were moving into. She wouldn’t respond to her name. When it got dark and she got hungry, she came out. Of course by this time, I had made posters and plastered them in every neighborhood mailbox and gone all over looking for her. I was both angry and happy at the same time.
Yes, I had the posters out, too, and an announcement of Facebook. He was found about four or so hours after I posted them, and almost outside my front door! (He was perhaps 100 or so feet away on the other side of the lane, hidden behind a snow drift, but next to an apartment building. Most likely, that’s where he was, too, when I drove past that spot earlier. I had to concentrate on the road and didn’t see anything over there.)
Oh my goodness: my heart actually just stopped beating for a second! Thank heavens the little scamp has been found!
He had about 11 hours of freedom.
I bet he had an absolute ball, the cheeky little thing! And I bet he used the same magical portal that Louis Catorze uses to escape to The Front.
LOL! I know he did. He had leaf litter in his fur, letting me know he explored hiding pl;aces generations of cats in this neighborhood have used to catch birds. There was no evidence he caught any birds, but I’m sure if he tried, he’d be successful.
Glad that your little town takes care of each other so well and you got your kitty back so quickly.
Yes, I discovered he was missing about five or so hours before he ultimately was found. Of course, in that time after I missed him, about an hour or so was spent making the poster and notifying places I felt he might have contact with as a missing cat – police, veterinarian, Facebook users in town. Anyway, someone who saw the missing cat announcement on Facebook decided to take a look for him since they were in my area. He actually was just a 100 meters or so down the lane from where I live. I looked there earlier from my car as I drove around, but missed him (if he was there then). The friend drove her son around the area, and he spotted Dougy from the car as they drove by.
Soo kind of them to go into their car and look for your cat! Particularly, if I understood correctly, as you have not lived there for decades but only since your retirement in a gated community!
Ther search was by friends who actually ;live on the opposite side of town. I know the mother from when we both wortk at the same place. They werer on this side of town at a store and decided to look for Dougy since they were only half a block away from where I live anyway. Talk about serendipity!
Ah, now you have me disappointed. I thought there was such an idyllic place where total strangers decide to help an elderly man get his cat back as that was the most that place has to offer – adventure wise.
Actually, this is an historically and paleontologically interesting area. This also is the home of the whimsical Carhenge. carhenge.com/ That said, it isn’t particularly idyllic, but it is a pleasant enough place to live.
For that matter, Dougy could have been returned by absolute stragers, too. It just happened he was returned by someone who knows me and who lives with her children’s many cats and dogs. This is a big town for pets, and people care about reuniting animals with their humans caretakers.
Wow. Crisis averted. Dougy on short adventure! Glad he is home safe and sound.
Me, too. It was a sad day to realize I might never see him again, so it was a huge relief he was found and returned so quickly!
Thank goodness this story has a happy ending! I’m so glad for you, my friend!
Yes, it could have been tragic since I live close to major roads. He hadn’t wandered that far from home, fortunately, even though he was out approximately 11 hours total and I didn’t realize it for at least the six first hours.
Yes, and I can’t lie: I was worried he would be injured or killed on one of the two major roads nearby,
It does cause a panic when they are missing…we imagine all sorts of awful stuff….glad he made it home okay….chuq
I was very sad because there are major roads nearby and I was afraid I’d never see him again alive.
I know the feeling and how relieved I was to see her again…..chuq
Exactly! Relieved and upset because I know he wants to go out yet I didn’t pay attention when I was standing by the open door looking outswide to get a sense of the weather. That was how he got out!
Dougy… wow that was sure a nightmare for your daddy… please never go alone …to habe a tourguide outside is much better ;O)
He’s a naughty kitty compared with Andy, my little angel!