Thank you. I'm amazed by what some kind words from another cat-lover on the internet can do.
I have not yet been about to find Star. Meanwhile, I've moved and started a new job and Luna is hiding under the couch in a new house.
I'm considering adopting a kitten to keep her company. Not sure...
Yes, homeowners have been a bit more receptive to her than to me. She might also know others in the neighborhood who can keep an eye out. Right now it's just getting sightings that seems to be difficult.
Someone, a volunteer for a missing dog search group, did offer to follow up in my absence. I feel consoled. There have been no new sightings of Star since last week. If there are, though, at least someone can respond. I feel grateful through these times that people are kind.
It's been a week since Star was sighted. I've not been about to get her on camera, or receive another confirmed sighting. I have been able to catch another raccoon, and clean the trap of raccoon piss.
I'm dealing with neighbors who are not cat-friendly, that is turning into a major obstacle. I...
I've set up a trap & camera on someone's porch for a couple nights in a row. Got a gray tabby the first night, and a gigantic raccoon that peed everywhere the second (raccoon piss smells even worse than cat pee IMHO).
Sadly the property-owner asked me to remove the set-up, so now I have to...
Update: There's been a sighting of Star on a nearby street! Someone was working out in his garage around 10PM, and she darted into the garage and startled him. He dropped his weights and she ran away. Now I have a volunteer from a search group helping me set up a trap tonight. Wish me luck everyone!
I'm also struggling with the advice given by the majority of sites I've visited online. Most of these have a mixture of helpful and unhelpful advice. One thing I really took away with me is to never give up.
At the same time, I'm finding the pressure to carry on this search to be overwhelming...
I have no idea if it was a coincidence. It's possible. I really have almost no information about what could've happened.
Thanks for your kind words! The worst part of it all is the constant nagging guilt and self-blame. I'm trying to tell myself that what happened was beyond my control. It's a...
Not so much an update as continuing of the same thing. I'm getting calls from people, but no positive sightings. Traps are either catching nothing, or skunks. I've stopped leaving food near my house because I don't want to attract wild life that could scare Star away.
The most discouraging part...
Yeah, it does suck. Shitty things happen sometimes, and I'm coming to accept the fact that I might not be able to change the outcome. I hope Star is out there and she's safe and healthy. Our home is open to her if she comes back.
Thanks for your kindness. I have done almost everything short of breaking into people's yards and garages haha (did look in a few people's yards at nighttime I will confess). Strangely, no one has seen her. She just vanished.
Just under 5000km! I went from Ontario, to the West Coast, back to Ontario. It's possible that she's prowling in my old Ontario neighborhood. But she went missing after being in our new place for around a month, so I don't really understand.