My Kitty dashed out the Door and disappeared!

Oh my goodness. I hope you will find your kitty soon. Have you checked the local shelters to see if anyone turned her in?

Ginger

Maui~ Thanks for the site and info... but, I live in an apartment with lots of children playing around and during the day I am at work so I can't watch the trap. There are a lot of common areas. Also, I am sure the apartment managers won't approve of me setting up a trap. I've looked morning and night with a powerful flashlight, but all I've been able to find are stray cats. I am worried to death. Neighbors around the area are all aware of me looking for Milukhu because I'm out there every night looking for her. The neighbors all say they haven't seen her. In the morning, it's been foggy and the bushes and grass seem to be all wet from the mist and dew... so, I am wondering where else she would be hiding. Unless, she's move farther away from the area... I really don't know what to do. I am so tired from lack of sleep and crying that I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. I wish that last Friday never happened... =( Tonight will be the 4th night of her being gone... It's been chilly outside too, I hope she's okay.

I am ready to call all the local shelters tomorrow. Do they actually pick up cats, like how they catch dogs? If so, why are there so many strays around? Or they only pick up kitties that look lost (pets that are easier to catch)?

I am headed over to the next apartment complex to try my luck now... how I wish the next time I post, I will be able to write that Milukhu's finally HOME!! Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts and support. Keep your fingers crossed...

As far as I know they pick up cats and the sooner you look the better!
I don't know alot about shelters and what their procedures are, maybe someone else can give you better advice. But, I have always heard that they only keep found pets for a limited time so please call around asap.
Again,
Good luck finding her.
Ginger

i just wanted to say that my thought are with you and i hope you find your kitten!

Any luck finding kitty?

So far, no luck yet. Went to the shelter to post a notice on their board and to checked all the kitties that came in ~ but no Milukhu. The shelter is another sad place...

I put up more notices around the area, even drove up the the back side of the hillside to where there are houses/residential areas to put fliers in mailboxes... I don't want to lose hope, but it's been a week and I've looked everywhere and every day, so worried...

I found many strays in my search and every time I get a call about my kitty, it always turns out to be the stray cat that looks like Milukhu that's been around. I guess it's good that at least neighbors are looking out for her. I just don't know what else to do. My co-worker told me that her friend had an indoor apartment cat that ran out like mine too, disappeared for a month and then was on the door step when she came home from work! I desperately hope that will be the case for Milukhu! I just hope she'll find her way soon!!
Thanks for all the kind thoughts and support.

By the way, if anyone wants to see how Milukhu (and sister, Bumpy) looks like... check out cat pages 835 and 845. They are now a little over 2 years old. Thnx.

I am sorry she has not found you yet. But please do not lose hope. Keep putting your scent outside in anyway you can. It could be that someone has just taken her into their home and she is being cared for, at first opportunity she will escape and come back to the home she loves.

I had one sweet little female by the name of Scatter. She was beige and brown, a siamese mix with the sweetest face. She vanished once for over 3 months! I was frantic but never stopped looking. One afternoon, I was walking my dog and was on a back road a little bit away from our property. I was waiting for Kenai to sniff a tree when I heard a frantic mewing, and a sound like scratching on glass.I looked up and there was Scatter in the window of this home! I shrieked, and ran up to the door and pounded on it. When they opened the door to see what was wrong with me, she ran out from the house and leaped right into my arms! I was crying and so was she, and they had no idea that she belonged to me. They had moved in recently and found her in their fields, then brought her inside. There was no doubt in their heads that she was mine (I raised her and her brothers from bottles) I took her home immediately where she lived out her days till cancer claimed her. So do not ever give up and always keep looking!

Thanks Hissy, for the encouragement with your great story. I certainly hope I'll end up with one too. I won't lose hope, I can't... because she's my baby and I'll keep on looking for her until I find her. It's just that I am so worried about her starving, all the danger and wild animals, etc... Milukhu isn't the smartest nor the bravest kitty, and while had many emotional issues as a kitten, I brought her up with so much pampering and attention that she doesn't really know how to take care of herself. I cannot imagine what she'll do out there, where there's no protection at all... She needs me so much. At this point, I am hoping that some one actually took her inside- but, with the way she is (she's not friendly to strangers and is scared of people) I am not sure if any one would want to care for a kitty that doesn't socialize like normal kitties. And if any one took her in, it should be someone in my apartment complex... and they should know that I've lost a kitty... why don't they call? I am just stressed thinking of all possibilities of what happened to Milukhu. I will keep on looking.

Years ago, one of my former cats who was also an indoor only kitty managed to push the window screen out and escaped. I looked for the cat for several days without finding her. I finally got the cat back by leaving the door to our enclosed entryway slightly open overnight. The cat didn't come back that night, but later the next morning I heard a noise coming from the entryway, and when I looked the cat was there. Is there anyway you could leave a door open slightly???

Awe.. I am so sorry. I am in a similar situation. I lost 8 of mine last Thursady(long story) and have retrieved all but 1 and am in the process of looking for her. Like the others have said they are usually very close by. I found the majority of mine up under cars. Not to scare you but they were up in the wheel wells etc.. I did have one that had darted across a busy street into the woods. I totally thought I would never see him again.I looked for him for 3 days and finally set up a live trap with sardines in it and I got him.

I would suggest the trap but seems like you have alot of strays around but you could always let them back out and keep trying.

Good luck. I hope you find her soon.

I wish I could use a trap to catch my kitty. But I live in a large apartment complex and I am gone at work all day, so there's no one helping me with this. The strays have gone up to my front door to eat the food I left out for Milukhu and they moped around the box I left for shelter in case she comes home. Now, I am worried that Milukhu won't like the other cats' scent when she finds her way upstairs to my apartment. I just don't know how to keep the strays away and not Milukhu.

Lorie- thanks for the suggestion, but I only have one front door and it's upstairs...that would be the only entrance home for her...I have a balcony but it's too high up for her to climb. I've hung clothes I slept in on the balcony to let the wind carry my scent out to her, but... don't know if she did sense it or not.

Well, I'm out to look for my Milukhu again...wish me luck!

Wishing you all the luck........and sending come home vibes to your kitty.

Good luck!

Any news????

I would suggest using the trap - I know u said u live in an apt complex. HOw about you put the trap out EARLY in the morning OR during the night then WATCH and as soon as the cat you want gets in, the trap will spring closed. You can do that on the weekends then sleep in during the weekend in the daytime.

I live in an apt complex myself and did that- I put out the trap with food then watched thru the sliding door and as soon as the cat got in and was trapped, I removed the trap. I did it at like 8 pm.

HOPE u find ur baby!! Hang in there and talk to people at work- u might find another cat-lover who would be happy to help u look for ur baby..

Keep us posted!

So far, no good news yet... Thanks for the suggestions. My problem is that I leave quite early in the morning and come home pretty late. I am worried that by now, Milukhu has gone out of the vacinity of my area. She must be really scared by now. I am hoping that someone actually did take her indoors... I am still looking for her though. I keep on finding the same stray (that looks like her)around my apartment... Does anyone know if strays will communicate among cats? Maybe the strays will tell my kitty that I've been looking for her. I know it's stupid, but I almost want to talk to that kitty to tell her to tell Milukhu to come home and that her mom is looking for her, if she sees her. I am sure Milukhu wants to come home, she is just lost and doesn't remember that she lives upstairs? I hope she'll find her way back soon! I am so sad without her, so is her sister...

Pamela, how long did it take to catch your kitty? And how many tries did it take? Did you do it right after your kitty ran out? It's been 3 weeks since my baby ran out! I don't know if it's too late to do the trap... I am worried that I might trap a lot of other animals (not only stray cats, but skunks and other little animals...) that come down from the back hillside.

It took me a couple weeks to trap the kitty. Actually I intended to catch a wounded cat but ended up trapping the kitty. I found a home for the kitty. Now I am trying to trap the wounded cat and it has been over 3 weeks now so it takes time and patience.I have to go to work early and work late also so I am in the same boat as you are. I only set traps out on the weekends when I 'm home and can stay up late or get up really early to try to trap the cat.

If you see an animal approaching the trap that you DON'T want to trap, just go near the door or open the door and they'll run off. That's what I did- if I saw a cat approaching the trap that I didn't want to trap, I'd open the door and the cat would run off.

If you DO trap a wild animal, you can just release them. It's no biggie. If you trap another cat, you can release the cat OR you call one of those no-kill cat shelters and see if they could take the cat in.

It's never too late so pls do try the trap!! Also check under cars like KC65 mentioned. Hang in there and think positive.

any news?