He left us for the trailer park - BUT HE'S HOME NOW!!!!

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He is so beautiful!! I am praying you get him back.
 
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It's with a heavy heart that we've decided to give up the search for Squirt. It's been 3-1/2 months now and no sightings for at least two months. We've made weekly pilgrimages to the lake (aprox. 150 mi round trip). I figure we've spent somewhere between $700 & $800 now on gas, food, cat food, pet taxi, live trap, clothes, posters etc. Don't get me wrong it wasn't the money that was the deciding factor.

We spent about 7 hrs there on Saturday, set the trap using the pet taxi and waited.



It was raining when we got there so we had to setup a temporary shelter.



The plan was to stake out the spot and wait till he wandered in for his weekly feast. The only cat we saw, an Orange & White tabby, wasn't Squirt so I'm thinking we've been treating this other stray to a weekly cat food buffet. There's no evidence that Squirt is even still in the area.

We had one shot at capturing Squirt a week after he got loose and blew that so I figure we spooked him real well and he's since moved on. I wish we had known this trap trick when we first started trying to find him.

So it's in God's (and Squirts) hands (paws) to bring him home. Hopefully he'll know enough to find someone to feed him once the weather turns really cold and they can find us or bring him home.
 

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I am truly sorry and my heart is broken for you and for Squirt. I will still hope and pray that he will find his way back home one day.
 
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Encouraging news. Just when we had resigned ourselves to having to give up the search for Squirt we got an e-mail last night from one of the permanent residents in the area. They've been feeding (and seeing) Squirt for the last week!
He's to skittish to let them approach him though.

This means he's moved back towards where he started his little journey. Just two doors over from where he jumped ship. They'll continue to leave him food till the weekend and we'll go back up to try to trap him!

This sure has turned into quite the lil' kitty soap opera! Stay tuned.....
 

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Originally Posted by knottybuoyz

Encouraging news. Just when we had resigned ourselves to having to give up the search for Squirt we got an e-mail last night from one of the permanent residents in the area. They've been feeding (and seeing) Squirt for the last week!
He's to skittish to let them approach him though.

This means he's moved back towards where he started his little journey. Just two doors over from where he jumped ship. They'll continue to leave him food till the weekend and we'll go back up to try to trap him!

This sure has turned into quite the lil' kitty soap opera! Stay tuned.....
That is GREAT news, continued vibes
 

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I am so happy and will continue to pray that Squirt comes home from his journey!! This is great news!!
 

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I'm so glad I saw your 2nd post! I was so upset that there seemed to be no hope, but this latest news is wonderful!

Is it possible to get a trap set at the neighbors house?

Sending tons and tons of COME HOME SQUIRT vibes
 
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Thanks for all the well wishes folks! We're going to head back first thing in the morning and set the trap. I'm determined to catch his sorry butt this time!

I have to tell you about the weirdest conversation I had on the phone today. I was under my cubicle mates desk trying to fix her computer when my cell phone rang. I couldn't get to it in time and redialed the caller. It turned out to be an older lady who couldn't remember why she had called me. It was the weirdest thing! After about two minutes of me trying to explain who I was and figure out why she had called it finally clicked in that she had called me first. It went sort of like this..

Lady: Hello
Me: Hello
Lady: Who's calling?
Me: My name is Rick and I'm returning your call
Lady: I didn't call you. Who are you?
Me: I'm Rick
Lady: Rick who?
Me: I'm the guy you called just now.
Lady: How'd you get my number and why are you calling me?
Me: My cell phone rang and I couldn't get to it in time to answer. I saw your name and number on the call so I called you back.
Lady: You shouldn't be calling me (harsh tone).
Me: Well you must have called me for a reason or you dialed the wrong number. Were you just trying to call someone in the last two minutes?
Lady: Hmmm? (long pause) Well there's this cat.
Me: Oh you're calling about our lost cat?
Lady: There's a beautiful cat wandering around here and somebody should come and get it.
Me: Well yes that's probably our orange cat "Squirt" who's been lost since the first of August.
Lady: It's a shame you let him loose that long why don't you come and get him? (real stern tone like my grade 1 teacher used).
Me: Well we've been up there every weekend to try to catch him.
Lady: Well you haven't been doing a very good job have you? (I think she was mad at me).
Me: We got an e-mail from your neighbor and he told us he's been feeding him for the last week or so. We'll be going up tomorrow to try to catch him.
Lady: Well it's a shame to let such a nice cat run loose you really should come and get him. (I'm scratching my head now)
Me: Well yes we'll be there tomorrow and we'll get him for sure.
Lady: Well make sure you do.
Me: Well thanks for calling and we'll probably see you tomorrow.

She never said goodbye and just hung up!
I'm sure she meant well but boy did it ever seem like she ripped a strip off of me!
 

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I love crabby cats and crabby old people, they always make me smile


Sending renewed trapping vibes for you
 

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Originally Posted by Pami

I love crabby cats and crabby old people, they always make me smile


Sending renewed trapping vibes for you
So do I!!!
I always get a kick out of old people that are cranky!and my old feral girl I feed Patches is such a cranky old lady cat
 
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We Got Him! We Got Him!


After 3-1/2 months "Canada's Most Wanted" fugitive Pussy Cat is HOME!

Wohoo!!! Cheers & Thanks to everybody who wished us well!

We were there for less than 5 minutes this morning. He was right where they told us he would be. When we got there we could see him about 30 yrs away crying. We set up the pet-taxi trap and he worked his way to it right away. Our hearts were beating I thought it'd pop right out of my chest and our knees were shaking. He went right into the pet-taxi and sort of sniffed the tuna-bait and then backed out. We were waiting for him to get fully inside. He's a smart bugger, he circled the trap looking for another way to get the food then his belly took over and in he went. As soon as his hind quarters were in we pulled the door shut! He was a bit upset let me tell ya!

We're just glad he's home. He's a lil' dirty, lil' wet and a lotta scared. It'll take some time to get him back to his old self but we're prepared for that.

Again thanks everybody for all the well wishes.
 

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WHAT A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!


You need to celebrate!!!!! I, for one, am going to go out to lunch to celebrate Squirt's capture!!!!!


I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU ALL!!!!!

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When we got Squirt home we create a little kitty apartment in the basement for him. There is a sofa sofa and chair for him to curl up on, some book cases for him to sit on etc plus a litter box, food and water and a door that we could close to give him some space of his own. I figured he would need at least 24 hours to adjust before he will allow us to get close. We were approaching him like he was a feral. Well about 5 minutes after we closed the door I wanted to go down and see him, talk to him and try to let him get comfortable with me again. Rick, as it happens was thinking the same thing. We lasted 3 hours. We just went down and talked to him and much to our surprise he came right to us, let us pet and scratch him and purred up a storm. Wow! Not what we expected at all. We are still giving him his own space downstairs for the rest of today and maybe part of tomorrow. We will see how it goes. The next big challenge will be to re-introduce him to Shadow. That is going to be tricky.

We will take some pictures when we visit with him this evening and post them.
 

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I am sooooooooo glad you got your boy home, just overwhelmingly happy!!
 

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OMG! I'm so thrilled you finally found him!


Congratulations to all of you, and I'm so thrilled you were so persistent!
 

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This is the BEST news I have heard in a long time!! I couldn't wait until this morning to find if you found him. Many congratulations and well wishes that you are all one happy family again!! It's so great you NEVER gave up on him. Keep updates coming!!
 
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