Hi everyone, I'm new on TCS.
We have two girls who we adopted as kittens. Kit is our white and charcoal grey cat and kitty is our charcoal grey cat. They're both sisters and are about 18months old.
Our cats were purely house cats and only ever went out into our garden. About 3 -4 weeks ago, both of our cats were standing beside our front door, when Kit suddenly wandered off when we took our eyes of her!
She went missing, and we were mortified and heartbroken. We knew she couldn't climb or jump and she knew nothing of the outside World, we spent the night looking for her and calling her name and using torches to try and spot her. Kitty accompanied us on our search and got a taste of the outside World for the first time ever- she loved it.
Thankfully, Kit returned 36 hours later.
As a result of looking for Kit, Kitty now began to love the outdoors. She would ask to be let out of the front door and would wander in the driveway and go to the next 3 houses and always returned. She knew her way home and knew her meal times.
On Monday 17th of August, I gave Kit and Kitty their steak for dinner, and kitty went out like she has been doing for the past week or two.
The latest she had even been back was when she did an all-nighter and returned at 6am.
This time, she didn't return.
Kitty is brave, loves to hunt, and has some climbing and jumping ability, unlike her sister. She even began jumping through the garden gate to get out to the street, which is what she did the night she went missing. I say through, and not over, because the gate has a square cut out so you can put your hand through and unlatch the door to let yourself in. Kitty used this square as a flap!!
So these are the facts:
1- Kitty knows exactly where she lives.
2- She knows when her meal times are.
3- She always came home.
4- Never went beyond a 6 house maximum radius.
5- Never went beyond our street.
6- Kitty loves her food and isn't the sentimental type of cat. Her food was always #1 for her.
The fact she knows where she lives, and has the ability to climb and jump, (albeit not to the extent of an outdoor or street-wise cat) eliminates the possibility of her being lost or stuck.
The only possibility I'm left with, is that somebody has taken her. This seemed like the only possibility for me, and for everybody else that knew her. Everybody said she was so pretty.. and even a neighbour said "somebody's got her."
Kitty is spayed, microchipped and was wearing a reflective collar the night she went away. We're all so shocked, and devastated and her sister is so distressed.
She's now been missing for 9 days. What are the possibilities of finding her? Is there still a chance she would come home? But then if she could, she would have, wouldn't she? So does that confirm that somebody has her?
Thank you.
We have two girls who we adopted as kittens. Kit is our white and charcoal grey cat and kitty is our charcoal grey cat. They're both sisters and are about 18months old.
Our cats were purely house cats and only ever went out into our garden. About 3 -4 weeks ago, both of our cats were standing beside our front door, when Kit suddenly wandered off when we took our eyes of her!
She went missing, and we were mortified and heartbroken. We knew she couldn't climb or jump and she knew nothing of the outside World, we spent the night looking for her and calling her name and using torches to try and spot her. Kitty accompanied us on our search and got a taste of the outside World for the first time ever- she loved it.
Thankfully, Kit returned 36 hours later.
As a result of looking for Kit, Kitty now began to love the outdoors. She would ask to be let out of the front door and would wander in the driveway and go to the next 3 houses and always returned. She knew her way home and knew her meal times.
On Monday 17th of August, I gave Kit and Kitty their steak for dinner, and kitty went out like she has been doing for the past week or two.
The latest she had even been back was when she did an all-nighter and returned at 6am.
This time, she didn't return.
Kitty is brave, loves to hunt, and has some climbing and jumping ability, unlike her sister. She even began jumping through the garden gate to get out to the street, which is what she did the night she went missing. I say through, and not over, because the gate has a square cut out so you can put your hand through and unlatch the door to let yourself in. Kitty used this square as a flap!!
So these are the facts:
1- Kitty knows exactly where she lives.
2- She knows when her meal times are.
3- She always came home.
4- Never went beyond a 6 house maximum radius.
5- Never went beyond our street.
6- Kitty loves her food and isn't the sentimental type of cat. Her food was always #1 for her.
The fact she knows where she lives, and has the ability to climb and jump, (albeit not to the extent of an outdoor or street-wise cat) eliminates the possibility of her being lost or stuck.
The only possibility I'm left with, is that somebody has taken her. This seemed like the only possibility for me, and for everybody else that knew her. Everybody said she was so pretty.. and even a neighbour said "somebody's got her."
Kitty is spayed, microchipped and was wearing a reflective collar the night she went away. We're all so shocked, and devastated and her sister is so distressed.
She's now been missing for 9 days. What are the possibilities of finding her? Is there still a chance she would come home? But then if she could, she would have, wouldn't she? So does that confirm that somebody has her?
Thank you.
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