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After being a full-time indoor cat since joining us here on the beach 9 months ago, Samwise decided to go outside tonight. When Ann and I came home this evening, at zero-dark-30 -- and I mean DARK -- as I opened the door a white flash zoomed by and Samwise shot directly downstairs into the terrible unknown. He had never before been outside unless in his travel cage. The Great Escape!
Here where we live we have in the wild, around our house at all times, dogs, skunks, water moccasins, rattle snakes. copperheads, raccoons, armadillos, possums and bobcats. Even BIG dogs do not mess with bobcats -- they are holy terrors, and, unusual for animals in the wild, have been known, we are told, to kill apparently for the fun of it.
All in all, not a nice place for a Turkish Van to wander around lost, much less in the dark.
It seems that Ann and I searched for him for hours, but it was probably only about 15 minutes. Thank goodness he is white. Any other color and he would have been invisible, even though we were armed with bright flashlights. As I panicked and ran around in ever-increasing circles Ann kept her cool, spotted him under the house (which is 8 feet off the ground), talked to him to calm him down, picked him up and brought him back upstairs into the house.
Samwise survived the experience much better than I did. He has now had his supper and is chasing a bug around the living room -- a bug which yours truly let in when he left the door open dashing after Samwise.
All is well at the Browns' house now. A third Harvey's Bristol Cream has even calmed me down.
All the best to you all,
Jim
Here where we live we have in the wild, around our house at all times, dogs, skunks, water moccasins, rattle snakes. copperheads, raccoons, armadillos, possums and bobcats. Even BIG dogs do not mess with bobcats -- they are holy terrors, and, unusual for animals in the wild, have been known, we are told, to kill apparently for the fun of it.
All in all, not a nice place for a Turkish Van to wander around lost, much less in the dark.
It seems that Ann and I searched for him for hours, but it was probably only about 15 minutes. Thank goodness he is white. Any other color and he would have been invisible, even though we were armed with bright flashlights. As I panicked and ran around in ever-increasing circles Ann kept her cool, spotted him under the house (which is 8 feet off the ground), talked to him to calm him down, picked him up and brought him back upstairs into the house.
Samwise survived the experience much better than I did. He has now had his supper and is chasing a bug around the living room -- a bug which yours truly let in when he left the door open dashing after Samwise.
All is well at the Browns' house now. A third Harvey's Bristol Cream has even calmed me down.
All the best to you all,
Jim
