Need help. Missing Kitten =(

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Oh!! You guys are great! I don't know- I don't feel like I have any choice but to still look for her. Sometimes I wonder now that it's been so long if she jsut got in trouble that night with a wild animal, or if she was sick and I didn't know so she went off to die. They are obviously not good thoughts but I have to entertain the idea since no one seems to *reallly* know that it's my cat and the sightings are all over the place within the same day or two so some of them have to be false.

I had a dream about her last night that I finally found her and was holding her. I would just give anything to see that little face again. It would change everything.
I don't know how anyone goes through this without this message board. It seems like such a private type of pain now as I'm sure others think I'm probably over it by now...but I'm far from it. The longer the time passes, the more I miss her. I haven't been taping as much - it's hard to watch everyday and see nothing.. but I do still tape every couple of days because I can't bear the thought of missing it if she did show up. At what point does one finally accept that their kitty is not coming home.

If something bad did happen to her that first night, all of this work isn't bringing me any closer. At this point, i just want to know if she's alive or not. Sorry to sound so down.. I was very excited with all the success stories after 2, 3, 4 weeks.. I'm going on 5 1/2 weeks now though and there aren't many success stories for a kitty with no tags after that point. I'm trying to stay positive. I jsut keep hoping she'll show up on my poarch. Maybe she got pregnant and had the babies in the woods (God i hope not) and she is caring for them until they are old enough to survive on their own (even the thought of this makes me sooo sad for the hypothetical kittens), and she will be back after that.

Who knows- I'm entertaining any and all ideas at this point just to keep hope.
I was fixing one of the signs that was falling down the other day and a lady was raking and she said "oh did you find your cat!" i said no not yet and she said "i'm so upset because i was positive i had your cat. It had been in my yard and he came right to me so i locked him in the house for you. I was going to call but I wanted to double check the poster first, but this kitty didn't have white paws and yours did". It was heartbreaking. Finally FINALLY someone actually HAS the cat in their house, and it's not her. This woman lives only .25 miles from me, if that so it would have been believable.

sigh. How is everyone else doing here? All i do is talk about myself!! How long has everyone else been missing their kitties? Are you still looking?
 

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I am so sorry.
I can only imagine how sad you are and I totally understand that. You are right, it's hard not to think other things because your mind is just going crazy right now. You are doing a great job though by trying to keep positive and keeping hope. I am praying that you find her everyday. I've not been in your situation specifically but I certainly know what it feels like to be upset over your baby. We are all here for you and pulling for you two to be reunited.
 

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Originally Posted by kteegirl24

......I had a dream about her last night that I finally found her and was holding her. I would just give anything to see that little face again. It would change everything.
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sigh. How is everyone else doing here? All i do is talk about myself!! How long has everyone else been missing their kitties? Are you still looking?
First & foremost, KT, you SHOULD be talking about yourself. This very special thread is about your kitty and you. That's all I have an interest in here, you you you you you guys! ok? ok!
Now, having said that, I think the dream is a good one. I got a very strong feeling as soon as I read your words and she is uplifitng you and telling you she is ok. I waited a year, never gave up, called our hotline every day, made new signs --everything I outlined to you in an earlier post, for exactly 1 year to the DAY that SiSi disappeared. Why this happened was that Sasha (her son) got mauled by the coyote to the exact day she disappeared, one year later. But he fought him off and lived! It was as if he was not ready to go AT ALL.
Her son.
The exact same day.


I asked the vet if coyotes can come back for the son. I had my answer, it was so obvious. And I never dreamed of her while I was still looking. But a couple of months after that, SiSi came to me in my dream. She was up on a grassy hill and so HAPPY! She was just so happy! She said that Sasha would live a long, long time and she was just fine. I could hear her voice. I woke up crying and smiling and shaking - it was very real. I am at peace now, and that is my story.
 
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I was just typing this update as i got the email that a post was here Gail! Sorry!
There was no news at all until two days ago, when a woman called (who has 3 cats). She lives a half mile from me. She said a cat "just like the one in the paper" had been pal'ing around with another neighborhood cat for the past two weeks in her yard. She said the cat that looks like mine is new and just started coming around two weeks ago. She called me and said "i just saw her go in my back yard, come on over!" so i went straight there, arrived within minutes.. and called and called and even went walking around her back woods in the prickly bushes and swampland but saw nothing.

The good news, she described the cat with white paws and white feet and a white chest and mine is just like that. Even better news, since she's a cat lover, she let me put the trap out. of course it poured buckets yesterday, not helpful- but I keep going over there to check it. She's going to let me keep it there until Saturday. She is also going to leave food out near her deck to try to lure her in. She said she looks well fed and has been drinking from a small spring in her back yard. She saw her twice in that one day. This process is awefully exausting. I just hope that something good happens here!!!

I'm on my way over there now to take a peek in the trap. (She even let me sit in her yard for an hour to call her and sit and watch).
 

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I hope you find her. My cat was missing yesterday for only a few hours and that was tough on me. I can't imagine what you're going through. Good luck!
 

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Have faith! The new lead you got really brightened my day. You must be emotinally exgausted. I really want that kitty to be yours (and be safe and healthy, of course). You and your kitty are still in my prayers!
 

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good news.. hopefully, it is HER
spend maybe half an hour to an hour a day and go there, maybe you'll spot the cat. can you imagine what will go through your head if it is her?!?
I would cry....
 
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thanks everyone! I went over there during my lunch break but nothing in the trap and no kitties in sight. I'd like to at least see one! Anyway, this lady is great. She had already exchanged the food in the trap for me, so i left her some extra cans and some dry. I have the feeling I'll catch someone's cat eventually lol.
 

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I haven't been by the thread this week - I've just noticed this - I really really hope this is your kitty. I'm sending all the positive vibes I can that you'll get to this wonderful lady's house and find your little kitty in the trap waiting to go home with you
 

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YAY!!! I'm so excited to hear about this new lead! How wonderful to have befriended such a kind lady! I'm still praying for Tek's safe return!!!

 
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Thanks so much for everyone's good wishes for me and my kitty! She called this morning at 7:45 and said "your kitty is standing right outside the trap sniffing at the food.. I'm hoping she goes in.. call me as soon as you get this". So i called her and she said that she sniffed it for about 3 minutes and then walked away into her back woods. She was scared to go out there and scare her away but eventually she did (once she walked back into the woods). She called her and called her and no sight of her. I was all ready to go over there but she went off in the woods again. The good news is that she's staying in the same area. Also more good news, she said that she has caught the black and white kitty (that this one has been pal'ing around with) in the trap twice!! So I keep hoping we're so close. She said she looked at my flyer again and she said "there is no dobut in my mind that this is your little girl- if it's a twin i will be beyond beside myself because I'm positive this is her". I don't want to let myself get my hopes up because i'm afraid of being let down again so Im just playing it by ear and hoping and praying that she goes in the trap so I at least know.

The lady said she msut be well fed because she doesn't look or seem hungry at all.
So close.. literally inches. This woman is great. She keeps baiting the trap for me each day, like it's for her own cat. She didn't have a towel on the trap so she's goign to try that today. She said "i jsut wanted to go out there and push her butt in the trap!" hehe. I am very lucky to have such a nice lady helping me.
 

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Kt!

I am so happy for you with this new lead... and she sounds like such a wonderful lady, and it sounds hopeful!! I have my fingers and toes crossed for you in a big way!!!!
 

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How wonderful that this lovely lady cares so much. I can understand you not wanting to get your hopes up - I'm sending all the vibes I can that you won't be disappointed again. I hope this weekend sees you kitty back home safe and sound!
 

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THAT'S GREAT!!! Oh, Tek, just get in the trap already!!! haha!!!

Still keeping everything crossed for ya! Keep us updated (as I'm sure you will
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I just found this thread to day and I am SO sorry for you and you missing little one. My cat was actually blessed upon me as a stray that was left in the cold... He was only 6 weeks when he was found by my co-worker and I took him in (sightings of the mother and another baby were also noted).
I don't know what I would do with out my special little one and my heart feels for you, truly.
Have you also thought of putting a posting on the Boston section of Craig's List: http://boston.craigslist.org/
I have seen people putting missing animal posts with pictures under the pets section... One more avenue couldn't hurt. I hope you find you special little one soon! Sounds like the woman helping you now is great!!
 
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well, I guess i will never know if that was her or not. The woman called me on Sunday morning at 9am and left me a voicemail saying "i think you need to come get the trap, we're catching animals and it's getting dangerous". She then called at 11am and left me another voicemail saying "katie, you'll never beleive what's in the trap, come on over!" like she had her. I didn't get these voicemails until noon. I got in my car and flew over there and i called her on the way and she said "come on over you need to check your trap!"- i was so excited... one way or the other to at least find out- when I got there- she was standing there with her husband holding the empty trap and saying "you need to take this home. I'm sorry, but I got a visit from the animal control officer this morning. Somehow he found out I was trapping animals and did you know that it is illegal? He threatened to fine me $1500. We went back to show him that it was a have a heart and a baby racoon was in it. I don't know if it was rabid but we let it go, but I really can't do this anymore. At least you know she's alive and doing fine out here, take care". My heart broke. I don't know that she's alive and well. I don't even know that that was her. Even if it was, I want her safe. I'm not content with just alive and well and out there on her own. Moreover, I feel HORRIBLE that this woman lent her help to me and she almost got in trouble. I had no idea at all that this was illegal in Massachusetts?? I know that transporting a trapped animal is illegal, but we weren't doing that. Who in the world even told on her?? So I guess that even if there are any more sightings- trapping is out of the question. We were so close. Her body was half way in it. She also said her neighbors have seen it around. I'm at a complete loss now.

Thanks to the new people who have read my thread and who care and for the warm wishes, and of course thanks to all of you who have been here every step of the way as well.

This is like a needle in a hay stack.. if there's even a needle at all.
 

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aw! I'm so sorry!!! That stinks so bad that you can't trap anymore


It makes me very sad, so I can only imagine how you feel.
However, please don't give up! We're still with you all the way!

--Still praying...
 
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