Need help. Missing Kitten =(

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I am on the edge of my seat, sending you good vibes and praying for kitty to come home!
 
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Thanks for the link and the warm wishes guys! She hasnt seen the kitty yet today as of 11:30am EST anyway. She said shes going to call when she does. Her neighbor apparently is away (uggghhh), but I called and left a message with them anyway. I am playing voicemail tag with the woman who called last night, and I asked her again if I could come by after work and set up the trap. i will tell her that I will come by and check it in the morning and during lunch and then after work. Oh man I hope she stays put in that neighborhood! Maybe I'll come home to a voicemail that she has her =( Keeping my fingers crossed but afraid to get my hopes up again. I will keep you guys posted!
 

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Mooie returned on Palm Sunday from being missing for five weeks. We really had given up hope and assumed that maybe someone was feeding him/taking him into their home, or he had found his previous owner.

Moo Cat is a stray, neutered male, and we began caring for him when he appeared at our doorstep after (as yourself) putting food out in hopes that Mysty would return. This was the fall of 2003. Instead of Mysty returning, we brought Punky, a malnourished and weak feral tortie kitten into our home,
and Mooie, who took up residence on our back porch.

Mooie left when we had a warm spell, which was followed by a horrible winter storm, more cold, freezing days, and more snow. The day he returned, we saw a cute, petite white and soft grey patched older kitten bounding about the yard and the back porch. It was getting close to sunset that day, and who was sitting patiently at the back door, but Mooie, as if nothing had happened! We were shocked and really surprised. Mooie looked the same and it was as if he had never gone missing for so long. I just thought I have bad luck with male cats (Mysty), and we lost Mooie, too. That day turned out to be such a pleasant surprise!

As yourself, I, too, canvassed the neighborhood for Mysty. I went walking door to door in tears, dropping off lost cat fliers to the neighbors on an extremely busy road near us. I was in tears because the cars traveled so fast on this death trap road that no animal had a chance if he tried to cross it.

Some stories have happy endings, so I sincerely hope that your kitten returns home. Good luck to you!
 

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So excited to hear about the siting! Please God let it be her!!!

Please update us as soon as you hear something!!! I'm praying for a happy ending!
 
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ooh! that is such a hopeful story. I keep waiting to come home to that little face waiting at my door. I'm playing the waiting game now. I'm still waiting for the woman who saw her to call me back to let me know if I can set up the trap in her yard. I went down there with my mom and she wasn't home.. however the neighbors were (the yard she was actually seen in). They seemed kind of not very interested in the situation. They haven't seen the kitty in the yard, just the neighbor has (the woman who called me), and the lady who called me is a stay at home mom so that would make sense, since the others are gone all day. They let us look around their back yard and call her but they didn't seem very interested in helping much more than that. THey said they would keep a lookout and their little boy was asking his parents if they coould leave food out. He seemed determined lol. Anyway, now I just wait I guess. I will call the woman again tomorrow morning if she hasn't called me yet and I will ask if I can set up the trap at lunchtime. I feel like every day that goes by she's getting further.. ugg. I was sneaky though and i sprinkled some dry cat food and cat nip in the woman who saw her's yard so maybe she'll come over thre since she seems very helpful and is trying to catch her
 

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haha about the sneakiness! That's cute...and a good idea! I woulda done it too!

Now watch them have a hundred cats in their yard in the morning! haha!!! Hey, just as long as yours is one of them!
 

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Hang in there! We fed a stray for 6-7 months and finally got close enough to let us pet him, apply some flea meds and ear mite meds and then he was gone for 3 months, turned up again with a torn ear, walked into our house and hasn't left since!




The pic is os the cat I mentioned in this post, he is very comfortable indoors now as you can tell
 
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as I was sitting here reading these new posts I heard the trap shut on my poarch and it was that sweet black kitty I had caught last weekend. Him and another mixed (orange and white) cat have been visting my buffet each night I have it out. I've seen the orange and white one in my yard before when I had my kitty, but not the black one. I ran up to see who I caught and i felt terrible!!! He was so scared!!! I felt so bad since I had already caught him once and he was so sweet and crying to get into my house once I released him. He sat with me for about a half an hour that day. I caught him in video last night eating a TON from the buffet, not like the other cat who just nibbled, so i think he's really hungry. Anyway he was freaking out in the cage banging from side to side, it almost had me in tears. I tried to calm him and started to open the trap and he hissed loudly, so I went inside to get the feliway and my gloves.. i sprayed some feliway and he calmed down and was in this tight little ball, body breathing heavy
oh my God I felt so bad. I opened the trap and at first there was nothing.. then he bolted. I don't even want to open my trap anymore now, i feel so terrible for this kitty. At least I know he's getting fed at night but he was so scared. Oh man, I just want to find my kitten so I don't have to trap anymore. After this whole thing I think i will still leave a can of food outside for these little guys, even if my kitty comes home. I had no idea they were even out there until this (of course then I also worry that I will lure other owners kitties to my yard when they should be trying to get come- bitter sweet).
 

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A can of food or even just a bowl of dry can really help, we end up feeding many many strays, I look at it this way, for every stray I feed soemone is doing a nice thing for another persons lost kitty.
 

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Your story is heart wrenching
. I have been following this post for the last week and I pray every morning before I turn my PC on that you will have found your sweet kitten. My gut feeling is- you will have him home soon. Sending good vibes your way!!
 

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Originally Posted by susanmly

Your story is heart wrenching
. I have been following this post for the last week and I pray every morning before I turn my PC on that you will have found your sweet kitten. My gut feeling is- you will have him home soon. Sending good vibes your way!!
I have the same feeling, you'll have the cat back, just give it time and keep doing exactly what you're doing
 
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oh your support helps so much! If it weren't for all you guys I would have given up long ago. The second i start to give up and realize she's not coming home, I come on here and it changes my whole outlook. I hope all of you are right. So far, still no phone call (i'm guessing she was weirded out by my request to trap, but I think she is still looking for her. She seemed genuinly conerned for the kittens welfare outdoors).

I'll keep you updated. I hope I have good news soon.
 

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I hope you do, too!!! We won't ever let you give up on her!

Still hoping and praying for good news everytime I open up this thread!!!
 
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Update... god god! This is killing me! The woman who's been seeing my kitty just called. The kitty was just on her poarch at her back door!!!! The woman's husband tried to pick her up and she ran. Damn it damn it!- I bet it was because I threw that food in her yard and the catnip yesterday!! I am on my way over there now to leave food, her bed and catnip on the poarch. She doesn't want me to leave the trap because she's afraid i'll catch a racoon and she has little children, so i'm going to put the food in her kitty carrier so if she goes in they can just close the door and trap her that way. oh man!!!
 

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YAY!!! I'd hurry up and get over there and call for her for a bit, just in case she is close enough to hear you still!!!

OH GOODNESS THAT'S WONDERFUL!!!
Please God let the happy ending come soon!!!


Good luck and keep us posted!!! I'm so excited! I'm here for another 2.5 hours with ya!
 

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Me too! I know I will check back again and again....be patient. Walk softly, sit on the ground if you have to at her level.....bring your old, scented clothing......
 
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