Frangipani Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Getting butterflies in my stomach. She wouldn't come in last night. We had a blanket hail storm over Sydney last night and today covering many parts in Sydney with what looked like snow but was very small hail. I looked everywhere for her today and no sign of her. All I can think of is she has taken shelter somewhere warm because of the cold. Now its been raining on and off all day. She has a sheepskin bed on the back verandah with blankets and shielding if she wants to stay out of a day and snuggle up but she hasnt even been anywhere near that. Not been around looking for food or anything. Its just after 9.30pm and now I am really starting to get anxious. Trying not to worry my daughter. But now I am wondering whether to go out with a torch. Too late to knock on any of the neighbours doors. Quietly freaking out. Fran. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Hope she turns up, Fran. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ASue67 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Hope she comes back soon - would be beside myself if my cat went missing <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flora Report post Posted July 28, 2008 She'll turn up. My cats are always going missing. Sometimes for days at a time.... one went missing this week for 4 days. Flo' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted July 28, 2008 She's probably sheltering somewhere from the hail. The noise might have frightened her, and she might not feel ready to come out of hiding yet. Most cats who stay out are eventually found very close to their home. Mine went missing for 2 nights and 3 days in the middle of winter. It was below 0C the entire time. I found him under next-door's shed. Dopey git (but I love him). Ask neighbours to check sheds and garages. Ask if you can have a look in their gardens and check in bushes or under decking (check your own garden first). Leave a little bit of used cat litter outside your door. If she is lost, the scent will help her find her way home again. Phone local vets and rescue centres to see if she has been handed in. Don't leave food out for her, as this could discourage her from coming home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 28, 2008 She has never done this before. We have had her since a kitten, I shes about five / six years old. She loves to snuggle up on my chest and into my neck while I watch tele. Shes my morning alarm clock. I am absolutely soaked to the bone as I couldnt find the torch, then finally found the torch, asked the neighbours next door who I thought she would have gone to but they havent seen her to. I finally went around every inch of garden with the torch and it started bucketing rain. Only thing now I guess is to see if someone has handed her in. Luckily she is microchipped so that gives them our address and everything. Except I have changed my phone number. It didnt actually hail here, mainly further inland. She is probably snug as a bug in a rug in some warm place somewhere without a care in the world. But surely she would come if she noticed the torch or heard me calling. Sorry, just thinking out loud. Rattle rattle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted July 28, 2008 But surely she would come if she noticed the torch or heard me calling. She won't come out if she is frightened. That is why you have to look thoroughly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Thanks Tally, I will go and have another look. <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Still no sign of her unfortunately its now after 1am. I searched high and low on the roof in the garden but there are so many pockets I cant get too and it was teaming down with rain and is absolutely freezing here. Hopefully she will turn up in the morning. Or I will put a note in each of my neighbours letterboxes to look out for her. etc. Or ring the council. See if she is handed in. She is such a cute litte thing but such a scallywag, she is probably snuggled up somewhere keeping warm and sheltered from the extreme weather we have had over the past 24 hours. Thunderstorms, lightening, icy rain. Its fleezing. I have had burmese and moggie cats, the last time this happened to me was when my burnese cat was injured. So trying to remain positive. Now the kids keep going out in the cold calling her. No show Come home puddy I miss my fluff ball. xx G'Nite all. <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickyB Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Hope she comes back soon, Fran <'> <'> <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Normally if they are injured, they will try to come home. If they are ill, they sometimes go off on their own. Hopefully she will be back soon. Sometimes, they like to wander off to remind us how much we love them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Hope she turns up. Stay optimistic - our cat went missing for nearly a month and ended up in a neighbours garden not far away: they looked after her well and eventually took her to the RSPCA from where we retrieved her.. Try calling the local vets or putting up missing posters. Also look out for posters - our neighbours put up a poster and it was a friend who alerted me to it. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 28, 2008 Still no show now I am feeling nauseous. Thanks for your help, will follow your advice. They are predicting sunshine today so it will make it a bit easier. I keep hoping she has sort shelter in someones garage and is stuck in there or a garden shed or something like that. Will go door knocking rather than leave a note. She was really healthy so remaining positive. Thanks again for your posts they are helping me remain calm. No man in the house to do this job, I am mum and dad in this household. hoping she will come bouncing through the door. Everytime I heard a cat meow on the telly I thought it was her. xx <'> <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 29, 2008 1.45pm next day I hear MEOW she's home. I ran out the back where she normally comes to the door, no cat, then I thought I was loosing my mind. :( So I opened the front door and in she ran as if - nothing had happened, not a scratch or bump, and not limping, just a bit skinnier because she obviously hasnt eaten in the past 48 hours. Gave her a big hug and some food and she is as happy as happy as can be, and so am I <'> <'> <'> Gosh I rang all the different places and had decided I was going to wait till this afternoon to do the door knocking. But she turned up. Soooooo relieved. It is the worst worst feeling when they disappear like that. Thanks for listening, thanks for putting up with me. Happy ending <'> maybe she has a boyfriend. xx Thanks again, Love Fran xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 29, 2008 Tally, Thank you so much. I think by following your advice brought her home earlier. When I rang the pound they said to put food out and then she will be able to get something to eat. But then I thought about what you said, in not leaving any food out except for water, and I truly believe if I had left food out, she just would have ventured off again. So she gave off one of her very loud 'Meows' as she was so hungry. Her meow isnt that loud, so if all the windows and doors are closed we dont normally hear her. So just wanted to let you know it worked. Thanks so much Tally. She's like my big teddy bear. Relief is a wonderful thing. Big sigh, I can breathe again. Reading your other post Tally, thats what you need to do 'breathe' in and out. I imagine how you are feeling is just like this 'tension' I had while my cat was gone. Imagine how relieved you will feel when your mind is clear on what you want to do and need to do. So maybe there is a sprinkling of a message into your stress in all this. Take care hun, thinking of you, and your future plans and happiness. <'> <'> <'> <'> Love Fran xx <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted July 29, 2008 glad she is home safe & sound. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickyB Report post Posted July 29, 2008 So pleased she's home Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loobylou2 Report post Posted July 29, 2008 What a relief, Frang! Pleased she's home safe and sound Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frangipani Report post Posted July 29, 2008 Thanks Pearl Nicky and Loobylou <'> <'> Watch this space, my daughter is transferring some photo's over to my computer so I can upload some photo's of our little adventurer. I wonder where she has been, maybe to visit the Queen. can she swim that well. She could have been to London and back to Sydney for all we know. Will post some piccies soon. Of our little 'Angel', thats her name. :)xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted July 30, 2008 late to this as usual fran glad the cats back safe and sound when our cat goes over next doors garden my katie stands on a big chair waving a tin of cat food in the air till she comes back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites