Waaay off-topic, but my cat has gone missing .....

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

Thanks for your reply!

Well, yes, Parvati does have Jake like tendencies. I think deep in 
her heart she really wants to be a merry little dumpster kittie 
getting dirty with all of the other cats.

Jake doesn't sound like he was ever a housecat though. I don't know 
what Parvati's skills are in terms of getting around and getting 
back. Would that she were a kneazle!

Do cats know this stuff by instinct? Or do they learn it if they are 
allowed to roam?

--Suzanne



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Sheryll Townsend <s_ings at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> > I am pretty distraught. 
> > 
> > I know that there is nothing anyone here can
> > possibly do, but my cat 
> > Parvati has been missing since yesterday evening,
> > and there is no 
> > sign of her anywhere. Her sister Kali is very
> > confused and keeps 
> > crying at the windows. She has gone off before, but
> > never for this 
> > long. (Both kitties are housecats, but Parvati is
> > the adventurous 
> > one. She is the closest thing to having a pet monkey
> > that I know of.)
> > 
> > My biggest fear is that someone will find her and
> > decide to keep her 
> > for themselves. She is a breathtakingly lovely
> > abyssinian with 
> > apricot belly fur and pretty facial markings.
> > 
> > If anyone ahs any experience with this sort of
> > thing, or advice to 
> > give, I'd appreciate it. I am doing everything I can
> > think of. I have 
> > left dishes of food everywhere to tempt her, and I
> > have search every 
> > nook and cranny of the house, under the porch, the
> > dumpsters, you 
> > name it....
> > 
> > Thanks for listening!
> > 
> > *Sniff*
> > 
> > Suzanne
> > 
> Do not despair. I had a similar experience with Jake,
> the cat we had before we bought this house. He just
> went out one day and didn't come back for a week. He
> just showed up at the door at 1 am, meowing for food.
> Turns out he'd been making friends in the
> neighbourhood, just going from house to house! If
> you're really worried, though, I would print up a few
> flyers and post them around the neighbourhood, that
> seems to work around here.
> 
> On a different note, here's what happened to Jake in
> the end. He ended up being the neighbourhood cat and
> we left him behind when we moved. He was our cat by
> default, having been left to us by a former room-mate.
> Anyway, my daughter visits our old neighbourhood quite
> often and see him most of the time. He's still making
> his way from house, and someone takes him in for the
> winter, a different someone everytime. He seems to
> like this arrangement. The 2 cats we have now have
> become outdoor cats recently and are home every time
> they think food is on the schedule. Oddly enough,
> during the hot spell we just had, they refused to come
> indoors and cool off. They seem to have food a nice
> shady place (in the dirt, I might add, judging by the
> looks of them!) and I put water on the back deck. They
> wander in for food - in the back door, a quick bite to
> eat and out the front door!
> 
> Sheryll, hoping that Parvati has Jake-like tendencies
> and is just out 'making friends'
> 
> =====
> "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and 
taste good with ketchup."
> 
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