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LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3154
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:37 pm: | 
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I know he's probably turn up as soon as I post this (oh please please) but...
Leo is gone. Grey and white, slightly overweight 9 year old male cat went out for his evening constitutional last night and did NOT return at his usual 11pm. Even on those rare nights he spends out with his lady friends, he always returns for breakfast by 7am. But not today.
Looked everywhere is the neighborhood and thru the house in case I forget that I let him in
No Luck.
Will scan a photo later but in the meanwhile please give a look if you live near me (Wyoming bwtween Franklin and Luddington in South Orange)
Thanks
Nancy |
mjc
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Username: Mjc
Post Number: 1067
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:40 pm: |
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Nancy, I hope he turns up SOON!!
MC |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4475
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:41 pm: |
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Oh Nancy
I'm so sorry to read this. I'll take a look when I go out in a few minutes. I'm sure he'll turn up. |
Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 33
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 3:47 pm: |
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Check in neighbours garages - we once had a cat "go missing". We scoured the neighbourhood calling his name for 3 days (A tip, if you call, do not yell, use a nice calm tone - they don't recognise words, but they do recognise a vocal tone as being happy or whoops, i'm in trouble...).and no sign - it was heartbreaking. On day 4 he reappeared - very thin, the vet thought that he may have eaten something bad and just crawled into the nearest hole/garage to "feel better"... Librarylady, we had this cat for 13 more years!!!!! I send you all my good thoughts, and feel that knowing how much he is loved, he will find his way home. |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3156
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:01 pm: |
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MOL is great. Only 22 minutes after I posted, he turned up (squashed under LilMR. LL's platform bed). Don't know how long he was there, but we had to disassemble the whole thing to get at him.
THANKS ALL. |
Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 34
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:02 pm: |
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SO GLAD!!!!!! Give him a hug... |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4479
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:09 pm: |
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LL
I am so glad to read this. I knew he'd dhow up! Bet he is one hungry kitty! Surprised he didn't meow to get someone's attention! As Soparents said, Give him a big hug! |
Debra Davidson
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Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 144
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:46 pm: |
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Please may I suggests that you make Leo an indoor cat. Around here I do not think it is safe to let your beloved cat roam lose in the neighbor hood. Please there are all kind of dangers out side that we owners cannot protect our cats from. I have many friends that have cats and they keep them indoors for their safely. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 376
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:52 pm: |
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Oh please. Cats get into trouble...it's just the way things are. It's not a reason to lock them down.
I remember when our cat got locked in the neighbor's garage for 2 days. |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3157
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:59 pm: |
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Just as an aside of what we do for our cats....After panicing all morning, but before posting, I actually called my neighbor to check his garage. He usually leaves it opened and when I was out and about hunting, I noticed it was closed. Now, I have lived next to this guy for TWENTY years and we have exchanged maybe 5 hellos. Anyone who knows me IRL knows that's not me (I talk to every and anyone)> Distant and aloof but for Leo, I called!!
He has changed his hiding space from under the bed to the basement but I at least I am sure he is in the house.
(Debra, btw, we tried to make him an indoor cat, but when we refused to let him out, he took to doing his business on the door after scratching at the door knob. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.. But thanks for your concern.) |
tabby
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Username: Tabby
Post Number: 260
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 11:08 am: |
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Lucky Leo!! Glad he is home and safe. Give him a scratch under the chin from me.
meow,
Tabby |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 96
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 3:46 pm: |
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Cats belong indoors 24/7. As intelligent as they are, they are no competition for vehicular traffic, accidental poisoning, predators, and all the hazards of the outdoors. Save yourself the heartache of losing him by doing the kindest thing you can-- keep him indoors. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 377
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:05 pm: |
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If you want to try to make the cat we adopted from our backyard (she used to be a stray) who now lives both inside and outside as she pleases...your're a foolish being. Cats are little people. They do as they please and that's just the way it is. Small children are no match for vehicular traffic and poisons indoors and outdoors, but we dont keep them locked up all the time. |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 100
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:12 pm: |
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You leave a toddler outside, alone, to do as he or she pleases? I guess you don't care if the child is killed by a car, kidnaped, or worse. Losing a cat to the perils of the outside is preventable, and anyone who lets a cat out is guilty of animal abuse. Learn from an expert. And I hope you don't keep that pistol where a child can access it either. Or I suppose that's just the way it is.... |
composerjohn
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Username: Composerjohn
Post Number: 795
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:15 pm: |
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Hmm.... comparing cats to toddlers. |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 101
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 4:17 pm: |
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That's right. A cat has the mentality of a toddler. And tell me Mr. Pistol, do you own that 18-shooter? You're underage. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 378
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 9:20 pm: |
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What I meant was that locking your cat in the house to protect them...is the equivlent of locking your kid in his room to protect them. |
mtierney
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Username: Mtierney
Post Number: 918
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:54 am: |
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Let me piggyback a cat tale on this thread:
My 17-year-old cat who has spent most of his life indoors caught a large mouse in the house this morning. This was a real first for him to our knowledge, since our other cat (died in January) was the resident mouser - and she always played tag and released her prey.
He showed it off with pride, however we could not get him to drop it (we hoped it would run off). We got the cat (and mouse) off on an enclosed porch, as we wanted to narrow his opportunity to hide.
He would not release that mouse! Next thing I see is that the mouse is now looking quite chewed up!
We cannot find the remains at all.
Called the vet and asked if the cat might get sick. He said that if the mouse was healthy (no poison in its system) the cat should be OK. He said if it began to heave, we should bring him in.
So far, so good.
We've had cats forever and this is the first time we saw their catch actually devoured. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7068
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 1:11 pm: |
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MT - years ago, I came home from a weekend away to find that my sweet little kitty had eviscerated a mouse. All over the kitchen. In fact, the entrails were stuck to the floor. Probably one of the grossest things I've ever had to clean up in my life.
Later, when I was dating TS, her cat woke us up in the middle of the night, bouncing off the walls and making all kinds of noise. She'd caught a mouse and was torturing it. We wanted to get it from her before she brought it into bed to show it off. Unfortunately, she got offended that we were trying to take her toy away, so she dropped it and left the room. It ran into the kitchen and it took another hour to find and dispose of the little bugger. |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3189
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:06 pm: |
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My late, great Shadow cat loved to catch mice and voles and even baby squirrels (Bad Shadow.)
Anyway , one spring day he was outside and caught a small vole. There was no way he was gonna let me take it away so I watched transfixed. Eventually the poor thing must of died of a heart attack or something, cause all of a sudden it stopped wiggling. Shadow was perplexed and then figured out a solution. He dumped the poor dear into a nearby flowerpot that was filled with spring rains. Maybe he thought a dunk in the cold bath would revive the creature (It didn't!)
Now back to Leo, yes we did find him after a dozen hours. But there was something definately wrong. As soon as I rescued him from under the bed, he disappeared again for 5-6 hours. Located in basement where he proceded to hiss and arch his back if I came near. He has been like this since Friday, hiding and hissing. Got him to Doc Levine and he has no fever or visable wounds. Right now he is under the third floor cast iron tub, allll the way in the back where he can't be reached. His right rear side is tender but he can walk and jump. Any ideas? |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 380
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:11 pm: |
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He could be slightly injured...even the nicest animals can get wildly defensive when they're hurt. He could also just be throwing a fit for having been left out so long...cats can get like that. |
MHD
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Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3693
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:16 pm: |
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http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/chowmein.html |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3191
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:20 pm: |
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And that explains why Lil Miss LL has been a vegetarian since she was 10! |
Spitz
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Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1617
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:23 pm: |
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Is Leo eating anything? |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3192
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:55 pm: |
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Spitz, he is as far back under the tub as possible. I put his fav wet food on a plate and put it under his chin. First he ignored it and then started eating hungrily. I pulled the plate back an inch or two and he stretched his neck to continue eating. I kept moving it farther out, trying to entice him from under the tub. When it got too far away for him to reach, instead of moving out he stretched out a paw and making a spoon out of it, reached onto the plate and scooped up the remainder of the cat food. But I haven't seen him drink or use the litterbox. I think it might be hard to both sit up to drink or squat to eliminate.
Levine says if there is no change bring him in tomorrow, which I will. |
crabby
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Username: Crabbyappleton
Post Number: 533
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 5:04 pm: |
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woof! |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 103
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:18 pm: |
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Sorry to get on your case, Mr. 9mm, but I have owned cats all my life (always kept them indoors, although I was feeding a feral for a few years that would come twice a day for a handout), and have done rescue work several years. I do consider myself very knowledgeable on the subject, having worked with cats-- socializing them, grooming, general care, adopting them out, giving people advice and dealing with a countless number of them, including the eight I currently have (all but one are rescues). Keeping a cat inside is the kindest thing a person can do. They can have wonderful lives, usually twice as long as when they are let out, and don't get bored when they have toys, can look out a window at the birds, squirrels, people, etc., and know that they belong inside in their good home, warm in the winter, cool in the summer, their "human" waiting on them hand and foot, seeing to their every need. The outside world, as it is today, is chock full of perils for a pet, and can put a sudden end to a great life, not to mention the heartache the owner feels (especially children). What do you feel in your gut when you see a flat cat on the side of the road? The biggest tragedy is that it was completely preventable, had the owner kept it indoors. Shelters are crammed with cats, and by far, the bulk of them were picked up as strays. They are the lucky ones, as they will have a chance of finding a new home. I can't force you to keep yours indoors, but the advice I give is genuine. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 383
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:51 pm: |
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Congrats to you and all your knowledge. All cats are different. Do as you please.
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catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 106
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:53 pm: |
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At dawn: Glock vs. Browning |
Spitz
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Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1627
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 3:27 pm: |
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LL - I'm afraid to ask, but how's Leo? |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3203
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 3:54 pm: |
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Thanks Spitz, I think he'll be ok (even if my pocketbook won't).
After finding him under the bed, and then in the closet, and then in the motor of the basement (turnedoff) fridge, and finally under the third floor clawfoot,cast iron tub, we were able to get him back to the Doc.
He has a massive abcess on his right hip from a puncture wound. The had to drain, clean and stitch it. He's shaved from stem to stern but at least he's not hiding anymore. Amazing how the instinct to stay away from possible predetors kicks in when the are injured, no matter how domesticated they are. |
mjc
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Username: Mjc
Post Number: 1071
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 3:59 pm: |
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LL - My old cat got VERY defensive about a sore (side of) rear end and it turned out to be an abcess. Vet thought he might have been bitten in a cat status showdown. If your guy is still sensitive, you might take him back to Dr. Levine and see if anything has developed. Dr. L can be costly, but the sight of the cat with his rear end shaved could be worth it.
Hope he's feeling better!
MC |
mjc
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Username: Mjc
Post Number: 1072
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 4:00 pm: |
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cross post - as the kids would say "I called it"
Hope he's feeling better soon. |
LibraryLady(ncjanow)
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3204
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 4:04 pm: |
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Thanks, M..I posted 5 minutes before you! HaHaHa.
You got it on the nose. Even with a shaved tuchus, Leo is much happier now that the infection has been taken care of. |
fiche
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Username: Fiche
Post Number: 106
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 1:01 pm: |
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This cat has to stay inside.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1780504
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Camnol
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Username: Camnol
Post Number: 295
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 - 8:32 am: |
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There was a cat like that in our old neighborhood. As far as I know, it's still around. I had never seen anything like it. This cat would go after anything. I had to help a woman and her dog escaped to a neighbor's house, because the cat just kept attacking them. Big dogs, small dogs, grown men--it went after anything. The cat was nuts, but apparently was very sweet to the family, so they were reluctant to do anything about it. They were supposedly trying to keep it inside. |
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