Willow is missing! - HOME! HOME! HOME! - #42

[kuhio98]

Willow got out when hubby opened the front door to get the newspaper. We've been searching for her for 3 hours. It is 23 degrees. Very worried! Please ask your bridge angels to guide her home. http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=115132&highlight=Willy

I talked to the kids standing at the bus stop but none of them had seen her. Hubby saw kitty flashy eyes with the flashlight, but it wasn't her. I had to come in to thaw my toes, post this message and ask for prayers. Now we're off looking again. She is microchipped. With her distinctive lip "dots" we hope that there will be a sighting soon.

Thanks for the postitive thoughts.

[Queen of Poop]

Prayers that Willow comes home soon. It's too cold to be out!!


Sami, Sebastian, Rascal, Trouble and Miko - wakey, wakey angels, start looking for Willow and send her home!! Please.

[Donnaj4962]

Oh no.... poor Willow! I hope that she realizes that she needs to come in from the cold SOON!

Willow, come home sweet one! You are very missed and worrying your purrents! Come on sweetie, get home NOW!!

[catmandu]

The Pet Angel Search And Rescue Squad Is Searching For Willow Trying To Get Her Home Asap.
Its Too Cold Out There For Man Or Beast.
They Have A Purrrfect Record At Getting The Lost Home.
And Prayers For Willow Are Coming From All Of Us, Especially Felicia.

[lvpets2002]

:( Oh No Willow.. Come home wittle Willow.. I would be just horrified & with the cold.. Please Find Willow & Come Home..

[KitCat]

Come on Kitty, come in from the cold!

[kimlovescats]

OH NO!!!! Prayers that you find Willow and soon! :(

[sirrahbed]

oh dear Lisa - I can feel your worry. Prayers have been said from Ohio my friend. (((HUGS)))

[caseysmom]

Oh no, my rb gigi is going to help with the search.

[Freedom]

Take some food in a cup and shake-shake-shake it as you look for her.

Leave some at the walkway and entrance to your home, too. It will freeze fast but the smell may lure her. With the cold, I can't imagine she went too far!

Good luck!

Willow, get home where it is snuggly and warm, dear girl!!!

[jenluckenbach]

WILLOW!!!! Come in out of the cold!!! Your purrents are worried.

Prayers for Willow's safe (and speedy) return.

[Glacier]

All paws crossed for Willow's safe and speedy return.

[Laura's Babies]

Prauyers from the Sunny South for her safe return.. Come home soon Willow, it is to cold for a housekitty out there!!!

[Medusa]

A candle is burning for Willow's speedy and safe return. Don't worry her away; call her back home. Here's betting she hears you and runs back home to safety.

Blessings,
Mary

[jazzcat]

Oh no! Prayers on the way that Willow comes home soon - like now!

[Randi]

I so hope Willow will find her way home! I know how worried you are, but when she gets hungry, she wil most most likely turn up. :) She may even be quite near, having a good laugh at you. ;)

Sending best wishes that she will come home very soon!

[Sonia59]

I hope Willow comes back to her warm and safe home. Crossing fingers and paws.

[kuhio98]

Still no sign. We've posted fliers at each house for blocks. Put signs next to the mailboxes. I went to the SPCA and looked in every cage. Filled out a lost pet form. Went through the Dead on Arrival forms. Went to the vet to get the microchip info to add to the SPCA form.

We received 1 phone call from a guy a block away saying he saw her at 7:30 this morning on his neighbor's porch. I went over there shaking her treat container. No sign of her. Talked to the guy (whose porch she was last seen) and he's on the lookout.

It's 28 degrees. Snowing like crazy. I could barely see where I was walking. Hit glare ice, went down like a ton of bricks and broke my glasses. Crawled back home to thaw out and put ice on the goose egg on my knee. Waaaaaaaaaaaah, I want my Willow!

[jenluckenbach]

More prayers on the way. :(

[lizbud]

It's 28 degrees. Snowing like crazy. I could barely see where I was walking. Hit glare ice, went down like a ton of bricks and broke my glasses. Crawled back home to thaw out and put ice on the goose egg on my knee. Waaaaaaaaaaaah, I want my Willow!

Oh gosh, I am so sorry & wish I could personally come & help you look for
her. :( Take care for yourself as well. :( At least he saw her, hopefully, he
might see her again. Strong prayers for Willow's safe return.

This is one of my biggest fears for my cats too. I have two who seem to
be fascinated with the outside every time I open the door. :eek:

[kb2yjx]

Just read this thread!!! Everyone of us know what you are going thru!! Many prayers that Willow returns to you ASAP!!! ((((hugs)))) for Mom and Dad!!! COME HOME WILLOW!!! IT IS TOO COLD FOR YOU TO BE OUT!!!Our Angels, Mickey Roo, Ashley, Sylvia, Miss Boo Boo Kitty, Spunky, and Ralph Syracuse are out there helping to guide your Willow home!!!

[Laura's Babies]

Geez, I got my HOPE up so high when I saw "update"... OH NO! She is going to be out in all that tonight?? POOR Willow! Did you leave that guy your phone number so he could call you if he sees her?

Let me ask you here, your vet didn't give you the micro chip stuff to register her number so if she is lost anywhere in the USA, they could find you or your vet? My vet gives me a whole pack of stuff, the thing that you attach to their collar with the number on it, the package inserts with the numbers peel and stick and bar code and the form to register it.

[Catty1]

Would the guy let you leave food on the porch for her???

I know you are worried - but think about this - the reason you can't see her is that she has bundled away from the snow. Kitties are good at this...and she was seen ALIVE, as far as anyone knows, right? :)

HUGS HUGS HUGS and PRAYERS...we need Gary's angel squad...

I hope your knee is better....I am sure that Willow is ok....rest that knee up, so she can cuddle up on it when she gets home!

[kitimom]

Singing up a storm for Willow to come home very soon!!!!

[phesina]

Prayers and good thoughts and guiding energies for Willow's safe return home.

Hugs and purrs,
Pat, Peony, Sydney, Priscilla, Poppy, and Elmer

[kuhio98]

Geez, I got my HOPE up so high when I saw "update"... OH NO! She is going to be out in all that tonight?? POOR Willow! Did you leave that guy your phone number so he could call you if he sees her?

Let me ask you here, your vet didn't give you the micro chip stuff to register her number so if she is lost anywhere in the USA, they could find you or your vet? My vet gives me a whole pack of stuff, the thing that you attach to their collar with the number on it, the package inserts with the numbers peel and stick and bar code and the form to register it.All the fliers have our phone number and address. That's how he knew to call us.

We adopted Willow and Willy from Friends of Pets. They already had them microchipped. Our adoption contract stated that Friends of Pets would keep the microchips registered in their name. I got the info from the -====io (sorry, that was Pepper walking across the keyboard) vet so now I can register it myself at the online boards.

[jenluckenbach]

Poor Pepper is pacing with worry. :( (across your keyboard)

Still praying for Willow's safety.

[kuhio98]

Would the guy let you leave food on the porch for her???

I know you are worried - but think about this - the reason you can't see her is that she has bundled away from the snow. Kitties are good at this...and she was seen ALIVE, as far as anyone knows, right? :)

HUGS HUGS HUGS and PRAYERS...we need Gary's angel squad...

I hope your knee is better....I am sure that Willow is ok....rest that knee up, so she can cuddle up on it when she gets home!Yes, we will leave food and also a bed. I have 2 Snuggle Safe's that I will nuke in the microwave. I'll put them in the bed, under a towel and they will stay warm for several hours. We are praying that someone has taken her in out of the weather and that we get a phone call soon. It is getting dark again and still snowing. :(

[jennielynn1970]

oh my gosh! I hope you guys find her soon! had she ever been outside before, or was this just her being curious and dashing out the door?? Poor thing! She must be frozen! I hope you find her soon!!

[Freedom]

Can you leave something for her on your front door step too? That is the way she went out, righ? Might be the only way she knows to get back in? Just a thought.

As someone else already said, we all know the feeling, and we are all praying for Willow to get back home quickly!!!

[jazzcat]

Oh Lisa, I'm so sorry to read she isn't home yet.

I wish we could do more to help you right now. All I can do is offer my prayers and good thought so please know you have them!

Please come home Willow!

[DrKym]

Prayers and candles lit here! I do hope she arrives quickly and safely home!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

I am SO sorry she is missing. I cant imagine what you are going through. MANY MANY prayers being said for Willows safe return. :( Katie and kitties

Please let me know if I can do anything to help...

[jennielynn1970]

Hoping there is some good news... it's almost midnight on the east coast, and I'm worrying with you. Wish I could be up there and help look! It's hard to feel helpless when you want to do something to help!!

[catnapper]

Oh no! I just saw this thread right now. MANY prayers coming your way. (((hugs)))) to you. PT prayers work wonders.... keep that thought in your heart.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Lisa, I'm so sorry to hear this.:( I sure hope that someone will find her soon. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way. Please come home Willow!!!

[Killearn Kitties]

Sending all my Go Home vibes Willow's way. :( I'm hoping she has found herself a dry place to hide up, and that we hear good news soon!

[orangemm]

Come on Willow, enough is enough....go home to your meowmie right now! PLEASE.

[Medusa]

How I wish this wasn't happening. If it's any comfort to you, my Boo ran out the door after another cat in the dead of winter, well below zero temperatures and I too fell on the ice and got a goose egg on my knee, just like you did. My son was home for the holidays and we searched for him day and night. He had never been out of the house since I took him in ane he being coal black, we thought we'd easily see him against the white snow. Wrong. That night at exactly midnight, snow coming down by the pound, I was a crying mess, sure that he'd run off and I was lying in bed w/the TV on low volume when I heard a cry outside. I had left the garage door up a few inches so that if he did come back home, he could go into the garage. I ran to the inside door and there he was, sitting on the steps crying. Covered w/mud but safe. Let's affirm that the same thing will happen w/you and Willow.

Blessings,
Mary

[AbbyMom]

I'm so sorry. COME HOME WILLOW!

Sending prayers and good thoughts your way.


This is the scene that all cat mommies and daddies fear. :(

[kimlovescats]

Oh poor Lisa, I know you have to be worried sick!!! :( Your poor knee too. Hopefully Willow has found a warm hiding place to hang out until she can venture back home ... or some kind person has let her indoors! I pray that you will find her soon.

Hugs,
Kim

[kuhio98]

Guess who was waiting on the front porch with the newspaper this morning? Yup! Princess Willow is home safe and sound. She strolled in (dragging dried leaves that were stuck to her fluffy tail) and ate a whole can of food and fell asleep.

Unless she decides to write her memoirs some day, I doubt if we find out where she was. I'm just glad to know that she can find her way home (since she hadn't been outside before).

She obviously found a place out of the weather. We received 2 inches of snow last night. Around midnight it was near white-out conditions. Needless to say, no one got much sleep last night. Around 3:00 a.m. I saw kitty tracks in our driveway. I went downstairs and checked the food and bed on the front porch, but nothing had been disturbed. I called for her but never saw/heard her. But, she must have been close by.

Thank you for all your support and prayers. Take us off your worry list! A big THANK YOU to all our bridge babies who helped lead her home!

[Laura's Babies]

PHEW!! Darn eye are wanting to leak again... :rolleyes:

[catnapper]

Woohooo!!!!!!http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/party/party-smiley-020.gif
What a huge relief! Smart little girl you've got there. I wouldn't have gotten any sleep myself -- now go de-leaf her fluffy tail and take a looong nap with your little bad girl.

[sirrahbed]

YAY!!!!! I am so, so happy to finally read this good news. Now, maybe meowmie can join her in a long nap??

((((HUGS)))))

[kb2yjx]

A huge WHEW and sigh of relief!!!! Glad to hear that Willow is no worse for wear after her big adventure!!!!

[Medusa]

Yay!!!! I knew she'd find her way home! Great news! Grrrrrrrrrreat! :D

Blessings,
Mary

[Edwina's Secretary]

Good on you Willow...you know a good thing when you have it!

Glad she is home safe and sound...

[Bengalz]

Thank Goodness!!! I am hoping Willow has decided that "outies" isn's so great and stays on the right side of the door :)

So happy so home and safe and unharmed.

Betty

[Bengalz]

Thank Goodness Willow is home safe and unharmed!!! Hopefully she'll stay on the right side of the door now!!

Hugs to all,
Betty

[Cinder & Smoke]

Yup! Princess Willow is home safe and sound.

Take us off your worry list!

:D

THANKS, God!!

OK - on the Worry List ... but ya'll need to keep an *eye* on the Front Door!
Those Door Darters can be *quick* lil buggers! :eek:
;)

[Randi]

What a relief to see little Willow is back home - I'm so glad! :)

Hope your knee will heal well! So sorry about your glasses, I Know what that's like. :( Did you have a spare pair?

[Killearn Kitties]

Hurray!! Clever Willow, finding her way home! :D

[kuhio98]

She's still sleeping beside me but she is having little kitty nightmares. Twitching and crying out in her sleep. :( I just stroke her gently and she quiets down and sleeps some more.

I need to get a good photo of both Willy and Willow and add them to my signature!

[lizbud]

It's so good to hear that Willow did find her way back home. :)

[jazzcat]

YAY!!!

I had a restless night due to all the kitties trying to sleep with me but everytime I would wake up and want to push them off I thought about Willow and then I couldn't dare move them.

I'm so glad she is back home.

[phesina]

WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!

We're so happy!

Pat, Peony, Poppy, Priscilla, Sydney, and Elmer

[kimlovescats]

Thank GOD she found her way home!!!!! This is fantastic news!!!! Give that nawtee but smart little girl some big kisses for me, Lisa!!! :D

[krazyaboutkatz]

This is wonderful news!!!:D I said a prayer for Willow last night and I'm so glad that she's now home.:)

[Sonia59]

Oh Princess Willow, what a relief! :) No doubt the PT angel army helped Willow finding her way back ;)
Have some rest and stay with meowmie now, dear Willow!

[AbbyMom]

What a relief!!!!

[Freedom]

HALLALUIAH!!!

Now we ALL can go have a good nap. I was tossing all night, thinking about you and that little girl. I checked this morning, but there was no news. Just got time to get back on here. I am so glad she is inside again.

Sandra

[jenluckenbach]

Huge Sigh Of Relief!!!!

[catmandu]

I Think That It Was The Shrimp Trail Made By The Pet Angel Search And Rescue Squad , And A Firm Talikng To By The Tubbys And Peanut Angels That Did The Trick, And Convinced Willow , That Like Dororthy Gale
Theres No Place Like Home.

[momcat]

Just saw this thread and felt terrible about poor Willow being outside in such awful weather. Willow, now that you've experienced the great outdoors please stay inside with Meowmie where you'll be safe and warm. Groucho and I are so relieved to know that you found your way home!

[doolittleky]

Lisa, I am so glad Willow is home! I know how relieved you all must be.
Melissa

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Whew, SO glad to hear she's home safe and sound!

[Catty1]

Leaves stuck to her tail? She must have found a nest of fall leaves under a porch or house somewhere...that would have given her some warmth!

I hope those kitty nightmares end soon...and how nice that Mommy's touch makes them go away!

Willow, you stay home and be loved now, ok?

Great news! :)

[RedHedd]

Whew! I'm so glad she's home!

[Kalei]

*sighs in relief* I am so glad she she is Home!:) The most scariest thing is to have a cat go missing.

[jennielynn1970]

So relieved!! Thank goodness she's home from her "adventure"! Did you give her a time out for bad behavior?? :p

[DrKym]

YAY I love a happy ending!
You must be so relieved and I am sure she is too!

[rg_girlca]

I am so glad I came into this late. I am elated to know that precious Willow is back home safe and sound. :D

Now, dear Willow........DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!!!!

[kittykatsmoocher]

I will be praying for you that you will find willow and very SOON!!It's very cold out and everybody needs to get home!! :( Where are you willow? :confused:

[kittykatsmoocher]

Horray!!willow is home!!so happy and glad for you guys!! :) Welcome home willow!! :D

[kuhio98]

Well, it's a week later and all is well. Willow shows absolutely no interest in going outside again. Thank Goodness! I was afraid she would become a "door darter" and we'd always have to hold her back.

Also, she picked a pretty good time to go on her adventure. Last week it was 20 degrees above zero (F). This morning it is -21 !! She would not have survived the night no matter how many leaves she found to sleep in.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/kuhio98/LocketThankyou.gif for all your support.

[Medusa]

Glad that li'l Willow satisfied her curiosity and now she's content to be a home kitty again. Gave us all quite a scare!

Blessings,
Mary

[Kirsten]

I'm glad to read that this scary story came to a happy ending!!

Please Willow, never do that again!!!

Kirsten

[krazyaboutkatz]

Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that she seems to have learned her lesson. Now I think that we need some new pictures of the W's to celebrate.:)

[kuhio98]

Lisa, I'm so glad to hear that she seems to have learned her lesson. Now I think that we need some new pictures of the W's to celebrate.:)Yes! I have been a very bad photo taker lately! :( Bobcat is working on a project and has been hording the camera. I'll see if I can get my hands on it soon.

[sandragonfly]

just came to this, thank goodness!

tsk tsk willow, glad you got back safely though. time for all pay back, hugs, cuddles and snuggles! give your little willow a big gentle squeezy huggie for me, ok?

hope for the pictures when you can!

[gini]

What a happy ending! Do all of us cat people have stories like this one?

They get out - we stay up all night crying and looking and calling - and more crying and pacing the floor. Then in the morning they stroll in and you don't know whether to strangle them or hug them to pieces. Of course, the hugging wins - but the way they act like "you are the crazy one" and demand their food and then go to sleep..................because THEY are exhausted from a night out.

And of course, we have to go to work - sleep or no sleep.

Ha! I wouldn't trade a one of them for anything.

[jenluckenbach]

Do all of us cat people have stories like this one?


I have never had a cat escape on me. THANK GOD!!!

[momcat]

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that Willow returned home hopefully none the worse for wear. We may never know for sure all the details of her outdor adventure but what matters now is Willow realizes the best place to be is in her nice warm furever home with those who love her. Let's hope that part of Willow's spirit of adventure won't kick in again.

[kuhio98]

New pictures of the crew sans Cammie who hid from the flashing thing. :rolleyes: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=122791