Moesha
12-04-2009, 05:47 PM
I'm sure RICHARD would have made this story much more interesting, but I don't have his gift with words.
Lemon is my most inquisitive kitty. One time she got taken to the trash because the van door was left open while loading the garbage. She is always around, so when she wasn't home for dinner or a few hours later, we retraced steps. Finally we realized she must be at the garbage collection place a mile away. My mom drove up there and called her. She came running over to the fence.
Well, on Thanksgiving we sold the camper/trailer (its 35' long so I'm not sure what you call it technically) that my grandmother used to live in before she died 5 years ago. They came to pick it up yesterday. An hour after they drove away was dinner time for the kitties. As soon as I noticed everyone but Lemon was there, I knew she was in the camper! We searched everywhere around here. She's been here 8.5 years and is always around especially at food time. The camper had a hole in the kitchen floor and one small window was broken. I couldn't bring myself to post about it here last night. I couldn't think about the possibility of her having jumped out of it while they were pulling it down the road. Even if she wasn't run over, I didn't think there was any way to find her. The people that bought it live over an hour away.
I ordered 40 pictures from WalMart and made a missing cat poster. I was planning on putting them up in all the vet's offices and grocery stores in both counties that the camper went through. My dad called the people this morning. They had a truck following the camper and said they never saw her jump out. That gave me hope that she might be somewhere near their property.
We drove over there this afternoon. They live in a well wooded area right on a river. It was very nice. My mom and I split up calling for her. After 10 minutes or so, I heard my mom say that she was in the camper! The people had been in and out of there all day and never saw her. By the time we got inside, she was hiding. It took me almost 5 minutes of looking and calling her to lure her out of the hiding spot.
She went into the carrier in the car. About 5 miles down the road, she decided she would poop! What a lovely smell that was! But as long as she was there with us, she could have done anything she wanted. We hadn't brought food with us. So our trip was extended by a stop at WalMart for some canned food. That way she got moisture and food at the same time.
Anyway, she is home again. At the moment she is inside here somewhere. But that was definitely a very tense 24 hours. If only you could put a GPS on a cat! She would definitely be a candidate for that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/schweetmoe/Lemon.jpg
Lemon is my most inquisitive kitty. One time she got taken to the trash because the van door was left open while loading the garbage. She is always around, so when she wasn't home for dinner or a few hours later, we retraced steps. Finally we realized she must be at the garbage collection place a mile away. My mom drove up there and called her. She came running over to the fence.
Well, on Thanksgiving we sold the camper/trailer (its 35' long so I'm not sure what you call it technically) that my grandmother used to live in before she died 5 years ago. They came to pick it up yesterday. An hour after they drove away was dinner time for the kitties. As soon as I noticed everyone but Lemon was there, I knew she was in the camper! We searched everywhere around here. She's been here 8.5 years and is always around especially at food time. The camper had a hole in the kitchen floor and one small window was broken. I couldn't bring myself to post about it here last night. I couldn't think about the possibility of her having jumped out of it while they were pulling it down the road. Even if she wasn't run over, I didn't think there was any way to find her. The people that bought it live over an hour away.
I ordered 40 pictures from WalMart and made a missing cat poster. I was planning on putting them up in all the vet's offices and grocery stores in both counties that the camper went through. My dad called the people this morning. They had a truck following the camper and said they never saw her jump out. That gave me hope that she might be somewhere near their property.
We drove over there this afternoon. They live in a well wooded area right on a river. It was very nice. My mom and I split up calling for her. After 10 minutes or so, I heard my mom say that she was in the camper! The people had been in and out of there all day and never saw her. By the time we got inside, she was hiding. It took me almost 5 minutes of looking and calling her to lure her out of the hiding spot.
She went into the carrier in the car. About 5 miles down the road, she decided she would poop! What a lovely smell that was! But as long as she was there with us, she could have done anything she wanted. We hadn't brought food with us. So our trip was extended by a stop at WalMart for some canned food. That way she got moisture and food at the same time.
Anyway, she is home again. At the moment she is inside here somewhere. But that was definitely a very tense 24 hours. If only you could put a GPS on a cat! She would definitely be a candidate for that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/schweetmoe/Lemon.jpg