I need prayers PLEASE!

Oh Lisa I'm so sorry to read this. Don't give up! We lost our Bailey for 2 weeks and found him stranded in a sewer drain. Put fliers with pictures up all over, check your local shelters, put food on the porch, etc. GOOD LUCK!

Any news on Pete? Thinking of you and hope for Pete to be home very soon.

I'm sorry about Pete, Lisa. Do you have a basement?? If you haven't done so (although I'm SURE you've checked every nook and cranny) check the perimeter of your house, including ANY places that would allow him to sneak in the basement. When LilEli fell out of my window, he stayed around the building in a crawl space of our basement.

Prayers coming from Michigan!

Praying really hard.

Have you ever seen this site about finding a missing cat?


catsinthebag.org/

Oh Lisa, I was so hoping that Pete came home.

Prayers and positive thoughts on the way and more HUGS for you.

My heart's in my throat right now, and the first thing I did was check the end of this thread hoping all was well again. Is there any way to lock the others into one room,and keep the doors open? Chances are Pete is hunkered down in a nearby hidey-hole terrified, and has not gone far at all. If he's not in by this evening, use a good flashlight, and check under every bush, deck etc. in the area. Another thing to try is put Abigail into a carrier (if she'll meow) and place the carrier on the front porch and watch to see if Pete responds to her cries. Or whoever else is relatively easy to get into a carrier, and will make noise. Try catnip as well as the smell may attract him to come up near the open door. That's one of my worst fears during Summer is screens and cats *sigh* I won't get into what happened to my Amy one year. :eek: I have steel screens now instead of the cheesy fiberglass ones which rip out like nothing. :( Please Pete come home.

Dawn & Dusk. These are the times that cats are most active, in search of food.
Go out searching at these times of day.

Put a dirty shirt of yours (or his human at home) on the porch.

Is he 'chipped'?

Check the shelters, vets. Ask to go in the back and look for him.

Cats can come home, days, weeks, months, and years later.

Stay strong.

Thanks again everyone. I've done pretty much everything mentioned here. I do expect him to only move early or late but I couldn't spot him anywhere last night or into the wee hours of the morning.

My biggest fear is that the ferals that I feed may be keeping him away. They usually only come at feeding time and don't hang around too long after that but I'm really worried that they are scaring Pete away. If I put something of mine on the porch then they will just spray it so it might not help. I left all windows open last night so he could hear, see, smell all the other brats and hear us in the house. I watched constantly for any movement everywhere but nothing. I sat on the porch and talked to myself for hours last night and nothing. I searched every bush, shrub and undergrowth in a one block radius of the house. I've talked to the neighbors and handed out a description and phone numbers. Some of the neighbors are not up yet so I will hit them later.

I don't know what else to do or where else to look. He has to be close by! He does not know where he is so I can't imagine that he would be far away and he's white so he's not that hard to spot. I just can't find him and I don't know what else to do!!!:( :( :(

I'm so scared! I know the many many stories of how cats return when you would think they are long gone so I'm not giving up hope. I just wish I had some idea of where else to look.

I work at the shelter so I don't have any fear of him getting by me there. They have been notified. Since it's Saturday most vets aren't open but I will try to call the ones that are.

Keep praying PLEASE! I miss my Pete monster something terrible!:( :( :( :(

Sounds like you are doing everything possible Lisa.
Gosh my heart is truly breaking for you.

I wonder if the ferals could have made him go further than expected. Maybe if you extend your search to a three block radius of your house, you might have some luck. Oh I hope, I hope, I hope.

((((((HUGS)))))) and prayers still on the way.

I'm praying hard that your gorgeous boy will come home today. I know he will Lisa...keep the faith. ;)

Oh Lisa :( ((((Hugs))))

I was hoping to see good news this morning.

I know your doing everything you can, and I'm glad your not giving up hope! Pete will come home!

Hurry up and come home, Pete :(

Thanks guys. I just called the local vets and no one has seen him...thank God!

It is so hot right now and the last couple of days have had major heat advisories. I know he has got to be so thirsty. I can't help but cry when I think about that.:(
We are hitting the 110 degree mark with the heat index. It's hard on me to stay out there but I'm doing it anyway.

I don't think this horrid headache will ever go away!

Pete Pete Pete. Come on gorgeous boy get home. Your meowmie is just worried sick over you. Please get home !!!! I know you are scared but believe me little buddy home is right in your sights all you have to do is run for that door. Meowmie is waiting for you. You can be cool and pampered and comfy. So come on Pete. Get home !!!!

Pete please come home!! You are much missed and needed by your Meowmie!!

Lisa- Praying for you and that Pete comes home soon!

I am new to this, but I could not NOT reply to this... I am sure you are doing everything you can think of to do and you must not feel guilty. It was notyour fault it happened the he got out.

As a person who has lived with (and sometimes I think for) cats since I was 4 there have been times I've been waiting too. It is really hard. Usually they come home.

Now, there is something I recommend you do try and I've used it to call home cats that weren't even mine. (local people who had lost cats.) At a quiet time... late night or early morning is good, go out to a quiet part of your yard and start making the lost kitten meow. If you have ever heard it, you know it. It is a sad meow that is also rather demanding and kittens repeat it at regular intervals. It seems almost to demand that any cat hearing it answer. Once the cat answers you can get close. Pete may be too spooked to come to you and you may have to coax him in as if her were a stray.

If you know where your colony of ferals sleep you might check there. Sometimes they surprise you by taking in newcomers and Pete may be with them.

Good luck and good thoughts. And never give up hope. My first more-than-cat cat was gone for a year and then came home.