ZAZOU is missing again!!! she is BACK HOME !!!!!!

[Laura's Babies]

Lut, if the use of the way I used the word "SAFE" offended you, that was not any sort of accusation or name calling and by NO means a reflection of any wrong doing on your part. I would love to be able to put mine out where I would know they would be SAFE, as safe as they could possiably be, that is all I meant by that.

Boo was use to being out and so was Samantha. It is not safe around here for them to roam free and I would love to have that enclosure for them where they would be safe and could enjoy being outside.

People can be cruel to animals (happens around here a lot), people steal them and that is what I would worry about the most. I have had pets stolen and I never want to loose another one like that..

I am sorry if that is what you were referring to in your response. In re-reading it, I now see where it could have been taken in a way it is not meant to sound.

[jazzcat]

Oh wow, she is missing again??? Not good.

Lut, I won't kick you when you're down but I think you can see that everyone is just trying to offer suggestions and concerns about Zazou's advertures. I think a lot of us are just surprised you let her go out again so quickly. There may not be dangerous predators for her to deal with but obviously from her last ordeal there are dangers. Sounds like a leash/harness is very much worth a try.

As for the crying and howling to get out, been there done that. When we first moved here Ripley got out by accident and after that he was relentless about getting out so I gave in. Within a few months of him being an indoor/outdoor cat he disappeared for two days and when he finally came home he had been shot with an arrow in the leg and was very sick. After that I never let him out again. When he cried, howled, scratched and was a total pain to live with I'd just remember how sick he was and how BIG that vet bill was. It gave me the strength to stick to it and he eventually gave up on going out.

Prayers that Zazou comes home soon safe and sound.

[ChrisH]

Lut, prayers and positive thoughts are on the way for Zazou to be safe and come back home very soon.

[RICHARD]

Zazou will be back, she's just testing out her legs.

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The Edster is an indoor cat and he's only let out to walk to and from my mom's house. When he wants to go "out" I put him into a bird cage that I lined with an old bed sheet. He gets air, sun and gets to watch the pigeons and parakeets on the porch. He cries when he wants to come in, so he has the best of both worlds, a seat outside without the wanderlust attached to the world!

I also have a carabiner on the door to keep him from slipping out.

The cage is small enough to move around, but not big enough to be an obstruction.

Again, Good thoughts for Zazou.

[orangemm]

Zazou darling, please come right home; we are all waiting for you with open arms!

Did you all really have luck with a harness? I tried collars and a harness on our RB Puddy and she managed to wriggle out of all of them, no matter how tightly I cinched them. Have they improved the design?

My guys have absolutely no interest in the outdoors (other than sitting in the window and observing), but I understand the wander-lust.

I had one orangie who would line himself up at the bottom of the basement stairs, make a run up the steps, through the pantry and into the kitchen where he would hurl himself against the screen door (the old wooden variety) until it popped open. Very ingenious. His little plan was foiled when we finally replaced that door with an aluminum storm door!

Zazou, I'm talking to YOU!!!