Mandy is HOME p.4, #48; updates #24, 37; Mandy is missing

[Freedom]

Well, Mandy has been the one cat who has had lots of trouble settling in.

I trapped her as a kitten, maybe 4 months old. I held her here 4 days, then she went to be socialized and after a few months that wasn't working, then Donna -- Moos mom -- took her in for almost 14 months, then she came back here in June of 2008.

My Dad, (who has Alzheimer's) opened his window and did not drop the screen down. Several of the cats took advantage and got out. I discovered this last night at bedtime -- I feed the cats right before I hit the sack. There was Chaplin, looking at me from OUTSIDE the window, and meowing, "I want dinner, MEOWMIE!" Took me a moment, I looked around to see where he was that I had such a clear reflection of him in that window, then I realized he was OUTSIDE!

Raced around trying to figure how he got out, found Dad's window. Dad was already in bed asleep, but me hollering woke him. He had to think on it, but figured the window had been open 24 hours. So I got that screen down, so no more escapes.

Set about counting tails, raced outside trying to find everyone and herd them back in. (Typical PT story, me in pajamas running around in the dark with cat kibble calling "here kit kit kit kit KIT!" )

I slid the screen up on my bedroom window and Chaplin waltzed right in. WHEW! Got everyone else EXCEPT . . . Mandy.

Haven't seen her at all.

The past 3 weeks or so, Crystal had been giving her a hard time, they were having some fights especially at night.

She is spayed, shots were updated in January. But she doesn't have the ear tip, as none of us expected her to be out and about ever again. She has only been coming to me in the middle of the night for petting so she never really tamed up much at all. But she is not at least 2 years old, hasn't been out since she was 4 months. The colony I trapped her from is walking distance from here, some of the cats show up in my yard now and again. I don't think she would remember any of that, though. And of course we have the coyotes in the back field . . . .