When you have as many cats as we do, it helps to have a little bit of record keeping about when the last time somebody saw someone.
Topaz has been missing for a week. This is not unusual for her. Despite her cute little kitten face she is very spicy. But she loves my wife. Sometimes we find her outside and bring her in. Sometime she comes in on her own through the cat door.
Today she came in on her own. Topaz spent the whole day getting attention from my wife. She is currently sleeping on the air intake for the dead HVAC.
I always take a picture of her because I am crushed that this is might be the last time I will see her. I’d love to keep her inside. But feral cats have a certain set of skills to let you know you do not want them trapped inside.
C’mon Topaz! Don’t scare us like that!
My little cat has been ‘lost’ so many times! Every time he goes missing I freak out, search the house and yard, and, on the verge of tears, put a lost post on Facebook. Then, as if he’s seen the post, he immediately wanders out of a new secret sleeping spot. I love that little fucker!
I had a neighbor who lost a cat to his own backyard for two months. He never saw it and assumed it was gone for good, but kept putting out food and assumed he was just feeding birds and coyotes.
Then he moved some firewood and she’d just been living her best life in there.
It’s too early for this many tears.