*huggles*

When my ex bfs cat went out for an extended period of time, we knew that he was just visiting his homies. (He was a stray and being inside, we figured he must've missed them.)


I hope your kitty returns soon!

She will be ok.

Closets? Behind the stove? Under the bed? Behind a linen closet or bathroom door that's normally closed?

One trick I learned from ikkyu2: Leave her food out, carefully arranged in her bowl. Then you can tell if it's been disturbed, which at least lets you know if she's in the house. (He came up with this after our cat disappeared for many many many hours.)

Kitties go on walkabouts from time to time. It's just what they do.

Occhiblu's food trick is a good one. Give it a shot.

Cats live to freak us out. She is messing with you. :)

Thirding the food idea (that's a good trick)... please let us know when she turns up.

Not only under the bed, but up inside the box spring. Young Mocha was in there the other morning. She'd gotten tangled with a bag, bolted into the music room, knocked over a djembe and a doumbek making all sorts of racket and promptly went for cover. It took us about an hour to find her up inside the box spring.

The cat is in the public library, taking advantage of the free internet access, reading Metachat, and laughing hysterically at you for fretting.

Cats are total shits that way.

I'm sure she'll turn up. I'm sending good mojo.

I'm sure she's ok. I've had cats go missing for a week at a time. After the first couple of times, I got used to it.

If you really get freaked, you could put wet food out, or tuna.

/me sends good mojo, too.

If you ever follow a cat around the corner and up the stairs, you will find a wonderful new world. Dogs can't go there; when they try, they just end up chasing their tails.

*big hugs*

I hope she turns up soon.

Hope your kitty turns up! The first spring-type day, my cat usually stays out for hours and hours. I think he gets cooped up in the winter and relishes the freedom.

If I'm home my cats are never more than 2 seconds away from me. I hope your kitty comes back soon.

I really hope your kittie shows up. For what it's worth, in high school my kittie disappeared for 3 or 4 months. We thought she had been re-adopted or hunted by an owl, but at the end of the summer, she showed up, all be-draggled and dirty. So yeah, sometimes kitties wander off.

Oh, how terrible. My cat once disappeared and after searching all around the house, inside and out, we finally realized that she had climbed onto our tree, in one of the uppermost branches, and didn't know how to get down. Well, she could, if it hadn't been for the mean old neighbourhood bully who was meowing at her from a few feet away. (Had to go to the terrace and coax her out from there.)

I'm sure your cat will return though; with all the positive bunny vibes in this thread, it would be a miracle if she didn't.:)

The Mogget is back! And a huge thankyou to the happy vibes - that made me feel SO much better. Total time gone, about 8 hours.

I was all teary and curled up on the sofa and she just sauntered in. As soon as she finished greeting me she promptly vomited all over the sofa by way of a "I'm so happy to be home" sort of present. Oh, the joy of regurgitated cat kibble!

Ha - loved the story about the box spring hidey-hole. Her usual hiding places are the beds, linen cupboard, bathroom vanity cupboard, both wardrobes, sleeping bag stash (usual winter hidey-hole), her bolt-hole in case of big trouble which is on the top of a very tall book-case by way of the server racks, the wine stash, the dead sock and rag box, in-on-and-under the shed, roof, and under the house. I even checked the fridge and washing machine, in a moment of panic!

Thanks again guys. I feel really dumb that I panicked so much - clearly I'm only a dozen cats away from being a crazy old cat lady.

YAY!

Panic is ok. It means you care. And I've certainly been there myself, more than once.

Silly cats.

clearly I'm only a dozen cats away from being a crazy old cat lady.

Heh, aren't we all;)

I always freak out when my cats disappear for long periods of time. I usually spend the entire time obsessively checking everywhere in my house I can think of. Of course, you can't actually find a cat when you're looking for it, they just show up eventually. Or at least that's been my experience.

Child-substitutes. Gotta love 'em. Little bastards.

:)

Cats have the ability to jump to another dimension. A dimension beyond space and time.

A dimension known as The Cat Zone.

Ne-de-de-de ne-de-de-de ne-de-de-de

>Child-substitutes.

Yeah?

I think of children as (piss-poor) cat substitutes. I mean, they can be like cats, but they're not as bright.

Or cute.

Or considerate.

Or... ummm... should I stop now?


(Also: Yay ninazer0! I was watching this thread, but unfortunately have only had bad experiences with disappearing cats, so thought I should best keep shtum...)

Children have many faults but cheif amongst them is that they do not PURR. The best cure for being sad is to find a fluffy cat belly and listen to the purring until said cat has enough of the silliness and chews your ears off. Which is what I'm off to do now.

about an hour to find her up inside the box spring.

They like that spot, I had a cat hide out withfive kittens in my beds boxspring for a while. Suddenly I hear kitten noises from my bed!

bmarkey is right too, and made me laugh.

I'm glad she's back, and I approve of your choice of names! (Do you have a Disreputable Dog?)

Dear Specklet. Thankyou and not yet. Alas, we're not allowed to have a dog (renting), but there's definately a puppy in my future somewhere. Something big and gangly with a huge supply of drool.