Maz

iTrader: (34)

Yes they can be choosy like that! My next door neighbour's cat was once mewing outside his door early one morning. It seemed she had been out all night and wanted some food. I got a piece of chicken and called her over the cat came over immediately, and wolfed down the chicken and looked at me with 'got any more' eyes. I duly obliged and went to work. The following morning same time she was there waiting for me! After a few days she decided to move in and would spend hours sprawled in front of our fire.

D.K.1

LOL Maz, cheeky buggers some of them At least it only went next door though

Maz

iTrader: (34)

Yup, but incredibly good pets.

*Sonic*

My brother lost his cat like that, cos his neighbour kept feeding him scraps of food

When my brother moved house, he took his cat with him, and he went straight back, and after a week his old neighbour phoned to tell him his cat was there, and had been there all week, and because my bro had moved he had fed him

So my bro went to get him, and two days later he got another phone call from his old neighbour to say his cat was back there, so he had fed it etc, my Bro told his old neighbour he may as well keep it then, as he kept feeding it, and he didnt want to be called every day to go and collect his cat

prana

Years ago, my wifes family cat ran away, we looked everyevening after work till past midnight, and when we almost gave up 6 days into searching around a dangerous neighbourhood, we received a phone call, the cat had fallen into an abandoned house's chimney and wasnt able to get out, luckily the owners came back for a quick check of the house, saw the signs two and two together.

Was told cats do part to go and pass-on though, its natural so we thought it may have been that. Still going strong today, she must be 17 by now. Tough cat!

p1mark

I'm feeling guilty............

Sorry to hear this Steve

D.K.1

Why should you feel guilty?

Looks like she was run over on Monday on the road where the flowers were from that crash

little-ginge

I really hope not, Donna. Hugs to you & Steve

D.K.1

Thanks LG

Hopefully she will be in a vets somewhere, but it's not very likely, will have to ring the council's cleansing dept tomorrow to see if they scraped her off the road

p1mark

Because if i had not turned up she would still be there!

little-ginge

That's a silly thing to think. Something outside may have spooked her

Sonic'

Mark not at all !!!!!!

Just before you turned up, in fact when I was on the phone to you whilst stood outside, I had a look round to see if i could see her, before you pulled up, but she wasnt actually around

the other thing is, was that it *must* have happened on monday after 8/9 o clock, as I went up that road monday morning, and there was no sign of any animal run over

Also checked with the old woman a few doors up, as she walks her dog up there several times a day, and she never saw any animal run over either

She has always had a habit of disappearing when *anyone* turns up at the house, unless its me n Donna etc, she even scarpers from the kids too, and I dont think she has ever really been near them

when I say disappear, I actually mean she will go into next doors garden or round the back of the house out of the way, or more importantly just out of sight

I really dont know how I feel at the moment, every time I go outside I feel gutted, and start thinking about her being hit by a car, and the look she would have had on her face before it happened

I just keep expecting her to jump on the bonnet, or come from out of the bushes

D.K.1

Now, don't go thinking silly things like that!! She scarpers when we come outside too because she's so timid and hates the noise Andrew makes

She is often in next door's porch having a nap, she's cheeky

You have absolutely NOTHING to feel guilty about She wanders over there often, it is just unfortunate she got hit this time

p1mark

Ahh i see. From your first post i thought she scarpered at the sight of just new people.

Not feeling guilty now, but still sorry for you

999

ours went missing for 2 days once, walking through the woods next door calling him i heard him meeeow, the ****** was only about 30 foot up a big tree pmsl

one very long ladder and up and grabbed him, then the dozy **** decided to jump down my back when climbing down ladder, jumped an easy15-20 foot to the floor and run off again pmsl


he walked in an hour later tho unharmed

D.K.1

The cats protection have just rung me, it was a member of the public who called in saying she had been run over, they live on a farm on the road where it happened She was advised to ring the council for the cleansing department to move her, so I was told to ring them.

I rung the council, cleansing said they picked no cats up last week, and if they do they keep collars and scan for chips to identify them. They told me to speak to customer care in case they had it logged, but they had no info either.

I am thinking maybe the person from the farm moved her. Maybe she was still alive which is why she wouldn't ring cleansing, or maybe thought it would be nicer to bury her on the farm....I don't know

D.K.1

Noooo, sorry about the misunderstanding She just wanders off into the neighbours garden usually. Comes back when she's had a sniff etc.

DrEvil

Steve - really hope that your cat turns up ok, fingers crossed.

mrs bootsy

realy sorry to hear about piphead sonic, hope she is ok she is a gorgeous cat.
we got two cats and we wouldnt know what to do if anything happened to any of them.
fingers x for u

EddScott

Our current cat disappeared for over a week. He follows people he knows and my GFs sister was staying with us and she walked to the shop. She'd been told not to let him follow but didn't.

Assumed the worst so got on with things. Out the blue theres a message on the phone from the vets saying they think our cat has been handed in.

Go down there and all you can here is a cat screaming its head off. Went to the counter and I said "Would you like me to take my cat home now?" knew it was him. Someone had found him in Tesco which is next door to the vets and handed him in.

DCI Gene Hunt

And in keeping with this thread let's all spare a thought for Saddam's cat tonight..............

Leslie

Can't say how sorry I am to hear about Piphead Sonic. I really hope it was not her whowas knocked down and she returns safely.

We have had our "Floyd" for over 22 years and we would be desolate if that happened to him.

Les

Sonic'

Well

I called at the local farm, and they hadnt reported any cat being runover, so I decided to go down this bit of dirt track where the horse stables are from another farm

Couldnt see anyone about, so I drove back up and there she was, little Piphead at the side of the dirt track lying there just like she was asleep, and only slightly dirty from the bit of rain we have had

So I went home, told Donna, and we all walked down there to pick her up and bring her home

I have just buried her in the front garden where she spent a lot of her time, it has to have been one of the hardest things I have ever had to do

just picking her up was really upsetting, along with seeing her lying there

At least she is back home with us all now

RIP Piphead

Tam the bam

Sorry to hear the bad news

eldudereno

Really sorry to hear your news.

I've been through it myself on so many occasions, it never gets any easier, at at least you've got some sort of closure now.



To that scumbag who has tried to use this thread to bring a little humour to his sad life, why don't you go away in an unpleasant manner!!!!

wayne9t9

Sincere sympathies to Sonic

Lee247

Sonic & Donna, I don't know what to say

So sorry for you and the kids.
Not sure if this will help, but when our cat died, a few years ago, we buried him in the garden and planted a tree on top of him. It's now called Dylan's tree and is a beauty

Manda_po

We had a piglit tree at the old house.

D.K.1

Aww

I suggested to Steve earlier to plant a nice plant or perhaps a tub of nice flowers to place where she is so that the kids etc won't stand where she is. For now though, he has put a small wooden cross there

We couldn't put a tree there, it's near the front door.

Thanks for everyone's kind comments

Varboy

sorry to hear that Steve, as per my previous posts I know how upsetting it is. In some respects though, it's better to know, trust me