I think I may have lost my cat for good
13 January 2007, 04:16 PM
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I think I may have lost my cat for good
Had my cat for about 12 years, and almost without fail, she is never more than about 20-30 yards from my house
Whenever I come home from work, she is there without fail
Anyway she hasnt been around for the last 5 or 6 days, I last saw her when P1mark came to look at 'lost dog', she is a very timid cat, and when people come to the house she scarpers until they leave
In the past Ive found her laying as flat as she can inside my duvet, when my nephew and neice have come to visit (she was always scared of them
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She came back later to get her food etc, but I havent seen her since
Donna phoned the Cats Protection league and they had a report of a cat with a similar description to mine being knocked over on Monday, round the corner from my house, the woman who took the details isnt in work today and not back in until monday, but it sounds too much like 'Piphead' to not be her
So, I now have to wait until then, to probably confirm what is the inevitable and that it was 'Piphead' who got runover
ive walked the length of the road and back, and not seen a trace of any kind of animal that could have been runover, but the woman from the cats protection league said that some people when they find cats runover will take them home and bury them
Not quite sure how I feel at the moment, as there really isnt any kind of closure at least not until monday when the woman returns
This is 'Piphead'
Steve
Whenever I come home from work, she is there without fail
Anyway she hasnt been around for the last 5 or 6 days, I last saw her when P1mark came to look at 'lost dog', she is a very timid cat, and when people come to the house she scarpers until they leave
In the past Ive found her laying as flat as she can inside my duvet, when my nephew and neice have come to visit (she was always scared of them
)She came back later to get her food etc, but I havent seen her since
Donna phoned the Cats Protection league and they had a report of a cat with a similar description to mine being knocked over on Monday, round the corner from my house, the woman who took the details isnt in work today and not back in until monday, but it sounds too much like 'Piphead' to not be her
So, I now have to wait until then, to probably confirm what is the inevitable and that it was 'Piphead' who got runover
ive walked the length of the road and back, and not seen a trace of any kind of animal that could have been runover, but the woman from the cats protection league said that some people when they find cats runover will take them home and bury them
Not quite sure how I feel at the moment, as there really isnt any kind of closure at least not until monday when the woman returns
This is 'Piphead'
Steve
13 January 2007, 04:35 PM
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Thanks Steph, although it is incredibly unlikely that it was another cat that was knocked down
after my house there are only 4 more houses then miles and miles of field, and although several of us have cats around here, mine is the only tabby cat with a yellow collar, and whiteish patches on her belly and under her chin
after my house there are only 4 more houses then miles and miles of field, and although several of us have cats around here, mine is the only tabby cat with a yellow collar, and whiteish patches on her belly and under her chin
13 January 2007, 04:41 PM
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I hope your fears about Piphead are unfounded. I had a similar situation a few years ago when our family pet cat disappeared after having been with us for many years. Cats are loyal, friendly and above all incredibly intelligent pets. I hope Piphead turns up safe and well forthwith.
13 January 2007, 04:46 PM
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I have had a cat go missing, but believe he was stolen, he was a huge black fluffy thing (Tyson ) Was just too friendly though to neibours etc, everyone used to feed and pet him, then one day gone 
He was too much of a ***** to go near the road, and we backed onto a park so he had no way to even get there short term as lived in a long row of terrace houses.
) Was just too friendly though to neibours etc, everyone used to feed and pet him, then one day gone He was too much of a ***** to go near the road, and we backed onto a park so he had no way to even get there short term as lived in a long row of terrace houses.
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13 January 2007, 04:47 PM
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im alergic to cat fur but i like them
i have a dog i dont know what i would do without her i would miss her too much
be positive she might come back when she's finished hunting mice and stuff
i have a dog i dont know what i would do without her i would miss her too much
be positive she might come back when she's finished hunting mice and stuff
13 January 2007, 05:17 PM
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Oh, no Sonic! 
I really hope it wasn't Piphead - she's a gorgeous looking cat.
I really hope it wasn't Piphead - she's a gorgeous looking cat.
13 January 2007, 05:22 PM
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Today would have been our dogs birthday - the first since we lost him. Today is not a good day
13 January 2007, 05:30 PM
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It is - she obviously has seen somethig which she is waiting to pounce on
13 January 2007, 06:17 PM
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At least if she has been run over, you will know what has happened. Nothing worse than them just vanishing and leaving you forever wondering what happened.
Looks like she had a bit of a fight some time as there is a fair chunk of ear missing there!
So sad after 12 years for her to go that way though.
13 January 2007, 06:37 PM
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Fingers crossed mate!!
My GF had two black cats (brother and sister) from when they were both kittens. They were 18 months old when one day the female just didn't come home. Poor girl did EVERYTHING to try and find her: she was microchipped, had a collar, posters were put on cars, through letterboxes, in local fields, notes were placed in local papers, on the net. 3 months later...nothing. Very upsetting, especially for her brother. Unfortunately, cats do have a tendency to find a hideout when their time is up (if they've been badly injured or are just old) As a result, some are just not found by the owners. I hope the cat that's been run over isn't yours and it returns to you soon! Sometimes, they do just go on "walkabout".
If not, sleep easy knowing that she had a respectable innings, was obviously loved by you, lived her life as a proper cat (i.e. in the great outdoors) and died doing what cats love to do!
All the best.
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My GF had two black cats (brother and sister) from when they were both kittens. They were 18 months old when one day the female just didn't come home. Poor girl did EVERYTHING to try and find her: she was microchipped, had a collar, posters were put on cars, through letterboxes, in local fields, notes were placed in local papers, on the net. 3 months later...nothing. Very upsetting, especially for her brother. Unfortunately, cats do have a tendency to find a hideout when their time is up (if they've been badly injured or are just old) As a result, some are just not found by the owners. I hope the cat that's been run over isn't yours and it returns to you soon! Sometimes, they do just go on "walkabout".
If not, sleep easy knowing that she had a respectable innings, was obviously loved by you, lived her life as a proper cat (i.e. in the great outdoors) and died doing what cats love to do!
All the best.
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i am a fellow cat owner and certainly wouldnt like to be in your situation. keeping my fingers crossed for you.
as much as my cat has wrecked my leather sofas i would be lost without the little furball.
very good picture you took there too.
as much as my cat has wrecked my leather sofas i would be lost without the little furball.
very good picture you took there too.
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our first cat went out to play .... didn't see him for a few days...
neighbor found him asleep under her tree.... think he lost a fight with a car
our second cat went out mid last year and hasn't been been since...she came into the garden occasionally, but not near us. (she was always a bit feral) she,s inoculated and spayed, (so no issues there) but think shes gone for good now, haven't seen her for over 6 months....
cats dont you just love em
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neighbor found him asleep
under her tree.... think he lost a fight with a car our second cat went out mid last year and hasn't been been since...she came into the garden occasionally, but not near us. (she was always a bit feral) she,s inoculated and spayed, (so no issues there) but think shes gone for good now, haven't seen her for over 6 months....
cats dont you just love em
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13 January 2007, 07:11 PM
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Steve had another one as well as Piphead (the name still makes me chuckle) It was her brother, but he decided the food was better elsewhere and never bothered to come back, he has been spotted occasionally though 
Piphead was a real softie and like Steve said, never far from the house. She was a very timid little thing too, purred at everything
She has gone wondering off for a couple of days in a row before now, but always came back, never been away this long, and usually if you don't see her you hear her little bell on her collar somewhere and it had been really quiet. I thought I would gove her a chance to come back before calling anywhere but I wish I had called sooner now so that we may have at least had a chance to pick her up, treat her if she was injured, or bury her in the worst case
Will miss the little pip headed thing
) It was her brother, but he decided the food was better elsewhere and never bothered to come back, he has been spotted occasionally though Piphead was a real softie and like Steve said, never far from the house. She was a very timid little thing too, purred at everything
She has gone wondering off for a couple of days in a row before now, but always came back, never been away this long, and usually if you don't see her you hear her little bell on her collar somewhere and it had been really quiet. I thought I would gove her a chance to come back before calling anywhere but I wish I had called sooner now so that we may have at least had a chance to pick her up, treat her if she was injured, or bury her in the worst case Will miss the little pip headed thing
13 January 2007, 07:24 PM
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I'd like cats if they didnt go out killing wildlife - I dont understand how people can have a pet that does this - very selfish imo.
Either way sorry to hear of the loss sonic - I know how attached people can get to pets.
13 January 2007, 07:26 PM
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The wildlife you refer to is usually field mice - vermin that are a nuicance to the farmer
I also have a snake which I feed pre-killed mice to, thata's probably selfish too
It is sad, he has had her from being a kitten for 12 years
I also have a snake which I feed pre-killed mice to, thata's probably selfish too
It is sad, he has had her from being a kitten for 12 years
13 January 2007, 07:38 PM
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Thanks for all the comments
Her ear, well she lost the tip of that cos she used to jump up on the window sill in my old house, and she used to press her head against the glass otherwise she would fall off, and then the winter came, and frostbite took part of the ear away, it fell off one day when the weather got warmer 
Half the time she looked like she had twice as much fur as she needed, but I guess thats more a trait of a female cat
Yes she did kill mice, rabbits (she didnt like frogs tho) and the odd bird (one I rescued from her, and a few rabbits I managed to get off her too) my garage gets full of mice, thats what happens with miles of fields at the back of your house, so in some respects I was glad she was helping to 'keep the numbers down'
She used to love lying on the bonnet of the car (especially in this weather after me coming home from work) and sometimes she wouldnt even move off the car even with me reversing off onto the road
Like Donna said she did have a brother, and he slowly stopped coming back here, and my neighbours have said they still see him about (new home for him then LOL)
I found out today that my neighbour used to give her crab sticks, and tins of tuna no wonder she looked like she had ate a football at times
One thing she used to do that made me laugh, was she used to dip her paw in my unfinished coffee, and sit and lick her paws
Anyway here are a few more pics of her
This was the upstairs bedroom
Se loved Pizzas too
Steve
Her ear, well she lost the tip of that cos she used to jump up on the window sill in my old house, and she used to press her head against the glass otherwise she would fall off
, and then the winter came, and frostbite took part of the ear away, it fell off one day when the weather got warmer Half the time she looked like she had twice as much fur as she needed, but I guess thats more a trait of a female cat
Yes she did kill mice, rabbits (she didnt like frogs tho) and the odd bird (one I rescued from her, and a few rabbits I managed to get off her too) my garage gets full of mice, thats what happens with miles of fields at the back of your house, so in some respects I was glad she was helping to 'keep the numbers down'
She used to love lying on the bonnet of the car (especially in this weather after me coming home from work) and sometimes she wouldnt even move off the car even with me reversing off onto the road
Like Donna said she did have a brother, and he slowly stopped coming back here, and my neighbours have said they still see him about (new home for him then LOL)
I found out today that my neighbour used to give her crab sticks, and tins of tuna
no wonder she looked like she had ate a football at times One thing she used to do that made me laugh, was she used to dip her paw in my unfinished coffee, and sit and lick her paws
Anyway here are a few more pics of her
This was the upstairs bedroom
Se loved Pizzas too
Steve
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13 January 2007, 08:20 PM
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extremely sorry to hear that Steve.
Lost one of my cats in the summer (correction the cattery lost him) and have spent the last 6 months looking.
Here's what I did and recommend you do:
Print out a reward poster, and post them through peoples letter boxes, shop windows etc. People do read them and will phone you if they see a cat fitting the description. We still get people call 6 months on saying that they have seen Billy.
Phone all the local vets
Small add in the newspaper, depending on the paper this will be free, again people do phone.
and lastly, horrible to say but most cats are found deceased, phone up the local cleansing department of your local authority as if they find a cat they have to dispose of it, they will log the description, where found etc and will also check for a microchip.
Really do hope you find your cat.
Here's Bill doing what he did best..
Lost one of my cats in the summer (correction the cattery lost him) and have spent the last 6 months looking.
Here's what I did and recommend you do:
Print out a reward poster, and post them through peoples letter boxes, shop windows etc. People do read them and will phone you if they see a cat fitting the description. We still get people call 6 months on saying that they have seen Billy.
Phone all the local vets
Small add in the newspaper, depending on the paper this will be free, again people do phone.
and lastly, horrible to say but most cats are found deceased, phone up the local cleansing department of your local authority as if they find a cat they have to dispose of it, they will log the description, where found etc and will also check for a microchip.
Really do hope you find your cat.
Here's Bill doing what he did best..
13 January 2007, 08:44 PM
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Thanks Varboy
I tried the vets earlier but they had closed for the day
Almost everyone around here knows of the Cats Protection League, as it is only about a mile from mine
The woman on the phone said she wouldn't normally say that a cat had been reported runover etc, but for Donna giving them the description of mine and it being so similar and probably no less than 30-40 yards from my house
Every morning I use that road, and every morning I have looked, and havent seen any trace of any animal being runover
Someone reported it on Monday 8th, 'after' I would have used that road, I didnt use it again until tuesday morning
also a neighbour walks her dog (well carrys it) along that road, several times a day too, now everytime she comes past the house Piphead is usually on the bonnet of the car, and the other day she had a good look at and around the car when she went past
Im now starting to wonder if she saw a cat runover, and reported it (it is the kind of thing she would do) and the look around my car the other day, is likely to be her looking to see if it was my cat (again not unlike her to do this)
She will speak when she goes past, and usually tells you bits of gossip, or asks stuff (bit nosey) but she afaik will never knock and talk to you
Maybe worth nipping round there and asking her if she saw anything
Steve
I tried the vets earlier but they had closed for the day
Almost everyone around here knows of the Cats Protection League, as it is only about a mile from mine
The woman on the phone said she wouldn't normally say that a cat had been reported runover etc, but for Donna giving them the description of mine and it being so similar and probably no less than 30-40 yards from my house
Every morning I use that road, and every morning I have looked, and havent seen any trace of any animal being runover
Someone reported it on Monday 8th, 'after' I would have used that road, I didnt use it again until tuesday morning
also a neighbour walks her dog (well carrys it) along that road, several times a day too, now everytime she comes past the house Piphead is usually on the bonnet of the car, and the other day she had a good look at and around the car when she went past
Im now starting to wonder if she saw a cat runover, and reported it (it is the kind of thing she would do) and the look around my car the other day, is likely to be her looking to see if it was my cat (again not unlike her to do this)
She will speak when she goes past, and usually tells you bits of gossip, or asks stuff (bit nosey) but she afaik will never knock and talk to you
Maybe worth nipping round there and asking her if she saw anything
Steve