This afternoon when the older kids got home from school (3:30pm) DD mentioned that she couldn't find the cat. I didn't think much of it, thinking he was probably hiding from the youngest who tends to terrorize him or he got into the basement. Well, by dinnertime he still hadn't shown up so I started to worry.
That's when I remembered that the 4yo had left the door open while letting the dogs out...at 11:30am The cat must have gotten out then. OMGosh, he's an indoor cat. We adopted him from a shelter at 7 mos old, he's declawed & neutered. Doesn't know anything about mean cats or dogs, as he gets along with both. He's such a gentle giant...he's a Maine Coon and huge, but he's just a big baby and his meow isn't very loud.
Dh & I both took the flashlight out and walked around the house looking for him...we live on a fairly busy street.
We were all beside ourselves with worry. Poor baby wouldn't even know how to fend for himself. And we have a freeze warning tonight. By 7:30pm I couldn't stand it anymore. I took his food dish outside, thinking if he was even a few houses away he would hear me shaking the food in it. I sat on the porch steps and shook the bowl. Within seconds I heard something under the stairs. It was our kitty!!!
He had gotten outside 8 hours earlier and gotten under the porch & couldn't get back out. We led him back to the hole he crawled through by shaking the food dish again. He was purring so hard he was literally vibrating.
When I took him in the house, all the kids burst out crying because they had been worried too. He's just like another kid. I don't even want to think about the 'what ifs'
That's when I remembered that the 4yo had left the door open while letting the dogs out...at 11:30am The cat must have gotten out then. OMGosh, he's an indoor cat. We adopted him from a shelter at 7 mos old, he's declawed & neutered. Doesn't know anything about mean cats or dogs, as he gets along with both. He's such a gentle giant...he's a Maine Coon and huge, but he's just a big baby and his meow isn't very loud.
Dh & I both took the flashlight out and walked around the house looking for him...we live on a fairly busy street.
We were all beside ourselves with worry. Poor baby wouldn't even know how to fend for himself. And we have a freeze warning tonight. By 7:30pm I couldn't stand it anymore. I took his food dish outside, thinking if he was even a few houses away he would hear me shaking the food in it. I sat on the porch steps and shook the bowl. Within seconds I heard something under the stairs. It was our kitty!!!
He had gotten outside 8 hours earlier and gotten under the porch & couldn't get back out. We led him back to the hole he crawled through by shaking the food dish again. He was purring so hard he was literally vibrating.
When I took him in the house, all the kids burst out crying because they had been worried too. He's just like another kid. I don't even want to think about the 'what ifs'