You signed Murphy up for the Neighborhood Watch? No, but thanks for asking.
This morning, Steph came into our place... "My heart is sad."
Well, that's not a good opening line. A lady in the neighborhood rang their doorbell and asked if they could keep an eye out for her kitty that got over the block wall around their yard. A light colored calico named Confetti.
I told Steph, "Give me 5 minutes to get dressed and we can go out to look for the cat." I met her, Dan, and Rubina, and we started our search; splitting up to cover more ground.
I have mentioned that it is "rural" just beyond the wall around our yard. Unbeknownst to me, Dan took this photo as I was coming down the foothills of South Mountain...
Yeah, it "falls off" pretty quick as you go south. We covered a lot of ground, looking in scrub brush, under cars and along fence lines. Once down the hill, I headed west; past a few places that are obviously not part of our zoning. No sign of any cat. I eventually made it down to the school that is about 3 blocks west of our house, then started east, again looking under cars and in any corner that might be a cat hiding place. No sign. I talked to a few people along the way, asking them to keep an eye out. I had no idea of the woman's name, but I knew where her house is. As I got closer to that house, Steph and Dan came up along the other side of the street.
"Did the lady get on any of our Neighborhood Facebook groups?" I asked. Steph didn't know. Since I was now right in front of that house, I went to the door to ask. A gentleman answered the door, I asked if they had posted anything about their missing cat online, and he said...
"Oh, the cat came home."
Good to know! Stephanie was relieved. I was happy to not put my aching back through any more bending to look under cars.
While we weren't a part of the finding process, I'm glad for the happy ending. And we did get some exercise on this lovely February morning. I came home and hugged my Murphy. He was very happy to see me... it's time for his lunch. ;-)
2 comments:
Glad to hear that kitty came home OK. I know that there are coyotes outside of your brick walls, plus other hazards. We have been out on those search & rescue walks a few times ourselves. One good thing about Duke being an indoor-only kitty - we know he is inside the perimeter. He has gotten out a couple of times to dramatic effect but no longer seems to be a door-rusher. Lucy sometimes gives us a scare by disappearing for a day but has always come home. [fingers crossed]
Hi Earl. Our first cat Smoke was an outdoor cat when we first got her. When we moved into town, she became a reluctant house cat. She got out one time and didn't come back for 10 days... that was the last of her excursions. Molly was an outdoor cat when we first met her, but she had no problem being a pampered house cat who walked on a leash. All the later cats were leash trained. Murph gets the run of the yard, but only when we are out there to keep an eye on him. I am allowed unsupervised outings, because I am apparently not a flight risk.
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