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lenora_roseSo at 11:00 last night, when we got home, i wandered once more round the block - still no sign.
At 1:30-1:45 or so, I was going to bed, and decided to make one last look outside the doors.
Irina was crouched on the front step.
However, when I flung the bolts back and threw the door open, calling her name, she bolted. I cursed myself for enthusiasm, laid out food, wandered around the yard & the next door neighbour's yard a bit to see if I could find her hiding spot, then went back in to keep watch out the front door at the bowl of food I'd left out. When I realised the neighbours on the other side had guests who were now outside smoking, and the human presence would scare her back from that door, I started watching out the windows. After a time, I spotted her in the side yard, and managed to get out the back door without terrifying her, and crept closer and closer by bits until i could pick her up.
From the way she was meowing, she wanted badly to go in, but was still freaked. She wasn't altogether happy with being picked up and lugged (She always hates being picked up) but once inside, she tore upstairs (Her 'comfortable' area) before venturing down again, and checking out Élise and the renovations, and - finally! - going for the food dish.
All in all, it took until almost 2:30 to get her home & inside.
She slept on my legs all night and all morning, except for feeding time.
She seems to be none the worse for wear - a bit skinnier, but then, she was a bit plump. Her fur is fine, no mats or burrs or ticks, no sign of fleas, no scratches or signs of fighting other cats, and now she's been in a while, she doesn't seem to be feeling stressed or high-strung anymore.
At 1:30-1:45 or so, I was going to bed, and decided to make one last look outside the doors.
Irina was crouched on the front step.
However, when I flung the bolts back and threw the door open, calling her name, she bolted. I cursed myself for enthusiasm, laid out food, wandered around the yard & the next door neighbour's yard a bit to see if I could find her hiding spot, then went back in to keep watch out the front door at the bowl of food I'd left out. When I realised the neighbours on the other side had guests who were now outside smoking, and the human presence would scare her back from that door, I started watching out the windows. After a time, I spotted her in the side yard, and managed to get out the back door without terrifying her, and crept closer and closer by bits until i could pick her up.
From the way she was meowing, she wanted badly to go in, but was still freaked. She wasn't altogether happy with being picked up and lugged (She always hates being picked up) but once inside, she tore upstairs (Her 'comfortable' area) before venturing down again, and checking out Élise and the renovations, and - finally! - going for the food dish.
All in all, it took until almost 2:30 to get her home & inside.
She slept on my legs all night and all morning, except for feeding time.
She seems to be none the worse for wear - a bit skinnier, but then, she was a bit plump. Her fur is fine, no mats or burrs or ticks, no sign of fleas, no scratches or signs of fighting other cats, and now she's been in a while, she doesn't seem to be feeling stressed or high-strung anymore.
