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Jun. 3rd, 2010 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lenora_roseOn Monday evening, my mother-in-law's cat disappeared from their RV; she was on our porch, painting, and she left the RV door open so he could get some air if he wanted. He tends to stay in place, and he's timid, and he's never left their yard at home, much less our yard here. So having him run off would seem mostly out of character. The strongest current theory is that someone saw him meowing to get in, and decided to shelter him, but she's put up signs around the neighbourhood and knocked on doors, and nobody fessed up.
Now Irina's vanished. My m-i-l saw her after supper, eating in the kitchen with Élise. After I came home from dance practice, I didn't see her at all. Of course, I didn't really twig until breakfast-time, as while Irina usually sleep son my legs, she's had nights enough where she's chosen not to that it isn't a warning sign in itself
We thought she might have been locked in the basement again. Or managed to get herself sealed in the attic when Colin set the trap and close it up. The latter has been pretty much disproved, and the basement door was left open often enough through today that she should have had a chance to emerge, even if she was doing her hide-in-a-corner routine for Hours. Also, two people within the block think they saw a cat of her description outside.
This worries me because Irina isn't an outdoor cat, either, much mroe than my m-i-l's cat is.. She goes outside for a maximum of five minutes at a time, and any loud noise sends her back to our door. She's friendlier to people and less timid overall than he, but she's also been rather badly shaken up by all the noises and chaos of renovations, and I'm afraid she'll be backsliding into timidity.
And before you ask, the Humane Society, D'Arcy Animal Rescue Centre, and both Pembina Emergency and McLeod Vet have their descriptions. And I put it on petlynx, the online site the Humane Society most recommends. I've checked kijiji for pet-related notices. And my M-i-l put a classified ad in the paper and lost cat signs for hers. It seems too early to do that for Irina.
I have to sleep, because I slept like crap last night before this came up, and worse after. I intend to make one last check out the doors, though I don't expect a change.
Be well, you two, wherever you are. Come home soon.
ETA: AS mentioned in the comments, my m-i-l's cat reappeared, only a bit hungry for wear.
Now Irina's vanished. My m-i-l saw her after supper, eating in the kitchen with Élise. After I came home from dance practice, I didn't see her at all. Of course, I didn't really twig until breakfast-time, as while Irina usually sleep son my legs, she's had nights enough where she's chosen not to that it isn't a warning sign in itself
We thought she might have been locked in the basement again. Or managed to get herself sealed in the attic when Colin set the trap and close it up. The latter has been pretty much disproved, and the basement door was left open often enough through today that she should have had a chance to emerge, even if she was doing her hide-in-a-corner routine for Hours. Also, two people within the block think they saw a cat of her description outside.
This worries me because Irina isn't an outdoor cat, either, much mroe than my m-i-l's cat is.. She goes outside for a maximum of five minutes at a time, and any loud noise sends her back to our door. She's friendlier to people and less timid overall than he, but she's also been rather badly shaken up by all the noises and chaos of renovations, and I'm afraid she'll be backsliding into timidity.
And before you ask, the Humane Society, D'Arcy Animal Rescue Centre, and both Pembina Emergency and McLeod Vet have their descriptions. And I put it on petlynx, the online site the Humane Society most recommends. I've checked kijiji for pet-related notices. And my M-i-l put a classified ad in the paper and lost cat signs for hers. It seems too early to do that for Irina.
I have to sleep, because I slept like crap last night before this came up, and worse after. I intend to make one last check out the doors, though I don't expect a change.
Be well, you two, wherever you are. Come home soon.
ETA: AS mentioned in the comments, my m-i-l's cat reappeared, only a bit hungry for wear.
