First time cat owners find the cat of their dreams, they return from vacation but cat went missing, they refuse to give up hope she'll return

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    SUDD 6 SOMETHING CORPORATE AS DREW MCMIEQU WALDENN 9

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    Just a sob story. We've never owned cats. Then one day 7 months ago, a cat kept

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    wandering into our backyard and hung out with us and our kids a little bit longer each time. We fed

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    her once...and the rest was history. She has been in our yard every day (except when she

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    leaves and does her cat things in the neighborhood). My kids jointly named her Melty

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    Chocolate River Rocks...and we stuck to it. She is the SWEETEST cat. She is

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    100% compliant with my kids picking her up, playing with her, and more. She LOVED sneaking in

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    the house (my mom is very allergic, so we had to mainly keep her in our yard, but she definitely won several attempts to stay

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    inside for a few hours We left for a 4 day trip. We have had an automatic water and food

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    feeder for her outside, amongst the other cat stuff we got her. When we got home, hardly any

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    food was eaten. Our neighbor said they only saw her on day 1 of our trip. It's been 24 hours since we got home, and not one sign of

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    her. I'm hoping...she returns, and that nothing happened to her, or that someone else didn't

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    "capture" her. She was the best cat. Wish I would have kept a collar or chipped her, but...we

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    went on one other 5 day trip 3 months ago, and she was there the evening we got home (we got

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    home in the morning on that trip), but this time is longer. I wonder if a collar would have

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    made a difference. Sighs. I see the other neighborhood cats around randomly, but not her. I just

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    always felt weird keeping a collar on an outdoor cat, not sure why. I regret it now, not that it may have made a difference.

  • I personally would never let my cat outside. Recently I got him a new cat carrier so that I can carry him to the vet. He's so cute in there, he doesn't even make a peep. He's a menace at home but the most polite when we're out and about. I do want to slowly train him to go outside with a leash and harness, but I wouldn't just have him go outside on his own. It's not safe and it's too much of a risk. The cat in the story wasn't just an outdoor cat, she also was new to the family and the family was new to her. It's not unlikely that she just saw the family gone and assumed they weren't coming back. Cats aren't like dogs, and they don't have the same loyalty. So maybe she just went in search for another family and thought this one disappeared. Whatever the case, I hope she returns. 

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    My kids will be so sad. No point to This post except we now understand how awesome

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    ( I hope she is ok.

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