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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:43:59 +0100, "Sharon & Smudgie"
wrote: Bumping this to the top I'm logging on all the time hoping to see "Smudgie's Home!"- could you post it in this thread as well when she is as I have it set at work to update me when someone posts to the thread? We are sending purrs...tons of purrs....megatons of purrs......gigatons of purrs..... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Hi Everyone Well, we went trapping all weekend until after midnight but nothing. Smudgie hasn't been seen since last Tueday by Kylie and I'm wondering whether she has found somewhere else to sleep and hunt? We have had heavy rain on and off for the past few days, and she hates getting wet, so perhaps that put her off going to the woods. I believe she was spending the daytime elsewhere and going into the woods only at night as she was always seen on her way into the woods or in the shrubbery on the edge of the trees around 9.30 at night. Now my problem is where exactly has she moved on to? Luckily my DH is off work this week so he will put some posters up on the estate on the other side of the woods and fields and pop leaflets through doors there. It will be 3 weeks on Wednesday Kylie said Smudgie will be feral now because of her instinct to get food and water, even if she has to fight for it. That made me smile I must admit cos Smudgie has always been super feisty and I can imagine her behaving like that cartoon Tasmanian Devil, wizzing about like a tornado and scoffing all the cat food left out within a 2 mile radius! If only I knew where she was now, when she was being seen at the woods every night I felt certain we would have got her back by now. Now she could be anywhere and I don't know where to start. Her "cat nav" needs some fine tuning that's for sure! Thanks for the continuing purrs, I'm sure she can hear them but she doesn't know they are to guide her home! Sharon You have done (and are still doing) ALL the right things; Smudgie should have been found in three days, not three weeks I think you are right that Smudgie has moved someplace with shelter from the rain. The woods would not provide sufficient shelter from heavy rain. Cats are nothing if not resourceful. Widening the radius of where you place posters is the best thing you can do right now, and hope there is another helpful person who will report her whereabouts to you again, as the woman who was walking her dog did. Purrs continue for Smudgie's return. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100718-1, 07/18/2010 Tested on: 7/19/2010 4:39:30 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
Sharon & Smudgie wrote:
Bumping this to the top I'm logging on all the time hoping to see "Smudgie's Home!"- could you post it in this thread as well when she is as I have it set at work to update me when someone posts to the thread? We are sending purrs...tons of purrs....megatons of purrs......gigatons of purrs..... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Hi Everyone Well, we went trapping all weekend until after midnight but nothing. Smudgie hasn't been seen since last Tueday by Kylie and I'm wondering whether she has found somewhere else to sleep and hunt? We have had heavy rain on and off for the past few days, and she hates getting wet, so perhaps that put her off going to the woods. I believe she was spending the daytime elsewhere and going into the woods only at night as she was always seen on her way into the woods or in the shrubbery on the edge of the trees around 9.30 at night. Now my problem is where exactly has she moved on to? Luckily my DH is off work this week so he will put some posters up on the estate on the other side of the woods and fields and pop leaflets through doors there. It will be 3 weeks on Wednesday Kylie said Smudgie will be feral now because of her instinct to get food and water, even if she has to fight for it. That made me smile I must admit cos Smudgie has always been super feisty and I can imagine her behaving like that cartoon Tasmanian Devil, wizzing about like a tornado and scoffing all the cat food left out within a 2 mile radius! If only I knew where she was now, when she was being seen at the woods every night I felt certain we would have got her back by now. Now she could be anywhere and I don't know where to start. Her "cat nav" needs some fine tuning that's for sure! Thanks for the continuing purrs, I'm sure she can hear them but she doesn't know they are to guide her home! Sharon Perhaps we should direct purrs and prayers to specific longitude and latitude.....of the wooded area and surroundings. Best wishes. MLB |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
Still purring and praying for her to get herself home ASAP. I've told
Sootie to send the message that it's gone on too long now even for a BCT. Judith -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Thank you Judith and everyone. Today we put up posters further afield, then I got a call whilst we were walking the woods tonight. A friend of a friend has been feeding a black and white "stray" for the last 3 nights in the area we had just put up posters! I got their contact info then we got a call from them to say they had enticed the cat into their house. We drove round but alas it wasn't Smudgie The cat they have been feeding is plump and healthy looking and by having a quick "feel" I could also inform them it's a neutered "he" and not a "she" cat! He is very pretty though! I think if they stop feeding him chicken and turkey he will probably make his way home. They have promised to take him to a vet to be scanned for a microchip if he's still around in a day or so. Sharon |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
I was hoping you were going to say you had found Smudgie.... Good
luck.... |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:53:46 +0100, "Sharon & Smudgie"
wrote: Still purring and praying for her to get herself home ASAP. I've told Sootie to send the message that it's gone on too long now even for a BCT. Judith -- Judith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. Thank you Judith and everyone. Today we put up posters further afield, then I got a call whilst we were walking the woods tonight. A friend of a friend has been feeding a black and white "stray" for the last 3 nights in the area we had just put up posters! I got their contact info then we got a call from them to say they had enticed the cat into their house. We drove round but alas it wasn't Smudgie The cat they have been feeding is plump and healthy looking and by having a quick "feel" I could also inform them it's a neutered "he" and not a "she" cat! He is very pretty though! I think if they stop feeding him chicken and turkey he will probably make his way home. They have promised to take him to a vet to be scanned for a microchip if he's still around in a day or so. Sharon I got SO EXCITED when I read about the 'stray'; but he turned out not to be Smudgie But, on the BIG plus side, people ARE reading your posters, and ARE responding to them, and that's a very good thing, indeed. I would say that the bigger area you can put up posters, the better your chances are of finding her. Unfortunately, Smudgie could be almost anywhere by now. I'm actually hoping somebody has taken her in, now, so she is getting enough food. She's been on her own a LONG time now My plan is that they will either take her to a vet, who will scan her microchip, or they will see one of your posters. I don't know about most people, but WHENEVER I see a poster in my neighborhood, even if I'm in my car, I stop and read it, just in case. It's really sad how many cats and dogs go missing, just in my neighborhood I've never found a missing local pet, but I have rescued 3 'strays'. One of them was a neutered and declawed male, and despite weeks of trying, I could not fine his humans He wasn't found in my neighborhood, though. I found homes for all the cats I rescued. Purrs continue, of course, for Smudgie to be found ASAP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. Every day is a treasure with Kenzie; I try to treat them that way. There will only be so many, and then there will never, ever, be any more. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100719-1, 07/19/2010 Tested on: 7/19/2010 11:00:40 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
Yes we are. Love Kyla
hang in there we are all still purring and praying, Lee "Sharon & Smudgie" Bumping this to the top I'm logging on all the time hoping to see "Smudgie's Home!"- could you post it in this thread as well when she is as I have it set at work to update me when someone posts to the thread? We are sending purrs...tons of purrs....megatons of purrs......gigatons of purrs..... Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Hi Everyone Well, we went trapping all weekend until after midnight but nothing. Smudgie hasn't been seen since last Tueday by Kylie and I'm wondering whether she has found somewhere else to sleep and hunt? We have had heavy rain on and off for the past few days, and she hates getting wet, so perhaps that put her off going to the woods. I believe she was spending the daytime elsewhere and going into the woods only at night as she was always seen on her way into the woods or in the shrubbery on the edge of the trees around 9.30 at night. Now my problem is where exactly has she moved on to? Luckily my DH is off work this week so he will put some posters up on the estate on the other side of the woods and fields and pop leaflets through doors there. It will be 3 weeks on Wednesday Kylie said Smudgie will be feral now because of her instinct to get food and water, even if she has to fight for it. That made me smile I must admit cos Smudgie has always been super feisty and I can imagine her behaving like that cartoon Tasmanian Devil, wizzing about like a tornado and scoffing all the cat food left out within a 2 mile radius! If only I knew where she was now, when she was being seen at the woods every night I felt certain we would have got her back by now. Now she could be anywhere and I don't know where to start. Her "cat nav" needs some fine tuning that's for sure! Thanks for the continuing purrs, I'm sure she can hear them but she doesn't know they are to guide her home! Sharon |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
Perhaps we should direct purrs and prayers to specific longitude and
latitude.....of the wooded area and surroundings. Best wishes. MLB If you go to maps.google.com and type in "slaughters wood, luton" then go to the "satellite" option you can see the area we are covering. She was last seen in the part between Hayling Drive and right along to where it turns the corner at Ditton Green, which borders the farmers field. That was a week ago. Now I have postered, and am walking, the remaining strip of woods up to where it meets Crawley Green Road and the larger patch of Slaughters Wood itself. Once I can get another sighting I can start trapping again in that part. We live in Telscombe Way, which isn't really that far away as the crow flies, but may just as well be a million miles with the luck we are having now! Sharon |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in message
... Perhaps we should direct purrs and prayers to specific longitude and latitude.....of the wooded area and surroundings. Best wishes. MLB If you go to maps.google.com and type in "slaughters wood, luton" then go to the "satellite" option you can see the area we are covering. She was last seen in the part between Hayling Drive and right along to where it turns the corner at Ditton Green, which borders the farmers field. That was a week ago. Now I have postered, and am walking, the remaining strip of woods up to where it meets Crawley Green Road and the larger patch of Slaughters Wood itself. Once I can get another sighting I can start trapping again in that part. We live in Telscombe Way, which isn't really that far away as the crow flies, but may just as well be a million miles with the luck we are having now! Don't give up Sharon. Still sending purrs that she will know are GYFBH purrs. |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
"Cheryl" "Sharon & Smudgie" ... Perhaps we should direct purrs and prayers to specific longitude and latitude.....of the wooded area and surroundings. Best wishes. MLB If you go to maps.google.com and type in "slaughters wood, luton" then go to the "satellite" option you can see the area we are covering. She was last seen in the part between Hayling Drive and right along to where it turns the corner at Ditton Green, which borders the farmers field. That was a week ago. Now I have postered, and am walking, the remaining strip of woods up to where it meets Crawley Green Road and the larger patch of Slaughters Wood itself. Once I can get another sighting I can start trapping again in that part. We live in Telscombe Way, which isn't really that far away as the crow flies, but may just as well be a million miles with the luck we are having now! Don't give up Sharon. Still sending purrs that she will know are GYFBH purrs. Same here Sharon Love Kyla |
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Smudgie is Lost! But I Know Where She Is!!!!
Sharon & Smudgie wrote:
Perhaps we should direct purrs and prayers to specific longitude and latitude.....of the wooded area and surroundings. Best wishes. MLB If you go to maps.google.com and type in "slaughters wood, luton" then go to the "satellite" option you can see the area we are covering. She was last seen in the part between Hayling Drive and right along to where it turns the corner at Ditton Green, which borders the farmers field. That was a week ago. Now I have postered, and am walking, the remaining strip of woods up to where it meets Crawley Green Road and the larger patch of Slaughters Wood itself. Once I can get another sighting I can start trapping again in that part. We live in Telscombe Way, which isn't really that far away as the crow flies, but may just as well be a million miles with the luck we are having now! Sharon When this was received, I Googled and got the map. I found the one street but not the second one mentioned. (My eyesight isn't that good any more). I continued to concentrate my thoughts on that area and I suppose many others did also. It was the next day when you found success. Now I am wondering if the map and exact location helped the prayers along. Guess we'll never know. So glad the hunt ended successfully. How is she doing? MLB |
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