My roommate has a Siamese that she adopted off the street about 10 years ago. She and a friend of hers took off for California about 3 years ago with the cat, and when they stopped for a break along I-5 down in southern Oregon the cat bolted from the car and disappeared. They spent hours waiting and looking for her, but eventually decided they had to move on.

Jump forward about 5 months. Roommate is back here again, pretty broken up about the cat. I figured she'd either starved or become dinner for a coyote or hawk. Then one night I get a phone call from a 406 area code number that I didn't recognize. I almost didn't answer it. A young couple from Montana were vacationing in Oregon and stopped along side the road down south. They were just getting ready to go again, when they heard a cat meowing. Yep, it was her. She had a name tag on her collar with my phone number engraved on it. The Montana couple were kind enough to take care of her overnight and return her to us the next day on their way back toward home. She was a little skinny, but overall healthy. I have no idea how she managed to survive those 4-5 months in the wild.

^^She's a beautiful cat. I'm glad she found her way back to her human.

With the white on her toes, I say she's a Snowshoe, which is a breed based on the Siamese. They're great cats and tend to bond to a single person. Sam, my Snowshoe, lived to be almost 21. She's been gone about 4 years and I still miss her.

I 'lost' a house cat for a day and a half. I was a %$^&#@! wreck. The cat was pissed too.

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Originally posted by cheesegrits:
^^She's a beautiful cat. I'm glad she found her way back to her human.

With the white on her toes, I say she's a Snowshoe, which is a breed based on the Siamese. They're great cats and tend to bond to a single person. Sam, my Snowshoe, lived to be almost 21. She's been gone about 4 years and I still miss her.

She actually seems more attached to me than to my roommate. Which annoys my younger dog to no end.

btt

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Originally posted by Bytes:
Dang hay fever acting up again.

Yeah, mine, too!!

My indoor cats don't go out, so can't wander off, but my outdoor visitor cats can. I've had several frequent visitors suddenly cease coming and worried about them. Sometimes one will resume coming for food after a while, but not often. Feral cats don't live long around here.

Glad the boy and his pet were reunited.

flashguy

I can't imagine if one of my dogs get lost. I'd be sorry about how it would feel lost.

One time, I was getting ready to go out. I opened the door and then closed it again because I forgot something like maybe a hat.

I opened the door and I see both dogs sitting outside facing the door waiting for me. I did not know they went out in that brief moment; I had trained them not to cross any threshold until I say Ok.

Our front door is just steps away from a busy corner. I remember them having escaped from an open garage door when they were puppies and I was just coming home. I found them two blocks away and was just wagging their tails when they saw me come out of the car.