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11:08:2005 Entry: "Ann : Still Lost"

Still Lost

Last night some people came over to move a printing press out of the basement. Stan closed the door to the basement. Later, he left to help them move the press to their place. While he was gone, I kept hearing noises, so I went to check to make sure all the cats were in the house. I saw Persephone, I think she ws on the futon. I couldn't find Caligula. I went upstairs; no Caligula. I was afraid he'd gotten outside somehow. I went downstairs, and then I saw him sitting on the kitchen table. All cats accounted for. Stan returned. He took the dogs out. He can't remember whether Persephone was around at that time or not. Sometimes Persephone likes to try to escape outside when we're taking the dogs, out. We woke up this morning, unable to find Persephone. We looked all through the house, all around outside. We canvassed the entire neighborhood. I sent out emails to a neighborhood mailing list.

Scenario A: Persephone actually snuck outside while the press was being moved and the bulkhead door to the basement was open. I never actually saw Persephone after Stan left...it was an apparition. You know how when you're looking for something you can be staring right at it and still not see it? Like that, except in reverse.

Scenario B: Persephone snuck outside after I saw her last night, while Stan was taking the dogs out. Because it was dark, he didn't see her sneak out.

Scenario C: She suddenly felt like she was going to die, so she hid in the basement in a spot where we can't find her.

Problems with Scenario A: Although I can't say my mind is infallible (who can?), I swear I saw her last night. I saw her first, then found Caligula.

Problems with Scenario B: Usually she never tries to sneak out after dark. Stan would've most likely saw her.

Problems with Scenario A and B: Although this happened once before, where she was gone all night, and once where she was gone a short while in the morning, and a few times that she's snuck out and we've caught her right away, she does always come back. She's never been gone this long; she always return, especially when we leave the back door open to where her food is.

Problems with Scenario C: Although she is on hyperthyroid medication and special food for cats with kidney disease, she gave absolutely no indication that she felt ill. She had a great appetite, great personality, very affectionate. She was even putting on weight, which was good for her. If a cat is dying,it is not an overnight thing where it suddenly "up and dies." She would've been showing slow deterioration over time, over days, even weeks or months. This would've just been an immediate thing. If she was hiding in the basement for some reason, she still would've come to us. Even if she lost her appetite, she'd still be around us, twizzling around our feet, even though she wouldn't want to eat. That's just the way Persephone was.

I've used past tense there.

I'm afraid, so afraid. It's fall. This is the time Persephone returns to the Netherworld, to Pluto. We always said that little cat was not of this world.

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This is so obvious that I'm sure you've already thought of it. But is it possible P got into the basement when it was opened up and went to sleep in something soft and is now trapped. This happened to my parent's ferret Smokey many years ago - he got into a box of my sister's fabric and went to sleep. The box was closed up - not realizing Smokey was in it. A week - yes! a week! - later the box of fabric was opened up and there was Smokey, still alive. Smokey revived with food and water, but what an awful week.

Don't give up yet!

Posted by greenthumb @ 10:31:2005:01:45 PM CST

I remember that! I thought Smokey died from that? Was he alive?

She has free reign of the basement at all times, as does Caligula. There's really no reason to go downstairs to discover something because it's always been there for her. It's just that yesterday was a bit odd with moving the press and all, and she was supposedly closed out of the basement for a short while while that was going on. There's nothing soft in the basement...it would rot. There's nothing for them down there except their litter pans. They are always on the 1st or 2nd floors when they want to sleep. And even if she was down there, trapped or caught, we would hear her meowing when we call her name. So, yeah, I thought of that. We've thought of everything and we are just baffled, not to mention very upset.

Posted by Ann @ 10:31:2005:02:29 PM CST

Smokey was alive, but in a virtually unconscious/shutdown state. However, she was revived without going to a vet and seemed to suffer no ill effects. However Smokey died about 6 months later, in what appeared to us to be out of the blue. All normal, and then dead in her box in the morning. However, there could have been symptoms that we didn't notice. People are so familiar with dog and cat symptoms, but less familiar with ferret symptoms. I also think that smaller animals just die faster from problems (like a human baby).

If you remember Smokey, you may remember out beloved Siamese Bluebell and Snaglepuss (both dead since December 1979). They were always indoor or in the fenced backyard cats, but when they occassionally got out, they made the most of it, and would be gone 2-3 days. That happened several times and we were all wrecks. You wouldn't think that cats that had never had to fend for themselves could even make it for 2-3 days on their own, but they did, and apparently enjoyed it!

(Here's a money making thought - imbedding GPS chips [or whatever they would be called] under the skin of pets.)

Posted by greenthumb @ 10:31:2005:02:56 PM CST

That's a great idea...they already microchip animals (which I believe we will be doing in the future after this event) but that only works if somone finds the animal, or if it's taken in to a vet as a "new" animal, or ends up at the humane society, etc. It might be cost-prohibitive for the average pet owner at first, but maybe it could come down in price...who knows.

Posted by Ann @ 10:31:2005:03:32 PM CST

Oh, and yes I remember Bluebell and Snaglepuss!

Posted by Ann @ 10:31:2005:03:35 PM CST

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