gremlin wife
[cats] Anyone remember Locket, the semi-feral straybie from last fall that our neighbors adopted?
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gremlin wife
Shira and I were coming in from errands tonight and here's Joyce outside their building, looking harried, trying to tell us something as soon as she sees us but we can't hear her because of the highway noise.
gremlin wife
It takes her three tries to relay it to us: Locket is missing. They can't find her in their apartment. They think she got outside.
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And of course she turns to me immediately: "What do we do?"
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Being a kitten witch, I have that advice just handy in my back pocket, so I whip it out and start running down the checklist of Things To Do When Your Cat's Gotten Out (set out a bed/blanket, litterbox, food and water right by the door) and other options open to us.
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"I'll let my boys out," I tell her. "Maybe she'll follow one of them home."
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We start to discuss when it would be appropriate to put out the live trap to try and catch her.
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My neighbors go inside to start collecting her things to put outside the building. Shira and I trot home with our things, but neither of us can leave it at that. Shira and Riffraff go out to help them look.
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I secure our food and follow a few minutes later, catching up with Riffraff and making him accompany me up and down the fence line near the feeding station where I initially trapped Locket.
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Joyce and I convene in front of their building. "Which door did you see her run out of?" I ask, but Joyce didn't actually see her leave the building. The door to their apartment was open for a bit today and now Locket is missing, so they made an assumption.
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Hmm.
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Joyce sees the expression on my face as I look into the vestibule of their building. "Do you think she's still in there?" Joyce asks me, following me inside because I'm already halfway through the door.
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"I just want to check," I say. I look under the stairs, behind a neighbor's shopping trolley and an abandoned bucket. "Cats are really good at hiding."
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There's a little fall decor display in the corner in front of the door to their unit.
There is a deep black shadow in the corner behind it.
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I prowl up the stairs, and the shadow peeks over its shoulder at me.
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"Found her," I call down to Joyce, who immediately goes outside to call her husband and Shira in.
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Now, Locket really is still a semi-feral, so I couldn't just grab her. She was very very scared, poor thing. She hasn't been outside of their apartment since she moved in last year. So I waited until Joyce went in through their unit's back door' to unlock the front, and we shooed the little dickens back inside.
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(Where she instantly bolted into the back to hide.)
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AND MANY RELIEVED HUGS WERE HAD, THE END
thaneon
Poor kitty
zee
ohhhh my god how cute
zee
good save
gremlin wife
I am so so so glad she didn't actually get out of the house
gremlin wife
...*building
🍉 catipede
safe little baby!
gremlin wife
she kept making the Plaintive Alarmed Cat meows at me ;_;
🍉 catipede
awww ... baby...
🍉 catipede
i like that cats just know these kinds of things
Robin
good thinking, timing, and witch powers <3
Robin
seriously, you did good!
☕ Aro ➽
Joyce is smart to immediately get you involved, kitten witch.
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
aww swet face
bean check
aw baby, I'm glad she was found quickly and safely!
ShaynaIsHere
^^^ Same here! ^^
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