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I think my cat's been taken by pest control

55 replies

catburglar · 24/04/2019 14:17

I was away overnight for Easter and my cart has been missing since I got back. There were several stray cats living around the estate that are gone too. Out of a total of maybe seven cats there's just one mummy cat and a kitten still in the area. At first I thought she'd just gone for a wander but now I'm terrified that she's been taken away. She was vaccinated, spayed and microchipped but she didn't have a collar. She had access to the house via a microchip cat flap but I'm sure she'd have been outside mostly enjoying the sunshine.
I don't know what to do.

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horizontalis · 13/05/2019 23:22

Bit of a long shot, but try local catteries. A friend of mine runs one, and one year somebody booked in several cats for the weekend. They never came back to collect them and it turned out they'd given a false address and phone number. My friend came to the conclusion that they weren't their cats at all. She had to get the RSPCA to take them in the end, because she couldn't keep them indefinitely.

catburglar · 23/05/2019 17:21

The cat came home! Just arrived in the cat flap at lunchtime. She's skinny but seems really glad to see me Grin I'll get her checked over by the vet but she seems ok. The other cats are still missing. Very mysterious.

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SecretLimonadeDrinker · 23/05/2019 17:26

Hurrah, that's wonderful news!

MaisyMary77 · 23/05/2019 17:30

Yay! That’s fantastic news!

gubbsywubbsy · 23/05/2019 17:32

Wow .. after a month .. that's amazing!! 😍😍

MollysMummy2010 · 23/05/2019 17:33

Oh congratulations!! Such good news!

bethy15 · 23/05/2019 17:33

Oh wow, what a thread! I was reading hoping I would get to a happy ending!

So glad you got your girl back, she looks absolutely beautiful. So happy for you.

Minkies11 · 23/05/2019 17:37

So happy for you!

BaronessBomburst · 23/05/2019 17:37

I'm so glad to read that! Grin

DiaryofWimpyMumm · 23/05/2019 17:37

Glad she's home!!

sheshootssheimplores · 23/05/2019 17:39

Fabulous news 😍😍😍😍

Fluffycloudland77 · 23/05/2019 17:41

Oh my god I’m so happy for you! I hope the others come home too.

ApplestheHare · 23/05/2019 17:45

Yay I'm so glad there's a happy ending to this one!

Jocasta2018 · 23/05/2019 17:49

Damn bit of dust in my eye.... So glad your cat has returned!

Vinorosso74 · 23/05/2019 17:51

What a relief! If only they could talk....

FriedEggsAndMushrooms · 23/05/2019 17:53

Yayyy!

Daffodil2018 · 23/05/2019 17:55

OMG! Amazing update! So pleased she came back!

LittleLongDog · 23/05/2019 17:59

What a wonderful update!! So glad she came home to you.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 23/05/2019 18:09

I'm so happy she came back to you, fab news!!

TheLongRider · 23/05/2019 18:13

Excellent news! I'm do happy for you both.

Toddlerteaplease · 23/05/2019 20:52

Amazing news!

thecatneuterer · 23/05/2019 20:58

Oh wow! I'm so happy for you.

Fluffycloudland77 · 24/05/2019 06:21

It’s very odd for two to go at the same time, then return at the same time isn’t it though?.

I wonder if they got taken somewhere and dumped by someone.

I’m still going with my theory of over zealous gardener/bird watcher. They can’t both have been trapped in a shed for a whole month.

WeeDangerousSpike · 24/05/2019 13:38

Oh fantastic! I'm so happy for you!

Very odd though, and must have been some outside influence - 2 cats don't decide to just go off for a month.

Hopefully your efforts to find her will have made it obvious she's a pet who will be searched for, not a stray.

TreeSunset · 24/05/2019 13:42

That’s lovely that she came back! Must have got lost or maybe got in someone’s van by accident and found her way back!