Posted on 09/20/2022 12:15:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Lily the cat enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring. She “owned the block” in her old neighborhood, owner Stefanie Whitley said, but always made sure to come home.
That all changed when her family moved to a new neighborhood in Mastic Beach. “I was really nervous about bringing her to a new area with how she would react,” Whitley said.
Whitley was right to be worried. About two weeks after moving in, Lily went missing.
“Normally she comes home, but this time felt different and I didn’t think that Lily was coming home,” Whitley said.
About four days after Lily went missing, Whitley and her family were sitting at home in the evening when their Ring doorbell rang. Whitley said she and her family were startled, wondering who was at their doorstep that late at night.
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the cat came back the very next day................
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My cat Ivan visits his preferred neighbors and rings their doorbells. We have a cat door insert in our living room window so he comes and goes as he pleases. He also has good judgement on people he frequents.
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There’s something about grey cats. They seem to be a little bit smarter than your average cat.
Sooo cute :)
I had a cat named Vinny. Orange and white. He used to sleep with me so one night when I was shutting off the light which was a wall switch just behind the headboard he watched me. I thought it was cute so I positioned him to stand up on the bed, paw on the light switch, and I moved his paw up and down. Turning the light on and off, on and off. I thought it was funny because he let me do it and seemed interested, noticing he was turning the light on and off.
3 am. Light comes on. I see Vinny standing on side of bed, on paw on headboard, other paw on light switch, looking at me.
Then he lets himself down on the bed where I, groggy eyed, see him put his little face right to mine, meows loudly, jumps off bed, looks back at me, meows again, heads to kitchen meowing all the way...
Wants to eat. Starts doing this every night about 3 am or so.
It got to be not so funny.
SO basically the cat tried to go back to its old home, but 2 days halfway there it said *(&@ this, it’s way to far and I’m hungry and turned around
Yes. Cats adopt you.
Yes, I saw that on cable a few months back!...............
My vet told me that Daisy is a” tri-colored tabby. Very smart and very fierce.” She and Missy, a grey cat were arch rivals, yowling, chasing, until finally Missy moved away.
We have a nice little yard at our apartment complex, private though public, and Daisy mostly stays there. Now that she’s five, she ventures forth but I don’t worry. We also have two stray cats that I feed. Blackie, Daisy’s boyfriend, is a beautiful wild cat, caught, neutered and given shots by animal control. Louise, grey and white striped, was left behind when some jackass moved out. Really would like to live here, but she and Daisy would fight. My vet says she’ll check out Louise free if I can get her into a cat carrier. Huge IF.
Any and all suggestions for getting too-smart-for-her-own-good little grey Louise into a crate are welcome.
Tuna fish.
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Thanks, I’ll try tuna. Daisy hates fish, but she’s a contrarian like her mom. Louise will love it. I hope. Keep your paws crossed and so will I .
“Any and all suggestions for getting too-smart-for-her-own-good little grey Louise into a crate are welcome.”
Using a small carrier that you can lift, it’s easy to cradle the cat in your arm, then just slide the carrier over it, pull your arm out quickly and close the door. That’s how my Vet does it.
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Oh oh! My wife just reminded me that the cat died 7 years ago...
Very upsetting... It means that I've been paying the cell phone bill for nothing...
Wish she had told me sooner...
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