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Great that you've plastered them everywhere. Anyone who sees him will know he's a well-looked-after cat and yeh, you would hope they would take him fairly soonish to get checked for a chip.Just gotten back from plastering so many missing cat posters around Lichterfelde, I doubt anything of that part of Berlin is still visible.
It’s really quite far from where I live. It’s at the edge of Berlin and I live fairly central. It takes me an hour to get there by public transport or by bike. He would have to cross major roads and concrete jungles to get home. I hope he stays around there, it’s a leafy cluster of suburbia and at least it feels relatively safe. I hope he’ll seek help when he gets too hungry and cold and that they’ll take him to a vet who will read his chip. And sojourner is right, he is smarter than the average cat.
Are there any internet boards or forums on social media connected to the area he was lost in? It'd be worth asking admin to 'sticky' a 'lost cat' post, or just keep asking on there. Also do it for your own local area just in case he makes it back - it's really not unknown for them to travel big distances is it?
Reno
The In Kraut
The biggest one is the Lost Pets Berlin group. I requested to join as soon as he went lost and the request still hasn’t gone though.
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Just a suggestion but it might be an idea to put something with Alfies and your scent outside the sitters window?
And some smelly food and if possible some cat litter used by Alfie.
Cats don't move too far and Alfie may be hiding nearby.
Also...Cats are well known to have a homing sense. And if you can leave a window open at home maybe Alfie might be heading home. Even house cats have a homing instinct.
And some smelly food and if possible some cat litter used by Alfie.
Cats don't move too far and Alfie may be hiding nearby.
Also...Cats are well known to have a homing sense. And if you can leave a window open at home maybe Alfie might be heading home. Even house cats have a homing instinct.
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That's shit. I'd be private messaging them by now.
I think this is an excellent idea
Reno
The In Kraut
It won’t let me.
Reno
The In Kraut
There is some of his cat litter and food outside and a pillow of his. Hopeless cat sitter lady does keep looking out for him. She kept seeing him for the first six hours, but he wouldn’t let her catch him and nothing since. I spent two hours lost night outside her flat, but no cat to be seen. I may go back tonight.
I live on the third floor, so in the unlikely case that he finds his way home, he can’t get in. I live in a large European apartment block. I’ll put a poster in the hall.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
We have a probably cat related mystery.
I have a pile of clothes by my bed, you know between clean and dirty, ok for another wear.
Yesterday I saw my blue top had some dirt on it, only a little bit like a small twig, catkin like thing, I just thought I must have had it in my bag next to my shoes and it got dirty that way, and put it in the laundry bin.
This afternoon my wife gets home from work, and finds this on the floor
And my jeans and top have dirt and blood all over them, but the weird thing is all these little small round, half see-through papery or plastic like discs.
They're kind of like some catkin thing, but I'm wondering if Dylan brought some creature in last night, then caught it today, killed it and ate it (the blood was pretty localised, not trailing off somewhere like he injured it but it escaped). So I'm wondering if these things are some part of an animal when it gets dismembered??
I have a pile of clothes by my bed, you know between clean and dirty, ok for another wear.
Yesterday I saw my blue top had some dirt on it, only a little bit like a small twig, catkin like thing, I just thought I must have had it in my bag next to my shoes and it got dirty that way, and put it in the laundry bin.
This afternoon my wife gets home from work, and finds this on the floor
And my jeans and top have dirt and blood all over them, but the weird thing is all these little small round, half see-through papery or plastic like discs.
They're kind of like some catkin thing, but I'm wondering if Dylan brought some creature in last night, then caught it today, killed it and ate it (the blood was pretty localised, not trailing off somewhere like he injured it but it escaped). So I'm wondering if these things are some part of an animal when it gets dismembered??
Reno
The In Kraut
Treats don't override a cat's fears of a person they don't know. She did everything she could to lure him back but Alfie wasn't having it. He hadn't bonded with that place and person, so he was terrified. The cat literally was out of the bag. I did yell at her after I got her message that Alfie's escaped because I couldn't believe how stupid she'd been to leave the window open. In the end I may need her on my side if I want my cat back and she feels pretty bad about it. Just not nearly as bad as me.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Dude they're your neighbours Koi Carp. You'll find a comedy head and tail fish xylophone somewhere
I'm not sure any of our neighbours have ponds.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
the discs are almost definitely fish scales but almost no fish from a shop / fishmongers will still have that much blood in it. So either your cat has been fishing and killing them live (impressive skills) or getting into a bin somewhere? OR it is possible that Dylan himself is injured, so if you haven't seen him since, try to check him over for anything like a torn ear / pad / bite on the neck etc. Also check for a smug smile and breath stinking of carp 
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
the discs are almost definitely fish scales but almost no fish from a shop / fishmongers will still have that much blood in it. So either your cat has been fishing and killing them live (impressive skills) or getting into a bin somewhere? OR it is possible that Dylan himself is injured, so if you haven't seen him since, try to check him over for anything like a torn ear / pad / bite on the neck etc. Also check for a smug smile and breath stinking of carp
That was my wife's first thought amid much panic so called him in and checked him over. Seems absolutely fine, no scratches or sign of injury. He had a wet chin though apparently
I wonder if a bird maybe caught it, dropped half and Dylan had the rest.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
That was my wife's first thought amid much panic so called him in and checked him over. Seems absolutely fine, no scratches or sign of injury. He had a wet chin though apparently
I wonder if a bird maybe caught it, dropped half and Dylan had the rest.
and i'd avoid any neighbours who have ponds for a few days...
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
I really hope Alfie comes back OK, Reno.
Are there any Facebook or similar online forums in the cat sitter's neighbourhood? I mean ones which cover all sorts of stuff and that people read regularly, not just lost pet ones. There are quite a few where I live and people really do look out for people's missing pets.
ETA - I lost a cat a few years ago when we first moved and if I could have done one thing differently, this is what I'd have done.
Are there any Facebook or similar online forums in the cat sitter's neighbourhood? I mean ones which cover all sorts of stuff and that people read regularly, not just lost pet ones. There are quite a few where I live and people really do look out for people's missing pets.
ETA - I lost a cat a few years ago when we first moved and if I could have done one thing differently, this is what I'd have done.
Reno
The In Kraut
This morning the hapless catsitter called saying that a cat, which may have been Alfie, has been seen by a neighbour jumping over a fence outside her house at 6am. Now I’ve been here since 10am,. Just talked to the neighbour who is Polish and who doesn’t speak much German. He didn’t understand the word ginger and it was dark and I’ve seen two other cats since. May well have been another cat....
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
Everything crossed that Alfie turns up today..
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Pull up a pic of Alfie on your phone and show them maybe?
Reno
The In Kraut
I went there at 5:45am today because he was possibly seen at 6am yesterday. No Alfie. I’m starting to loose hope and I’m thoroughly heartbroken. Tomorrow I have to head back to that job in Stuttgart I never wanted to do. What got me through that was that in December I’ll be back home and my cat is what made my flat my home. I feel I have nothing to look forward to. 
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
I went there at 5:45am today because he was possibly seen at 6am yesterday. No Alfie. I’m starting to loose hope and I’m thoroughly heartbroken. Tomorrow I have to head back to that job in Stuttgart I never wanted to do. What got me through that was that in December I’ll be back home and my cat is what made my flat my home. I feel I have nothing to look forward to.
Hope you get some good news soon Reno.
Can only image how stressful it is for you..
((Reno))
