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Calamity1971 said:
Same here.
Is the woman still putting out food for Alfie Reno?
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She has for a week, but I’m not sure she does now. It usually gets eaten by the cat next door. There hasn’t been a sighting since last Thursday and that may not have been Alfie anyway. She has been looking for him day and night. It’s still been relatively mild, so he may still be able to last a while before he gets desperate enough to approach somebody.

I got a call today from a woman who thought she’d seen Alfie hanging around a house not far from where he escaped. I sent friends there, but it wasn’t him. Got my hopes up.
 
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Reno said:
She has for a week, but I’m not sure she does now. It usually gets eaten by the cat next door. There hasn’t been a sighting since last Thursday and that may not have been Alfie anyway. She has been looking for him day and night. It’s still been relatively mild

I got a call today from a woman who thought she’d seen Alfie hanging around a house not far from where he escaped. I sent friends there, but it wasn’t him. Got my hopes up.
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Hope you get good news soon.
People are looking out for Alfie by the sounds of it...and that's good.
 
Not sure if been posted previously but I love this cat on Twitter/insta who lives near Warwick uni, and does 2 mile walks around campus and sometimes doesn’t come home for a couple of days.

Students and staff take photos of the cat to show the owner he’s safe and they even have a gps collar for him. The photos posted are great.

This evening he’s had to be picked up from the economics dept and hasn’t been home for 2 days after being incarcerated indoors for 3 days during bonfire period. :D

https://twitter.com/RolfatWarwick

https://instagram.com/rolfatwarwick
 
cybershot said:
Not sure if been posted previously but I love this cat on Twitter/insta who lives near Warwick uni, and does 2 mile walks around campus and sometimes doesn’t come home for a couple of days.

Students and staff take photos of the cat to show the owner he’s safe and they even have a gps collar for him. The photos posted are great.

This evening he’s had to be picked up from the economics dept and hasn’t been home for 2 days after being incarcerated indoors for 3 days during bonfire period. :D

https://twitter.com/RolfatWarwick

https://instagram.com/rolfatwarwick
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This makes me happy. Rolf is a legend
 
Reno said:
View attachment 152071 It’s now 10 days since Alfie escaped his pet sitter and I’m not in a good place.

What aggravates the situation is that the whole reason why I had to leave him with someone, is that I’ve had to take a job in Stuttgart and I’m not sure the job is going well either. When I was in Berlin last week to look for Alfie, I had friends to distract and cheer me up a little bit but now I go to work in the morning and go back to an Airbnb flat in the evening and all I have is to stress over work and worry over Alfie. I’m very low on money so I’m under pressure that the job is going well, but the job is far more difficult that anticipated and I’m not sure how to get through it. I’m two weeks into a five week freelance job and I’m terrified they’ll realise I’m not cutting it and that I’ll get fired and not paid. Looking for Alfie set me back financially as well, getting a return flight to Berlin on the day I found und out, easily could have gotten me to New York and back, an expense I would never have considered otherwise in my financially precarious state. The cat sitter who lost him feels just awful as well. She’s an elderly lady who meant well but I’ve really sed her memory is going which may explain why she left the window open.

Sometimes I wake up as early as 4am and of course the first thing my mind goes to is Alfie and then I can’t go back to sleep. I think of him purring and sitting on my chest and then where he may be now and how scared and distressed he must be if he is still alive. So sometimes I go to work after only a few hours of sleep and I can barely keep awake.

Many people can’t relate to the loss of a pet and don’t understand why I’m so upset. I’m a single middle aged man, I hung all my love on that cat, he is my family. I know that an animals life is not considered to have the same value as a humans but to me this loss is as bad as that of any human. He is a truly special cat as well, always gentle and friendly, he could never be replaced. Every day I was grateful that I get to live with this beautiful creature. I can’t remember the last time I cried this much.

Alfie was my greatest source of happiness just looking at him made my heart leap. I m not really asking much of life at this point of my life and now my greatest source of happiness is gone. People say there still is hope, but keeping hopeful is so painful because of the uncertainty.

It’s the start of another day and every day feels almost impossible to get through.
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What Epona said.

We get it, we really do. Here's hoping that coming on here and offloading helps in some way.
 
So long since I've felt able to get onto this thread again.

Our very elderly cats died. They were 16 and 17 respectively (their ages are in death order :( ) ... these major calamities :( :mad: happened in mid-February and late-February.

It did us both in bigstyle, we've been devastated** about it most of this year :( :(

Personally I was especially upset because I was in India in February when Spock (16) died ... from multiple tumours :( :(
Wasn't great (after I got back) that I had to take Severn (17) to the vet for her last moments :( :( :(

**OK, I said devastated, but any avoidance of devastation we managed, came from distractions.
So, we've achieved a (sort-of) sound and enjoyable 2018 too, summer and festivals help a lot ( :D) )

But at times at least, we're both still feeling very far from right.
I dreamed about those cattens the other night!!!

And now, we're wanting more kits in our lives!!! :eek:

Plans later ;) :cool:
 
cybershot said:
Not sure if been posted previously but I love this cat on Twitter/insta who lives near Warwick uni, and does 2 mile walks around campus and sometimes doesn’t come home for a couple of days.

Students and staff take photos of the cat to show the owner he’s safe and they even have a gps collar for him. The photos posted are great.

This evening he’s had to be picked up from the economics dept and hasn’t been home for 2 days after being incarcerated indoors for 3 days during bonfire period. :D

https://twitter.com/RolfatWarwick

https://instagram.com/rolfatwarwick
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Awwww, it’s an a-CAT-demic
 
Hopeful news. Over the last couple of days have been two Alfie sightings, this time clearly identified as a ginger cat with a curly tail. He is still near the flat he ran away from. Only he runs away as soon as someone approaches him. So I think the only way to catch him is to set a trap. Anybody got experience with trapping cats and advice ?
 
Reno said:
Hopeful news. Over the last couple of days have been two Alfie sightings, this time clearly identified as a ginger cat with a curly tail. He is still near the flat he ran away from. Only he runs away as soon as someone approaches him. So I think the only way to catch him is to set a trap. Anybody got experience with trapping cats and advice ?
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no constructive advice, but hope it goes well
 
Reno said:
Hopeful news. Over the last couple of days have been two Alfie sightings, this time clearly identified as a ginger cat with a curly tail. He is still near the flat he ran away from. Only he runs away as soon as someone approaches him. So I think the only way to catch him is to set a trap. Anybody got experience with trapping cats and advice ?
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No experience, but I think I would try finding a load of my clothes or bedding that really smelt of me and leave them outside the flat he escaped from (is there a garden? I don't recall).

Cats have a really good sense of smell IIRC, has to be worth a try. Also anything that smells of him, favourite blanket/bed.

Good luck, crossing everything for you.
 
fucthest8 said:
No experience, but I think I would try finding a load of my clothes or bedding that really smelt of me and leave them outside the flat he escaped from (is there a garden? I don't recall).

Cats have a really good sense of smell IIRC, has to be worth a try. Also anything that smells of him, favourite blanket/bed.

Good luck, crossing everything for you.
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His used litterbox, scratching post, favourite pillow, kitty nibbles and water all are outside the flat. That’s why he probably still hangs around.

I’ve only just read that you can borrow traps which cage animals from the local animal shelter. Unfortunately they aren’t open till Monday and then hapless cat sitter lady will have to put one up.

I feel so much better knowing that he’s alive and staying in that area. Lots of gardens, few roads, if he has to be outside, it feels reasonably safe there.
 
Reno said:
His used litterbox, scratching post, favourite pillow, kitty nibbles and water all are outside the flat. That’s why he probably still hangs around.

I’ve only just read that you can borrow traps which cage animals from the local animal shelter. Unfortunately they aren’t open till Monday and then hapless cat sitter lady will have to put one up.

I feel so much better knowing that he’s alive and staying in that area. Lots of gardens, few roads, if he has to be outside, it feels reasonably safe there.
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When I was trying to catch the little kitten that escaped from the feral colony a local shelter offered me a cage. Luckily she followed me home (snow was bad at that point). If you can get your friends to pick one up and put something smelling of you as fucthest8 said. This is really good news Reno. I've been where you are years ago and the emotions are unbelievable. I'm going to enjoy a beer now. Come on Alfie x
 
Reno said:
His used litterbox, scratching post, favourite pillow, kitty nibbles and water all are outside the flat. That’s why he probably still hangs around.

I’ve only just read that you can borrow traps which cage animals from the local animal shelter. Unfortunately they aren’t open till Monday and then hapless cat sitter lady will have to put one up.

I feel so much better knowing that he’s alive and staying in that area. Lots of gardens, few roads, if he has to be outside, it feels reasonably safe there.
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That's very positive news ... really happy for you Reno.
TNR charities or local vets might help with a cage / trap?
But it must be heartening knowing Alfie is feeding and still around the area.
Fingers crossed he just gets caught now... and you two are reunited asap.
 
Reno said:
Hopeful news. Over the last couple of days have been two Alfie sightings, this time clearly identified as a ginger cat with a curly tail. He is still near the flat he ran away from. Only he runs away as soon as someone approaches him. So I think the only way to catch him is to set a trap. Anybody got experience with trapping cats and advice ?
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Oh ok that is really good that you think you have some positive sightings.

I have never used a baited cage trap myself, but I think the general gist of it is that you can borrow* (or possibly rent in terms of them glaring at you until you give a donation to help with their work) a cage trap and set it somewhere very near where he was last seen. Bait it with something that smells strong like tuna then check the cage every half hour to hour to see whether an animal has been caught - if it is not the right animal, let it go.

It requires staying up to check it regularly during the night and checks at other times, dawn and dusk are the times when they are most active but you don't want to leave any animal trapped in a cage for long. Don't have someone hover over it though, as it might put off a scared animal - just have someone check back every so often.


* The appropriate places to approach to borrow/rent such a thing would be an animal charity that deals with either strays/ferals or wildlife rescue.
 
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