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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

2360.0. "PEEWEE IS MISSING!!" by PRYDE::JARVIS () Wed Apr 05 1989 16:08

    PeeWee, my not-quite-grown up kitten has been missing since
    last Saturday and I am becoming more anxious with each passing day.
    His Dad, Pepper has been around the house more since PeeWee disappeared
    and I can't figure out what has happened.  He has never been gone
    for more than one night.  All the neighbors have been alerted -
    no sign of him and the coupons for his neutering have come in the
    mail just today.  Maybe, he sensed his impending loss of manhood!
    
    Anyone have any suggestions?
    
    Desperate in Stow
    
    
    
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2360.1ONFIRE::FRANCINEheavy metal thunderWed Apr 05 1989 16:189
    
    
    Put an add in the paper..
    
    Put signs up and down your street, and neighboring streets..
    
    Call the dog officer, etc. to see if he has been picked up..
    
    F.
2360.2FSHQA1::RWAXMANA Cat Makes a Purrfect FriendWed Apr 05 1989 17:138
    Bet he's out womanizing!  And I'll bet he comes back no worse for
    the wear.
    
    We'll be rooting for Pee Wee's return!
    
    
    /Roberta
    
2360.3Call...call...callIAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isWed Apr 05 1989 17:184
    You may also want to call the local shelters and animal control
    officer in case they hear word of a cat matching Pee Wee's description.
    
    
2360.4CIRCUS::KOLLINGKaren, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif.Wed Apr 05 1989 20:243
    Are you and the neighbors checking garages, basements, etc., any place
    your kitten might have accidentally gotten shut in?  This is
    what happens a lot when a cat "goes missing".  
2360.5Good luck...GERBIL::MASONExplaining is not understandingWed Apr 05 1989 20:324
    Check the local vet's offices.  They often keep records of found/lost
    animals, and folks turn in the founds there too.
    
    Gary
2360.6CRUISE::NDCThu Apr 06 1989 10:135
    Talk to the neighborhood kids.  They often know things that the
    adults don't.  That's how I got my first cat back when she
    accidentally got out of the house right after her spay.
      Nancy DC
    
2360.7cats on the hunt!SUBURB::GLOVERPI'll have a TanglefootThu Apr 06 1989 13:1019
    good one nancy, all kids go rooting and with the incentive
    of a few pounds/bucks its amazing how hard they will try.
    
    dont give up hope, i think youll find that hes got a 
    little bit of fluff somewhere close by!
    
    i spoke to a vet friend of mine who says that is the most
    common reason they 'go walkabout'
    
    also ,if you go looking,go in the opposite direction
    you think he may have gone,it may sound daft but that also seems
    to work.
    
    keep huntin'.
    
    phil
    
    
    
2360.8INDEBT::TAUBENFELDIlza wants lizard skin boots.Fri Apr 07 1989 19:527
    Hmm, my neighbor made a vet appointment for neutering her cat, he
    left that week and hasn't been seen since.
    
    Males are very sensitive about those things, maybe they have a sixth
    sense and know when to leave.  :-)
    
    
2360.9CRUISE::NDCMon Apr 10 1989 09:1121
    More likely its just the spring urges to mate.
      Really guys!  No one makes such a big fuss about spaying
    a female.  It isn't until we start talking about neutering
    males that people start anthropomorphizing [whew! how's that
    for a 50 cent word :^)].
      I think its funny that most women seem to feel that they're
    doing the cat a favor by getting it spayed and men seem to feel
    guilty about neutering the male - like they're depriving the cat
    of something!  (Of course its not funny at all when these feelings
    get in the way of folks being responsible)
       Believe me, what you're depriving the cat of is some bad habits,
    fighting, roaming and fathering unwanted kittens!    And your cat
    will live a longer and healthier life!  "Both dogs and cats have
    a reduced risk of prostate cancer if neutered, and no risk of
    testicular tumors" (from "Why Spay or Neuter your Pet?" put out
    by Channing L. Bete Co., Inc)  The benefits of spaying are even
    more pronounced.
      BTW - if anyone wants a copy of that pamphlet send me mail.
    I have several.
      Nancy DC
    
2360.10status update?BUSY::CIOFFIThu Apr 13 1989 17:534
    Did you ever find PeeWee?
    
    KC