<p>It is very stormy here in California. Think hail, torrential rain, thunder big enough to shake the house. This morning I let our cat out at 5am when I went to the gym. Came home early from gym due to weather escalating. It’s now 8am and I can’t find her…Walked the perimeter of our yard, calling her. No cat.<br>
Lent the neighbors a chain saw for a tree which had fallen over the road, they haven’t seen her and their cat (her playmate) is inside.
Talk me down…DH is at work but says that she is in shelter somewhere and will come home later.<br>
I’m imagining the worst…</p>
<p>Oh! It hasn’t been that long. She’s probably having a good time somewhere. As soon as she gets hungry, she’ll be home. They’re very resourceful, and I’m sure she’s fine. On the few occasions when my cat sneaks out, if we don’t catch him right away, he’s never back in less than 10 hours.</p>
<p>Check every sheltered area–no matter how small–within about 100 feet of your house. Crawlspaces, under cars, that kind of thing. She’s close by.</p>
<p>Ebeee - cats are the most resilient creatures. You know they are incredibly intuitive and sense when something is wrong. I am sure your pet will soon be home - as soon as it is safe to do so!</p>
<p>Funny cat story. Many, many years ago older daughter’s cat was missing. Her grandmother was driving nearby and was sure she saw it along the road. She called and we told D that her Mitty was gone. </p>
<p>Weeks later, D called my DH so excited! She said Mitty was alive! DH was sure grandmother or someone just bought a new one, but no, Mitty had wandered through a drainage pipe or some such thing, traveled under a road and reappeared in a nearby neighborhood. </p>
<p>The person who found Mitty put an add in the paper and D & Mitty were reunited.</p>
<p>Thanks all. dmd77, just did that but no kitty. Went all around yard, called her, checked under bushes, etc. I guess what is freaking me out is that normally when it is just raining when we let her out in the am she comes back pretty quick…within about ten minutes.<br>
This is a bad storm…the worst I have seen since El Nino. I’m feeling guilty about letting her out but she hates to use her litter box…She goes to the door and cries to be let out.</p>
<p>worknprogress…that is what my DH said. He said she is hiding somewhere waiting out the storm and she will be back when she thinks it is safe to come home. I hope so.</p>
<p>Have you checked under the hood of the car?</p>
<p>Unfortunately or fortunately one car went to work and one to the gym…so I know she isn’t there…I’m hoping the rain will let up and she will come home.</p>
<p>Hoping your cat will be home soon…
When I had cats and they would not come when I needed them, I plugged in and ran the electric can opener!! It must be some genetic thing (LOL) as I rarely if ever gave them canned food, but they sure came running when they heard the can opener!! Worth a shot. Have you also put her food dish outside the door? Maybe the smell of her food would help. Hang in there.</p>
<p>One time my cat fell out of my 2nd story apartment window (screen came loose). I couldn’t find him for the longest time. I eventually found him sitting on top of a car tire (yes, so most of his body was obscured inside the car tire.)</p>
<p>Odds are in your favor–cats are survivors!</p>
<p>With this one it’s a shake of the dry food bag…we don’t feed wet. I tried that but no luck. She did eat right before she went out so she probably isn’t hungry enough to brave the rain yet.
True re: cats…they are resilient and survivors. We are down to this cat and my 14.5 year old dog who needs to put down in the near future. This cat is really close to DD who is at school so I feel like a bad babysitter.</p>
<p>It took my sister’s cat over two weeks to come back, but she did return, just after my sister adopted two kittens for her husband. I know it’s easy to say and hard to do, but have patience, chances are she’ll be back.</p>
<p>…And we had searched the neighborhood over and over. She returned healthy and well fed…</p>
<p>Don’t worry – when our cat was younger she’d disappear for 48 hours, then show up crying at the door, indignant that we didn’t open it quickly enough.</p>
<p>One possibility is that she is stuck in a neighbor’s garage or shed. Picture this…she goes out, senses the bad weather, can’t get inside her home, so she finds shelter in the neighbor’s garage. Neighbor sees the approaching storm and closes the garage – not knowing that kitty is hiding inside.</p>
<p>Kitty will turn up! I wouldn’t go out in that weather, either.</p>
<p>My cat fell off the second floor of my loft twice when I was living in a converted barn in Illinois. The first time I shrieked, ran downstairs, and checked to see if he was okay. He was mainly embarassed. The second time, I make sure he got up and walked away (again, he was embarassed, not hurt) and then I laughed at him.</p>
<p>Cats do okay for themselves. It’s nerve-wracking, but give him time! He’ll come back!</p>
<p>mrsref thanks…that is a good picture for me right now. I still can’t locate her. Have checked with neighbors and called her umpteen times. Still raging storm out there.</p>
<p>GOOD NEWS…cat is found. She was in a hidey hole in our backyard.
Between an old tree stump and under a pile of wood…the rain let up a bit and I coaxed her out with some dry food. She stays in until these storms end. She will have to use her box.</p>
<p>I’ve been watching the thread all day. So glad she’s found. Very relieved here in NY.</p>
<p>OH GOOD! =) I’m so glad. It’s always nerve-wracking when anything happens with a pet…</p>