Some of you may remember this cat, lost 9 weeks ago.

[Dave Reynolds]

Well today, just since I was in the neighborhood of our old house, I stopped to call him again.

I hear a loud meowing, and here comes my little BC, skinny as hell but purring up a storm.

I scooped him up, put in the truck, and took him home.

[Boudicea]

1. Good news!

He looks just like my former cat named Murphy Gray. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

2. There is that certain meow

that seems to be the cat equivalent of "Thank God! I'm so glad to see you. I'm never doing THAT again."

I'm glad you found each other again.

[Dave Reynolds]

12. He made that meow

for at least 20 miles.

One thing we could never do was touch his front paws, and today he even allows that.

[LaraMN]

3. Yay! What a great surprise!

I bet you couldn't wait to get him home and fatten him up and snuggle him, again!

[Dave Reynolds]

13. He ate a cheeseburger (a whole one)

on the way home.

On a body scale, he is about a 1 or 1.5, which is on the starving end.

[WillParkinson]

4. Sweet!

Congrats to both of you.

[Cannikin]

5. Excellent news! I'm happy for ya

[SoCalDem]

6. How wonderful for you BOTH

I love happy endings:loveya:

[Maddy McCall]

7. That's GREAT, Dave!

And on that wonderfully good news, I'm signing off for the day. See ya, DUers. :loveya:

[_testify_]

8. I'm happy for you! I know what you went through sorta...

We have two kitties, the oldest one is Molly. One day we bought a new bed, and decided to give our old one away to friends who could use it. So the friends came over, we locked the kitties in another room so they wouldn't run outside with our door wide open. They left and went home, we went to lucnh. When we came back, we had a message from the friend saying that when the unloaded the box spring from their truck, something furry shot out of a hole in it!

Sure enough, we couldn't find Molly ANYWHERE. So we headed to this friend's house, which is in a trailer park. The people there are very messy and there are tons of strays there, living in abandoned trailers and eating out of the dumpsters that no one ever closes.

There must have been hundreds of cats there. On the roofs, sleeping in trees, on top of cars, it was SICK. Molly is a Calico, and so were at least half of the poor cats that lived there. We looked for hours, until it started getting dark...the only place we did not look was between two trailers that had monster dogs on each porch, thinking Molly wouldn't go near them, but sure enough, she was huddled up next to a tree looking bewildered.

I thank the universe every day that we were able to get her back. And we never leave the house without counting heads LOL!

[Dave Reynolds]

14. We have a much bigger house now,

so he will be able to play AWAY from the door.

[Sanity Claws]

9. Glad you found each other again

Did he leave your new home to go back to his old hunting grounds? Or did he skip out while you were moving and never saw his new home? Just curious. I don't remember your earlier posting.

[Dave Reynolds]

11. He shot out the door of the old house on moving day,

our old house is about 35 miles from the new house. I had actually given up a couple of weeks ago, but thought that since I was out that way I should try again.

It was going to be my last try, today.

[BikeWriter]

45. Yep, and he wanted to know why the F you left!

[lizziegrace]

10. Terrific!

A happy ending!

[LynzM]

15. Oh, yay!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

That's terrific!!

[graywarrior]

16. I'd love to know what he thought of you for 9 weeks.

Go back and check for voodoo dolls in your likeness.

[Dave Reynolds]

17. I'm afraid to go to sleep,

he may be planning on eating something....tender.....:scared:

[graywarrior]

21. lol

Pour him a few beers and bar-b-que some mice. He won't forget, but he will put it off for awhile.

My cat went into the spare bedroom last week where Mr. Graywarrior slept because I was sick and he PISSED ON HIS BACK!. WTF? Then, a few days ago, when no one was looking he went in and pissed on the bed again. He has two clean litter boxes! He was pissed (ha ha) because we kept him in all night.

[Allenberg]

18. This definitely brightened my day.

Happy for you. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Yay!!!!

I'm sitting here bawling like a baby! I'm so happy for all of you! :loveya:

[Dave Reynolds]

29. I almost cried,

which is bad since I'm one of the "emotions-are-not-to-be-shared" guys. I really missed the little shit.

[El Fuego]

20. That's so wonderful!!

I do remember that from when you posted originally.

A happy ending! :bounce:

I am happy for you!!!!! Keep us updated on how he is doing!

[yellowdogintexas]

22. OH! I am so happy for you! I know he was glad to hear

your voice and see you again.

Did he dive into the cat food and not come up for an hour after you got him home!!!

Pretty kitty, by the way

[Dave Reynolds]

27. As it turned out, we had a bag

of food in the car, and before I bought him a cheeseburger he had his head in it..

[no name no slogan]

23. w00t!!!

Glad to hear he's okay and back home with his family!

:toast:

[Arugula Latte]

24. Oh thank goodness!!!

Aw, what a handsome guy!

WHEW!!

[AtomicKitten]

25. Wonderful news.

I like good endings to stories like this.

Congratulations.

[havocmom]

26. To help a cat figure out his new location is HOME after a move

Keep the kitty inside for at least two weeks. Research points to the probability that cats are very sensitive to electro magnitic fields of places. It takes about two weeks for them to 'tune into' the field of a new home are figure that is where they are supposed to be.

Some cats might still try to return to the old 'hood, but most people who use the two weeks INSIDE tactic find it works.

Glad you got your lad back! Hope he decides to stay in the new digs so you don't have to go through that again!.

Good luck. He is a beauty, and I know how sad a cat-less house can be. Smiles that you have him back to make home. A very good Thanksgiving for your house coming up!

[Dave Reynolds]

28. Yep, he stays inside for a while.

I got a call from my wife (I'm at work now) that the cat has not been more than 3 feet from her. She works from home doing medical transcription and he was laying on her desk, she took a break for a nap and he slept on her chest under the blanket for an hour.

I think he missed his people.

[havocmom]

30. Missed his people... probably the biggest understatement on DU

in a week ;)

So very glad you found that handsome rascal. Broke my heart when he was lost to you and your wife. We all need these little good news breaks!

[nini]

31. That is the BEST story..... I'm happy for both of you

I can't imagine how you felt when you saw him and when he heard you.


I had to leave a feral I fed when I moved once that would not let me catch him. I felt so bad - I can't imagine how you felt with this guy since he was really part of the family.

:bounce:

[Dave Reynolds]

34. He was a feral rescue,

it took us so long to get him to trust us, and then we felt like we abandoned him.

He seems like all is forgiven, if the constant purr is any indicator.

[nini]

40. that purr is angelic at times.....

my two guys are here on the bed and I cannot imagine them being out lost for that long.


:cry: tears of joy for you!

[In_The_Wind]

32. OMG! That Is The Most Wonderful Story I've Read On DU Lately!

I am so happy for you and BC!

:woohoo::yourock: I'm glad you stopped at just the right time :thumbsup:

[Dave Reynolds]

36. I had given up on seeing him again,

but thought "better stop since I'm out there".

I like being wrong sometimes.

[In_The_Wind]

39. There are times when I'm glad I'm wrong too.

You really made a good night even better ...

[peekaloo]

33. What a sweet story!

That's a beautiful cat you have there.

:-)

[Pithlet]

35. That's wonderful.

He's a doll. I remember your original post. Wow, after 9 weeks. I'm so glad you found BC.

[Terran]

37. How wonderful!

Wow, that is so great! Glad the little bugger is okay. A handsome fellow he is, too.

[DS1]

38. I think you'll have someone sharing your bed tonight

That's great news

[Dave Reynolds]

43. Him and the 90 pound dog,

lucky we have a king size.

[ThingsGottaChange]

41. Poor sweet baby! I love stories like this!!

I'm so happy for you and BC. He's beautiful!!!

[RevCheesehead]

42. Hooray!

I am so happy for both of you!!!!! :hug:

[BikeWriter]

44. Aww shit, Dave, a success story!

[NMMNG]

46. That's wonderful!!

Give him a big hug on my behalf :hug:. I'm so glad you found each other again. It's obvious he was waiting there, hoping you'd return for him, and thankfully you returned to retrieve him. :-)

[obxhead]

47. and now you have a new furr baby.... congrats.

[Digit]

48. What a cutie and what a delightful story!

I love happy endings!

[Robeson]

49. Oh Good! A GREAT happy ending!.....

...that's some good news!...:thumbsup:

[REP]

50. I'm So Happy For All Of You!

It's so nice that this story has a happy ending. Poor little guy! Worrying about him must have been awful for you and your wife too. Give him a big hug for me.

[newyawker99]

51. That is great news! What a good looking cat!

:toast:

[Strong Atheist]

52. Great News! This happened

to my cat the last time I moved. He was lost for 66 days. I'm glad you found your cat.