Since then I’ve posted flyers, paid a phone service to call my neighbors, stuffed flyers in mailboxes up and down my street, called/facebooked/emailed all the animal shelters and animal control and vets, and there has still been no sign of her. I even called Search and Rescue because someone told me that sometimes they will come look for lost pets if their dogs need practice/training, but they didn’t ever call me back.
I cannot imagine what happened to her that night, but it doesn’t seem like it could possibly have been anything good. People are telling me stories of animals that were returned after being missing for weeks or months, so I am not giving up hope. But I would be silly not to realize it is probably a long shot, particularly because of her age and need for medication.
She was only just starting to gain back some weight after her most recent bout of not-eating that she did for a couple weeks. I worry that if someone found her they would probably think she is abandoned and/or starved.
I am so heartbroken. I miss her so much every day.
If anyone on this site is in Davenport, FL or Polk County let me know and I will give you flyers if you want to post them.
I will post here if I hear anything.
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She was diagnosed a month or so ago with a mild hyperthyroid problem, and is now on a tiny dose of methimazole twice a day. We were hoping that would fix her soft stool/litterbox problems, but it didn’t seems to help. The vet tried giving her a steroid shot; no effect. So finally I tried switching her food and she seems to be feeling better as far as her litterbox behavior, but things still don’t LOOK like they’re back to normal.
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The new job has been going great, and life in general is good – except Sunday my car broke down. I’ve been getting rides to and from work, but it should be fixed tomorrow. I think it might be time to start shopping for something newer.
In the mean time here’s a shot of Misty getting good and soggy while she enjoys a drink from the bathroom sink. You should see her run to the sink and leap up there when I get up in the morning and she’s thirsty… you’d never believe she has fewer legs than the average cat!
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And some Sunshine Kitty photos from this morning:
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We’ve got her litterbox troubles sorted out and she is feeling good.
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Here’s my sweet little sunbeam girl:
I love how the light shines through her eyes.
Sprawled with her one little front paw sticking out.
What a face. I think the mottling on her little nose is very cute. But from photos I see that it was all grey when she was a kitten. I wonder how she got the pink spots – I just remember noticing them one day. I hope they’re not because of injuries or something. She did get into a lot when she was young – I remember her hopping up on the stove once right after I took a pan off the burner. She leaped off again really fast. I checked her feet for burns but I couldn’t even find any singed fur. Maybe sometime later she stuck her nose somewhere it didn’t belong. I could picture her doing that. I suspect that she’s used up more of her nine lives than what the cancer ordeal used up. Most in-and-outdoor cats get into trouble we never find out about, I’m sure.
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