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Hi everyone, I have two old man kitties with opposite problems. Saxon is ~15.5 and suffers from IBD that is decently managed but turns into diarrhea at the drop of a hat if he gets into something he shouldn't. Logan is ~13.5, and after a bout at the vet that resulted in a kitty enema, Logan was...

FOUND AND CAPTURED!!! We played hide and seek on the camera with him this evening, and he had no interest in coming to us when called, even when we knew he was within earshot. But just after 10:30 we heard the trap on the porch snap, and guess who was inside! He was awfully confused when we...

Sigh. Jet has a pair of doppelgangers. We've staked out two different neighbors who have "seen" Jet, and in both cases it wasn't him. So we're back to square one. Mom came back to our place on the news that he'd been spotted, and is spending her time alternately looking for him and sitting in...

Jet's been spotted! A neighbor down the way saw our gargantuan sign in our front yard and called about a cat she's never seen before who looked out of place and was skulking around driveways this morning. I knocked on a few doors and everyone there has seen him the last couple days. On top of...

Both hubby and I now have recordings of Mom calling on our phones to play as we search. Still no luck, but we've moved the trap to an even more promising location (though there's an even chance I catch the neighbor's cat... Oops). I have the day off tomorrow, so I'm planning to crawl under as...

Still no Jet. But I've enlisted some awesome neighbor kids who showed me so many hiding spots my head spins. He wasn't in them, but admittedly I couldn't check most of them thoroughly before the kids were running off to show me another spot they knew of. I'll check them more thoroughly tomorrow...

Thanks friends. Most of what I've tried thus far are things I've picked up while lurking the forums and reading your advice to others. So thank you! We didn't have any luck this evening. I searched under what seems like every bush and up every tree in the direction we saw him run, met new...

My mom’s cats, Jet and Lando, came to visit for Christmas. As my mom was loading them into the car yesterday to leave, Jet broke out of his carrier and sprinted across the yard and around the side of the house where we could no longer see him. We have no idea if he stopped somewhere or kept...

We also have a litter robot 3 and it's been great! Our blind kitty didn't like the noise (probably couldn't figure out what the heck was going on without seeing it) so we would leave it off and then turn it on to cycle when he wasn't around so he wouldn't freak out. After he passed we left it on...

I really like the idea of "Can I stay on your porch?" or "Can I live in your barn?" or "Will work for mice!" Most people naturally think about bringing the animal into their home, but this could spark the alternative idea of simply caring for a kitty on their property that might be more feasible...

Logan once horked up a hairball on me while I was sleeping. Alas, I didn't wake up fast enough to escape. I've since become a lighter sleeper. Saxon likes to clean dishes left in the sink. He's just as much of an opportunist as the dog, but a lot sneakier about it! Bridge kitty, Bruce, once...

The litter robot is probably the best cat-related purchase I've made. We've had ours for almost 3 years now and it's saved us so much time and eliminated my least favorite chore. When we bought it, we had a cat who was going blind and the sound of the motor freaked him out, so we'd run it...

Good point! It seems obvious now, but I didn't think of this :D

Thanks everyone for your input and the articles! We'll continue to refine the plan as we go along, but this has been a great start. I arrived at a 6 day minimum assuming that something will go wrong the first day and we won't leave before noon haha. That, combined with the general rule of thumb...

Hello! My husband and I just found out that we’ll be transferring from VA to CA sometime in the next few months, and we plan to drive our 4-legged family cross country rather than flying. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs that'll be sharing space in a large Toyota Highlander. Our current plan is to get...