Tonight my brother opened the back screen-door and our recently adopted cat Fangs, escaped. I do not let her out since she drools alittle(she used to drool alot before three teeth were extracted and a dental cleaning) which would make most people think rabies, and I am pretty sure she was an indoor cat before. When we both went to look for her, she kept running away from us. We eventually lost her position at a bush adjacent to another neighbor's yard. 30 minutes of fruitless search ensued. I went inside to look for fish in the freezer and luckily I found some frozen sardine that I put on a paper towel and started walking around where she last left. After awhile I went inside but left the back door open enough for the cat to come in. Eventually my brother told me the cat came back inside, circa less than five minutes after I came back from the sardine walk.
My family dismissed the notion that the sardine is why she came back. But she came right up to me chopping the same sardine up to microwave it(so it would stink more) and starting meowing. Do forumers here think the use of sardine to attract her was why she came back?
Are microchips effective? I cannot imagine most people that "find a cat" being proactive enough to get them scanned at a vet or shelter. Is there anykind of microchip that does not require you to pay an annual fee? Recently I was keen on getting a microchip but the damned extortionist requirement of annual fees disgusted me. I will get her a breakaway collar and tag, ASAP, because this will only happen again especially when my cat hating grandmother is back from Greece.
My family dismissed the notion that the sardine is why she came back. But she came right up to me chopping the same sardine up to microwave it(so it would stink more) and starting meowing. Do forumers here think the use of sardine to attract her was why she came back?
Are microchips effective? I cannot imagine most people that "find a cat" being proactive enough to get them scanned at a vet or shelter. Is there anykind of microchip that does not require you to pay an annual fee? Recently I was keen on getting a microchip but the damned extortionist requirement of annual fees disgusted me. I will get her a breakaway collar and tag, ASAP, because this will only happen again especially when my cat hating grandmother is back from Greece.