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Permalink Reply by Inge Mallory on May 13, 2011 at 6:32am

Sorry I forgot to post where Sarah spends her time. 

Sarah and her companions are located on Dunbar/Thruston/Stanfield area. 

Permalink Reply by Jes Karakashian on May 13, 2011 at 6:44am

Oh...well, if she should make her way over here, will let you know.

J.

Permalink Reply by Jes Karakashian on May 13, 2011 at 6:44am

Inge, where are you located again?  I'm on Westfield, but I can keep an eye out. 

Jes

Permalink Reply by Inge Mallory on May 13, 2011 at 5:34pm

Jess,

Thank you.

I doubt Sarah would travel far from home.... Dunbar St. near Thurston. She and her buddies have never been far from where they were born. At most I've seen them two or three houses down the street from where I feed them. But you never know. As Margy writes, in your heart you hope they have found a better place when they are not there one morning, but the reality is usually not so. Sarah's buddies  and I miss her. We will keep looking and not give up.

Permalink Reply by Margy Meath on May 13, 2011 at 8:35am

Sorry to hear about this Inge - I'll keep an eye out and let you know if we see her.  We 'lost' one of our regulars - Marley (the cat who is in the photo for this group!) - over a year ago. She is one of the 4 young kittens that we discovered in our backyard and they were responsible for our initiation into trap/neuter/release! Marley was always a regular and one day she just didn't return. Our hope is that she found a better place to eat/sleep but my guess is that she may have gotten sick, died, etc. I think that one of the only comforts for caretakers in these situations is knowing you did the best you could to truly enhance the quality of life for the cat. Sarah has been very lucky to have you for 5 years!!

 

Permalink Reply by Inge Mallory on May 13, 2011 at 5:19pm

Thank you Margy.  Those word men a lot. Most people say it's only a cat "why are you so upset"? This is my second loss from my regular "morning friends". 

 You must have been devastated when Marley didn't return. Her picture on the Masthead is a fitting tribute to her.

Permalink Reply by Jes Karakashian on May 14, 2011 at 11:42am

Don't lose hope just yet.  A couple of my strays and ferals have disappeared for weeks at a stretch and come back suddenly like nothing ever happened!  I would ask neighbors to check garages, sheds and such to make sure they haven't inadvertently locked her in.

Permalink Reply by Marian Boutet on May 14, 2011 at 1:36pm

I'm sorry you're missing one of your troop.   It's always a wrench to lose a companion animal, even when they don't physically live in the house with you.   Ultimately, you can only control so much, and she is one of the lucky ones to have come into your care.

Permalink Reply by Inge Mallory on May 16, 2011 at 6:29am

Thank you for your kind words Marion. It's hard when you want to help them so much and they are afraid to trust you totally because of their experiences with people.

As I approach the area where I feed my furry charges I hope that I'll see Sarah but since this is more than a week now, I don't think I'll see her again. Even in the coldest  days of the winter she was the one who was always there to greet me and ready to eat. It is hard to accept she is gone.

I have tried over the years to get the homeless cats  to use shelters I've constructed and a neighbor has tried to get them to use her basement on the coldest days  but that never seems to work. They were however always there for meals so I assume they had found a place that gave them both shelter and freedom.

Permalink Reply by Bill Nichthauser on May 15, 2011 at 5:03pm

Inge,

I replied twice on, I think it was your page.  Just one thing.  I had asked if Sarah's picture is the one at the side, and from what I just learned from reading your message above,  I now know that it is not,  and I know for whom to keep an eye out.

                                       Bill

Permalink Reply by Inge Mallory on May 16, 2011 at 6:48am

Hi Bill,

I want to thank you for both your post and kind words.  

The cat on my  profile is Charles. He's one of the lucky strays I was able to return outside after he was caught  and neutered. He is such a love and follows me everywhere and when I had to make a decision to send him out to face the world I could not . He became number four in my home. As you can see he was pretty beat up when he was captured and is now so handsome. As I write this he is snuggled up to legs and sleeping peacefully.

Sarah is a calico with her patches  on her back and  face.The rest of her is white with a stripe of color on her left leg that always looked like  she was wearing a bracelet to to me.  She is very afraid of strangers and it's only been in the last year or so that she has allowed me to hug and hold her for short periods of time.