Missing Cat in Bessacarr

[LongbridgeMGRover]

fingers crossed for you and Woody. you seem to be doing all the right things. When the future Mrs Longbridge MGRover moved from her flat in Cheltenham to my house in Broadway, 18 miles away, Harriet the cat she brought with her disappeared a few days after arrival.
we thought she was on her way back to Cheltenham, but had actually gone about 200 yards in the opposite direction and we found her a few days later.she had literally got lost.

cats do seem to be able to find the humans who like them, and most of the replies from our leaflet campaign were from cat owners.

 when Tintin, another cat disappeared from our current house,we were able to ascertain his direction of travel by plotting sightings and seeing he was going south westerly. I then leafleted in advance of where he was headed, and that did the trick, as a fellow cat owner recognised him and called him indoors and kept him there til we arrived.     

[DaveDRFC]

Thanks everyone, unfortunately we have had no sightings whatsoever, had a few phone calls but they have all been about other tabby cats. I suspect a few of them have been people seeing his brother Buzz who has settled in very well and doesn't wander very far at all. Trying not to give up hope but it's been a long time now, just wish I knew what had happened to him, even if it's bad news.

[Iberian Red]

Dave, The South Yorkshire Joint Railway would be his easiest route back to Thurcroft from Bessacarr, it is the line that runs behind Stoops Lane and then routes through Wadworth Bar, then passing west of Tickhill, south of Stainton through Aven Industrial Park, along the south edge of Maltby then passes just west of Laughton before joining the Sheffield to Worksop section just west of Shireoaks. It is a freight only section that served the collieries in the region for many years but is still in use, the traffic on it doesn't travel very quickly in fact a lot of it is single track.

This is beginning to sound like "The Littlest Hobo"

[mugnapper]

Any news?
As a catman these sort of posts always put me on edge.

We lived on Bawtry Rd and lost a 4 month old kitten one night. Kids distraught etc. 3 months later, after a heavy night out I was having my traditional 5am wee when I heard  a mewing and there she was!

She's obviously been hit by a car but lasted another 18 years, albeit she was a bit gimpy at the back.

Hope there's positive news soon.

[DaveDRFC]

Nothing as yet, I rang the pet crematorium today where all the cats that have been found on the roads get taken and he's not there, so that's a bonus I guess!

My biggest fear is he has got onto the train line and been hit, no one is going to find him if that's the case so won't ever know. Still, like you say they can go missing for a long time so not giving up hope yet. Just not really sure what more I can do, I've posted 200 flyers through doors, put up over 20 posters over quite a wide area, regular posts on Facebook and other online lost/found websites, walked and biked miles shouting him (people must think I'm mental).

Did have a phone call off an old lady last night asking if we had found him. When I said no she said she was praying for him, which I thought was nice. Bit of divine intervention to get him back would be much appreciated!

[IDM]

I wouldn't think a train would be a big threat - the rails vibrate like bugger as a train approaches for some distance - if that doesn't scare a cat away nowt will.

Hope he turns up, but as many have said, it isn't unusual for a cat to stay away for a time.

[mugnapper]

Dave DRFC- Let's hope the little old lady was feeding him some nice steamed fish as she rang and her conscience kicks in at some point!

He's a handsome devil, so if he's friendly, someone will be looking out for him.

[mugnapper]

Have you updated your new address with the microchip people? Just in case?

[DaveDRFC]

Yeah I have, was the first thing I did when I moved house! Also bought them both collars which they've never had before. Had a phone call yesterday from a woman who was certain she has seen him on her garden a few times, maybe 400 metres from my house, but I've been down there shouting a few times and nothing. Thing is, he's a tabby cat so they aren't exactly rare!

You are right though, he is a good looking chap and also a bit of a flirt so wouldn't surprise me if he's found some old dear to feed him salmon every day. Just wish I knew what had happened to him!

[jucyberry]

I really was hoping you were going to say he had come home.

Mind you, as it turns colder he just might decide to venture home if he is on a jaunt somewhere. Cats do like to be warm after all.

[Dagenham Rover]

I really was hoping you were going to say he had come home.

Mind you, as it turns colder he just might decide to venture home if he is on a jaunt somewhere. Cats do like to be warm after all.

I keep seeing a new post and check back and hope the same

[Sammy Chung was King]

Has anybody moved house near you, and he has climbed into a removal van?.

[mugnapper]

Come on Woody, you've had your fun. Get your furry arse home!

[Draytonian III]

Any news

[DaveDRFC]

Nope, we are still a one cat household I'm afraid. Keep getting phone calls every so often but by the time I go to look there's no sign. I've joined loads of lost pets groups on Facebook and it's amazing how many cats just seem to vanish into thin air.

[Sammy Chung was King]

We had one go missing for six months, we thought we had looked everywhere, but as you do didn't ask everybody on our street, he was living in an empty houses outhouse on the other side of the street from us, at the top of the street, and the next door had been feeding him all that time.
We couldn't believe it, my advice would be to ask at every single door in your neighbourhood, and if there are empty houses climb over and have a look in the yards, we were too polite and didn't but luckily we got him back.

[afro goal machine]

Can't stand cats. We used to get one knocking round our back yard all the time for ages.
I used to shoo it away, shout at it, try and scare it away but it still returned.
Then a friend suggested leaving some cat food laced with diesel.
Bought some cat food bobbed some diesel in and watched from the kitchen window.
True to form the cat appears, steady walk upto the food and gives it a sniff. I watched as it ate it all. Licked the bowl.
I carried on watching but nothing.

Then it started sprinting round the garden, screaming and howling. Then bang drops to the floor.





Apparently hed ran out of fuel

[DaveDRFC]

A woman called me last night, said she had been feeding Woody for THREE WEEKS but now hasn't seen him for a week. I'm not happy, god knows why she didn't call me before, she even said she had seen my posters so knew he was missing, her daughters even called him Woody! She said she is going to try and find him (cheers for that) but I don't understand why she didn't just ring me when he was there!! The search goes on...

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

At least you know he's around and you may still get him back?

[The Red Baron]

Did you find out where this woman lives? If you did and plot her house on a map along with your current and former residences you have our search area.

When my friend's cat went missing we found out he'd been fed by someone who lived just round the corner. She spoke to him and he claimed to have seen the cat. 24 hours later the cat came home. We think this fellow had been feeding him and keeping him indoors.

Don't be too surprised if Woody turns up soon.

[DaveDRFC]

Yeah, she lives about 4-600m away from me on a fairly new estate. I've been out shouting him this morning and posting leaflets round the entire new estate so if he is around there hopefully someone will see him. Fingers crossed!

[Jenny]

A woman called me last night, said she had been feeding Woody for THREE WEEKS but now hasn't seen him for a week. I'm not happy, god knows why she didn't call me before, she even said she had seen my posters so knew he was missing, her daughters even called him Woody! She said she is going to try and find him (cheers for that) but I don't understand why she didn't just ring me when he was there!! The search goes on...

What an absolute bell end!

Hope he turns up soon.

[LongbridgeMGRover]

I can imagine how you feel, but at least you now have a trail.

good idea to leaflet again, using this woman's house as the new epicentre??

and its encouraging to know he hadn't wandered far. he'll soon be with you again, fingers crossed..............

[DaveDRFC]

Woody has been found! A woman who had seen my posts on Facebook found him outside Toby Carvery on Bawtry Road tonight. Unfortunately I was out in town at the time but she has very kindly taken him home and I'm picking him up in the morning. Can't believe it, 5 weeks tomorrow since he went missing and we're getting him back!

[IDM]

Great news!!

[RobTheRover]

Woo hooo

Get some butter on his paws the next time he goes out.

[wilts rover]

Excellent news, sometimes things do turn out alright in the end.

[podrover73]

Good news, I think if i was on the run I would hang about the carvery for some scraps

[Muttley]

Yes! My prayers worked, proof if it was needed that there is a God.

[BobG]

Yeeeeee HAAAAAAAAA

Bloody brilliant!!!

Better buy him a nice long rope now!

BobG