ATREYU found....? No way!

[FirstLight]

I just got a phone call from a little older lady about 2 blocks away.
She & her husband have been watching a cat make trips across the neighbor's yard at the same times every dya for more than a week. the neighbors across the street are vacation homes, so no people there to listen for sounds. They ahve not followed her and don;t know much about cats, they say...but they hope it is her!

Laney and I are walking over that way RIGHT NOW with the cat box and some food to see if we can lure her out...let's see if it really IS my baby momma kitty!

I have been heartbroken but still whistling for her and looking for her every time I am in the front yard. I can;t accept her being 'gone' becuse it didn't feel correct.I read the post her this morning about the dog that had been found a year later and was praying for us to have a miracle too...

St. Anthony - finder of lost things....
Bast - cat goddess who protects her sisters...
Blessed Mother Mary, caretaker of mothers everywhere...
Help us! amen!

[Missy Vixen]

1. I hope it's momma Atreyu

I'm crossing my fingers for you!

[FirstLight]

2. went & looked... no sign yet

the house in question has a hole under the house with insulation, etc... there were bird feathers leading into the hole...hmmm, good sign?

I left a handful of food outside if the hole to check later this afternoon...

maybe she moved them when the weather got colder?


any 'hits' folks? pendulum, tarot, etc are welcome...
BTW the address is 2300 Utah st

[MorningGlow]

3. Oooh! Hope so!!

Fingers crossed and sending light! :hi:

[Callie McAllie]

4. When they found my brother's dog I thought of Atreyu right away

I really hope that she is under that house with her kittens and ready to come home to you very soon!

[JanusAscending]

5. Same here!!

Here's hoping. This would be soooooooo wonderful, if it is in fact Atreyu!

[winyanstaz]

6. I hope it is your kitty :)

Momma kitties often will go hide to have their babies. :) good luck and let us know how this turns out. :)

[Why Syzygy]

7. Oh! I so hope so, FL!

At least you know people are still watching out for her.

I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE~~~ :bounce:

[get the red out]

8. Oh I hope it is her.

I hate to think of a precious little being like her lost forever. I was on the road traveling today and there were several cats and dogs that had met their end on the highway, it was extremely sad to see.

[FirstLight]

9. ...okay, the 'bait' was eaten...

but still no signs of life where I was looking. though I know the bluejays won;t eat the catfood, cuz they never touched it when i put it out in the front yard either. This place is fenced well, too...so i know it is safe from dogs, coyotes, etc...

The little old couple came out and talked to me, it could very well be another cat, i don't think they know what a calico looks like. However, I put a handful of the kitty food in the path that they usually see her walking, and they say they will call as soon as they see her...

I pray my little purring muffin is sitting in my lap soon...(if not, at least a new kitten will be coming our way...)

used my pendulum, and I TOLD you guys it said she is NOT dead...so perhaps those guys really did get tired of me calling loud in the mornings...? crazy stuff...merc retro, eh? she went missing right when merc went retro too...hmmm

[Celebration]

10. Do you have a picture of her?

You need to show her a picture.........

Just sayin'......

You are closer to the situation than any of us. My pendulum is hopeless in something like this, practically. Yet I predicted to the minute where my own daughter was on the highway once...

[FirstLight]

11. all i have is

a similar calico photo from the internet, no pics of HER, specifically...

so ya...we shall see
I told the guys that used to be her family about it and they are holding her in light too...and they never believed the guys who said she was gone...

[rumpel]

12. I soo hope you do find her..

to be honest, I had no feeling that she was gone - so, I thought..my gut feeling was way off..

I now hope it was not off :)

[Silver Gaia]

13. Same here!

I also never felt she was gone...

Oh, I do hope this is her! Sending lots of love & light up the mountains to you, FirstLight! :)

[OneGrassRoot]

14. +1000!!!!

:hug:

:grouphug:

[I Have A Dream]

15. What a wonderful miracle that would be if Atreyu were to be found.

:)

I join my energy with yours, FL.

:grouphug:

[MagickMuffin]

16. I hope Atreyu is safe and will return home soon

:grouphug:

As I posted before my dowsing wand indicated she was still alive. So, I think she is still hanging out, taking care of her babies before returning home.

[FirstLight]

17. Thanks All...

I had to work all day today and will be gone at school out of town till tomorrow night...

If she has made it this far, she will handle a few days yet, right?

Saturday the folks with the vacay house will be up, so I will drift over there and see what we can find.

Thanks for continuing to hold Light & Love for us & our little Momma!

[MorningGlow]

18. LOL I can't stand the suspense!

Still holding good thoughts for Atreyu!

[OneGrassRoot]

19. Me, too. LOL. Maybe she's waiting for Mercury to go direct....

many of us have been in hibernation during this time. Atreyu could be doing the same.

Especially if she's a Virgo kitty. ;)

[FirstLight]

25. I keep getting the mercury connection too!

I will be walking over within the hour to poke around, but I am also holding that she just find her way back and I don't have to keep searching...

who knows, maybe she is jumping between dimensions at this rate and I have to try & align my vibration!

[Shallah Kali]

20. I will keep praying and sending reiki

may all lost pets be returned to loving homes!

[Flying Dream Blues]

21. Kicking as I check in on news about Atreyu...may she come home safely

very soon!
:hug:

[Ino]

22. With all my heart, I hope she is well and you find her!

hugs to you

[rosesaylavee]

23. Kick for Atreyu's return!

[loudsue]

24. Mercury goes direct in 3 more days!

Here's hoping she comes home!

[winyanstaz]

26. One of my best friends runs a kitty rescue service..

She recommends getting a trap that will catch the cat without harm....they are very human traps and will capture the momma..but you will have to get someone to go under the house to get the babies.
Even if it is not your kitty...that kitty appears to needs a rescue and a home.

[truedelphi]

61. Those kitty rescue people are the greatest and

Thanks for posting that information.

[FirstLight]

27. Okay, I guess I was just given the info to make it easier to release

went back over there, no signs of life, no people around either...but maybe she was just 'seen' because she found a new family/home and is now running in a different 'hood...

I will keep looking and keep my eyes open, but I am also releasing the need to be vigilant about it.
Perhaps I was just given this ray of hope so know she really had found a better place, and that the first idea of her being dead was not correct...

looking forward to our new kitten, have to meet her/him soon...

[Why Syzygy]

28. It's about time you got back...

Girlie! :spank: Have been looking for you since Friday night!

I know you all will enjoy the new kitty. If Atreyu comes home some day, you'll just have another sister (brother?) for her to play with.

She will remain in our hearts no matter what.

[glinda]

29. If she has had a litter, she has hidden the kitties for protection but she must go out

and forage for food for them. Light light at night my kit. Come home soon. Come home now. Come home safe.

[MorningGlow]

30. That was my impression, too, Glinda

That she's fine, but hiding out nursing her wee ones. When they're capable of tottering after her, then she'll be out more frequently.

[hermetic]

31. I thought the same

I have a friend whose cat had kittens about 5 weeks ago. It was a good 3 weeks before they could even venture a little way out of their nursery box. Only just now are they starting to go outside.

But mom needs food to make milk, so please consider continuing to put food over there. If someone's eating it, you're helping someone. Mamma kitty here has plenty of food inside her house but still liked to go out for fresh air several times a day, for an hour or so.

Hope this info helps. Stay focused on the new kitty that's coming, but if there's a kitty family over there that needs help, do what you can for them.

Blessings on you and all the critters.

[FirstLight]

32. I am trying to hope all is well

record lows last night and it was 25 degrees! :cry:

I will go over there this mornin and see if there are any signs of life...I still haven't seen the neighbors up on the weekends yet either...but that isn;t the house I am concerned with...
so i'll go over there and sit in the backyard & meditate outside the trapdoor and see if anyone comes to crawl in my lap...
thanks for all your continued prayers...merc is direct now, let's see some ACTION!

[japple]

33. I'm trying to remember if you said you had other cats in your household.

Boy cats? Maybe Atreyu was afraid they would harm her babies and that's why she made the effort to escape. Is she a former stray who lived on her own for awhile? If so, she might feel more "at home in the wild."

[FirstLight]

34. Yes, and yes

My older kity is about a 3 yr old female, spayed...she is a bit of a bitch and quite a hunter. She fought with Atreyu incessantly leading up to her runaway...

and I think Atreyu was a little feral, her previous owners really didn;t pay much attention to her so she was used to fending for herself...that's why when we fed her and showered her with attention, she decided we were a better family!

going to run over that way... soon, this morning, the low tonight is supposed to be 24 and it is COLD! poor baby!

[FirstLight]

35. I still have yet to 'see' her

...?

is it her or am i chasing ghosts...? brought a feather home to put on my altar and left a little food
oh, is it so very cold, i want to cry all over again...

poor momma, poor babies... are they gone forever???

[FirstLight]

36. evening update wed 9/30

I had checked the vacation house earlier today, underneath. cleared the dirt smooth, and put cat food near the door and inside the crawlspace...
checked at sundown and there are surely kitty pawprints and the food was eaten

the humane society won;t give me a humane trap without a deposit of $80
I don't get my welfare till saturday
so i still won;t be able to get a trap over there til monday
dammitt! i hope it is her, but I also hope to help the critter under that house even if it isn't her

don;t know how else to get under there...? or even where the kittens would be, can;t hear any meowing or anything...
and it is so darn cold today & tonight...the temp dropped 30 degrees in one day!
pray for health & safety for my kitty family :(

[FirstLight]

37. i dreamed of her last night

It has been happening regularly, almost every other night I se her in some way.
This time I was able to hold her, and was trying to bring her home
she was in a closet, i opened the door and she came right to me, and i saw her sweet little face...

:cry: and it was 24 degrees or less last night, i am calling the shelter this morning...
pray that maybe they can help me get her even without the $80 for the cage

[FirstLight]

38. called the Animal Control office- getting a trap today!

...i am going to rescue her (or someone) today!
the shelter said they would hold a check as deposit, since I don;t get paid till the 3rd...

yay! maybe I will get to hold my kitty today!
Pray I won't have to take her to the vet as an emergency case...other than hungry and cold, she should be fine

[Sweet Freedom]

39. Good luck!

Let us know what happens!!!!

[Why Syzygy]

40. Do you have to go to school tomorrow? nt

[FirstLight]

42. no school, i'll be home all day

I am putting the trap out first thing in the morning, and will check through the day, also have to tell the folks acroiss the street and ask them to keep their eyes open for me...and see if they can at lest call the owners of the house and let them know whats up

that dream was interesting last night...most of the dreams I had been having about her had been seeing her fletingly, from a distance, unable to reach her in some way or almost like she was an afterthought in the scenery
last night, i help her and she purred and I held her dirty little face in my hands...
:cry:
please lord, let her come home to us! and let the kitten family make it through one more cold night!

[Ino]

41. Keeping my fingers crossed

and imploring all that is good in the world to make this right.

[FirstLight]

43. THE TRAP IS SET!!!!!

checking it every 2 hours today...

and lighting a candle...
:prayer:

[FirstLight]

44. so far, nada

checked at 11:30 & 1:30

second time I saw a black cat with one white paw that ran from me into the other yard...? wonder if that is who's tracks I have seen?

still holding hope and knowing if she's hungry enough, she will crawl in that trap to eat...also laid one of my recently worn shirts in there too...

[FirstLight]

45. left food in the trap all night,

thank goodness I didn;t catch a skunk or raccoon! a few pawprints near the front of the cage, but nobody is hungry enough or brave enough to go inside...

*sigh* I'm giving up after this weekend, it just isn;t fair to have my heatrt break every day I am searching

[OneGrassRoot]

46. ....

You will have done everything humanly and etherically possible, FirstLight. Release these efforts when you're ready, with love...

:hug:

[MorningGlow]

47. FL, I wonder if

perhaps the kitteh is avoiding traps like this in order to ensure she's still around to take care of her little ones. In a "can't be too careful" kind of way, I mean. YOU know you want to help her and would never take her away from her babies, but perhaps she doesn't (mama hormones trumping intuition that it's you trying to find her).

[FirstLight]

48. I know, I thought of that dynamic too...

It's one of the reasons I am checking as often as possible to minimize time away from babies if that's the case...

...but you're right, SHE doesn't know that.

well, if it isn't her or she doesn't come home...there's a black kitten in the shelter, a Halloween kitty :) named kiki

[mother earth]

49. Isn't it normal for mother cats to go into seclusion when

it's time to have their babies? Maybe she's going to pop back into your life with kittens in tow just as soon as she feels she can move them.

I hope she's well and you will be reunited soon.

[FirstLight]

50. It has been a month, and the weather isn;t gettin any better...

How long should I wait for her to return? am I just holding false hope and making it harder for us to let go? this is not the suburbs, it is seriously a coyote's world and bears and everything else in the wild out there...
~~~~

soooo....
The house was a false lead, i caught the one who was living there there..."blackie" is a male neutered, left to fend for himself when his owners moved no doubt...

took him and the cage back to the shelter, and would love to adopt him, but I don;t know what his health situation is and if he is older, he would be hard to socialize to my other cat...
not to mention i made a deal with myself that the next kitty we get will be INDOORS only, as much as I hate to squelch their wild nature, it is too dangerous out there!
there is a little black halloween kitten, "Kiki" at the shelter, and while I would love to take them ALL (damn, shelters make me :cry: ) ...she may be the easiest to train because she is only a couple months old...

[MorningGlow]

51. Awwww

Well, you helped one kitteh anyway. :hug:

She may still show up, you know. They do know how to hunker down if need be.

I'm annoyed at my idiot neighbor--looks like he went away for the weekend and left his cat outside to fend for itself. The cat is a tough hombre, but it's too damned cold at night to do that! :banghead:

[FirstLight]

52. ya, i try not to worry that I 'relocated' the other kitteh

It's supposed to snow tonight and the winds outside right now are HOWLIN! I won't let ANYONE outside to play in this! :yoiks:

I know, if she's gonna show up it would be after I pay for a new kitty too...figures. :eyes:

are you gonna take care of the neighbor kitteh?
thanks for the hug, BTW :hug:

[JanusAscending]

53. All the more reason to do it!!!

Pay for that other kitteh and tempt the fates !!! Did you say SNOW ???
We dodged the bullet here today! Tornado WARNINGS all around me, but all OK now. Plenty of rain came through my leaky skylite though. Thank God it's over my bathtub. I'm still praying for your Mamma kitteh, and I think it's very wise of you to make the next one an indoor furbaby. I have my daughter's Oriental,grey male, who's never been out in his life. Litter boxes are a pain in the ass, but at least he's safe and happy. I've had him since she got married to a guy who's allergic to cats, and passed it on to my grandson!!(the allergy) His name is Sammy, and is my Flurry's best buddy. Best of luck with the new kitten.....they are soooooo much fun. Would that they could stay kittens (and puppies) forever! Hugs and love..JA

[FirstLight]

54. It has been crazy windy here all day, then thunder and yes SNOW

I just looked outside to see the first flurries, the ground is wet, nothing "sticking" yet, but by tomorrow AM...I may be able to go look for kitty pawprints? perhaps...

and yes, it looks like Kiki will be coming home monday or tuesday, surprise the kids when they get home from school. I bought a little cat bed a few days ago hoping it to be atreyu's, but i guess it is going to be a soft place for another someone special. I'm still sad, but hopeful that a baby kitten will heal our hearts...

[mother earth]

55. ((FirstLight)) I once had a beloved dog who was lost to us

completely, or so I thought. She could not be found anywhere, nor was she found by dog officers, etc. She was gone a complete year, lost while snow was on the ground (minus a track/scent she could follow), a year later she came up the driveway on Thanksgiving morning, thin as a rail, but she was home, I was the one who saw her trekking up our amazingly long driveway...it was a miraculous return, one I'll never forget so long as I live. You hear about this kind of thing, but you never think it could really happen.

Who can say what will happen? You've done all you can, now you have to move forward.

[OneGrassRoot]

56. Oh my....

I must get control over this empath thing. It's accelerated to the point that nearly everything I read or hear, I feel I'm right there, absorbing the same emotions as those sharing.

In this case, mother earth, I'm crying tears of joy as I imagine your beloved friend returning to you.

There was another story shared by an ASAH-er, down the page a ways, where her brother was reunited with his long-lost (actually, stolen, if I recall correctly) pet after a year.

Miracles do indeed happen.

:hug:

:grouphug:

[mother earth]

57. Absolutely. I had given her up for dead, I worried over her

for months before believing I'd never see her again. In no way did I ever expect to see her. I've always had a very special connection to my pets, probably something most owners feel. I once had a dream about another dog (when I was much younger) who went missing. I dreamed he was romping on a large farm and looking for a way to find his way home. I later found out my stepdad (evil should probably precede that noun) had given him away to a man who owned a large farm miles away (unbeknownst to me at the time). He nearly choked when I relayed the dream the next day. I should've known then, but didn't find out until months later.

Who knows what connection we have have with our adopted furry kids? All I know is that I feel for anyone in their loss of such love. It's unconditional, always.

[truedelphi]

58. We had a Doberman stolen out of our back yard

Eleven months and three days later, he was out on the front porch, lounging on the couch, and waiting for someone to get home from work.

And get this - he was in better shape than the day when he had left.

We still have no idea how this happened! It had never occurred to us in our wildest dreams that he would be back (At least not after the three month mark.)

[mother earth]

59. Wow. Maybe whomever stole him didn't realize how much

a Doberman could eat! Hah! I'm glad for you. Dogs are angels, love 'em!!! They are always happy & love you always.

[truedelphi]

60. He really was one of the angel dogs. We lived in a rough-ish

Neighborhood, so he would be throwing himself at the chain link fence with a vengeance. But if you were introduced to you, say in Oct of 1981, he still would remember you and give you a heroe's welcome when you returned to visit in Oct of 1983. He also had a great fondness for classical music and would try and stay up late to hear it with me. Then he'd be soothed by it to sleep, and his head would sort of slam into the floor with a thump. So I learned to put pillows under his head whenever he wanted to stay up and listen to music past his bedtime.