Topic: Mia IS BACK!!! My beautiful Bombay girl has returned - fit and well (Read 64911 times)

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #165 on:** September 16, 2009, 20:08:26 PM »

So pleased she is happy and I cant keep mine in now with a field behind......Justs ee Sasa sitting on top of the fence watching

Bazsmum · « **Reply #164 on:** September 16, 2009, 20:02:44 PM »

Fantastic....I would'nt want to keep mine in with all that land to explore!

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #163 on:** September 16, 2009, 19:55:34 PM »

bombaycat · « **Reply #162 on:** September 16, 2009, 19:52:05 PM »

Mia is now back in her stride - I can let her out as the wheat is cut. She's on 3-7 shrews per weekend, Ted, her brother eats them alive - nice! She is such a beautiful little girl now I thank God every day for her return - I've kept all the text messages I sent and my friends sent back so I can go back and enjoy that moment when she returned....it's lovely.

I've tried Loc8tor tags and they work quite well if you know roughly where the cats are, I've found them in hedges etc when supervising outings (before the wheat was cut) - my nerves were shredded but I'm getting myself under control now as she has been going out solo again and seems very reliable again. I can't keep her in - she literally lives to get outside and hunt and play it would be too cruel to keep her in.

Just thought I'd let you all know how things were going.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #161 on:** July 05, 2009, 19:41:20 PM »

Woo Hoo yee ha and yippppeeee! I am so pleased to hear the great news about Mia. Fomgers crossed after this adventure she willl stay closer to home from now on.

All the best

Sam xxx

bombaycat · « **Reply #160 on:** July 05, 2009, 18:20:57 PM »

Thanks so much - it is lovely having her back. She is very blinky (how she goes when sleepy) and her brother can't be far from her - preferably laying on top of her - which she puts up with good grace as ever. She seems to be eating insects now which presumably was part of how she survived. She must have been lost in the wheat - obviously no-one has been feeding her and she's not hurt at all. I'm amazed that she did so well as there are miles of it and it is a very unforgiving environment in the field middles - no water at all. She obviously found a hedge eventually and worked her way back - I didn't think any animal or road would get her - but I didn't know.
Makes me wonder if Billy Buttons was/is out there for some time and maybe I'll still get that call as he is chipped....you never know. Anyway we had the happy task of taking down the posters and telling everyone - my neighbours (Mrs Cats Protection) was totally chuffed as you can expect. She has about 40 homeless kittens currently from a feral lot at a chicken farm - very cool lady - does lots of good work for the furrballs.

Once again thanks for all the nice thoughts before and after her resappearence. Pilchards tonight I think now she's been eating slowly for a day she can probably take a goodie or two...she is quite slinky and thin - I can feel her spine but looks very healthy.

Michelle (furbabystar) · « **Reply #159 on:** July 05, 2009, 10:33:59 AM »

WOW that is brilliant !

WELCOME HOME MIA

miriambuddy · « **Reply #158 on:** July 05, 2009, 10:14:24 AM »

Wonderful news, take lots of photos and videos and enjoy all the cuddles.
So happy for you for getting your little girl back.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #157 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:40:23 AM »

Great news! Well done, Mia

Bazsmum · « **Reply #156 on:** July 05, 2009, 03:31:56 AM »

Brilliant news!

bunglycat · « **Reply #155 on:** July 04, 2009, 23:15:55 PM »

What fantastic news - i am so pleased for you - i did send a message last night for all lost cats and kittens to find their way home -maybe its worked

clarenmax · « **Reply #154 on:** July 04, 2009, 22:46:58 PM »

Wonderful news

sheryl · « **Reply #153 on:** July 04, 2009, 22:13:09 PM »

That is fantastic, brilliant news

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #152 on:** July 04, 2009, 21:29:36 PM »

Fantastic news

blackcat · « **Reply #151 on:** July 04, 2009, 21:23:05 PM »

Oh wow!! That is the best news ever - I am so glad for you - I have no idea how you stayed sane all the time she has been gone!!! Bet there are a few kittie treats will be coming out of the woodwork at yours in the next few days - try to keep her inside for a few days so she remembers where she lives ...

bonnielass · « **Reply #150 on:** July 04, 2009, 21:02:46 PM »

Im so happy for you that Mia is home safe, you must be over the moon

and an early birthday present

Janeyk · « **Reply #149 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:48:03 PM »

Fantastic news!!

bombaycat · « **Reply #148 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:46:20 PM »

It's just so great, these moments in life are so precious you can't make them happen and it's heartbreaking when they don't but so wonderful when they do. I really didn't think she was coming back - I was talking to my mum last night and we said it would be fantastic but we had resigned ourselves that we'd lost her.
HOW WRONG WE WERE!!!!
My birthday in just under 2 weeks - best present in the whole world.
She is my baby.
Thanks for all the support you guys are great - not everyone understands these things and it really helps to talk to people who do.
Julia.

Yvonne · « **Reply #147 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:38:52 PM »

Magnificent news Julia - great stuff - I am having a glass of wine for you and Mia - cheers

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #146 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:36:07 PM »

go back to your original post, click on modify - that will allow you to change the thread title, then add another post so that the new title shows up

fabulous news, by the way

bombaycat · « **Reply #145 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:33:12 PM »

How do I update the topic title so everyone knows?

Millys Mum · « **Reply #144 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:29:59 PM »

Fantastic

bombaycat · « **Reply #143 on:** July 04, 2009, 20:28:53 PM »

The most fantatsic news ever - MIA IS BACK!!!!

She came back at about 10:30am this morning. She is perfectly healthy, quite a bit leaner than when she went 2 weeks ago but pretty fine looking. She has been enjoying being with her brother all day and it is just such a delight to have one back after the disaster when Billy went and never returned.
She must have been lost in the wheat, she hasn't been in anyone's house or she be fatter....anyway there is no-one around here that would keep one without asking us first.

It is just so great - she's flat out on my lap right now with brother on top of her each with their heads on my arms - so typing is challenging ha ha.

I can't believe it - it is just so wonderful I never thought I'd see her again.

Good luck everyone else - don't give up hope they do come back sometimes!!

Julia.

miriambuddy · « **Reply #142 on:** June 30, 2009, 10:34:09 AM »

aah, the video tapes, I still don't have the courage to watch mine of my missing Buddy, I know it will render me a useless wreck for hours and hours after.

Ps, all the photos of your cats are absolutely beautiful.

bombaycat · « **Reply #141 on:** June 30, 2009, 09:32:43 AM »

Spent hours more looking for her, leafleting etc. Still no sign at all, no sightings, nothing. I can't believe that she has just disappeared as she wouldn't have access to anywhere dangerous that I can think of and I think she would have come back in the day so something must have happened in the daytime which rules out badgers and foxes etc. Nobody sets traps and nobody uses poison near us so it is a total mystery.
This is completely heartbreaking - I'd do anything to have her back, anything. I miss her so much - I have a few little videos of her even with her call and it is heart rending to see her so happy and healthy so recently.
I think her brother is missing her - he is quite subdued. They used to play "thunder cats" a lot around the house.
People keep telling me that cats can come back after a couple of weeks or even longer - but I can't feel it - I feel like she would get back to me if there was any way that she could - she was very loving and very interactive, not stand offish at all.
Please come back Mia....please.

Yvonne · « **Reply #140 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:13:19 AM »

I would actually try a trap - it has worked for me in the past

good luck

Bazsmum · « **Reply #139 on:** June 27, 2009, 01:52:49 AM »

You could try trailing the contents of your hoover dust bag leading a path in different directions back to your home....

Come home soon Mia....

bombaycat · « **Reply #138 on:** June 26, 2009, 14:55:06 PM »

Still no news I'm afraid but I have a load of laminated posters to put up in the village, vets, pet shop etc. Currently only have hand written as had no printer up there. My mum has searched this morning but still no sign - even my builder sent his labourer out to look.
Will try going out with powerful torch as she was wearing a fluorescent collar - but looking for cats in huge wheat fields and miles of hedgerows is difficult.
I'm still hopeful that she may find somebody and that they will get her chip checked.
Disaster this morning when I found my friend had accidentally walked off with my mobile and was going to France for a week - but luckily will be able to return it before tonight when he goes so I don't have to worry about someone calling and me not answering....just what I needed

Still hoping she might come back - anyone got any tips for finding cats in open countryside, obviously tried shouting, food bowl clanging, searching, crawling through hedges....

sheryl · « **Reply #137 on:** June 25, 2009, 09:42:07 AM »

Oh no sweetie - you must be distraut, thinking of you and sending "come home vibes" fot the beautiful Mia xxx

Yvonne · « **Reply #136 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:46:57 AM »

Please come home soon Mia - we all miss you

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #135 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:28:01 AM »

I know sweetheart. It's like having your heart torn out, yet finding you're still breathing.

As you say though, don't give up hope. Take heart from your neighbour's experience. Teresa too just recently was able to reunite a rather beautiful and vocal (cos he was deaf and lost!) ginger and white boy (Rufus) with his real family, and he'd been missing for a number of weeks and managed to travel some considerable way. Thanks to the microchip, they were able to get in touch with the owners, who needless to say were delighted.

Sending positive thoughts your way, and hoping you have good news to report very soon.

bombaycat · « **Reply #134 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:22:41 AM »

Very difficult to cat proof garden as I'm surrounded by fields on all sides, I have been monitoring all their outside activities for over a year literally watching them every minute but recently Mia had shown some sense and seemed to come back frequently to check I was around without me watching her every second. She lives to go outside, goes mental to get out if I shut her in. It would have been more than cruelty to never let her out. I'm still a bit hopeful that she'll either find her way back or someone will find her. The microchip at least is something she can't lose. My neighbour had her Bella go for 3.5 months, so I shouldn't give up but after Billy I'm devastated.
She is so precious to me, the house seems completely empty with just 3 cats, amazing as that sounds. I would give anything to have her back anything. I cried for 4 days, I've crawled through hedges walked the fields day and night. It seems so unfair.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #133 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:04:52 AM »

Julie am so sorry. Try not to think on history repeating (not easy I know, and I've lost two beloved cats myself so know what it's like to go through). Keep faith, and let's hope that Mia is returned to you safe and sound.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #132 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:56:21 AM »

Oh no! So sorry to hear this, as if you hav'nt been through enough already.....

Positive vibes for your furbabes safe return.....

Janeyk · « **Reply #131 on:** June 24, 2009, 22:36:47 PM »

Oh dear

can't you cat proof part of the garden for them to go in?, I would be too worried to let them out

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #130 on:** June 24, 2009, 20:21:36 PM »

Oh Julie I can't believe it. I hope and pray that Mia is just off enjoying the sunshine and chasing "furries".

Senidng lots and lots of positive vibes your way for a happy outcome

bombaycat · « **Reply #129 on:** June 24, 2009, 19:50:38 PM »

You guys will never believe this but Mia my baby Bombay girl has gone missing now. Last saw her Saturday going out to hunt shrews, she hasn't come back. I am totally distraught - history is repeating itself all over again in the most cruel way. She is only 17 months old and a really beautiful girl.
She is chipped and has a collar with bell (so I can hear her) on but because I live in the country it is not so likely that she'll be spotted by humans.
I've called for 4 days solid and no sign - unfortunately the damn wheat is up again so it could be the getting lost in the wheat scenario.
I am totally devastated - I just can't believe it.

Janeyk · « **Reply #128 on:** January 19, 2009, 13:15:49 PM »

Hi Julia,

I do love your cats they are gorgeous

, I think Bombays have to be a favourite with me. I also want to say how sorry I am Buttons never returned

bombaycat · « **Reply #127 on:** January 19, 2009, 11:07:49 AM »

Hi Everyone,

Finally got around to this, they are much bigger now but here are some of Mia (my new Bombay) and Teddy my Asian smoke. Brother and sister although Mia is about twice as big. Coco (Billy Button's half sister) is also present in the cat pile...

Hope you like.

Julia

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #126 on:** October 29, 2008, 06:55:17 AM »

So pleased to hear the babies are doing well.

Fluorescent collars are pretty good - I got a couple of Marla's Kittycollars in fluorescent yellow for Paddy. Be interested to see what you make of the radio collars, in time. And yeah - piccies!

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