I'm so pleased to hear you found Sophie! As far as looking to place her in another home, why don't you ask Patricia what Sophie thinks when you call her to tell her you've found her? Only you can decide if Sophie would be happier somewhere else, but one thing I know for sure is that cats hate change. It sounds like she's high strung already, sending her to a strange place with strange people, even the nicest people in the world, would be very difficult for her. What's wrong with letting her find hiding places? Doesn't she eventually come out to eat? My cats have dry food available all the time, but they get a little canned every night at the same time. When I call them by name they usually come, but when I call them at dinner time, they all come running. Why don't you start training Sophie to come at the same time each day by giving her something extra special? That way you'd be able to keep track of how she's doing at least once a day. I'm always glad when I discover a cat's hiding place, as long as I don't disrupt them (make them feel their hiding place isn't safe), I have a starting place to go look when they pull a disappearing act.
Very glad your Sophie's safe, Nina
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Hi everyone,
I just saw Sophie in the basement, looking healthy and hungry and totally at ease. ?????? She was looking at me like, "What? What's the big deal?", because I was so happy to see her and jumping up and down. She ate and let me pet her like always.
Nina, I did call Patricia, the animal communicator, (or she called me) and she was very nice and had an idea that Sophie was near "white". Since I am not sure where she was hiding, I can't say if that was true. I will write her in a minute but am wondering if she sent Sophie some mindwaves or something to come out of hiding and to make me stop worrying! Thank you for that tip.
I will ask my son to help catch her later tonight when he gets home and then try to figure out where to put her where she can't hide like that again, the old ticker can't take too much of that! Not sure where, though.
Someone once suggested that maybe another home would be better for Sophie, as I have too many hiding places for Sophie and the only other choice would be to put her back in her exercise pen. It would break my heart to lose her but I am wondering if that is true, for Sophie's sake. If there is anyone who could take care of her better because of their housing situation, I would consider letting her live elsewhere. I am up in the air right now trying to figure out what to do and what is most fair to Sophie. I would sure hate to have to pen her again.
Thanks for all your help, you guys, and I will keep you posted. I want to reply to a few posts that had questions in a little while.
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