Yaaaaayyyyy!!!

I was on the verge of giving up. I was just watching TV when I thought I heard nibbling going on in the kitchen. I quietly walked in that direction and saw my little orange kitty rounding the corner very tentatively and then running away. I was very surprised. Once he ran toward the front of the house to hide, I quickly went to shut the exterior back door. He was very freaked out and scared and running away from me to hide, but responding to me with meows. I brought out 2 days worth of food and he rushed out to eat it.

I’m glad I did the weird back door setup so it was locked but he could get in. It’s nice having two “exterior quality” doors in succession.

So, Kipper is home. He’s calmed down to. I think he’s realizing he’s safe after 45 hours in the wild. That does make me really wonder where he was all that time. But he’s home, so I guess it doesn’t matter any more.

He’s cleaning himself on my lap while I type this now.

ETA: He’s doing something very similar to this right now:

Still no Kippers :-(

I tried everything I could. I barely slept last night, trying to hear him re-appear on the door step. I assumed if nothing else he’d show up at the door around 5 or 6 looking for food. Looks like he never visited the front door though because the chew treat I left is still there untouched. I kept hearing random noises, some of which were exactly the sounds I’d expect him to make, but then I’d get up and nothing.

When I woke up at 7 with no sounds I knew something was wrong. I just threw some clothes on and walked around the block. Nothing. I’m left a little unsure of what to do now. I’m thinking I’ll go drive slowly in a wider area.

I really didn’t expect this to happen.

We have an escapee again

Kipper got out again. This time it hasn’t been a five minute thing like before. He’s been gone for about two hours now. I got a little hasty in my attempt to round him up and get him back inside. He left me with a pretty strong impression of how he felt about that.

Think happy thoughts that he’ll come home again. It’s looking more and more like he’s going to be spending the night outside.