West Seattle, Washington
18 Wednesday
(Leo is back home as of 6/20; info removed)
What is the cross street on 31st? I live on 31st and Elmgrove /Thistle, and this guy looks familiar. If it’s him, I’ll definitely keep an eye out
We’re on 31st and Juneau (little over two miles away) but anything’s possible. He’s not wearing a collar if that helps. Please please let us know if it looks like him!
If you want some advice, I lost my kitty last summer and was able to find her after some diligent searching. I knocked on every door, and put up huge pink posters (not 8 by 11pieces of paper on phone poles) saying she was missing, I called vets, the Seattle animal shelter, made flyers…the works. After 2 days, I found her. She was 2 houses down, stuck in a crawl space. If I hadn’t annoyed every neighbor, I would not have found her.
It turns out, cats rarely stray far from home. He could easily be within a 3-5 house radius. His territory is probably much smaller than that. I bet you’ll find him but you might have to look under decks, sheds, in crawlspaces (if they’ve been opened recently), in garages, etc. And if anyone says he probably got eaten by a coyote, ignore them. That rarely happens. The odds are that he’s hiding or he’s stuck. But really talk to your neighbors. Your kitty won’t likely come out if you call for him. Cats are master hiders, and will stay quiet. Even when I knew my kitty was in the crawl space, I had to physically go down there and have her actually see me before she came to me. She didn’t even come when I called to her outside the crawl space entrance.
Your kitty may come home when he’s at his hunger threshold, which could be as long as a few weeks! I’ve heard storied of kitties coming home months later, skinnier, but no worse for the wear.
Don’t give up! You’ll find him! I’ll keep an eye out for him on my neighborhood walks.
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