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irisblue

(35,454 posts)
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:13 PM 16 hrs ago

Rejoice with me and be glad. My missing cat, Dixie just came home

She had been missing for at least 72 hrs outside.

I normally lock her up in a room before I open the.outside door, so this is on stooped hooman failure.

She is still an asshole for freaking me out.

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Rejoice with me and be glad. My missing cat, Dixie just came home (Original Post) irisblue 16 hrs ago OP
Glad the little rascal is back! Permanut 16 hrs ago #1
And the cat is probably like, "Huh? What's the big deal?" Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #2
that relief/anger feeling at the same time! Skittles 16 hrs ago #3
I am sooooooo pissed at her. irisblue 16 hrs ago #7
that feeling when they are missing is heartbreaking Skittles 16 hrs ago #8
Nice!! SWBTATTReg 16 hrs ago #4
Hooray! I know the anxiety and worry an errant pet can cause. jls4561 16 hrs ago #5
Hip, hip hooray! Glorfindel 16 hrs ago #6
So glad your kitty is home safe! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #9
I cured my cat of wanting to sneak out by taking her out in a snowstorm & setting her in snow SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #10
That is my next step. I will say she only slips out during good weather, never the hard winter irisblue 15 hrs ago #11
I felt bad doing it, but it put a stop to her dangerous pursuits. SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #12
Although our Gracie loved the snow EverHopeful 14 hrs ago #28
Awwwww she sounds like a sweetie! SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #30
They know you're not happy. Perhaps she will think next time?? Who knows. Glad she's home! Evolve Dammit 15 hrs ago #13
Cat's mission in life is to mess with their hoomans. flashman13 15 hrs ago #14
And she does a damed fine job. irisblue 15 hrs ago #16
Hallelujah! Dancingdem 15 hrs ago #15
Welcome to DU. We do love our pets in this forum irisblue 15 hrs ago #19
Yaaaayyyy!!!! Karadeniz 15 hrs ago #17
That's awesome! angrychair 15 hrs ago #18
I am so glad Dixie is home, safe and sound. MIButterfly 15 hrs ago #20
Great news! orangecrush 15 hrs ago #21
That's great news! ZDU 14 hrs ago #22
It is challenging to sing to ala purring cat on your lap irisblue 14 hrs ago #23
May I offer a suggestion? Marthe48 13 hrs ago #35
This will work irisblue 11 hrs ago #42
I'm so happy for you and Dixie! tonekat 14 hrs ago #24
Much rejoicing here HeartsCanHope 14 hrs ago #25
Glad she came home. Emile 14 hrs ago #26
I'm so glad she's home. R. P. McMurphy 14 hrs ago #27
I rejoice with you and also for myself. barbtries 14 hrs ago #29
I am glad Chippy is back irisblue 14 hrs ago #33
YAY! JMCKUSICK 14 hrs ago #31
the cat came back. the refrain from this song has been haunting me forever. AllaN01Bear 14 hrs ago #32
Marc Gunn, slightlv 10 hrs ago #44
Glad she is home Marthe48 14 hrs ago #34
Yay!!! COL Mustard 13 hrs ago #36
We had a cat once who went missing for a week. bluescribbler 13 hrs ago #37
MIne disappeared for 10 days. ... aggiesal 13 hrs ago #38
I'm happy for you irisblue. Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #39
Good news! calimary 13 hrs ago #40
Oh yeah, they're all assholes! ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #46
As the saying goes... lonely bird 44 min ago #52
So glad for you, and happy that the cat is safe. 58Sunliner 13 hrs ago #41
I'm so happy for you Iris! slightlv 10 hrs ago #43
I'm so glad she's back. area51 9 hrs ago #45
Welcome Dixie! ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #47
Fantastic Duncanpup 2 hrs ago #48
Great news gademocrat7 2 hrs ago #49
congrats! Octavion86 2 hrs ago #50
Sweet malaise 48 min ago #51

irisblue

(35,454 posts)
7. I am sooooooo pissed at her.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:23 PM
16 hrs ago

And I am sitting in the kitchen watching her eat dry cat food.


Later some wet catfood & flea killer pills just in case she came back with little company

Skittles

(166,089 posts)
8. that feeling when they are missing is heartbreaking
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:27 PM
16 hrs ago

you cannot help thinking the worst......

bad kitty! But, well, she is a cat.

SWBTATTReg

(25,492 posts)
4. Nice!!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:17 PM
16 hrs ago

It's always nice that nothing 'bad' happened to your baby, and that she's back home safe and sound!

jls4561

(2,497 posts)
5. Hooray! I know the anxiety and worry an errant pet can cause.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:18 PM
16 hrs ago

Breathe a sigh of relief and be thankful she’s unharmed.

SheltieLover

(71,772 posts)
10. I cured my cat of wanting to sneak out by taking her out in a snowstorm & setting her in snow
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:56 PM
15 hrs ago

With harness & leash on, of course.

No more sliced window screens, no interest in outside after that.

irisblue

(35,454 posts)
11. That is my next step. I will say she only slips out during good weather, never the hard winter
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:07 PM
15 hrs ago

SheltieLover

(71,772 posts)
12. I felt bad doing it, but it put a stop to her dangerous pursuits.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:12 PM
15 hrs ago


You cold also try rain. I would.

EverHopeful

(559 posts)
28. Although our Gracie loved the snow
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:03 PM
14 hrs ago

When my cousin lived upstate and the cats were indoor/outdoor cats, Gracie cried to go out in the snow.

Regret that it was in the days before cell-phone cameras because she would disappear into the snow and bounce out. She'd bounce all the way across the yard and it always took shaking the treat bag for a long time to convince her to come back in.

Evolve Dammit

(21,024 posts)
13. They know you're not happy. Perhaps she will think next time?? Who knows. Glad she's home!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:21 PM
15 hrs ago

Dancingdem

(15 posts)
15. Hallelujah!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:26 PM
15 hrs ago

My cat, Biski Boo, sneaks out on rare occasions and it scares the daylight out of me. I'm happy and rejoicing with you and for you

MIButterfly

(868 posts)
20. I am so glad Dixie is home, safe and sound.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:41 PM
15 hrs ago

How relieved you must feel.

The first summer I had my Holly (who was terrified of me), she slipped out the door when I foolishly opened it at 11 pm. The next day, I was so distraught I cried all day at work. My mother came over and went up and down the street all day showing her picture to everybody. Long story short: she was found in the neighbors' window well three doors down; apparently she spent the night there. That was 13 years ago and she STILL won't go near the front door when I open it. I guess she figured living with me was not so bad after all. It beats being at the bottom of a window well.

irisblue

(35,454 posts)
23. It is challenging to sing to ala purring cat on your lap
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:51 PM
14 hrs ago

🎵🎶You're an asshole
🎶🎵


I do have personalized songs for each cat, but I haven't found the right lyrics for 'you're an asshole' yet.

Marthe48

(21,281 posts)
35. May I offer a suggestion?
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:46 PM
13 hrs ago

The I-95 Song. This version is sung by Jimmy Buffett:

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(I couldn't share it from my phone)

tonekat

(2,284 posts)
24. I'm so happy for you and Dixie!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:51 PM
14 hrs ago

One of my ex's cats got out of her condo, off a balcony, and was gone for months!!

Emile

(36,000 posts)
26. Glad she came home.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:56 PM
14 hrs ago

My little Rudy takes off like that, but he eventually comes back home.

R. P. McMurphy

(858 posts)
27. I'm so glad she's home.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:59 PM
14 hrs ago

I remember the feeling of seeing my sweetie waiting for me after I'd been so worried about her.

Sometimes they just have to go on an adventure.

barbtries

(30,598 posts)
29. I rejoice with you and also for myself.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:04 PM
14 hrs ago

My little chipmunk Chippy was not seen for at least a week and has been around again for the past couple days. It defies sense how much joy that tiny, wild critter gives me.

to give some perspective, I've lived in NC for nearly 18 years. Chippy is the ONLY chipmunk I've ever seen here. He's been burrowing under my shed for 4 years now.

AllaN01Bear

(26,505 posts)
32. the cat came back. the refrain from this song has been haunting me forever.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:19 PM
14 hrs ago

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave its home
He tried and he tried to give the cat away
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
Can you make a cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow
So he gave it to a woman going up in a balloon
He told him for to take it to the man up in the moon
The balloon came down about 90 miles away
And where the woman is now, well, I cannot say
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
Is that cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow, meow
So he gave it to a man going way out West
He told him for to take it to the one he loved the best
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail
And nobody was left to tell the awful tale
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
Meow, meow, meow
welcome back gato.

slightlv

(6,137 posts)
44. Marc Gunn,
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:21 PM
10 hrs ago

writes cat songs and sets them to Irish drinking tunes. I LOVE 'em. A lot of em are like the one you posted. They're all very Celtic style harmonies and rhythms. Songs like "When Kitty Eyes are Smiling" and "Lord of the Pounce." You've probably already heard them... they've been around a long time... but I love 'em, and find it hard to stay in a bad mood when I put on the CD!

Marthe48

(21,281 posts)
34. Glad she is home
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 06:38 PM
14 hrs ago

I don't know why they are so hot to get out!
Give her a pet and treat yourself!

bluescribbler

(2,368 posts)
37. We had a cat once who went missing for a week.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:05 PM
13 hrs ago

He was found when the neighbors across the street came home from their vacation and alerted us to a "wild cat" in their garage. He wasn't wild, he was just hungry.

aggiesal

(10,184 posts)
38. MIne disappeared for 10 days. ...
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:08 PM
13 hrs ago

because I left the garagedoor open and she knows how to open the door from the house into the garage.
So I hear the door open, thinking she's exploring in the garage. When walking past the slightly opened door, I noticed I left the light on in the garage.
When I opened the door further, it was sunlight, not the garage light. She had escaped.

It was cold and it rained in those 10 days, plus the hawks & coyotes that prey on cats in my neighborhood, so I was very worried.

Her name is Romi, and she really doesn't like it when I'm standing up and I try to pick her up. I have to get down to her level or she has to come up to my level to be more amiable to pick her up. I saw her in the backyard a couple of times, but because I was standing, she bolted. What a climber, she is.

On the 10th day, I was kneeling, setting up trap used to catch skunks, raccoons, possums, ..., when she walked right up to me and brushed her body on my leg, startling me.

I immediately, picked her up and brought her into the house. Of course she recognized the house, and walked right up to her bowl of food and started eating.

She was home.

So I know how you feel.
Welcome her home with a big hug and her favorite meal.

calimary

(87,086 posts)
40. Good news!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:20 PM
13 hrs ago

Hey, most of ‘em ARE assholes (we have three!) but somehow, they’re lovable anyway!

ShazzieB

(21,174 posts)
46. Oh yeah, they're all assholes!
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:13 AM
8 hrs ago

One of my nicknames for Willow is Stinker. Because she is one!

slightlv

(6,137 posts)
43. I'm so happy for you Iris!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:11 PM
10 hrs ago

I don't think there's a one of us on here who haven't felt that spasm of fear that won't go away while they're all out on their own. I'm so glad she made it back, safe and sound. Give her a good talking to, then a treat and hug the crap out of her. That'll teach her! (LOL)

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