The lady who called yesterday called again today. It was not Roy that she saw.
I put another ad in the newspaper and put up more posters. I am hoping someone will see them and give me a call. The pictures from last night didn't pan out - I am hoping to get some better ones in the next few days.
I really miss Roy - I hope he is okay where ever he is and that someone is caring for him like he deserves.
Saturday, December 22
Friday, December 21
December 21, 2007
Today I went to the local printing store and found out that printing 300 postcards would be way cheaper then doing flyers. I was thinking of sending them to every house within a 1.5 mile radius (and expanding as needed). I need to get a list of the addresses in a mile of my house before ordering the postcards so I wil be looking for services that do that. Of course this being the holiday season doesn't help.
I did get a phone call from a lady in the next town that a cat has been coming by every few days and tries to get into her house. She said it looked like Roy. She was not comfortable letting me put up a camera but said she will call when the cat shows up again. I have my fingers crossed.
I set up the camera in the other yard. I put it further away from the house so the flash shouldn't bother them and hopefully I will get a cat instead of a possum this time.
I did get a phone call from a lady in the next town that a cat has been coming by every few days and tries to get into her house. She said it looked like Roy. She was not comfortable letting me put up a camera but said she will call when the cat shows up again. I have my fingers crossed.
I set up the camera in the other yard. I put it further away from the house so the flash shouldn't bother them and hopefully I will get a cat instead of a possum this time.
Wednesday, December 19
December 19, 2007
I was all set to set up my camera tonight when I heard it is supposed to snow. Yup - it is snowing right now. I hope it won't be too much, but I didn't set anything up. I don't want to have to dig it all back out again tomorrow.
I have had no new sighting reports or any other news. I still believe he is out there - it is just a matter of figuring out where. Any/all hints and tips are welcome. I have tried everything I can think of - I would like to try what you can think of.
I did do something today - I made 12 more posters before I ran out of tape. I will have to pick more up tomorrow and then I will be putting them up friday. I would put them up tomorrow but I won't get home from work until dark and don't think it would be easy or safe to staple them to posts by the side of the road when it is dark out. I took friday off so that will give me some opportunity. I am really hoping that Roy decided to go up to someone's house and they just don't realize he is a missing cat instead of an outdoor cat. I have a grey one in my yard so I know it is easy to make that mistake.
I have had no new sighting reports or any other news. I still believe he is out there - it is just a matter of figuring out where. Any/all hints and tips are welcome. I have tried everything I can think of - I would like to try what you can think of.
I did do something today - I made 12 more posters before I ran out of tape. I will have to pick more up tomorrow and then I will be putting them up friday. I would put them up tomorrow but I won't get home from work until dark and don't think it would be easy or safe to staple them to posts by the side of the road when it is dark out. I took friday off so that will give me some opportunity. I am really hoping that Roy decided to go up to someone's house and they just don't realize he is a missing cat instead of an outdoor cat. I have a grey one in my yard so I know it is easy to make that mistake.
Tuesday, December 18
December 18, 2007
Neither the ad nor the phone call panned out. The cat from the ad didn't look like Roy (the nose was all white and no marks on the forehead). The number said they didn't call here at all. Which is weird because the number was on the caller id box. I guess it must have been crossed wires somewhere.
Looks like the cats are back to their patterns. This morning the food I keep out was gone. It had been a few days since something came to eat. I guess they were waiting until the weather settled. So tomorrow I will go back to the house I had the camera and ask for permission again. Hopefully that cat is still making a circuit in the area.
Looks like the cats are back to their patterns. This morning the food I keep out was gone. It had been a few days since something came to eat. I guess they were waiting until the weather settled. So tomorrow I will go back to the house I had the camera and ask for permission again. Hopefully that cat is still making a circuit in the area.
Monday, December 17
December 17, 2007
It took me 30 minutes to deice the car this morning - I hope Roy found someplace safe to weather the storm. Nothing ate from my food - which didn't surprise me. The snow has a nice layer of ice so I can't see footprints anymore. I put out some smelly wet food tonight - I will see if it gets eaten in the next few days.
I got a phone call today from someone who did not leave a message. Usually I just ignore them - if they don't leave a message it couldn't be important/was a wrong number. But with Roy missing and so many flyers out... I did a reverse lookup. This number came from the last batch of flyers I passed out. I tried calling them back tonight - no answer, so I will call again tomorrow.
I got a phone call today from someone who did not leave a message. Usually I just ignore them - if they don't leave a message it couldn't be important/was a wrong number. But with Roy missing and so many flyers out... I did a reverse lookup. This number came from the last batch of flyers I passed out. I tried calling them back tonight - no answer, so I will call again tomorrow.
Sunday, December 16
December 16, 2007
Yesterday I did nothing because of the coming storm. I heard it might start snowing around 9:00 so I didn't want to set something up only to have to dig it up this morning. That turned out to be a good idea because it looks like we got about 6 more inches. I am not sure what to do now - how do I set up a camera with the snow without having something sink out of sight?
I did find an ad about a found cat. It just said male middle aged with long hair. Roy had medium hair - with the cold it could look shaggy and like long hair. With no description I wasn't willing to rule it out, but the lady who had placed the ad didn't know what he looked like. She was the animal control-type person for the area so I will be calling the vet he was taken to tomorrow. Wish me luck!
I did find an ad about a found cat. It just said male middle aged with long hair. Roy had medium hair - with the cold it could look shaggy and like long hair. With no description I wasn't willing to rule it out, but the lady who had placed the ad didn't know what he looked like. She was the animal control-type person for the area so I will be calling the vet he was taken to tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Friday, December 14
December 14, 2007
Not much to report today - there is supposed to be another big storm tomorrow so I don't want to set anything up for just a day - it usually takes 2 for something to find the food. I am hoping it will not snow too much and that someone calls from the ad.
