Feb 2, 2008

Pictures from today's camera show that it was Leo coming to eat here. I didn't realize one of his white marks went all the way around his neck. I am glad he is still coming around - that Grey hasn't chased him off. I will be calling shelters and finding a no kill one. I don't think it is fair for an animal that could be a good companion to be stuck outside like this. He deserves a good home - but mine is not it. I can take care of the ones I have but I don't want to become a hoarder.

Feb 1, 2008

A friend of mine lightened the picture of the mystery cat. I am not so sure it is Roy. I saw a head in the picture but when the picture was lightened the head turned out to be shadows. That made the white part come up higher then I originally thought - and higher then Roy's spot. But the cat is definitely black - so it's not Grey. The black spots are such that it can't be Leo either. So I have attracted a new cat. Which is a good thing - it means Roy might just be lured back after all. I do have the camera out - I should get a better picture of my mystery cat if he comes back.

January 31, 2008

As I expected the cat in the yard across the highway was not Roy. But he looked very similar to Leo and he showed up around the same time Leo did. I am going to do some research to see if there was an accident around that time - if there was the two cats might have each gone to a different side of the highway. They look like they could be siblings. I am not sure exactly how to go about doing this but I figure a few days at the library should help.

Strangely I have a new possible sighting - in my own back yard. I set up the camera, but didn't get a chance to check it last night. I checked it today and discovered I had set the camera up too high to catch anything. But I have one picture. All I have is the top of the head and back - it's a black back and head with a small white patch at the neck. But the patch is about where Roy's white "collar" was. I don't have enough info to make a positive sighting but that camera is going out until I do. I just hope that having Grey move in the garage doesn't mean Roy will be chased away.

January 29, 2008

Today I got a phone call from someone about .8 of a mile away who has been feeding a black and white cat for a while. He wasn't too sure on when the cat showed up, but since he is close I am going to check it out. It is across the highway, so I am a little skeptical, but it is well within walking distance so if Roy crossed the highway this is a likely spot. And it would explain why he hasn't come back - I have a feeling that a crossing would be a one time only thing. The funny thing is that I put a poster on a telephone pole in this guy's yard a few weeks ago.

I will be going over tomorrow at lunch break to put up a camera. I was going to go tonight, but when I got home it was dark and I would rather put up a camera in the daylight. It isn't always easy to decide where to put a camera and I figured I shouldn't make it more difficult by doing it when I can't see. I had already put the camera together when I came to that decision so I put it outside and will see what I am feeding besides Grey. Since it is cold enough to freeze the wet food I have been putting out two bowls of dry instead of one dry and one wet. When I check up on them both bowls are empty. I put a bowl of wet and dry in the garage for Grey and he eats that so I figure there has to be something else out there eating all that food. Either that or Grey is going to be one fat cat come summer!

January 28, 2008

No news today - I didn't get to scope out the area because it is dark when I get home from work - I have to wait until wed. when I get check it out during my lunch break.

January 27, 2008

Today was my mom's birthday so I met her for dinner. She lives 2 hours away from me so I haven't had a chance to do anything today. The printing people said they would call the people who were to print the mailing labels tomorrow and see what happens. I would really like to get those postcards in the mail. it seems like a lot of people feed stray cats without checking to see if they are lost. If that is happening to Roy I would like to reach them. I would like to post my online copy of the postcard here. I will check to see how to do that.

January 26, 2008

I got a phone call today - a lady has just seen my flyer and thinks it looks like a cat who she has been feeding for a while. She hasn't seen this cat in a week but will call me if he comes back. She seems to have a lot of experience with cats - she seems to be feeding a colony and traps, neuters, and releases so I am confident if she tries to catch him she won't scare him away. I have my fingers crossed it is him, and that if so he comes back.