Feb 6, 2008

The postcards are finally here! I am putting on the stamps now. It takes me a while to make sure I haven't missed one. I will be sending them out in waves. The first wave of 300 goes out tomorrow. I am going to try to spread them through a few post offices so that I get the postal workers aware too. By this weekend they should all be out the door. I really hope this works.

Feb 4, 2008

I was going to take in the second camera but I got a long haired tabby there. So that is three cats in a location that only knows about two. I put it back out today and see what happens. I still don't think Roy crossed the highway but I am not willing to totally give up there yet.

Feb 3, 2008

Today I discovered we have a tabby eating at the buffet. So I am attracting other cats - the tabby is a new one to me. Which is still a good thing - who knows where this cat comes from, but the goal is to get a little kitty trail going to my house.

The postcards still aren't in - I am getting upset over this. I want them out ASAP so I can see if Roy is in the area or not.

Someone suggested that I contact the local newspaper and see if they will do a story on my search. I am not sure if that is something they would be interested in, and how to suggest it to them. I will have to investigate this.

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!