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.

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.

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!

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.

December 13, 2007

I checked the film this morning - still the possum. The good news is that I found the catnip bottle quickly. I am hoping the sardine juice will prompt the cat to come investigate, but it started snowing this morning. Around 10:00 I decide to work from home because it is coming down so hard. After about an hour driving a 20 minutes commute (crossing the mid-hudson bridge cost me 30 minutes instead of the usual 5) I decided to gather up the camera on the way. By the time I got there the snow was already up to the lens and the plates were covered. I had to kick around the snow to get them. I brought the left over sardines home and put them in the dishes I keep outside my house. The leftover friskies I just left there - I figured they will disintegrate by the time the snow melts. The total accumulation was 8 -10 inches. I hope Roy found himself someplace to shelter during the storm - and after.

Today is the first day for my ad to run with the website. I am hoping to get some people logging on and helping me to find Roy. He is a really sweet cat with some health issues. If you have seen him please let me know - If you have just seen a black/white cat you don't recognize let me know too. I can set up a camera and check whether it is Roy or not. I noticed that lots of people assume the cat must belong to someone in the neighborhood. Please let me confirm that is the case.

If you think you might have seen his body by the side of the road let me know too. I know accidents happen. Knowing he has passed will give me closure and let me stop worrying about him - especially in this weather.

December 12,2007

It turns out that my mystery creature was a possum. I don't know if he has been eating the food the entire time or just last night, but since there was a cat in the area I am leaving the food out until I get confirmation on wether it was Roy or not. When I was getting the film this morning the lady who owns the house came out and told me they could see the flash from their bedroom window and were not sure what it was. I didn't realize the flash was that powerful so I moved the camera further into the woods. I don't want to annoy the people who are kind enough to let me watch on their property. This time I put out some sardines - I hope that might attract the cat. I noticed that I dropped my catnip bottle when I got home - I'll have to find it tomorrow. I don't like the idea of leaving anything on someone else's property.

There is supposed to be a storm coming up this weekend - I hope I have an answer before then.

December 11, 2007

There were no pictures this morning and half of the friskies were gone so I collected the camera. I set a new camera up and set it in the hallway to test wether it was working. I got 6 pictures and managed to blind myself for a few minutes. When I went back to set the camera up on location something had finished off the friskies but left the can of oceanfish(don't ask what fish is in it - I just know that is the label on the can. It's probably better not to know exactly what is in there!). This makes me think whatever is there is probably a domestic cat. A raccoon would have gone for the oceanfish and I noticed on my other sites that the canned food went a lot quicker then the dry food. One of the missing cat forums had a post saying that feral cats went for the wet food because it was "better" but domestics went for the dry since it was what they are used to. I have my fingers crossed that I will get a good picture and that it is Roy. Please keep me in your thoughts/prayers.