The Call Of The Wild

Last night I was on my second of two center cut pork chops I had cooked up, along with some mashed potatoes and string beans. I live on the ground floor of a two story condo and I have a small screened in porch attached. So my cat was out on the porch and suddenly I heard a big boom.

I ran out on the porch and the bottom panel screen was flapping in the breeze and my cat was nowhere to be found. First time he has been out since I brought him home 5 years ago this past July. He was half a block away squared off with another cat. I yelled and they both ran.

Rambunctious, that is his name 'cause he is, ran behind a hedge up against the building, and I couldn't get him to come out. I finally gave up and went home. I left the screen door open a foot to let him come back if he wanted to. Three hours later he was on the porch meowing at the front door to come in.

Today I went to home depot and got a metal piece to go in front of the panel. It is 'expanded metal' so basically a screen too and you can see through it. Fixed the loose screen too so now all is well and the little fellow ain't getting out as easily as he did the last time. Never a dull moment.

Glad you got your cat back. I never like seeing 'Lost Pet" signs.

I second those comments - glad you got it back. My husky X (pic in my avatar) is an escape artist. I cannot count the number of times she has escaped, careening across roads, cavorting with dogs and humans alike, big goofy grin all over her face with a "catch me if you can" attitude exuding from every follicle. We eventually get her back, but only after she has traumatised small pets (she has actually chased down and killed several hares while awol) and lead us on what is undoubtedly to her a very merry chase, but to us is a gut-wrenching and sometimes humiliating couple of hours running through neighbour's backyards with a chain shouting stern and dire warnings about the consequences of her actions when we get her home!

Pets! If we didn't love them so much we'd probably throttle them.

James.

Glad you got your cat back.
I can feel your pain. Recently our daughter left her cat here as she went to university. We've already learned that we can no more leave our doors and windows open. The cat will be gone in few seconds and then there's a risk that it gets killed by the wildlife.
Luckily home cats do not usually ran far but stay somewhere close in the neighborhood. Once the cat went damn high in the oak that's close to our house and then she couldn't come down. I was about to climb there to get her down, but then i remembered that i have a son. Why should i climb up there and look ridiculous when i have a healthy 17 yo kid to do such things?