20110713 Bongo goes missing for the 3rd time

This is a quick post to get me to the next one.

In a word, Bongo went missing on June 9th and was found by a neighbour after cat mother got her finger out and put posters up locally.

Parallel to the high street is a back alley where all the shops and restaurants open their back doors in the summer and when he was lost and found the first time in December 2009 he was being fed by the bakers and the knitting shop and it took them a month to reign him in and shop him to the rspca who took him to a vet, got his chip and pin read, and then phoned cat mother to get him rescued. It was long and heart breaking and I'm pleased to report that since then Cat Mother has grown a lot, well, not so much in girth (she's lost 3 stone in 2 years and run a marathon etc.) but this third time she kept it quiet...really focused on the 2 of us, Bingo and Molly, you know? The cats she had in the present...really proud of her we were...and felt extra loved and that. It's important being a cat and having to share cuddle time between 3 when the time Cat Mother is about is limited.

She'd remark on how less time consuming it was with just us...we're not demanding, Molly and Me and we're a bit more understanding of Cat Mother's time. Not finding fault with Bongo or anything. Fact is, food bills go up when he's around, more noise pollution, thudding (Molly and me together weigh about the same as Bongo) and it really is like the Cat of the House is back.

Love 'im though and we wouldn't be without him.

Cats Protection has advised we're to keep him in for a week and Cat Mother is mulling this as he does seem to like being caged, looked after, protected. Course she let's him out morning and evenings and always when she is at home but always with a harness and if outside on a long leash.

It may be prudent to keep the cage up for a while even when he is permitted more freedom as he seems to regard it as his home, his place and Molly and I don't interfere with that so when things go mad outside which is what we think happened this time (builders bashing outside door) he has his place to go and won't cross the bus route and then get disoriented. Molly and I tend to be a bit more streetwise and Bongo definitley requires that little bit more extra care. Bless...