my tony is home!!!

You 2 might want to gang up on him. One of you leave & while you're gone, the other takes a mouse trap, set it & lay it on the floor bottom side up. Lay a sheet of newspaper over it. Then when he goes to the door, he will set off the trap. It makes a loud snapping noise from under the newspaper & the newspaper helps keep it from snapping him!!! This tends to make cats wary of where they hear that noise, especially if you do it several times close together, he will become especially wary of the door. I've never had a cat hurt by the trap as it is snapping into the floor & the newspaper keeps the inquisitive little fella from accidentally getting his nose snapped!!!

I can tell he's glad to be home but, he seems less afraid of the big room he's hot aloud into. Louise and I chase him from the door a lot when we are coming and going.

LadyMarissa, that's BRILLIANT! Did you come up with that idea? Kudos to whomever did! My "Minnie" is ALWAYS making a break for it, & that might be just the th9ng to keep her inside & safe from the dogs / kids / cars / groundskeepers at this complex. Thanks for the tip! Maggiepie

thanks, I really missed him. Having him run by the porch regularly without coming to me was beginning to make me nuts.

tony ws out during a cold snap with tempsin the low 30's. I hate to think how hard he would have been to get back if he headed out more recently as the evening lows only dipped to the 50's

your Tony is very cute too!

He's a funny little boy. He doesn't jump very well, want you to pick him up rather than jump in laps. He also doesn't like cold, since he was discovered after spending a VERY cold night outside - well - a very cold night for TEXAS anyway.

He looks a bit like our "Gizmo". Actually tony was adopted when he was about the size of your kitty. Years before I came along Louise' friends son rescued him from some boys who were abusing him and nursed him back to health in the shed out back feeding him scraps of bologna. That's why we call him "Tony Bolony". He was already around 13 years old when I met him so after 6 years of marriage to his "mommy" I think he's a bit old to be going from lifelong house cat to neighborhood wanderer.

safe(if you can call under my feet safe) at home at last. I got my Jr computer tech back.

Tony's settled back in quite nicely. Now that I fanally dug my computer desk out and got the Computer up and running he spends most of his time on top of the bookshelf portion while I am on the keyboard. He's always been my Jr Computer tech. If he can't get on the desk I have to get a chair for him beside me or I'll be dealing with him on my lap. He starts wuite interested in what I'm doing but after 15-20 minutes he's content to curl up and nap beside me while i'm working.

hmmm aight! just checking if there's any addition to the post here.

At his age it might just keep him tied up in one room.

gizmo's paying a bit to much attention to the door lately too. we will be getting extra careful about where they are.

When my B-I-L lost his cat we all prayed for him for months until Ozzie returned. When tony came back my sister was one of my first calls because I knew she would do the same. Thank you all for your prayers and concern. I know it helped make the difference. PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Thanks, Carl. Couldn't have said it better myself. I DO love animals, but you;re right; they're not on the same level as humans. The Bible does say there'll BE animals in Heaven, however, & I'm looking forward to that! :o) Thanks for accepting my friendship! Maggiepie

God gave us dominion over the animals. Caring for them seems a natural outgrowth of that. I hardly agree with those who would consider them equal with people but it takes a cold heart to treat them like trash and I've know a few who would.

I noticed he spends more time in my lap than he used to.

that's one thing I like about dogs. They're rarely gone for long and you get used to them wandering. With a cat they might just be hiding a few feet away but you don't know where or when they'll get back. My sister's cat's are less of a problem since they live in the house and play outside regularly. As long as they don't wander of while they're traveling no one worries. they'll be back before long and you use less cat litter. With my house cats it's a lot more questionable. They're lost int that big room I don't normally let them go into.