A missing cat reunited with his owner after five years
@Deepizzaguy (94526)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
December 6, 2022 4:17pm CST
Five years ago Harlingen Texas resident Stephanie Garza adopted a cat named Ollie who was adopted by the Garza family from an animal shelter in 2017.
Shortly after the cat was adopted, Ollie did run away from the home of his owner and he never returned to his owner's home which had Stephanie and her relatives very sad with little or no hope to see their cat again.
Stephanie received the good news on Wednesday when an employee with the Humane Society of Harlingen reported to Stephanie that an animal control officer left a cat at the humane society that was on the streets.
After Ollie was examined by the veterinarian who found a microchip on his coat, Stephanie was able to reunite with her cat recently which made Stephanie and ger family very happy and grateful to reunite with their pet.
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
6 Dec 22
These stories always amaze me how the animals somehow find their way back to the owners after so many years.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
It is amazing to see cats come home to their owners after a short period of time away.
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@kobesbuddy (74568)
• East Tawas, Michigan
7 Dec 22
@Deepizzaguy Our cat was gone for two weeks. She just came home, on her own.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
@kobesbuddy I guess cats like to roam around the neighborhood and then come home on their own like Burt does.
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@kobesbuddy (74568)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Dec 22
I wonder where that darn cat spent the last 5 years! Apparently, he was eating and being fed some way. I guess we will never find out!
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
Most Ollie became a stray cat finding a place to eat from another person since my relatives and myself do feed stray cats in our neighborhood.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
@kobesbuddy That is a lot of cats wandering around in a neighborhood.
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@kobesbuddy (74568)
• East Tawas, Michigan
7 Dec 22
@Deepizzaguy We did the same thing, while I was growing up:) We had twenty cats eating in our yard!
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
I am sure that Ollie will learn his lesson to stay home from now on.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
6 Dec 22
I am very glad they got their cat back. I had a kitty who disappeared one time, and I always wondered what happened to him. There was a cat in the neighborhood who looke very much like him, and I even called him a few times,, but aht cat had slightly different markings.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
The same is happening to me that the stray cats in my neighborhood like cats that ran way are seen in the neighborhood but never come home when I call them by their name..
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
I am sure that Ollie will learn his lesson to stay home from now on.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Dec 22
@RubyHawk If Ollie is anything like Bond, he will not go outside again.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
8 Dec 22
@Deepizzaguy Maybe he learned his lesson.
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@MarieCoyle (28511)
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7 Dec 22
Cats are strange creatures. Many of them seem to have more than one home.
A friend lost her kitty--it slipped out the door when her son left one evening. They tried so hard to find that kitty, no one ever saw it, or seemed to have it, and it wasn't in any shelter or such. They finally gave up after about 6 months. Two years later, she heard a noise at the same door, and there was the kitty. Never did figure out where it had been all of that time.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
That happened once to me and my relatives when my cat Bond ran away from home only to come back two days later hiding under a blanket near the backyard garage.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
@MarieCoyle I have noticed that in the behavior of many stray cats in my neighborhood.
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@MarieCoyle (28511)
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7 Dec 22
@Deepizzaguy
Cats seem to have a way from often traveling from place to place.
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@popciclecold (35103)
• United States
7 Dec 22
@Deepizzaguy They always bring joy.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
I love sharing these kinds of animal and human reunion stories on this site.
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@celticeagle (159017)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Dec 22
I love to read these stories of people being reunited with their pets. So heartwarming to hear.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
It really is to see reunion stories of cats and humans reunited for a few years apart.
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@RasmaSandra (73412)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Dec 22
I am so glad to hear this only I wonder where these animals wander and how they get there,
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
The cats seem to run away from their homes and get lost walking in another neighborhood before coming home.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
You are right since the microchip was the key to return Ollie to Stephanie. Otherwise Ollie would have wound up living with another owner.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
7 Dec 22
I'm so glad Stephanie was reunited with Ollie; but it's sad that he was gone for 5 years. Have a good day.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
I agree with you that a cat that is away from his owners after five years is time lost forever.
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@Deepizzaguy (94526)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 22
That is so true to share reunion stories of lost animals coming back home after a period of separation.
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