Her leaving was my giving her the chance. I was furious at, of all things, fish tank pumps. I had 3 400 gal an hour pumps, about 80 bucks each, and they all got REALLY noisy, at once. So noisy you couldn't sleep in the same room with just ONE of them, and, with the three going, it was REALLY annoying. I cleaned each one, tweaked it every which way, no joy. Pulled parts from one, and swapped back and forth, still noisy. Finally started throwing the damn things out the door, onto the golf course. Even though I was watching for her, she still got out, when I turned my head or something, and, I thought she was in my room. REALLY STUPID on my part. Or, when I went out to pick the damn pumps up. I got rid of two tanks, 4 pumps, bought one new one, and put all the fish in the 50 gallon tank.
I also KNOW Jumpster's hearing is REALLY good, and, if it bothers me, it maybe killing her. When we watch movies, she goes in the other room, etc.
So far, it's working out well, since I hardly had any fish in the 50, and adding 10 did it no harm, plus, there is lots more swimming going on in the tank, now.
In retrospect, besides wanting to get out, Jumpster may have thought my anger was with her, and nothing was farther from the truth.
Woke up the next morning, and Jumpster was missing. She could also have escaped on my girlfriends watch, after I went to sleep.
Anyway, she is a feral cat, and she loves looking outside. Today, all she's doing is eating, and sleeping, and being very friendly, and meowing in a new tone I'm not familiar with.
Didn't mention this, but looking around here, I've seen more Tuexdo cats then you can believe. Next door has a bigger, male version of Jumpster, that jumps from the lower balcony, to the upper balcony, effortlessly, and lives upstairs. That cat has a female twin, that's VERY affectionate, right up until you try and pick her up, or she feels she wants out of your house, then she is VERY good at biting, sending my girlfriend to the hospital, and leaving two large, deep holes in my arm. I pet her, but I don't feed, or let her in the house, or near Jumpster. Don't need the vet bills.
I've been walking down the golf course, and, it's a smorgasborg for cats.
People leave their windows and doors open, and the cats come in and out. Food is out all the time, and, therefore, I wasn't worried about her, or at least not that much, after walking around yesterday.
I saw another cat, in a persons house, that is the TWIN of Jumpster, both in size, and pretty much face and coloration. Only difference is no collar, and, bobbed tail. While I was calling who I thought was Jumpster to come out, since no one was home, another guy came down, and asked if I had scene a big, blue cat. Sure enough, the big blue cat was in the same apartment, taking a couple day vacation from her owner, and she came out, after a bit of calling. That house also has a giant cat that has come down to our house, called Tiger by us, since he's stripped, and huge. He also has, I found out, two very pretty, well endowed, women who look after him, and appear to be rather intimate.
Every guys dream.
:wink: :lol:
Anyway, with all those cats around, wasn't too worried, since the last Coyote I'd scene was about 4-5 years ago, IIRC.
I did get a crying girlfriend call, at 2 in the morning last night, so, we both went through various degrees of grief while Jumpster was gone.
My girlfriend has a thing about feral cats, and has had 3, with Jumpster being the third.
One was eaten by a coyote, the other was an indoor/outdoor cat, that, when they moved from their old house, to a new place, the cat left one day, and never came back. So, you can see why she was really loosing it.
I'm ecstatic to have her back, and, right now, she's sleeping. I guess her couple days and nights out was really stressful on her, as well as us.
Again, thanks all for the wonderful help, comfort, and comments on dealing with the situation. Even us old dogs get faced with new situations, and problems, and need all the help we can get.
Sincerely
Greg
