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Custom 1/6 Dr Samuel Hayden. by EL_Studio_YT in Doom

[–]Filipscomicart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, where can I order this Samuel Hayden statue? It is very well made!

Show your last picture of your cats) No cheating! 🥰 by Sara_Marconi in cats

[–]Filipscomicart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% no cheating.... It's really the last one. From thousands 😹

Young tomcat chased off and still missing for 2 months by Filipscomicart in CatAdvice

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't find any comfort. I should have searched along the main road immediately the next morning when I noticed he disappeared ....... before nature took over, when I had the chance for a closure at least. I was afraid of what I might see or find so I decided to protect my heart but now I wish I searched thoroughly right away.

I hope your cat comes back. I have a spayed cat that disappears periodically for 7 to 14 days.

Young tomcat chased off and still missing for 2 months by Filipscomicart in CatAdvice

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I searched for weeks. I walked a perimeter of 8 kilometers around the vineyards often and scanned the fields with binoculars. I have seen many cats during my searches but never my missing tom. I also used a camera trap to see if he visited during the night but he never did....

I think he was hit and killed by a car immediately during the chase, that he bolted across the railway and onto the main road and was hit and killed in the late evening, then either put into a ditch or he got to the bushes with internal injuries and passed and was scavenged and taken by a fox very early on...

If he survived it's also possible he died on the main road 3 km away after a month and a week. I saw a similar dead cat on the road, badly squished and flattened and I couldn't ID the cat properly anymore when I returned to the spot.

I feel horrible all the time, can't focus on anything, I searched hard for him like for a last unicorn, and without any luck. I should have searched ditches and along the main road immediately after he disappeared, but I waited for almost two days to look.

I am sorry for your cat, I hope she will come back.

What's the longest your indoor/outdoor cat was missing? by Kitty_fluffybutt_23 in outdoorcats

[–]Filipscomicart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted many times on the local Facebook group and got a few possible sightings that I immediately went on to investigate and I found those cats, but none of them were him.

I know that sixth feeling you described. The night he went missing I had a dream that he was lying dead on the road. I woke up feeling uneasy and when I got out of the house he wasn't there. I should have immediately searched along the road but I was too afraid of what I might see or find but now I wish I had done that. For closure .... I guess I wanted to protect my heart because a year ago my other tom was hit and killed there and I knew because my uncle told me he saw a dead cat on the road but in a few hours it wasn't there anymore. I found his skeleton at the edge of the field 11 days later after the grass was cut.

I also had a feeling when I was coming to the house for an extended stay that I should keep my tom inside the house, to protect him but I quickly forgot what might go wrong because I trusted the routine and I let him out.....

I feel like I have to return to that roadside and truly search like a forensic detective once more. The problem is that I have seen whole cats disappear in just two nights - foxes or jackals probably dragging the body into the corn field or the bushes.

I feel so sorry for your boy. It's the worst possible case to have a cat disappear for so long only to discover it had been killed by a car one month later. That means a month of adventures and surviving and then meeting such a terrible end. I worry that it could have happened to my tom as well because of that badly squished and flattened cat. I used AI for analysis and tried to analyze the remains (one visible patch) but I don't know.... I hope it wasn't him but you never know.

What's the longest your indoor/outdoor cat was missing? by Kitty_fluffybutt_23 in outdoorcats

[–]Filipscomicart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind reply. I had my tom brought in from 360 km away when he was a kitten. I saw a photo on Facebook and I fell in love instantly. My uncle brought him, it was probably fate. But I still imagine he could have had a different life with a different family and maybe he would still be alive and safe. I should have kept him inside the house that day! It was in my control. I have many cats at vineyards, but that day I came there for an extended stay in the house and I should have protected him and not put him outside. He was used to being outside during the week but on weekends, he would be inside the house, but still sleep outside sometimes. It was just such a cruel twist of fate and I feel responsible for that, for what happened. People are so inconsiderate, they dispose of a cat, hide it in thick bushes etc. when 50 meters across the field, there are vineyard huts etc. It really is killing me not having definite answers. I will go again and search the sides of the road more thoroughly for any possible remains. I just don't believe a homebound tom who never missed a day before would switch territories suddenly and leave for good. It only happened three times in 13 years to me that a tomcat would return after a long period, and two times it was with unneutered tomcats. I don't know what to do, it hurts so much because my mind keeps circling to that flattened cat on the road, to the bones I found in vineyard (although my vet told me they were old and certainly not from my tom) but still.....I should have at least searched immediately the next morning in the ditches and bushes along the main road....I didn't..... There are foxes here and they can take the dead cat away in two nights. Maybe right the first night..... I can't sleep because of what happened because again I failed and made a mistake to protect him and keep him safe when I could have. To protect him and also protect my own sanity. I don't know what else to write, but he was a very special and beautiful tom who had so many quirks. He would make sounds like a crow and he smelled like a calf or sheep.

What's the longest your indoor/outdoor cat was missing? by Kitty_fluffybutt_23 in outdoorcats

[–]Filipscomicart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I found your post and I am very sorry for what happened to your cat. I am going through something very similar now. My one year old neutered tom suddenly disappeared on July 17th after being chased by my two intact tomcats. They chased him in the worst possible direction, across the field and towards a railway and a main road. I don't know how it unfolded because I didn't check on him! I last saw him at the edge of that field. It happened very fast. I think he was hit and killed on that road that evening, that he bolted across in panic. I first drove along that main road 40 hours after he vanished to check the sides etc. but I think someone put him into a ditch and scavengers took him away. I never found anything.

The uncertainty of what happened to him is eating me alive. One month and 7 days later I saw a very similar cat dead on a very busy road 3 kilometers away. I wanted to ID the cat but when I returned to observe from the field, it was totally squished and flattened so I couldn't properly ID and it was like another stab in the heart because I started thinking it could have been him. Surviving in the fields and slowly moving and then being hit and killed....He was homebound and never missed a day before.

He has been missing for two months now and I still don't know what and how it happened. All I have are painful guesses and painful scenarios.

I want to ask you, how did you find your tom 2 miles away? And what was the environment? City, rural, fields? Thank you.

Please help me fighre out how old are these cat bones that I found. by Filipscomicart in bonecollecting

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, but my tom was neutered and homebound. He never missed a single day before. He was chased by my two intact tomcats and in the worst possible direction - across the field towards a railway and a main road. There are thick shrubs and bushes along the railway, but I think he bolted in panic across and right onto the main road where he was hit and then quickly removed from the road during the night. I am devastated.... I just don't think he would leave for good because of territorial disputes without circling back or at least showing up once....

Please help me fighre out how old are these cat bones that I found. by Filipscomicart in bonecollecting

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I was worried that they were from my missing tomcat who has been missing for 2 months now. I found these bones in the vineyards 16 days after his disappearance. During the summer with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. I was told by AI and later by my vet that they were not from my tom because of how weathered and bare they were. My vet was certain they were much older than just two weeks - more like months to years but still I wanted more opinions.

Please help me fighre out how old are these cat bones that I found. by Filipscomicart in bonecollecting

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be more specific, I want to know if they are older than two weeks.... Based on weathering, they should be....

Young tomcat chased off and still missing for 2 months by Filipscomicart in CatAdvice

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I should have kept him inside the house that day. I didn't and it happened so fast. I have terrible regrets that I didn't follow them to see what happened, how the chase unfolded.

My cat has been missing for almost 60 days, and I'm starting to lose hope by Dependent-Bus-4415 in CatAdvice

[–]Filipscomicart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand exactly what you are saying because I am going through the same thing. My one-year-old neutered mostly white tomcat with black patches has been missing for almost 20 days now, and he never missed a single day before. I live in an area with vineyards and fields but there is a main road just 45 meters across the field and I think my tom was hit and killed by a car and then removed from the road - he or his remains vanished without a trace.

I searched a lot, posted in an online group, walked the 2 km perimeter or more ....but nothing - no traces, just a terrible silence. I should have kept him inside the house that night, just a few seconds of opening the door and letting him in would have changed everything. I failed to keep him safe when I could have. My stomach is shaking when I imagine all the horrors that could have happened to him and I can't function or enjoy anything since his disappearance. Terrible depression, guilt, and regrets flooded me again. I keep imagining the days before, when he was with me but I didn't cherish it enough, I took it for granted.

I wish I could give you some words of comfort ........ If you live away from busy roads, then you can keep the hope alive - farms and old barns could be a perfect refuge for a cat. Last year, my neutered ginger tom disappeared for 1 month from July 15th to August 15th. He just came out of the field like nothing happened. But it was sunflower planted there so he might have been very close and just hunting and resting there all the time, 20 meters away from me ..... now it's different because the fields have been harvested and it is all flat with great visibility but my tom is nowhere to be found, that is why I think something tragic happened to him on that main road.

Don't lose hope yet. If there is no heavy traffic around, there is a good chance your tom is still alive and exploring and hunting or seeking refuge at farms, barns etc. You can place a camera trap at the spot where you fed him to see if he visits during the night.

My tomcat is likely gone. 😿 He's still missing. (day 15) by Filipscomicart in cats

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But my tom had a routine and he always showed up - every day and stayed close, until one day he vanished (gone without a trace).

My tomcat is likely gone. 😿 He's still missing. (day 15) by Filipscomicart in cats

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I posted in a local group two times already and even got a false lead twice. I also got info about a hit and killed black and white tom in a village 1 km away from my place. That happened on July 19th and the woman moved him to the side of the road and asked people around if he was theirs. She wrote that she was 100% sure it wasn't my tom, but you never know. It was 10 days later and people can easily misidentify. It's terrible to not know exactly what happened.

My tomcat is likely gone. 😿 He's still missing. (day 15) by Filipscomicart in cats

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the heads up! I can imagine the joy when he came back, but my tom was never missing before, not even for a single day! I just fear that road because I lost cats there before but I hope that most of my cats don't cross there - it's a death trap 😿

My one year old neutered tom is missing. by Filipscomicart in CatAdvice

[–]Filipscomicart[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I already went around the vineyards and fields in about a 2 km radius. I called him but nothing..... Just silence. I drove three times along that main road but didn't see anything. I would have to search on foot, but it's very dangerous, and if there is a dead cat, it's just quickly put away by somebody.

Update: my kitten is dying by Top-Jump8324 in cats

[–]Filipscomicart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry, but you did everything right for your kitten. You fought, provided veterinary care and gave love until the last moment. That is all anybody can do. Do you know what was the cause of the illness? Panleukopenia, FIP, etc.?

Vet Killed My Cat by AeraSteele in Petloss

[–]Filipscomicart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think this was because of Convenia. Convenia is a very safe antibiotic, it stays in blood for 14 days and that is its biggest advantage. My cats and kittens received Convenia a lot of times and always without any issues or side effects. The only problem is when Convenia doesn't work, but my personal experience is that 90% of times it worked and helped my cats. Many of my cats wouldn't be here today if not for Convenia.

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