Mulder Watch: S.O.L.

( Long story short, someone saw him run into our yard, but we couldn't find or catch him. )

When I finally dragged in and went back to bed, Gytha jumped on me and started purring and kneading; she hadn't even tried to get out while I was talking to H. Could Mulder have gone so wild in just two weeks that he won't even respond to us?

Exhausted now. I guess it's a good thing they had enough volunteers and I don't need to stand a shift at the clinic.

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MULDER IS HOME!!!!!!!

Am on hold w/vet re: exam & microchip right now. He seems dirty but otherwise okay, although we're segregating him from the other cats for a while just in case.

Mulder: All's Well That Ends Well

51 comments! I'll read them when I have some food in me; I've spent this entire whirlwind day on chai and a bagel 7 hours ago and a doughnut 1 hour ago, plus about 5 hours sleep. Exhausted *and* starved - I'm worse off than Mulder!

We have H and J to thank. I'd just propped open the door to the garage and every now and then stuck my head in and called. M, buoyed by the thought that he was in our back yard last night, stood in the garage shaking a treat can and calling him. After two minutes she was giving up...

... and she heard a sound. He came out from under a shelf that she had looked under several times; for all we know, he was hiding the whole time there last night, shoved too far back for the light to catch and too scared to cry out.

She works weekends, so she threw him in the bathroom and called me; I was literally outside redpanda13's door so we could do a flyer run to various vets. Because I was exhausted and wobbly and *now* incoherent from shock and relief, redpanda13, blessings upon her, drove me back to the house and we got him to the vet.

He had a tick and a clean, healing scratch under one eye. Other than that, he has been preventativly dosed with worm medicine and flea powder, plus microchipped. Other than needing a wipedown and a week's quarantine (we want to make sure he hasn't picked up any viruses and he grasps the concept of a litter box again), he seems to be fine. Not even dehydrated, nor does he seem particularly underfed.

redpanda13 and I have been holding and petting him; it doesn't take long before he calms down and starts purring in ecstasy. He has missed civilization, I think. However, our quiet boy has learned to use his vocal cords - when he's locked in there alone, he has quite a meow! Gytha has been sitting in the hall looking at the bathroom door, wide-eyed. Can't tell if she missed him or she's dreading his chasing her around again.

M and I concur: although H's parents assured us they were happy to help and no reward was necessary, we will insist on giving it to H, to keep or donate as she pleases. If she hadn't told us he was seen, I wouldn't have kept the garage propped open and M wouldn't have gone in there and called and called.

I've taken the flyer down from the fire hall; the others at the town hall & police station need to come down during business hours. I've also written "We found the cat!" and posted it on the front door for the mailman to see. M wants to print "we found him, thank you for your support" on the back of other flyers and put them up by the school et al.

But I'm keeping a couple. Mulder and Gytha do so love to play with crumpled paper...