Daisy's Grand
    Adventure

(otherwise known as Daisy's owner's 30-hour ordeal)


Daisy recently took a dive thru a back-door screen, in pursuit of a lizard crawling on the other side of the screen. Unfortunately, once she found herself outside, it being 11:00 at night and pitch black and Daisy understandably confused, she became lost and couldn’t find her way about. Her owner/guardian discovered this mishap almost immediately but did not know which direction Daisy had fled to. After much calling and looking around the neighborhood, the hunt was given up for the night.

Next morning, inquiries, posters, etc were initiated but still, all day long, Daisy could not be found. Around dusk, Daisy’s guardian noticed a group of birds flying back and forth over a particular patch of nearby shrubs and trees, screeching and scolding constantly. Remembering years back when birds had screeched at and dive-bombed her outdoor cats, it seemed a likely possibility that that might be the case here. Upon investigation, sure enough – there was Daisy – hiding out in one of the trees. Though surely hungry and thirsty, she was too frightened to be coaxed down so a nearby neighbor kindly climbed a ladder and pried her loose from the tree. This, however, is still not the end of the story.

Being thoroughly terrified by this strange man wrenching her from her safe place, she managed to liberate herself and once again tear off down the street. After more hours of looking and coaxing and calling, the hunt had to once more be called off.

Food and water were placed at the door she had jumped from and hourly checking and calling continued. Finally, at 4:00am, it was noticed that the food had disappeared – but still no Daisy. A little while later, a faint “meow” and pawing at a window was heard and –halleluiah – there was Daisy trying to climb back in. Her guardian grabbed her and pulled her in and it’s not certain who was the happiest – Daisy or the guardian.

All that day, between naps, Daisy followed her guardian around, rubbing on her legs and purring and “promising not to do that again.”

Daisy would like other cat owner/guardians to keep in mind a couple of things about lost cats. Firstly – screeching, angry birds often signal a cat nearby – birds hate cats. Secondly – leaving food and water by the door/window they exited from may entice a return to that spot. Thirdly – a newly suggested technique is to leave their litter box close by the door/window they exited from.



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