JOY!

[sabotabby]

Marinetti has been found safe and sound. He's now home. He travelled a mindboggling distance that even I found difficult to walk. A woman out searching for her own cat found him, fed and watered him, and then called when she saw the posters.

Thanks everyone for your words of support. I didn't think I'd get a happy ending.

ETA: More details for those interested (or those who might one day find themselves in this horrible position):

• Marinetti walked at least 2.1 km (assuming he went in a straight line, which being a cat, he probably didn't), which is a 25-minute walk for an able-bodied human. This goes against all of the advice I'd heard, which is that indoor-only cats typically hide close by.

• He then ensconced himself on the lawn of a truly wonderful human being. She put him in the garage and gave him food, water, and a little bed.

• He was found because of the posters. This lady was going to put out posters herself, and then found mine. chickenfeet2003 and lemur_catta deserve a special commendation for making sure that there were posters everywhere.

• My neighbours are really nice.

• He seems okay now. I'm sure he's lost weight, not like he had much to lose, but he did eat at his rescuer's place and gobbled treats and apparently some food once he was back home. He seems kind of tired but was purring and jumping up to get tap water from the bathtub, which is his current favourite thing. He doesn't look drastically worse for the wear, or traumatized.

Comments

[joxn.livejournal.com]

o herrlicher tag o fröhliche zeit!

[mistersmearcase.livejournal.com]

O namenlose Freude!

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

Thank the cat gods! Hooray!

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

Unbelievable. That's wonderful.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Bast be praised!

[funnel101.livejournal.com]

This made my day. I'm so relieved and happy for you.

[rax.livejournal.com]

I am so glad for both of you.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

That is so great! I was catching up on LJ, saw your first post on Marinetti, and then scrolled ahead hoping you found him. Yay!

[corvus.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

[agatharuncible.livejournal.com]

I saw this on fb and replied there, but this is awesome and I'm glad he was found. I hope the woman who found him manages to find her own cat too.

[sabotabby]

She did. He's an indoor/outdoor, so she wasn't totally panicked, but anyway, all the cats are fine. And she got chocolate and wine.

[ironed_orchid]

Happy endings for everyone!

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Chocolate and wine are most appropriate.

[smartasskicker.livejournal.com]

Happy news!

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

Oh thank goodness!

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

YAY! *does the Snoopy dance*

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

[carose59.livejournal.com]

All I can say is: YAAAAAY!!!!!!!

[gansje.livejournal.com]

Hooray! And bad cat for scaring you!

[khalinche.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a relief! I'm glad you have your boy back.

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful smile on my heart. I'm so glad he's safe and sound. I hope you get plenty of wonderful snuggles all day with him :)

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

That's amazing!!!! :)

[umadoshi.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank goodness. I can hardly wrap my head around how relieved you must be. I am so, so glad he's okay and home again.

[fengi.livejournal.com]

Hooray! That's awesome.

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

YES!!! I am so pleased to hear this!!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I'm SO glad he's okay!

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Yes! I'm so happy for you! :D

[fluffworld.livejournal.com]

Yay for finding the Intrepid Exploring Cat and a yay for lovely neighbours and people who care for animals that get lost.

[whatifoundthere.livejournal.com]

Two kilometres! On those little legs! I'm so glad he's home.

[sandoz-iscariot.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's so good to hear.

[ironed_orchid]

This is the BEST NEWS!

I am so happy he's safe and home.

(Like you, I was preparing for the worst)

I remember a study about cats who were tagged and allowed to roam, and there was a tom cat who did a 10km circuit to put his smell on everything, snarl at any other males in what he considered his territory, and impregnated and females he met. (He kinda reminded me of Greebo from the discworld books).

SO PLEASED HE IS HOME.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Aww yay, I'm glad D

[lienne.livejournal.com]

YAY

*hug*

[frilled-shark.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hoo!!

[hano.livejournal.com]

Awesome news, I'm so pleased you got him back. I can only imagine what it feels like, thankfully our cats have never done anything like that and hopefully never will.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I am very glad he's safe.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

What a relief!! YAY!

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm so glad you got him back!

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I am truly glad to here Marinetti is back!

But... OMG adventure cat is adventurous. Incredible Journey, you got nothing.

[sugarmommaless.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

[numb3r-5ev3n.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your kitty was found!

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

SO GLAD! I'm not reading LJ now due to lack of time & abundance of exhaustion, but I checked back to see. Even old cats have more going on than we sometimes credit them with. Glad I did post hopeful words, then!