02/26/2025
FOUND after 36 days - despite a pack of coyotes howling the night he went missing. South Michigan farm area with freezing weather, heavy snow, and zero sightings for weeks.
Another happy reunion thanks to help from the Lost Cat Finder and owner never assuming the worst. Here's the happy news from Lori.
HE’S HOME!! Poor baby is skin and bones and very agitated, but he’s home safe after 36 days!!!
Here’s a photo of us. He was crying non-stop and upset if I’m out of his sight too long.
He does not like that I’m rationing his food per your booklet instructions on feeding a cat that has been starving. He was under 5 pounds when found.
Your idea that he was afraid to cross the coyote zone makes perfect sense. And the garage where he was hiding is the exact direction I heard the coyotes howling the night he went missing. Neighbors said he’d been in their garage at least 3 weeks.
He doesn’t have any injuries that I could see (beyond being very thin) His claws are all intact. I didn’t check the pads of his feet, but I will when he next wakes up.
Kim, Thank you for your guidance, advice, and steady encouragement throughout this stressful journey!
Lori
Date missing: 12/26/2024
Approx. time 5-6pm
Nothing unusual on day missing, but I did hear coyotes howling close by that night when I went to the barn.
I live on a 10 acre hobby farm in a wooded area of the countryside and winter weather of SE Michigan on top of it. ... it’s been almost 4 weeks and the temps have been in single digits and/or below zero the past several days.
This morning there were fresh cat prints at the location I’d been focusing on. So today I moved the camera over to focus on the original location, after smoothing over the tracks. Photos of all the prints I saw yesterday- critter central.
I felt a lot more hopeful after talking with you last night and seeing all of the fresh cat prints today!
Thank you, LostCatFinder.com
