Lost Cat Survives 1 Month Trapped in Shed
Two-year-old Misty has been reunited with her owner after spending four weeks locked in a shed. She may have survived by eating mice and licking the condensation off the windows, according to Animal Search UK, which assisted in the search.
Owner Corinne Regan, of Peebles, Scotland, said she’d given up hope of ever finding Misty. Fortunately, a neighbor who had seen posters of the missing cat spotted her in a shed and contacted the owner.
Misty lost about a kilogram in weight, but otherwise seemed to be unharmed by her adventure.
Tom Watkins, the founder of Animal Search UK and a 15-year veteran in the missing pet biz, said it was the longest time he’d known a cat to have survived being trapped like that. Mike Flynn of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it wasn’t unusual for cats to get trapped in garages or sheds like Misty did. “Cats are naturally inquisitive and often like to shelter in warm places,” he said. “We’re delighted to hear that Misty is okay.”
This story hit very close to home. My middle-aged meezer, Mao, has been trapped in garages before. The last time this happened, it was over a long holiday weekend, and we couldn’t get into the garage in which he was trapped. I’m lucky the neighbors didn’t call the police, because I tried every way imaginable to break into the garage… all the while, Mao was braying like a donkey. We were able to get into the garage the following day when the owners returned home.
This story also serves as a reminder not to give up hope! Certainly, our Ozzie Catster friend, Mr. D (who returned home recently after a six-month walkabout) can testify that you should always keep hope alive!
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Cats and Kitties sure like to explore places. Owners have to be very careful about where the cat goes. Sometimes it’s so hard as them cats have been known to be a little sneaky and escape to explore without anyone knowing. We love the columns and they offer all of us useful information and a little humor too! Bosco.
Chase has a propensity for getting himself into spots like that. He’s spent the night in the toy closet, the clothes closet, even a ceiling in our “shack in the woods”.
I commend you for not breaking into the garage because if it were me my Lap Lady couldn’t have held back.
mao … a “middle aged meezer?”
i dunno.
he mite be a bit disturbed bi dis descripshun.
yerz–jh
That’s amazing that Misty survived so long. I’m so glad she’s okay. When my sister Chloe was still an outdoor kitty, she got locked in our neighbors garage over a weekend. Fortunately, Mommy saw he sticking her paw out under a gap at the bottom of the garage door. The gap under the door allowed mommy to slide saucers of water and food under the door for Chloe until the neighbors came home.
I’m still laffin ofur the “braying like a donkey” line.
I stay in the house. And Mommy always takes kitty cat inventorry before she goes to sleep jes in case we’re somewhare we are not supposed to be. I’ve been lockt in Daddy’s stoodio overnite a kupple times and it’s not fun at all!
Good for Misty! Great survival instincts!!!!!
Wow, good fur Misty! Don’t furget how Luna escaped frum her vet in Spain an was found 6 weeks later eatin garbage frum dumpsters. And Knightly, Lizzie, and Firenze spent 3 weeks alone at home when der was a misunderstandin wif the petsitter!
Does Mao know you compared him to a donkey? Better sleep wif one eye open.
Diz iz just wun more reeson for keeping kitties inside.
BBBT hoo lives inside and spends wunnerful time on da beddie, da cat beds, da (carpetid– MOL!!) Boocaissiz, and da (Toatally Fenced-In) balkonie.