Great news!!
Elderly tortoiseshell cat missing some teeth, picked up about 1/4 mile away a day after she got out seemed pretty likely, but it was still a relief to see her.
I am so glad!
When I saw three new posts to the thread in a relatively short time I hoped that was why.
Can you get the chip re-registered to you?
(I have got to say that while I probably would call the police if I had a breakin, that’s not who I would call if I realized that the break-inner was a cat. But it’s better, at least with a sensible police force, than just tossing her back out on the street.)
If you look up “animal control officer” on my town’s website, it says to call the police for lost and found pets. (There’s a non-emergency phone number. You’re not supposed to call 911.)
I found the cat by calling the police.
(This is the suburban police that you’re supposed to get by “defunding”. Our police do a lot more checking on old people who fall and lost pets than they do arresting suspicious people.)
Also, yeah, I’ll try to get the chip people to update their info. Since i don’t know the chip number, it might be hard.
Ah. That makes sense, then. We have a separate animal control officer and if you do call the police I think they usually refer you there.
I would also call the neighbors, area shelters, area veterinarians, and the local radio station. But I expect that in many places people aren’t going to know their neighbors’ phone numbers, and their radio stations may not do a call-in-your-miscellaneous show (lost and found, things for sale, etc.)
We have an animal control officer, but she only works a single full time shift, whereas the police answer the phone 24/7. They mostly bump stuff to her when she’s working. Her direct number and a photo of her are on the website, right below where it says to call the police.
The woman who runs the local shelter was our animal control officer until she retired from that.
The shelter will know the chip number or have a reader.
They will probably know how to get the cat reregistered too.
Congratulations with getting her back. Does she still try to get out?
Not yet this evening. 
I just stick a smart tag on their collar (not sure how well that would work in the suburbs, though—it relies on there being people around).
I’m so glad she’s back! After all that, she should be able to just shrug off a couple of kittens.
I’m so glad you were able to find her!!
Well I could use some advice on some behavioral issues that have just surfaced with Juno, the third cat. She has not wanted to interact or play with the boys (which is fine, especially as she’s only been here about 5-6 weeks) and I could tell she was uncomfortable because she won’t hardly purr or knead unless she knows the boys are locked out of the room.
Last weekend she started chasing Jax, and I was so excited that they might finally start playing together! Well… it turns out that she’s the only one doing the chasing. And then she started chasing Oliver until he ends up hissing under a chair (this is the first time he’s ever hissed at another cat). It’s escalating to where she’ll just randomly swat at them when they walk by.
I can’t figure out what’s triggering it. One of the boys will just be walking through the house and she’ll come running, often from a different room, to chase them. I don’t think she’s being territorial of me as I’m often not in the same area when it happens, and she doesn’t seem to be trying to run them away from particular locations.
Suggestions? I need to get this stopped before it starts having an effect on the boys’ behavior.
Whoops.
I think what she’s trying to do is to drive them out of the house. Young Tomcats, It’s Time To Leave Home! (Young tomcats, in cat colonies, very often do. Female kittens are often allowed to stay put.)
Only a) they can’t leave and b) you don’t want them to.
I don’t know whether this will settle down or not. – are they all neutered? if not, I’d get that done ASAP. If they are, maybe talk to a vet? I’ve never tried Feliway but some people say it works.
They are all neutered/spayed and already were before any of them met.
I talked with the lady at the rescue and she also suggested Feliway, so I just picked some up. She also suggested putting Juno in a separate room when I’m not there and after she’s chased someone to see if it decreases her stress level. She’s also going to try to find some other things to try.
She didn’t sound super optimistic and unfortunately it sounds like you aren’t either 
It may settle down as the young ones get older. And/or the Feliway may help. I wouldn’t give up yet.
Separating them while you’re not home is a good idea for now.
Do they sleep in your bedroom? If so, then if you’re going to shut anybody out of the bedroom, shut the young ones out for the night. There are two of them to keep each other company; and that may reassure Juno that her position is secure.
Things continue to escalate. She attacked (not chased) Jax last night and Oliver this morning. I’ve put her in the back bedroom and will keep her separated for at least a day or two
My most recently acquired cat is a 20 lb neutered male who full-out attacked the 3 resident felines whenever he could get access to them. I bought a large used roll-around cage and confined him to it when I couldn’t supervise him.
It took a little over 2 years but everyone seems to have declared a mutual truce. There is occasional trash-talking, but nothing physical. They all eat together and share the litter boxes. So hang in there, take it slow, and fingers crossed they will learn to coexist. 5he situation here was so bad at first I was afraid he would kill the other cats.
ETA: I installed Feliway dispensers all over the house and they seemed to have no effect at all on anyone’s behavior.
Best wishes. We’ve had good luck with feliway. i think it’s mostly good when a cat feels stressed and insecure.
Our last cat interaction was more positive. Three were in the same room with no overt aggression. Two of the four are now fixed. (the shelter has a lot of kittens, and juggles appointments. We just take the kittens in when they tell us to.) I think the other two are scheduled for next week, but these plans seem to change at the last minute, so I’ll know when i know. For now, it’s convenient, because there’s no pressure to adopt until they are all fixed, and my friends who want the other two are currently in Hawaii.
Amusing update. So… That’s what we thought. But when the shelter asked us to bring in two to be neutered, and the white one was sent back because it was a girl. So that kitten went to be spayed last week, and came back with a note that we were right, it was male after all. It was a vet who sexed the kitten both times.
I think this means the kitten is intersex, with some kind of ambiguous genitalia, and probably undescended testicles. But i feel less bad about “getting the sex wrong” and wasting people’s time by bringing in the wrong kittens.