# One of my cats is missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290 "2009-11-12T06:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290/21 "2009-11-12T22:19:38Z")
Bad Declan! Glad he’s back. What’s up with cats returning from the AWOL to a hostile house, full of hissing kitties? My dogs would be overjoyed at seeing each other again. Cats are so odd. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290/22 "2009-11-12T23:00:09Z")
Bad Declan! Bad! Bad! Don’t you EVER do that again and worry poor **Brynda.** But I’m SO happy you’re back! Smooch, smooch, rubby rubby, head butt, pet pet pet. Seriously **Brynda,** I hope he’s learned that **T** here’s **N** o **P** lace **L** ike **H** ome. My mom’s cat is \*always \*itching to get out the door. Front or back, it doesn’t matter. She made it one day & was missing for a week. We cased the neighborhood, put out flyers with glossy pictures, spoke with the neighbors, etc. A coyote had been spotted locally, and our greatest fear was that YumYum had become part of the food chain. It didn’t help when local kids caught on to her name & suggested that she was probably a furry, tasty morsel for a coyote. Anyway, she turned up exactly a week later, slightly thinner and dirtier. We guessed that she’d got herself trapped in somebody’s garage while they were away. She \*still \*tries to get out, but one press of the car alarm scares her away from the back door, and we keep her isolated from the front door. Welcome home, Declan! Relax a bit, Brynda! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290/23 "2009-11-13T02:09:37Z")
Dec seems a little spacey from the pain meds, but otherwise good. He purrs and seems happy to see me and to be home. Thanks, everyone, for all the good ideas and good wishes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290/24 "2009-11-13T07:03:11Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Bad Declan! Glad he’s back. > > What’s up with cats returning from the AWOL to a hostile house, full of hissing kitties? My dogs would be overjoyed at seeing each other again. > > Cats are so odd. The returning animal smells of wherever he’s been, and it’s usually a smell the others aren’t used to. I’ve had the same reaction when one of them returns from the vet . . . also, when my mother returned from the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290/25 "2009-11-13T07:10:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The returning animal smells of wherever he’s been, and it’s usually a smell the others aren’t used to. I’ve had the same reaction when one of them returns from the vet . . . also, when my mother returned from the hospital. You growled and hissed and spat at your own _mother_? After she’d been in the _hospital_?!? Dang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-cats-is-missing/517290.md?page=1)