# We got my cat back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913 "2012-12-23T10:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/21 "2012-12-24T02:58:08Z")
Hurry!!! I just happen to have some free time now. Want me to let the air out of your neighbor’s tires? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/22 "2012-12-24T04:25:13Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Around three weeks ago my cat\* Nimitz\* disappeared, as noted in [this Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674732). > > Last night at 10pm I got a cryptic email from one of the message boards that I posted his details on: “We have your cat phone ########”. > > This morning we rang them and got their location; a farm about 25km south of here! > About an hour later our wayward boy was back with his family. Tired, thin and lots of fleas but safe and well. > > The vet check came back OK - except for his heart - the vet couldn’t hear that because Nimitz was purring so loudly. 😃 > > It’s almost certain our neighbour took him out and dumped him :mad: At our street Xmas party last night two of our other neighbours were pretty annoyed at the situation and were going to have a ‘chat’ with the guy in question to ensure it doesn’t happen again. > > Either way Nimitz is going to be a house cat for a while. > > A great way to start the Xmas break. 🙂 Very glad your kitty is home safe. Got pictures? 🙂 Now we need to find out for sure if it was nasty neighbor, and if so, what vengeance would be suitable. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/23 "2012-12-24T04:45:09Z")
Yay for kitty! Boo for bad neighbour. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/24 "2012-12-24T05:48:36Z")
Maybe Nimitz ought to be called MacArthur, because…_he has returned!_ 😃 Must be about the best Xmas present you all could want. ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/25 "2012-12-24T07:23:26Z")
Huzzah! I’m so glad he’s back. 🙂 Let us know what wrath rains down upon the neighbor… ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/26 "2012-12-24T15:20:05Z")
Hooray! Hug that kitty hard! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/27 "2012-12-24T16:28:15Z")
\*\* scritches for wayward boy \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/28 "2012-12-24T17:16:38Z")
🙂 He’s done nothing but eat, sleep & get lots of pats since he got home (OK, not that different from his normal life, just more focused). I don’t think the experience has changed him too much, he seems content to stay inside and calls a lot more so we know he’s around. The other cats appear to have accepted his return OK. As for the neighbour we are trying to have as little contact as possible. Two weeks ago the police were at their house for a domestic dispute, apparently he was throwing knives at his brother :eek: Some issues there. Luckily one of the other guys in the street owns and runs his own security business and is keeping an eye on things. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/29 "2012-12-25T17:31:09Z")
Oh Yaaaaay! This makes my day. When my boxer ran off for three days, all we did was search and cry. It was horrible. Our reunion with him was worth of an Oprah episode. And like your kitty, all he did for days was eat and sleep and drink lots and LOTS of water. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/30 "2012-12-26T02:11:57Z")
Yay!! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913/31 "2012-12-27T22:25:08Z")
I’m so happy you got your kitty back! Congratulations! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-my-cat-back/644913.md?page=1)