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[Aunty e]

My mum had one of our maus last year, to replace her blue point siamese which got outside and never came back. Ziva was used to going outside with her mum and dad when she lived with us, but is an indoor cat at my mums as there's a really busy road behind the house. She's managed to climb out of a window in the conservatory and get out and hasn't come home. She's waiting to be speyed (vet won't do it while she's in season, and she's been in season permanently since she hit four months old) so she could have run off to find a tom to molest.

 

She's a smoke egyptian mau, so very dark grey with black spots and a white undercoat. They're tiny wee cats, and she looks like a kitten, even though she's nine months old. Some people might mistake her for a bengal as she's a spotty cat. She's very talky.

 

Mum is putting up posters and going out calling for her, and will post an ad and a reward in the paper, but is obviously devastated. We're trying all the rescue centres, but she's a really lovely looking cat and I worry that someone will just keep her

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[Seagazer]

Oh I hope she gets found soon. I would think if she's still in season she's probably found some old moggie somewhere

[chickencam]

Best of luck in finding her, it is horrible when a beloved pet goes missing.

[Patricia W]

Any news?

 

Tricia

[Aunty e]

Nope Mum's just gone to look at a cat hanging round the chippy, but she says it doesn't soound like Ziva. Still, at least people are calling. I'd never have known what happened to Evie (thanks to the **** council) if a couple of people hadn't rung me up to say they'd seen her at the side of the road.

[Becka]

Still no news?

[Aunty e]

No It was a little brown tabby not Ziva. Still hopeful she's just inveigled her way into someone's house.

[Aunty e]

Mum looked out the window of the conservatory, and there she was! I expect she's pregnant mind you, but at least she's home She's a little scruffy, but no scratches or anything. HURRAH!!!

 

So worried it was going to be like last time, and we would never know what happened to her.

[Jules.]

Yay!

[Chucky Mama]

Phew, that is really great news.

[Olly]

Hurrah - so pleased to hear that!

[Seagazer]

Fantastic news what a relief.

[Becka]

What a relief!

[Chickvic]

Good news!

[cathybc]

brill news!

[Lewis]

Great news

[Plum]

Good news, what a relief. And there'll be lots more little kittens to lose

[Aunty e]

 

Lots of naughty kittens if they're anything like their mummy, grandma and grandpa! All of Nero and Saffy's offspring are total menaces, which is odd, because they were both very easy kittens, not like our serengeti who is a nightmare STILL at over a year old.

[chickencam]

Yay a happy ending

[Aunty e]

Goodness! Just spoke to my mum, wondered why she hadn't called me for a couple of days. Turns out she treated Ziva and Dilly (who used to live with us) for fleas on Saturday night with the spot on stuff. Sunday morning she realised she had used the rabbit treatment and had to rush them both to the emergency vet. She didn't call me until the vet said that they would survive, but it's been an extremely upsetting and expensive weekend for her, so do be careful with your flea treatments! We only have cat frontline in the house thankfully.

[chickencam]

What effect did it have on them?

 

We used the feline version on ours last year and Scamp had a severe reaction to it and started scratching her fur out. she had a huge hole in her neck. The vet was great and reported the reaction and all costs were covered by the company that makes it.

[Aunty e]

Thankfully no seizures, but trembling, vomiting, collapse and refusal to eat as well as sore patches where it went on. They were sedated and rehydrated at the vets, who thought they might lose Dilly (who is a runt and in precarious health anyway), but once you stabilise poisoned pets, they tend to recover quickly, so they're both at home now. Ziva is insured, but Dilly isn't as she has SO many longstanding issues.

 

It was my Mum's fault for using the wrong treatment on them really, and she feels terrible