STILL MISSING
Eekamouse Plum is a silver/gray, 12lbs, neutered, tabby with a clipped ear. He was last seen on Hidden Cove NE. He is an indoor cat who has some outside privileges on a harness or in our big berry cage. In other words, he’s sniffed freedom and has some sense of danger.
He was last seen wearing a collar with sunflowers (orange and green) with silver tag.
Help us find Eeky
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You’ve probably noticed our missing cat signs. Our funny, snuggly, love bomb of a cat escaped sometime during the night on August 3. One minute, both of our cats were inside and ready for bed, and by morning, Eekamouse Plum was missing.
We’ll use this page to keep our search up-to-date, post photos of him that give you better sense of what he looks like than the flyers and signs, and share insights that we’ve learned about displaced cats.
Thank YOU to everyone who has called with a cat sighting, let us set traps on your property or just sent us some love - we appreciate it beyond measure!
Sending you so many slow blinks and purrs, Sarah & Mark.
Eek with his brother, Squash. If we only have one, they don’t match the blanket nearly as well.
What we’ve learned about displaced cats
We thought we’d share some of what we’ve learned about displaced cats with you.
But, coyotes: While possible, it is statistically and scientifically unlikely that a 3-year-old healthy cat with claws was coyote prey in the summer. In part, because he’s harder to catch and less delicious than bunnies but also because we would notice a shift in the behavior of other neighborhood cats and as far as we can tell, they all seem happy.
Feral instincts for the win: Once cats are outside for a few days, their little brains revert to feral as a survival instinct. This means that everything about how Eek might act when we’re around goes out the window. He likely won’t come to our calls or anything that would usually bring him toward us. He may even run from us.
Community care will get us there: The most likely way that we will find him is if a neighbor sees him, we provide food for a few days, and then we trap him (or he comes home like nothing happened because cats are jerks!)
Hide and seek: Cats can go into a period of deep hiding - almost like hibernation - if they’re scared and stressed. They do this as a way to recover their nerves. He could have been sleeping under someone’s deck recovering for up to 14 days… but at some point, he’ll need a snack.
Keeping on with the search: With sustained effort most cats are found but it could take weeks, months, or even a year or more.
Sad stats: For all cat pets that are turned back into shelters, only 10% or less are picked up by their owners because owners give up before the cat reveals itself. The grief is exhausting (we can attest to this) and/or they believe that cats can’t be out on their own without becoming a coyote snack.