I should call this post “Not so much fun with Animals.”
Yesterday Buzzy went missing. I didn’t notice it at first because sometimes he finds a quiet place to catch a nap and he stays there for a long time. It wasn’t until about 4-5 hours later that I noticed that I hadn’t seen him in a while. After a good nap he usually comes looking for me wanting food and/or pets. But he hadn’t shown up.
I started looking for him all over the house, checking each room and calling out to him, looking behind furniture, hidden corners and other places. There are a few rooms where I keep the doors closed in order to keep pets out and I checked those rooms too. I had the door open for one of the closed-door rooms earlier in the day so I checked that room several times, looking under things, behind things, in closets, everywhere, always calling out to him. Nothing. It was now late in the afternoon and starting to get dark.
Then the neighbor’s cat Cricket showed up at my back door, wanting in for a snack. Cricket is Buzzy’s best friend and Buzzy always comes out to greet him. No Buzzy this time. I was beginning to wonder if Buzzy had somehow pushed the storm door open and gotten out. He sometimes pushes inside doors open so that was plausible. Cricket finished his snack and I let him out, and then I went around the neighborhood looking for Buzzy but still couldn’t find him.
I really starting to get worried now and began texting neighbors and checking community boards for lost & found pets. About this time, Cricket wanted back in. He wandered around the house trilling and ended up in front of one of the closed doors acting like he wanted in, something he never does. I opened the door hoping to find Buzzy but he wasn’t there. A short time later Cricket was standing in front of that same door so I opened it again.
Buzzy!!! was standing there and he trotted out like nothing was wrong. I gave him a great big hug and some food.
Part of the problem is that Buzzy is silent. He doesn’t meow. (My sister has a cat that doesn’t meow either). When Buzzy was stuck behind the closed door, he couldn’t call out to me or respond when I called for him. It was his bestie Cricket who helped me find Buzzy. Cricket could hear cat noises that I couldn’t hear and was trilling to Buzzy. And maybe he maybe smell him behind the door. He knew where Buzzy was and that I was looking for him.
All told, Buzzy was missing for about 12 hours. He was now back safe and sound and slept by my side last night.
Here ends the Mystery of the Missing Cat. 
