Going On 4 Days Missing..., I am heart broken Options

[alleria31]

My wonderful cat 'Bubba' got out of my home on Sunday evening July 22nd sometime between 9:10pm and 10:20pm. My other cat Bella also got out, but I recovered her about 5 hours later. Here we are coming on 4 days missing and no sign of my sweet baby boy. I am beside myself with guilt and grief. I feel like a horrible person for this happening in the first place.

What happened was, the place I am currently living has no dryer vent. So the dryer hose is stuck out the window of the laundry room while the dyer is running. The laundry room door is always kept shut whenever the window is open. I am so paranoid about the cats getting lose that I even keep the winter storm window in all year around so I remove it and replace it each time I am doing laundry. Well, Sunday night on my last load of laundry either I did not get the door completely shut or somehow Bubba managed to get it open. Their little box was sitting in front of the door so he could have easily stood on top of the lid. I don't know what exactly happened and at this point it really does matter.

I have looked everywhere I can think of. Posted an ad in the local paper, on Craigslist, gave flyers to the neighbors and hung them around my neighborhood. Offering a reward for his safe return. I have looked every single day after work and on my lunch hour if it allows. I have slept in the laundry room for the last 3 nights with the window cracked enough to hear any movement outside.

The last two nights the wet cat food I had set out was gone early in the evening, during the brief time I actually did fall asleep. Then the last three nights at 4am I hear the glass bowls moving around on the cement and my heart fills with hope only to have me peak out the window and see a possum happily eating the food. So my plan B for tonight is to find myself an observation point and stay away and observe the food bowls no matter how bad my body is fighting me for sleep.

The worst part of this whole situation is we are moving!! I can't even think about that right now, I don't even want to talk about it. I can't just move and leave him behind of there is a possibility he is still out there waiting to come back to his loving family.

Tonight I have an appointment with Hilary Reniassance as I have seen a few others on this board have used her services with success. I am excited and this gives me hope that perhaps tonight will be the night and my baby will be home and I can continue on with our moving excitement. Right now I am cringing every time someone I work with brings it up.

I just want my baby home, and at this point I would give anything.

[moon_beam]

Hi, alleria, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing. I am so sorry that your landlady was not able to give you more encouraging news about Bubba. For whatever my advice may be regarding your question "How long is too long to keep paying to have an ad in the paper? I almost can't bring myself to pull it tho" - - I would encourage you to continue the ad for as long as you feel comfortable running it. Of course this depends on how expensive the advertisement is and your financial abilities at this time. Simply put, I encourage you to follow your heart - - you can't go wrong doing that.

Missing your precious Bubba does not diminish the love you share with your precious Bella, Abby, and Leo. Bubba is a very important part of your life - - and he will ALWAYS be a part of you. So please let me try to reassure you that what you are feeling is very normal "Little Leo is doing well, and his personality is starting to shine. I love him, Bella, and Abby so much but there is still a missing piece there. I honestly, would pretty much give anything to know exactly what happened to Bubba."

Alleria, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing, and sharing your precious Bubba with us. I hope today is treating you, your precious companions, and all of your family kindly. Please know you and your precious Bubba are in my thoughts and prayers, and please let us know how you're doing.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

[alleria31]

Hi, alleria, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing. I am so sorry that your landlady was not able to give you more encouraging news about Bubba. For whatever my advice may be regarding your question "How long is too long to keep paying to have an ad in the paper? I almost can't bring myself to pull it tho" - - I would encourage you to continue the ad for as long as you feel comfortable running it. Of course this depends on how expensive the advertisement is and your financial abilities at this time. Simply put, I encourage you to follow your heart - - you can't go wrong doing that.

Missing your precious Bubba does not diminish the love you share with your precious Bella, Abby, and Leo. Bubba is a very important part of your life - - and he will ALWAYS be a part of you. So please let me try to reassure you that what you are feeling is very normal "Little Leo is doing well, and his personality is starting to shine. I love him, Bella, and Abby so much but there is still a missing piece there. I honestly, would pretty much give anything to know exactly what happened to Bubba."

Alleria, thank you so much for sharing with us how you're doing, and sharing your precious Bubba with us. I hope today is treating you, your precious companions, and all of your family kindly. Please know you and your precious Bubba are in my thoughts and prayers, and please let us know how you're doing.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam

Thank you for your reply. The ad ran out yesterday, and my dad suggested maybe leaving it out a week and then sitting down and re-wording it. Being more descriptive about the location because I had put our street name in the ad, but he said someone might not know exactly where it is which is true. I think I will re-write the ad this week and put it in again for a couple more weeks and see if anything turns up. I get at least 1 call a week from it, obviously they are just dead leads. At least people are seeing it though. I am going to put more thought into what I want it to say since I kind of wrote it up when I was frantic and he had been just missing for a couple of days. I scribbled down whatever came to mind. Hopefully a new fresh wording will attract some attention.