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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
Have done the tuna, no interest. I still have Strider in his harness waiting for the call
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kk:
One note--if it's DRY out, very dry, make sure you do this (yes: it sounds stupid, but...) grab lumps of used litter from their box(es). Preferably pee, which is stinkier. Put it inside a stocking (nylon). Drag it from where she is to your door. Make sure that you create multiple trails around the house, to ensure that it ALWAYS leads back to your door(s).
Yes, I know that this sounds utterly cracked, but in extremely dry weather, cats (who get home by following their own scent trails, from their own paws) can lose their trails, because it dries too fast. This is very true in the desert, where we are. I once had a Himmy get out, and promptly get lost, going to a near-identical house almost a mile away, but he was a scaredy-cat, and wouldn't come to me when I walked the streets at night, looking for him. He'd run from me, like anyone else.
Upon learnign about the scent-tracking, I drug stinky old nylons full of hardened pee (and other) balls made with their clumping litter around the neighborhood, for days. Finally, after he'd been gone nearly 10 days, after 3x of dragging the stinky nylons, that doofus found his way home. I firmly believe that my "scent marking" trails helped him.
Now, I don't know if Arwen will come direct to the door when she's had enough naughty, or go off exploring, but if she does the latter, this method really DOES work, if it's dry out. (
if it's moist where you are, which is what I *think* it is, then this is moot). Obviously, if she's in the yard, and can see the door, and won't go walkabout, this has all made me sound nuttier than a fruitcake for nothing, but if she DOES, this is something that's helpful. And if you're like me, with indoor cats and boxes, then you have a "poop bucket" out in the garage, from the 2x-day box cleaning, that you fill with the daily cleanings, then toss 1x a week or so that you could use for this purpose.
Hope she's back already, and I'm writing this for naught!! And not a snarky word from the rest of you: this is one of those things that sounds like sheer lunacy, but isn't.
Hitch