Tiss was missing

So we had an interesting month. Four weeks and one day ago, Tiss didn't come home. Nothing usual, a night away every once in a while was fine and we didn't worry. Three...four days later, I was worried and knew she was "gone". I called the animal shelter to ask if they had an orange female cat come in from Highland and they told me no, but to come in a look if I wanted to make sure. I knew they say that (remember, I was in almost daily trying to find Bob and Chuggles) but with one car and no conformation of a cat describing Tiss, I decided to give it some time. Almost three weeks to the DAY, I had the car for the first time in months and decided to "just go see". I walked in and saw TISS in the front window up for adoption. I knew it was her and my heart started pounding when I went into check. The lady came in to tell me that she was a "male". No, she wasn't, I knew it was her, so I wanted proof. She brought out the paper and sure enough, they had "male" on the paper but SHE was picked up on our street the DAY she went missing...THREE WEEKS ago! I assured her that this was my cat and sure enough, she peeked and this "male" was in fact a female. I went out and was told the boarding fee was $22 a day...this is were I got irritated. So because you mess up, I have to pay nearly $300 to get my cat out and then later Alan pointed out to me that I could have went in and adopted her for LESS! Ya, I was pretty upset about it. When I talked to the girl and tried to explain, she looked and talked to me like I was an idiot. I already HATE doing things like that...trying to have them take money off my bill was very nerve racking for me to start with. So I didn't push anymore, but I think they are wrong! She told me that some female cats can be mistaken as males that have been fixed. Well thanks for that info NOW, two weeks after I called and you said nothing like that! If, when I called, they would have said "no female cats, but we did get a male from Highland and some times the females can be mistaken as males" I would have verified the address and MADE a way to get there! ugh. so annoying!

ANYWAYS....! We were all pretty sad that Tiss was gone for three weeks. None of us really took the time to think about it in depth because the thought of losing yet another cat we had come to love was just too much for us and life has been stressful enough with out that thought. We were so very happy to have her back and she settled back in very quickly! Otto didn't know who she was at first. She smelled like other cats and he growled at her and it took him almost a full day to approach her and give her loving licks again!

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