tmegadeathJun 30, 2023
Mark McCaughrean

If you’d asked me just twelve hours ago whether I hoped to be able to post a picture for #Caturday, I would have said “no”.

I would have said I’d given up all hope of #Tigger coming home after 26 days away 😿

And I would have been wrong 😱

As it is, I’m just amazed & grateful that he returned shortly after midnight last night. Very skinny, but otherwise seemingly well & very loud 😺🥰

Thank you to everyone who kept hoping 🙇‍♂️🙂👍

#CatsOfMastodon

Jun 17, 2023 at 9:50amMetatext
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023

Thanks to everyone for all the kind words about Tigger’s return – it’s very heartwarming & good to know how much people care.

He has been sleeping & eating today, & seems a little weak still. But we’re out in the garden for the first time & he’s patrolling (at the end only his leash!) all the usual places.

Plus it’s raining for the first time in a month too.

Coincidence? I think not 🙂

Show threadAleemaJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean omg - away from the keyboard for a few days and reading that is SO SWEET. I am so glad for you 💜
Show threadredplanet00Jun 24, 2023
@markmccaughrean Great to hear he’s back ! 👍
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 24, 2023
@redplanet00 Thanks, Fred – he really put us through the wringer, but we’re very grateful he’s back & seemingly no worse for the wear, at least once he’s regained his full weight again.
Show threadredplanet00Jun 24, 2023
@markmccaughrean after having been missing for 4 weeks it must have been an immense and overwhelming sense of relief to get him back. Good to see some down to earth happy event in these frequently dark times.
Show threadMichaelJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean I am so glad your little furbaby came home. Please give him a little chin scritch from me.
Show threadCatmama 🐈Jun 17, 2023

@markmccaughrean

That is amazing. I'm so happy for both of you 😻

Show threadIza Running AgainJun 17, 2023

@markmccaughrean

26 days oh my goodness! Glad he made it home.

Show threadNyr 🖖🏻Jun 17, 2023
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Show threadSparklepantsJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean ❤️
Show threadSamJun 17, 2023

@markmccaughrean

Woo Hoo!!!

Best news I've heard in a while and I'm so happy for you and Tigger!

And Tigger, I hope you've learned your lesson! There's no place like home.

Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@friz Thank you – that’s very kind. We’re coming to the conclusion that he must’ve been trapped in someone’s house somewhere, rather than having forsaken us for adventure. At least for now, he seems happy to be home & is eating & sleeping it all off.
Show threadDavid HonessJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean Wow, amazing! Do you think he got trapped somewhere? Does he have any injuries?
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@davespice He seems perfectly healthy apart from the obvious significant weight loss. He’s very clean as well, which perhaps suggests he didn’t spend the month outdoors. So being trapped in a house with water (via a loo) but no food seems likely. Perhaps people were away on holiday & returned late last night.
Show threadTillJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean @davespice I would guess a basement with mice or rats. 26 days without food sounds unlikely. But cats can actually get a lot of liquid from the blood of animals they catch.
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@till @davespice Indeed – most websites say cats can go a fortnight without food, but … 🤷‍♂️🙂
Show threadJoe Muscara/Joe StoneJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean this is so great. It sucks though that he’ll never tell you (clearly, anyway) where he’s been. We have a cat who showed up one day with a broken leg. He still hasn’t told us what happened. I guess we’ll never know for sure
Show threadDFDF   ❄️Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean ❤️❤️❤️
Show threadAlexandra WitzeJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean best news ever!
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@alexwitze Thanks, Alex – such a massive relief & as skinny as he is, it’s right up there at the plus five sigma end of possible outcomes 🙂 He’s eating & sleeping, & seems like he may be on his way to forgiving us for what happened to him 🤪😺
Show threadCharlotte WalkerJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean @Mrfunkedude Oh that’s wonderful!
Show threadGailV37Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean
Wow wow wow this is wonderful! What a lovely caturday picture this is!
Show threadGorobarJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean happy endings 😻
Show threadAntonius Marie ⚧Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean that's a kitteh that deserves all the treats and as much cuddles as he wants!
Show threadCatherine is not complacentJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean such good news, I hope you gave him a firm talking to about worrying you like that.
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@CatDragon We will, we promise 😉
Show threadMeg SchwambJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean That is amazing news! I am glad he found his way home. AI am sure he is getting all the cat food, treats, and snuggles he wants
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@megschwamb Thanks, Meg – yes, such a relief. He’s taking it easy, clearly exhausted & likely weakened by having lost so much weight. We’ll take him the vet on Monday for a check-up.
Show threadzerriesJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean yay! Hope he got it out of his system lol
Show threadxs4me2Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean He went walkabouts I guess… ours did that too, but not a whole month. Equally exhausted though.
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@xs4me2 The fact that he’s skinny but clean tends to point towards having been locked in somewhere, but we’ll probably never know 🤷‍♂️🙂
Show threadxs4me2Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean He’ll be never able to tell you of his adventures ;)
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@xs4me2 He’s talking *a lot*, so keen to share. But we idiot humans don’t speak cat, so the fault is with us 🙂😺
Show threadxs4me2Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean Darn, so I guess he told ya! :)
Show threadSallyXJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean I'm so glad you have your fella back!
Show threadRussell RameyJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean 🥳🥳🥳👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉
Show threadBasilJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean what a wonderful gift.
Show threadSunsett RayneJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean maybe hitched a lift in a courier van and had a long walk home.
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@SunsettRayne One of our many thoughts, although he went missing on a Sunday afternoon, & if he’d been outdoors, I think he might’ve found food. He’s a pretty good back garden hunter. Still, we may never know either way 🤷‍♂️
Show threadLisa HamiltonJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean So so happy you are reunited!
Show threadChristoJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean Oh I am so.pleased for you and Tigger. My Merry was missing for 14 days and we know that she had no feed. The stress and release when she was found
Show threadCitizencatJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean
Glad your cat came home.
@oldredsubby
Show thread@BegoniaArizonaJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean 🙏💕🐾👏🏻
Show threadMaxJun 17, 2023
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Show threadMaxJun 17, 2023
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Show threadJames GuilfordJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean I thought about you and your dear missing cat this morning and feared all hope was lost. What a wonderful thing to read! So happy you and Tigger are reunited!
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@photonstopper Thank you. The kindness of everyone one on hear at hearing Tigger’s story has restored my faith in social media 🙇‍♂️👍
Show threadElizabethJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean So glad he came home! I hope he will stay close now.
Show threadDoubleTreble 🥰🇵🇸🌍🇺🇦😺💚🧶🫖Jun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean
So pleased Tigger has come home 💖💖
He's going to be spoilt rotten I bet!
Several years ago one of ours disappeared for around six months,
I drove a Citroen Dyane at the time, a noisy beast, pulled up outside a chip shop about a mile from home, one evening, when we came out he was sitting by the car!
He never really wandered far again!
Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@DoubleTreble Quite the story – thanks for sharing 🙂 Not sure I could have stood six months – I was feeling very low after just four weeks & the not knowing was promising to leave me feeling depressed for a long time.
Show threadJosh BucheaJun 17, 2023

@markmccaughrean last year our cat was missing for 10 days after being trapped & dumped 10 miles away, but still made it home.

26 days is a long time though!! So happy they made it home, thanks for sharing ❤️

Show threadMark McCaughreanJun 17, 2023
@joshbuchea We had all the worst fears about people doing bad things & of course that’s still possible. More likely a house lock-in perhaps, but either way, the relief is palpable.
Show threadDaniel DurransJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean @TheAutisticTooter This is the best caturday
Show threadTriciaJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean
Beautiful! Glad your furbaby came home
Show threadMackajJun 17, 2023

@markmccaughrean

He's a gorgeous looking cat—lovely mix of colours. Glad he's back safely. We get stressed if one of ours is just late coming home. Missing for 26 days would be a nightmare. I bet he'll be really clingy for a few days now until he's got over the scare.

Show threadGinnikinJun 17, 2023
@markmccaughrean
I'm so happy he's back! Poor boo. Also, poor humans who missed him.
Show threadLaurie SJun 18, 2023
@markmccaughrean 😻❤️😻
Show threadTwisted FoxJun 18, 2023
@markmccaughrean that feeling of terror when you realize they have disappeared suuuuucks. My indoor cat has gotten out a couple times, a week was the longest so far.
Show threadzendao42Jun 18, 2023
@markmccaughrean
What a happy #Caturday !
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