Buggled off

[woolymonkey]

The Beast of Girton is on walkabout.  Lock up your poultry.

When I went to collect Humbug from Thorndyke he wasn't there.  He was definitely there most of last week (when he was still coming home at night) and on Monday night (when he wasn't), but not last night.  They're sure because their own cat was out for several hours last night, which isn't possible when Humbug is around to bully him :(  Also there were lots of cute little bunnies hopping about unmolested.

Worried that poor Humbug, having failed to find food and shelter with the nice physicist, had wandered further and got even more lost, I've been tramping the fields, strictly private no entry tracks and farm buildings in the area.  No Humbug, but some interesting conversations.  It seems Humbug thinks nothing of crossing the parish boundary into Cambridge at least as far down as the Traveller's Rest.  He's a regular at the little business park behind there.

In many ways this is reassuring.  We know he was confirmed alive and well on Monday night, and that he knows his way around a much wider area than previously thought.  So if he's not coming home, it's probably just because he doesn't want to.  We'll just have to accept that he is a Cat (or possibly Muppet) Who Walks Alone and he will come back when he is ready.  So I'm much less anxious and doomy.  But I miss him!  We all miss him.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I hope he comes back soon. We are due rain this afternoon and that may prompt him.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping for rain, but it'll have to be heavy and lasting to send him home. That fluff is showerproof.

[dorispossum.livejournal.com]

As you say, he's got a much bigger territory to police these days. Probabilities are that he's having a whale of a time right now, and will be back in a few days once he's extracted the dinner money from the neighbourhood wildlife. (I think he's related to Rufus, my favourite childhood cat btw - will tell you about him sometime...!)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure it's just the time of year - mine are outdoors most of the day and night at the moment. Best wishes for his safe return.

[anef.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was me. Hadn't realised I was logged out.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

It's quite humid -he's probably lurking somewhere waiting for cooler weather for strolling home.

[attimes-bracing.livejournal.com]

Hope he comes back very soon.