I would just like to say a huge THANK YOU to National Missing Pets Register for everything they do.

My gorgeous grey short-haired tabby, Silver, went missing 2 days before Christmas 2007 and we were understandably devastated! We put missing posters up around the local areas but no luck.. 7 months went by and he still had not been found. We thought it was highly unlikely that he would return home but thought we'd give it an extra shot by posting Silver as missing on various online sites like this one.

A few more months went by and still no sign of Silver returning. In the mean time we had gotten two beautiful white siamese kittens.. then yesterday I get a message via Silver's profile on NMPR from a lady saying that a cat she believed to be stray had been coming into her home and eating her other cat's food and she had even found him asleep behind the sofa a few times and that from the photo I had put up that she was certain it was my Silver. She only lived about 5 mins away so today I took a trip over to her on the off chance the stray she was talking about might show up while I was there.. we searched a path that backed onto her garden for about 15 mins and then suddenly saw a rather dusty looking cat come out from the bushes and straight over to us.. and yes, it was my Silver! He looked a little different, alot bigger actually.. but I knew it was definately him from his distinct markings.

I just couldn't believe it!! After 10 whole months, and all the while being so close by.. I'm guessing he just lost his way back to us as there is a rail track in between mine and the lady's homes.

So instead of just deleting his profile on here then buggering off, I thought i'd let anyone who is still praying that their cat returns home safely that there is always hope that one day they will.



So a big thankyou to NMPR for all your help..
Love Melissa & Silver

Hi honeybee,

What a fantastic story and very very happy you have been hoping that Silver is found and returned after all those months, many woudl have given up. She looks beautiful and the way she came straight over to you is wonderful

Hi Melissa,
Thanks very much for letting us know that Silver has been returned to you after this time, its important to never give up in the search and I ma so pleased that he has been returned to you, he certainly looks a happy chap

Steve

Reading your story, has given me so much hope. My cat Grey has been missing since Aug, and I really miss her, two weeks before she disappeared I lost my mum, and she was such a great comfort to me, especially has she wasn't really a loving cat. But she has her funny ways, like not eating off the floor, and hitting you round the face of a morning to get you up. I just miss her so much, When I'm sitting on the sofa watching telly, I keep looking up and expecting her to be sitting on the windowsill watching me through the glass, like she alway did.

I feel that seeing your post might be an omen for me, because Grey is the splitting image of your Silver and my own name is Melissa.

Fingers crossed

Hello , honeybee!!!
I really like very much the story...That's really very fantastic story....Thanks for letting us know that Silver has been returned to you after this time, its important to never give up in the search....She looks beautiful and the way she came straight over to you is wonderful.....

Hi Honeybee, love that you have silver back , Congrat's so happy for you, Just another ray of hope i would like to add. my cat Trevor went missing nearly three weeks ago , i am devastated but a lady rang me after seeing his photo in the shop window as she said there was a tabby that had been turning up to be fed every hight at 10 oclock,
so i turned up hoping it was Trev unfortunatly it was not to be.
The Skinny little thing that was there was lovely , i took him home on saturday and then took him to the vet on monday to see if he was chipped and guess what he was and is now back home with his grateful and happy owners, Here's the biggy He had been missing for 2 months and had come from 6 miles away.
So i am now hoping that what goes around comes around and i will get a phone call to say someone has found my Trev, Chipping i think is a must.: