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Glasfryn
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good luck.................people don't realise it is this sort of detective work you and Jannine are doing that will bring your cats home.....................and even if it is a dead end you have at least chalked off one avenue and move on.
be lucky.
roger.
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 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:15 pm
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Loups
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You're right Roger.
Unfortunately, it was a dead end.  It turns out that the lady who moved from my road only moved to another location within the village. Trouble is, she moved to the main road! So there's nowhere I can search around.
However, that said, there is still the possibility that he's over that road in the closes there. I'm inclined to think that he'd have made his way home if he had hitched a lift.
Also, this lady moved herself and didn't have a removal firm. So I doubt he'd have gotten into her car. But, cats are cats, so you never know!
I've hung out some more clothes today and also spread some hover-dust around the garden. He may be able to smell it if he's anywhere near.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:45 pm
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Glasfryn
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Jannine Hopper
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| Loups scribbled: | | Jannine Hopper scribbled: | Have you tried advertising in your local paper?
I found I got quite a few leads from this method....although none have come to anything, it shows people do read them.
Also, I advertised on www.adtrader.co.uk and www.freeads.co.uk - both are free....I guess the more exposure you have, the better.
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I did contact the local paper, but at the time I had no money (had to pay out £80 for PC components about a week before he went missing!). They wanted almost £18.00 and I wasn't prepared to pay that in the first week of Hades' going missing. I know that sounds harsh, but I'm on a limited income (I'm on New Deal Self Employment, so get JSA (of a kind!) and am not allowed to draw any earnings from the business) so to folk out £18.00 only to have him wander in the next day... Well, you know what I mean! I will be seriously considering it now though. And I'll defiantly try the free ads you posted.
On a better note I popped over to a neighbour who knows the people who moved out of the house opposite (the one with a new bloke in, who I've yet to see this week!) and asked her if she knew where they'd moved to and which removals firm. She knew neither (call herself a friend!) but she did give me the woman's name and, as it turns out, she works in the village chemist, so she's not moved far! Yippie! So I'm going to pop to the chemist's tomorrow and see if she's there so I can grill her about stray black kitties!  I'm hoping that he HAS hitched a lift and is just wandering around the new area so I can just go and find him. If he's not, then I'm out of ideas.
Anyway, will try that first and if I've no luck then I'll put the ad in the paper. |
I know what you mean about advertising being expensive - I have spent £350 so far on advertising, although thankfully I am insured but that only covers upto £500, so at some point I will have to fund it myself. It's best to limit the advertising to days which are more popular for people buying your local paper, i.e. jobs day or property advertising day, that will help keep the costs down abit.
Sorry to hear that the woman hasn't moved that far away, but I guess looking around the location won't hurt.
Another advertising website for you is www.gumtree.com, again this one is free.
I have today contacted an animal communicator - I guess I'm a bit sceptical but I'm running out of options....will let you know how I get on
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:54 pm
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Loups
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| Jannine Hopper scribbled: | I know what you mean about advertising being expensive - I have spent £350 so far on advertising, although thankfully I am insured but that only covers upto £500, so at some point I will have to fund it myself. It's best to limit the advertising to days which are more popular for people buying your local paper, i.e. jobs day or property advertising day, that will help keep the costs down abit.
Sorry to hear that the woman hasn't moved that far away, but I guess looking around the location won't hurt.
Another advertising website for you is www.gumtree.com, again this one is free.
I have today contacted an animal communicator - I guess I'm a bit sceptical but I'm running out of options....will let you know how I get on |
Yeah, I did look into insurance, but with three cats to insure (two of which are OAP's, so it's double the usual rate!) I just couldn't afford it. Which annoys me now, because I could really do with the financial help, you know, to offer a reward or something. Still, such is life...
The £18.00 actually covers the ad going into the three local papers: The Lynn News, which goes out on a Tuesday and a larger copy on a Friday, and The Citizen, which usually plops through our letterbox on a Wednesday. So it IS actually a good rate. But, as I said, I was just reluctant to do it so soon after Hades' going missing. I'll be phoning them on Monday though (unless he shows his fuzzy mug before then!).
I looked at an Animal Communicator last week. Can't remember where I found the link... CatCat I think. But the woman wanted £60 up front, so I'll try everything else first! That said, do let us know how it goes as I'd love to know if it works! Best of luck with it!
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:44 pm
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Fussy_Furball
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Loups, As long as your posters have the word REWARD in bit letters that should enough .... you don't have offer a financial reward. When Rossi went missing as a kitten I put REWARD on all the flyers I pushed through peoples letter boxes.
I got her back with 48 hours (thankfully) and when I picked her up from the finder I noticed they were both drinking Red Strip larger ... the next day I went round with a 6 pack of red stripe, a box of Roses chocolates and a thank you note from Rossi for rescuing her  The couple were dead pleased!
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:07 am
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Loups
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| Fussy_Furball scribbled: | Loups, As long as your posters have the word REWARD in bit letters that should enough .... you don't have offer a financial reward. When Rossi went missing as a kitten I put REWARD on all the flyers I pushed through peoples letter boxes.
I got her back with 48 hours (thankfully) and when I picked her up from the finder I noticed they were both drinking Red Strip larger ... the next day I went round with a 6 pack of red stripe, a box of Roses chocolates and a thank you note from Rossi for rescuing her The couple were dead pleased! |
Thanks for that. I have been thinking of doing that, but was a bit wary of people getting the hump that they only receive a box of chocs and not cash!  But, if it brings in info of where Hades could be I'm willing to take the chance.
I am starting to worry that he's been nicked just so some chav can hold him to ransom.
But, we'll give a reward a go and see what happens.
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:35 pm
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Loups
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Right, have placed the add in the paper, but it doesn't go in until Friday. Still, it's a start.
Have also made up some new posters and flyers to be distributed as soon as it stops bunging it down with rain!!! It's clearing up now, but it's also getting dark; think it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Other than that, I'm really not sure what else to do... 
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:07 pm
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Abby
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Sorry to hear he isn't home yet,  I really hope and pray he is with you soon.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:02 pm
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Loups
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| Abby scribbled: | | Sorry to hear he isn't home yet, I really hope and pray he is with you soon. |
Thanks, it's much appreciated.
My night walk is off; it's raining again and, as Hades has no meow to speak of, just a little squeak, and my hearing is quite bad, listening out for him in the rain is just an exercise in pointlessness.
Instead, I've decided to follow Jannine's lead and have contacted an Animal Communicator. Not the same one, but I'm hoping they'll be as good. I've sent a picture and details of what happened, so here's hoping I'll get a reply tomorrow. I'm not sure I believe in it or not, but at this stage I could do with, at least, an educated guess as to whether or not he's alive. *Shugs* Who knows, maybe they'll point me in the right direction, either by experience or pure luck! Either way, if I find him, it'll be worth the money.
Thanks again to everyone here for their well-wishes (is that a word? ) and for helping me to get through this.
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:52 pm
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