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Ricky is Missing in Chattanooga, TN

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PAWBOOST ID

69185055

NAME

Ricky

STATUS

LOST

SEX

Male

SPECIES

Cat

MESSAGE FROM OWNER

I'm absolutely heartbroken since Ricky slipped out Monday night. After so many cat rescues in the past 30 years, he is now the only cat I have and I'm so worried! He has darted out the back door now and then but doesn't go past the patio. This time I had family in town, the front door was open and closed a lot, and somehow he got out. He was heard on the window ledge that night crying to come back in, and those sitting near the window heard him but didn't say anything. I was too far away from the window to hear. I've put out his litter box in hopes he'll pick up the scent and come back, put out his food and water, and a favorite bed, all on the porch. He helped me get through being a hermit when the pandemic hit. He always stays close to me. If you're in this or adjoining areas please take a quick look outside your . He'll be under a bush or tree, in a wooded area, sheltered in the daytime, sleeping. I'm not sleeping, just worried. Thanks for reading this.

DESCRIPTION

13-year-old all black cat with green eyes. Ricky is neutered, has always been an indoor cat. He is still lost and scared. Me, too. He has no front claws so is at a disadvantage outside. (He was that way when I got him.) Because I've heard several times that indoor cats usually stay fairly close to home, he is probably in the Cloverdale neighborhood, between Cloverdale Dr and Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson Pike and Norcross, and hopefully closer to August Drive. This area is very close to the intersection of Hixson Pike and Hwy 153.

AREA LAST SEEN

Chattanooga, TN 37343

ADDRESS LAST SEEN

Near August Dr

DATE LAST SEEN

June 12, 2023


Mary D.

8 months ago

Jessica Cook - PawBoost says that comments such as this, asking to contact someone on messenger are usually spam. Also, saying "Found it...." is suious because you have the information that Ricky is a cat on this post. If you have found a cat you think may be Ricky please post a picture right here in the post. If your post is spam/you're trying to get something from me, shame on you.

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Mary D.

9 months ago

Ricky is still missing, which is devastating. Not knowing where he is, where he's found shelter, which of the many wooded areas in the Cloverdale neighborhood* he may be in, how he is, how he made it through the fireworks and all the rain, is terrible. I still go walking around daybreak and dusk, and sit on my front porch in the middle of the night for a couple of hours hoping he'll come by, come home. I follow up every lead. I call vets' offices, pass out flyers, go to shelters. I can't give up on him and hope that if you're in or around this neighborhood you won't stop paying attention to all-black cats wandering about. Thank you. *The Cloverdale neighborhood is across Hixson Pike from the Krystal near Hixson Pike and Hwy 153, in Hixson.

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Mary D.

10 months ago

Thanks so much; I appreciate it.

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Mary D.

10 months ago

Ricky is still missing. Still lost. If you see someone weeping in the supermarket or drug store, that's probably me. I promised to take care of Ricky and am so sad to have let him down. Around dusk I go outside and work in one of the gardens or sit outside reading. Pretending to read but too distracted. I call Ricky's name frequently. When it gets dark I move to the front porch. I hope Ricky will hear me and come home. I've set up a baby monitor outside and by my bed so that if he comes around and makes noise or meows I'll hear him. It's hard to sleep. I'm going to laminate some flyers to put up in place of the others in case of rain. I'm doing everything I can think of to get him home. He had always been safe here and I want him to be home and safe again.

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Debbie H.

10 months ago

🙏

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