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Papa Kitty is Missing in Wayne County, NC

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Status

LOST

Date Last Seen

December 19, 2025

Location Last Seen

Wayne County, NC 27530

Nearest Landmark

Charlie Braswell and Ebeneezer Church Road

Name

Papa Kitty

Sex

Male

PawBoost ID

72432822

Species

Cat

Description

Gray Tabby chunky 16 lbs with green eyes. Left ear is clipped which signifies he's been neutered. Very sweet.

Message from Owner

My sweet kitty boy is missing. He did not come for breakfast Dec. 20 which is very not like him. I have been worried sick about him. He is a gray tabby short hair, about 5 years old. He is a chunky muscular boy weighing about 16 lbs. He is neutered. He was a stray who showed up at our hse a couple of years ago. Neighbors were familiar with him. He must have been raised lovingly from a kitten and then put out for some strange reason. He is very loving and sweet and will let anyone pet him. We call him Papa Kitty because we're pretty sure he fathered a litter of kittens that were born under our hse. All of the kittens are different shades of gray tabby, and one is very like him in many ways. He may come if called. He comes when I call him. He is an outside kitty because he is FIV positive and we have 3 indoor cats, all courtesy of the cat distribution network, and my son and daughter in law are afraid he will infect the other cats, otherwise I would keep him indoors. He has a nice heated hse where he stays during cold or rainy weather. He is vaccinated for rabies. No collar as I didn't want him to get choked on something. We have a friend who lost a cat that way and it was horrible. Not microchipped. So he wanders, usually in a small area near . We are in Rosewood on the west end of Charlie Braswell Rd. If you've seen him, please let me know!. I would be so grateful. He helped me through a hard time and I miss him terribly! Thank you!

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AnnaMarie S.
7 months ago
Beverly McNamara Cotter My FIV TomTom that I trapped and tamed using a cat playpen for quarantine until he got neutered then used to us and the other cats. Daily brushings with a long handled bath brush at first as he was a bit hostile. Slow introductions went well. When he no longer tried to swipe and bite he was released into gen pop and sleeps in my bed at night. The big 20 pound cat with white toes and a blaze. He loves the other cats.
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Beverly M.
7 months ago
Lisa Maccaro Lisa Maccaro Thank you so much. He was not especially young when he was diagnosed. He was about 3 years old at that time. He was injured in a fight and we took him to the emergency vet in Wilson. There I was told that he needed to be in a home without other cats. I will check out more recent findings, but knowing what I know about diseases, he had to have caught the FIV from another cat so it must be transmissible. It is only logical that he could infect another cat somehow. Please understand, this is not me doing me. This is me doing the best I can for a cat that I love that had a hard life before I started feeding him. I have always had indoor cats in the past. I have never liked cats being outside. I have felt like I had no other choice if I wanted his life to be better. He has been so loving and sweet that I don't understand how anyone could have put him out to begin with. Neighbors told me about some guy that had him and put him outside. Then apparently, he moved and just left Papa and no one else saw fit to take him in. We are pretty new to the area and had already taken in the kittens that we think are Papa's when he showed up and approached us. I just couldn't turn my back on him. I didn't take him to the animal shelter because I was afraid they would anesthetize him and I couldn't bear that thought. He had already taken my heart by then. I'm sorry you don't agree with my choices but please try to understand. I would bring him in if I thought it was possible in any way.
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Lisa M.
7 months ago
I'm so sorry. I understand. But the research has come such a long way! Slow intros and time. I have seen cats live in the same house for 12-14 years and no one ever passed the virus. I have also seen many false positive tests taken when cats were young. But you do you! Hope he is found before he is hurt. Lay out some of your unwashed clothes so he can sniff his way home!
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Beverly M.
7 months ago
Charlene Williams God bless you! Thank you so very much! I hope we have warmer weather for a while until he can get home.
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Beverly M.
7 months ago
AnnaMarie Sanderson Then I would appreciate knowing that. I would hope he would be the only cat so as not to infect another cat. Other cats can absolutely catch it from him if he bites them deeply. How else would you think he got the disease in the first place? Do your own research please instead of passing false information. If an infected cat gets along with other cats that he is with, then no, he is unlikely to infect but that is not true 100% of the time, or the disease would never be passed to other cats.
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Charlene W.
7 months ago
I hope you find your little angel soon love you sweetheart sharing done love
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Beverly M.
7 months ago
He has been outside since before he came to me and no one was caring for him at all then. He was relying on hunting for his food, now he is fed daily. Did you miss that he has a heated house on our porch? He can also get into the crawl space under our house. There's no reason to be cruel. I don't have any other choice for a place to live and my family doesn't want to risk their cats being infected.
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AnnaMarie S.
7 months ago
Beverly McNamara Cotter So you just leave him out in the cold.
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AnnaMarie S.
7 months ago
FIV kitties should be kept indoors!! The other cats are not going to catch it from him. Hopefully someone was kind enough to actually take him inside and will take great care of him.
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Beverly M.
7 months ago
Lisa Maccaro Thank you for your concern. However, I have researched FIV and understand that a deep bite by my kitty is capable of infecting their cats. The virus is present in their saliva. Infection may be rare, but it is not unheard of. That is probably how my boy got the virus by fighting with other males before he was neutered. We have discussed it and my son and DIL don't want to risk it. That is their choice and I would feel awful if our cats didn't get along and my kitty bit one of theirs. I live with them in my son's house so I must respect their wishes. So far, my boy has been very healthy and to my understanding can live a long life with good care. I take him to the vet at any inkling of a problem. I do appreciate your concern, but it is not my decision.
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