Oct 5 2011 -- Missing

Hello all

Pepper's behavior has become so regular that the blog has become very quiet, which we definitely see as a good thing!

Unfortunately it's been several days since we've seen him now. This is the first time in a while he's been awol so it's taken us some time to update the blog. Please keep an eye out for him and let us know if you see him.

Thank you!

Pepper Care Refresher

Hello, everyone

I am re-posting the basics of Pepper care, because it seems he's been doing a lot of visiting. We'd like to hear about visits more often, especially from people who choose to allow him in and / or to feed him. He's been absent from our house for several days and we were getting worried. Turns out, many have seen him and he's fine.

Thanks all!

-EF

Pepper Care

If you see Pepper out & about, please consider adding a blog post or a comment to let us know. If Pepper comes to visit and you'd like to let him stick around, please let us know that. Just please bear in mind the following:

* If you need to call us please do so between 6am and 10pm. If it's the middle of the night and you don't want to keep him, just put him out! Exceptions are

1) if he seems hurt (ravenously hungry doesn't qualify)

2) if the weather is terrible, or

3) if he's flirting with crossing a busy street (McGrath, Somerville Ave, Washington St, Bow St).

In those instances you can call anytime.

* If you find him off of Prospect Hill (meaning on the wrong side of Union Sq, the McGrath Hwy, Vinal, Highland, Summer, or Washington) please call us or bring him home.

* If Pepper is Visiting You PLEASE DON'T FEED HIM unless you plan to host him on a regular basis over the winter. He needs to learn where the consistent source(s) of food is(are).

* We don't mind him having extended visits (like a couple/3 days) in homes that enjoy having him around... he is a really fun cat! But, of course you'll need to have a litter box and all. Moreover, even if you had a hard time keeping him out of the house, after about 24 hours you'll have a harder time keeping him in!

Thanks, here's to successful community pet management!

-Eric F

Spring update

OK, technically Spring is still eight days away, but who's counting? Our goals over the winter with Pepper have gone pretty well. He did spend many a cold night indoors. Usually he'd take at least one foray out of the house per day, but generally that was before bed and wouldn't last long. As it's gotten warmer, he has gotten in the habit of going out in the afternoon or evening then reappearing at our door between 7 and 9 in the morning, coming in, eating, and sleeping the rest of the day. Perfectly normal cat behavior! We've gotten only three or four calls or e-mails about him over the past month, and two of those were from people who were already familiar with him and just wanted to check in. So overall, keeping him has gotten to be much lower maintenance!

Friday morning he did not appear and was missing until Saturday afternoon when animal control showed up at our door with him, sans collar! They identified him with the subdermal chip. So, thanks to whoever found him and called animal control. We've got new tags on order and will start letting him out again as soon as they're on.

By the way if you find his collar, please give us a shout, it would be nice to have it back. Thanks!

-EF

Contact Info!

We never put our phone number on this blog yet, because it's on the getmehome.com website. Well, we're divorcing this blog from getmehome because their server goes down quite frequently so it is not a good link from Pepper himself to his blog. We've got a custom tag on order that will tell you to go straight to this site. Anyhow, our contact info:

FIRST PLEASE READ THE PEPPER CARE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU CALL

617-718-0936  or
802-859-0859

If you want to bring him home he lives at 12 Prospect Hill Ave.

Thanks!