Pepper is back home! Thank you everyone!

Please Bring Pepper Home

By now we have had lots of reports that Pepper is well and being his usual, sociable self around the nighborhood. One person has confessed to feeding him regularly. But in this kind of weather I am very surprised he hasn't made it home, and suspect someone is sheltering him. Which, in general, is OK. But, we haven't seen him in almost two weeks. It's time for him to check in at home.

So, if you are hosting him, please see him home tonight or tomorrow morning. If you should see him out & about, call us (802 859 0859) or, if you are able to gather him up & bring him home we'd appreciate it. #12 Prospect Hill Ave. Thanks.

-EF

Pepper Care

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 into their homes 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

Pepper missing again, possibly hiding from scary new kittens

Pepper's missing again.

So... a week ago, we discovered a mama cat and 5 kittens living in a garage a couple doors down, and we took them all in.  The first day we had them, Pepper saw one of the kittens, growled, and took off.

After 2 days, we lodged the mama & kittens with Jackie Lippman who does rescue & placement, with the plan to take 2 of the kittens once they were old enough. A couple of days later, we were convinced that the kittens were old enough and on Saturday, we brought them home. That afternoon, we saw Pepper outside the house and encouraged him to come in. He never saw the kittens, but definitely acted like something was wrong, and didn't even come in the door. We have not seen him since.

Hopefully he is couchsurfing with one or more of his fans? Please let us know if you see him. Thanks.

-EF

Earth Day 2012: All is well

Rainy April 22nd, 2012, and Pepper's been in since noon. Smart cat. Me too. I'll leave this post up until Pepper goes missing again... hopefully it'll be a while!

Valentines Day 2012 - Pepper missing again

Hi all

We last saw Pepper on Saturday night (11 Feb 2012) when he followed us up to our neighbor's around 60 Boston St. Has anybody got him?

Today at noon a black cat came in our yard who I initially thought was Pepper. However, he had no collar, ran away from me, and kept running across the street when I tried to catch him. If I get the chance I want to investigate this cat in case he is a stray or, God forbid, something's gone wrong with Pepper. In any event, call if you see Pepper, thanks.

-EF

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!