ESP from my cat

by andrea
(ny)

Calico Cat Picture

I had a cat named Turbo, a calico, white, gray and rust. I had her for 10 years. All my cats are indoor cats, but I allow them outside and keep an eye on them, depending on where I live. This home was an old farmhouse with a large barn and the barn was rented to a local farmer. Well, I let Turbo out on a nice fall day and she didn't come back at dinner time.

She didn't come back the next day either. I searched all around my property, the barn, the roads. I called the shelters and the vets. I put an ad in the paper. She never came back. Of course, we were heartbroken.

2 1/2 years later, in the middle of winter, I went to a store to get some wrap to keep rodents from eating up my shrubs which happens when there is a lot of snow. There was a donation can from a local humane society. There were photos of cats. None of them was Turbo, though. BUT, I had a feeling I had never felt before.

I had the overwhelming need to get to the humane society as fast as I could. Mind you, my 10 year old cat had been gone for 2 1/2 years. I got to the shelter and asked to see all the cats. They showed me through a couple of rooms and lots of cages. She wasn't there. They said they did have a cat that they thought was about 6 yrs old and she had been there about 2 months. I went into the little room and was shocked to see my Turbo, looking pretty good, in the cage.

I almost couldn't believe it myself and the shelter workers sure didn't. I told them I would go home to get a picture to prove it. She had a tell-tale little beard and then my husband reminded me her one fang was broken at the tip. I went back with the evidence and they gave me my missing kitty, 2 1/2 years older, but glad to be home.