Banshee Watch - Day 3

Still no sign of Banshee. It has occurred to MeLissa, however, that given the little tyke's love of adventure, she could be anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area by now.

The series of events that we assume led to Banshee's current escapade include that MeLissa went out onto our neighbors' deck to fetch her and neglected to suggest to the neighbors that they remain in hiding. Banshee is a terribly skittish kitty and pretty much only tolerates MeLissa holding or petting her. Because it wasn't just "mommy" coming out to see her, Banshee made a run for it. Had MeLissa been thinking, she would have went to where she figures Banshee probably went, but she was sleepy and figured that Banshee would simply return home as she had on other occasions apparently (MeLissa had learned from the neighbor that Banshee had been down to visit on other occasions as well which was news to MeLissa!).

In a tragic twist to the story, it rained that night. We surmise that Banshee was in no mood to make whatever trek it required to return to her kitty dwelling on our deck with it raining and chose, instead, to find shelter in her favorite place from her days as a kitten...for those of you who haven't clicked on the "adventures" link in this post, that would be "various car motors." Arguably, this is not a good place for a kitty, but Banshee is one of a kind.

We are not sure whether the car of her choice was MeLissa's or another individual's. We tend to believe it is probably another since when MeLissa went out Wednesday morning and called for her, Banshee didn't materialize as she has on the other occasions that she's sought refuge in MeLissa's vehicle. Thus, we don't know who sheltered our kitty and we are unable to narrow down where she may have ventured off to - San Francisco, Fremont, Pleasanton - they're all possibilities. We are still hopeful that Banshee will turn up, but MeLissa, at least, is a wee bit scared that her baby is not having the "time of her life."

Please continue to keep the little darling in your prayers.

And, just in case anyone else happens to lose a kitty in the near future, you can link to a helpful site for recovering them that was sent to me by someone who saw our "missing kitty" ad on Craigslist.