Person loses their cat, but the fluffy feline finds her way back home after 3 years of surviving harsh Canadian winters: 'I didn’t even recognize her at first'

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kalila courban
Jan 16, 2025 6:00 PM EST

Being a cat parent comes with an abundance of positive experiences and good memories. However, it also comes with a list of challenges and potential risks that need to be thought out accordingly. Cat shenanigans occur frequently and can put hoomans through a lot of stress, much like the challenge we are featuring today. The original poster of this thread recounts the awwmazing experience of their cat finding their way home after over three years of being lost and alone in the harsh landscape of Canada. 

This person lives on a farm with no neighbors in sight, and when their cat disappeared they assumed the worst. Perhaps the cat had been eaten by an animal or hadn't managed to survive the harsh Canadian winter that occurred after her disappearance. Who knows. But alas, the adorable orange fluffer defied all odds and not only survived but managed to find her way home after years had passed. Over here at ICanHasCheezburger, we live for these wholesome reunion stories and are in awe of the strength of our wonderful feline companions. 

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    What's the longest "walkabout" disappearance you've ever had a cat return from? 3 years.
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    Over 3 dang years! What the This orange monster inexplicably went missing in October of 2021. I live on a farm, our closest neighbour is miles away. We assumed - the worst coyote, cougar, badger, eagle, owl? Big sad.
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    Two days ago, this emaciated skeletor of a cat found her way back home. I didn't even recognize her at first, but the long goofy face and mannerisms brought back my memory in full force. Tattoo is barely legible with her mucked up ears, but matches the vet records.
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    How the did this cat manage the last few years of Canadian -40c winters and +40c summers? The nicest cat in the world, whom I've never heard hiss, is apparently a bad a highest degree. of the
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  • We can't imagine the challenges and hardships this cat must have gone through in her THREE WHOLE YEARS away from home. The excitement that the owner must have experienced when this goofy orange cutie finally returned must have been truly something. Cats are awesome, we might even go as far to say that they are superheroes. There's no other explanation for this triumphant reunion!

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    excelsior235 · 3d ago My roommates cat was missing for 6 years, and one day she received a call from the humane society saying they scanned his microchip to her. The kitty was CHUNKY and loved the outdoors after his grand escape so she thinks he was some neighborhood cat.
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    Mumfordmovie • 3d ago I'd moved 2000 miles away from CA and had hired a cat sitter to watch my cats for a couple of weeks until the truck I'd hired to transport my two cats was scheduled to pick them up and drive them to my new location.
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    The cat sitter was a college student who lived across San Francisco Bay and another 15 miles away from the town Id lived in. I drop off the cats, all seems well. A week later, cat sitter tells me that oops, one of my cats got outside accidentally, and she can't find her anywhere. I feel sick but I make a flyer with a big photo of the kitty, and my best friend dutifully and wonderfully trudged around the catsitters town posting flyers. Best friend also walks around calling for the kitty. No luck.
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    3 weeks later, my best friend calls me to say that some random lady called him (his # on the flyer) to say she thinks she's seen my cat around her neighborhood. Lady lives a couple of miles from catsitters place. Best friend drives 45 minutes to lady's neighborhood and lady says guess what, the cat was here again and I think she's in my neighbors yard. They walk over.
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    And unbelievably, it was my kitty! And I had her transported, and she lived with me for another 12 years before she passed.
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  • These amazing reunion stories fill our hearts with so much hope! Cats have truly amazing instincts, the fact that this kind of reunion has occurred even more than once throughout modern cat history is phenomenal. You guys know that we sure do love our wholesome reunion stories over here at ICanHasCheezburger. 

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    SERVEDwellButNoTips 3d ago • Prolly just went out for a pack of smokes and got distracted.
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    • maggiesucks- 3d ago 3 and a bit years as well, big earthquake in my city made us move out when finally our house was getting rebuilt. move went successfully except one of our gingers got out after a couple days, had a couple sightings and know he got hit by a car a few times and tried everything we could to get him back and he just wouldn't come.
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    that was about 11 years ago then 8 years ago some lady put him on the fb community page as he kept sneaking in to steal their cats food. my mum and i swore black and blue it was him, even found old photos and compared the fur. so she dropped him off and kept him in a room for a few days till the vet opened. we actually have his mother as well so we let her in to see if she could figure him out. they were just like they used to be.
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    vet confirmed by microchip it was him microchip your cats. this is him now, 15ish now
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