"Caught him in a trap hours after setting it near the new location where the box spring travelled": A cat missing for over a week is found near the Hillsboro airport, injured but safe, after a daring escape inside a bed frame

Let's take a moment to talk about the clawminality of cats. Clawminality is a gene that all felines are born with, no matter what kind. However, the thing that differs from cat to cat is their use of it. Some cats actively use it to have fun and this can be seen in the purrpousful knocking over of vases or glasses, the climbing of curtains and the nibbling of feet. But for the cats who do not actively use their clawminalioty it still seeps out in their behavior in innocent ways, such as hiding in completely inaccessible places, sharpening claws on the furniture, and inappropriately timed zoomies.

And our rescued feline from this story certainly belongs to the second kind of cat, as he decided to hide from the strangers in his house in the one spot where no one would ever find him. Little did he realize that his hiding spot was the very thing that the strangers came to collect…
 

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    SO... My girlfriend and I are moving into a new apartment and while she was at work I helped her out by selling the two beds she had in her apartment because we were going to use my
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    Northridge Apartments in Rock Creek, and if you know those apartments there's two sets of doors he would have had to go through to get out (we would have noticed him leave). Well he's no longer
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    in her apartment and we've been working with the buyer to search through his house/garage/perimeter where he stored the box spring once he got home.
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    He strapped the box spring on top of the car for the transport so the cat could have jumped out on the transport as well at any moment.
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  • You know, maybe this is how prisoners got the idea to smuggle themselves out of penitentiaries in the laundry. Because how else would you come up with such a brilliantly clawminal idea. Cats are just born with that clawminal gene built in, they do not know how clawminal they are.

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    As you can imagine my girlfriend is absolutely crushed. I know some think 'it's just a cat' but if you've ever owned an animal I ask that you understand how unbelievably devastating this is. "Camo" was her
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    world and I was the one who took that away from her days before Christmas of all times of the year. This is a picture I took of him literally 3 days ago when we were messing around with a costume we bought the little guy
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    for christmas. Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. We would want to know, dead or alive what state he's in and can only offer $100 for him from the money we got from the beds. Moving is and this
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    time of year is proving to be financially challenging! Thank you so much for any information you may have...
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    After another sighting was reported near Northridge Apartments yesterday (original home), we searched for a few hours finally spotting a cat outside an office building that looked very similar to Camo, but wasn't him. There was
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    food, water, and another indoor cat in the window of the office. We had three sightings reported on different days at that same corner or near of a cat that looked like Camo,
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  • Ah jheez, this is no good. It is like the deeply sad part of any holiday movie, where everything looks and feels bleak. Not only is the holiday ruined, but your soul is also missing a significant piece. Our hearts really go out to this poor couple. What a terrifying way to lose a cat. 

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    we realized that it was most likely that cat both times so we decided to look more at the Evergreen & Sewell near the Hillsboro Airport (new home of the bed). After
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    distributing some fliers, Hayley went back set trap with sardines in oil and familiar scented clothing, then left. About an hour and half later she came back with her friend Kelly to do some more searching. Camo was in
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    the trap! Although scared and hissy, they got him in the car and headed back to familiar territory: his old home. After further inspection Camo had a cut lip, several of his nails were broken / paws were bleeding, one of his eyes
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    was squinty, he of course was a mess, and he was very thin (lost about 2 pounds). He spent the night getting up several times eating and drinking and was taken to the vet this morning. The vet
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    gave him an antibiotic shot, a good inspection, and he was off back to home where we think we pulled a tick off and are treating him for fleas. Hayley gave him a bath and he's been cleaning himself vigorously since.
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    All is good, and we expect the news to be covering this pretty extensively so that's why we've waited to release this until we had some time to discuss the plan.
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    We can't ever repay or say thank you enough to all the people that spent their cherished holiday time, and resources to help us bring Camo home. It was quite emotional last night, we're in shock of this
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    whole experience, and have been holding him tight! It's been quite the ride and we couldn't possibly formulate the words to describe how grateful we are for all the people who have reached out to us for suggestions, help, stories, comfort, and information. It's the best
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    feeling in the world to know friends and strangers a like has had our back in time of need, and to have him back safe and recovering. We can't even imagine what's he's been through in a week and half running wild
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    near the country side esoecially in this weather. Today is a great day! Thanks again, Roy & Hayley
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