Cat who fell from balcony railing and disappeared for 5 days found in landfill next to home after pawrent’s father heard desperate meows, cat mom says: ‘Took me around 4 hours to rescue her, hurt my arm in the process’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Mar 12, 2026 1:00 PM EDT

Cats are not known for falling,but that is exactly what happened to one cat who uncharacteristically fell off a balcony only to be found several days later in a place that they could not jump out off.

Ues, the irony is not lost on us. The two things that cats are known for, balance and jumping, were exactly what this cat was lacking or unable to do. Had they been able to do one or the other then there would hardly be a story to tell but alas here we are with one heck of a feline story to tell.

For when our cat mom came to visit the sweet cat child she had to leave behind in her home country she would have never imagined that the limited time she had with her cat child would be spent searching for it. But that is what happened when the cat unceremoniously fell off the balcony and was not to be seen for another five days. 
 

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    "I just wish I looked in areas around the building more maybe I'd have found her sooner."
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    I was visiting my home country for a week, I have two cats which I love playing around with them and chasing them. On the third day of my visit I was playing with her and as soon as she
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    headed to the balcony I stopped chasing and let her be. She loves laying in the sun and the balcony is only place that gets it, I have had her for 10 years
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    so I thought what's the harm. I went in to talk to my parent and after a while I thought hmm “I should check on my cat", I enter the balcony and said cat is ... gone. She vanished, like
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    out of thin air. I thought I was tripping or something like...? How could she just vanish? She has a lot of hiding spots in our apartment that I checked over and over and over and
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    got my entire family checking for her, nothing .. the cat just vanished. Mind you she is a cat that just wants to be left alone, she isn't naughty or anything she is very
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  • These moments are the worst and they happen far too often to us cat pawrents. You leave your cat alone for two seconds and come back to them being gone. Usually they will be found in one of those secret hiding spots, though finding them in such spots is tough because these crafty cattos know how to play the statue game on expert mode. Meaning that you can be staring right at them, but still not notice that they are there. But after checking a few of their favorite spots, that is when the nerves really start kicking in and hope begins to fade as it must have for this pawrent.

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    chill and I couldn't have thought back then about the reason behind her disappearance. Anyway day 2 of losing the cat came and I was losing my gd dan mind like full blown crazy
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    running around in the streets calling her name, looking every where for her, calling the vet on what to do, put food out, put stuff that smells like her out.. she has never been interested in the
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    outside world to attempt an escape? Day 3 ' what if my cat d d? Is that it? I live in another country now so I thought the only time I had with her was just a day in a
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    half? I was starting to spend time in bed weeping and ά ed, unable to do anything except get up every couple of hours to search for her. Day 4 maybe I can
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    just go check downstairs, brought smelly food, attracted stray cats and dogs, fed them but no sign of my cat... Day 5 try again.. call out again, search under cars, call
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  • We cannot imagine the desperation that this pawrent must have felt. Especially when being in such a situation where you can no longer live close to your cat children, the little time they are willing to spend with you is worth its weight in gold. And here you have a cat who is totally lost, this pawrent must have been going out of her mind. And honestly, while we do not advocate for the use of GPS trackers on cats, this is one scenario that no cat pawrent wants to get to, but one that each and every pawrent, ourselves included, would be super happy to have some ability to track their cat. 

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    people to come and help me look, posting on the building what's app, I started mourning her and thinking she dd somewhere because she is a very responsive cat to her name, she wouldn't run away I know my
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    cat you know? We have been living in that place for years and I mean years so why escape now? She is neutered, she got everything she needs indoors.. (I am not sure of the
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    numbers btw could be a bit more) but towards the end of day 5, my father heard her calling from outside, we all ran like crazy to balcony and she was calling for us to come help her a ›.
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    Apparently she fell off the balcony railing??? And got trapped in a no trespass area which was basically a landfill.. Took me around 4 hours to rescue her
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    hurt my arm in the process, ended up with tetanus shot and rabies in case. We played hide and seek in the landfill because she was suddenly terrified of her cage, she did let me get close and
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    grab her.. I jumped high walls for her, I'd have stayed with her if she couldn't get out.. I couldn't be more thankful to God for letting me have more time with her.
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    I did lose hope to find her so I know how the desperation feels.. but what helped me then is just to keep looking I just wish I looked in areas around the building more maybe I'd have found her sooner.
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    This is marshy after I found her, now she is only allowed access to balcony
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    supervised :D and she doesn't seem so fond of the balcony anymore xD
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