Kukla, the ring leader of the four one-month-old kittens left on my doorstep 15 months ago and the first to drive my 16-year-old cat Annie away from her food dish to claim it as her own, has not shown up for meals for the third day in a row. I think it is significant that for the past five meals, her siblings have left 1/4 of the food in their communal food dish for her. I share their hopes that she will return.
Leftovers—a rarity with this bunch.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Kukla has a Russian name 😄
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Yes, I know. Dolly from koolkosherkitchen quickly informed me of the fact.
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Oh no!!!! I hope she turns up soon. I’m really surprised the others left her food. That didn’t happen the time she didn’t come for a meal when we were there.
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Oh, Kukla — please come home soon — you’re a part of the family and your siblings miss you terribly!
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I hope she is just rambling. I think the other cats would know if something bad had happened. They always seem to know.
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She is indeed the only rambler in the lot. The others stay close to home. And she was the first to jump up on my wall and bring my attention to the others, too timid to crawl up the bougainvillea into what turned out to be their haven. Ollie wouldn’t even get out of the box they were left in! I just hope she isn’t locked in a house she sneaked into. most of the homes around me are weekend or vacation homes.
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Fingers crossed.
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Oh, no….I hope she comes back. Maybe her siblings know something you don’t.
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Hope so.
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Oh, I do hope for the safe return of Kukla. Not knowing and wondering is terrible.
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Thanks, Steph.
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I do hope she returns soon. It is very touching that the other cats left her share of the food.
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Do u think something bad happened to her?
Does she go out of your yard?
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She does. She’s the one who roams the most. Yes, I’m afraid she either got locked in somewhere or perhaps killed by dogs. But, perhaps she’s just visiting. Remember when Lulu didn’t come back for a week and then nonchalantly showed up now and then. She’d decided to move in with neighbors who got up to feed her earlier in the mornings than I did.
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I hope she is just taking a walk on the wild side. Cats feel each other, and the fact that her siblings are leaving food for her is a sign that they expect her to come back.
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Thanks for that reassurance, Dolly.
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Any news from Kukla?
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No. But I think it is actually Frannie who is missing.. or else Kukla came home and Frannie left. I can’t tell them apart unless they are together! But Kukla is the roamer and the kitty left has been roaming. Ironic that it is the stay-at-home who seems to be gone.
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Perhaps Kukla came back and told the others to take turns exploring the world…
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Okay, I’ve done the research and it is definitely Frannie who is missing. Kukla is sitting here watching me type this. Strange as Frannie was the least likely to stray. We hope she finds her way back to us, but they’ve stopped leaving food for her.
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Ha..Could be.
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They’ll figure it out and be fine; they have 9 lives each.
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When I opened the door to feed them tonight, I heard a strange squeaking and turned around to see Ollie entering with a live, squirming, squeaking mouse! Damn!!! I chased him all over the house. He ran under the bed where was the last place I wanted a mouse to be dropped. We played literal cat and mouse for about ten minutes before he finally dropped the mouse, now dead I hoped. I put my foot on its tail so he couldn’t run away with it, tossed Ollie out the door of my bedroom and slammed the door, put the poor mouse in a trash bag and took it down and threw it over the wall into the spare lot below me. The dogs accompanied me all the way, very interested!
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Your life is full of excitement, my friend!
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ha
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Has the missing one showed up?
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No, sadly. I think she will not be back.
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Hopefully, she is fine; just wanted to live on her own or got adopted by someone else.
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No, but I actually think it is Fran who is missing. I need to look closely at photos. I can only tell them apart when they are together.
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Don’t worry – they’ll sort themselves out! am a good one to talk; the other day Pyshka nosed the kitchen door open and went for a walk on the back stairway. I almost had a heart attack, until I saw the open door and realized where she could be. And she just sauntered in like nothing happened!
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The photos should help you identify who’s missing — and a daily check to make sure it’s the same kitty each day! Did you ask Ryan if he might have taken one home with him?
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The excitement never ends when you are the cat lady!
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I knew one day soon someone was going to give me that title.
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That’s a worry, and I’m sure you must be thinking that one so feisty might have found herself in a spot of bother. I hope for the best. Regards. Tracy.
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Thanks, Tracy. That is sometimes the price for running free. She just loves to roam. She was the one who first roamed into my life. Perhaps fitting she is the first to roam out of it.
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Crossing my fingers that she returns.
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Hah! I thought somebody already had, but maybe it was your own reference to the term when you first got the kittens!
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