The computerized tomography somehow made her way from her nursing home in Maine all the way to Florida . Now , she ’s reuniting with her kinsfolk .
It was a little mystifying last month when Denise Cilley received a call from a Florida vet informing her they ’d found her lose cat .
The Chesterville , Maine , resident had n’t lost a cat , and she certainly had n’t lost one some 1,400 Swedish mile out in Longwood , Fla. She wonder if they had the haywire number . Then the vet described the felid in inquiry : a graytabbywho , according to hermicrochip , was adopt from theFranklin County Animal Shelter .
Photo: Denise Cilley
" Oh my goodness , it ’s Ashes , " Cilley tells Daily Paws of her realisation .
Yup , the young cat with a squeaky meow who ’d escaped Cilley ’s home in August 2015 — on her daughter Katie ’s 10th birthday no less — had somehow made it all the way down to Florida . She was scheduled to repay to her original domicile Wednesday good afternoon aftera successful fundraising effortpaid for some of her veteran bills .
At first , Cilley wondered if it would be easier to notice ash a new home in Florida , but she decided , " No , I want my baby back . "
Denise Cilley
Cilley take on Ashes as a kitten in 2014 , and just under a year later she disappeared . She ’d accompanied her brother , a black , panther - like kat name Rex , outside . He came back while she did n’t . Cilley and her daughter were incredibly saddened .
The family research the surrounding area — exactlywhat you ’re supposed to do — for weeks but turned up nothing . They compute a vulture , maybe afisheror fox , had gotten her , Cilley says . Theygrieved .
Then , about six - and - a - one-half long time later on , Cilley acquire the phone call . Ashes , now missing a tooth , was in Florida . Who knows how she got down there .
" Has she been in Florida six months or six years ? " Cilley wonders .
All she knows is the distich who found Ashes had assure her in their orbit for about six month before catching her in January . They fostered her for for a while and reported back that she still has her squeaky miaow and likes to loop up on a good cat sleep . Now , she ’s up to date on her vaccinum and was set to fly home Wednesday , go far at the Portland , Maine , drome at 4:30 p.m. via Frontier Airlines .
Cilley has buy kitten food , ash ' preference , for her homecoming while Katie pucker the cat a crocheted toy that can be filled with catnip . Cilley has nine other cats — including the now - elderly Rex — so Ashes will likely be sequestered for several days so she can again get used to her home .
Beside her rescuers , the MVP of this story is Ashes ' microprocessor chip . Cilley encouraged everyone , even indoor cat owner , to get their guy chipped andkeep the information updated . You never know when your cat might get out — or when and where they might be found .
" [ It ’s ] good Plan B , " Cilley says .
The GoFundMe for ash smashed its goal , so Cilley plans to donate the residual to the Franklin County Animal Shelter andPAWS , a shelter in her hometown of Calais , to help the protection ' microchipping elbow grease .
