{{{{{{{Tomi & Caesar}}}}}} I'm glad I read the rest of this thread before freaking with you!! Anyone who has read my post in the thread asking if anyone has been pushed through grief by a therapist over pets KNOWS how I feel about my babies. SOOOOOOOOOO glad he's back safely!

I may be stating the obvious, so please forgive me if I am...do you have Caesar (or any pet) tagged and chipped? I just heard about the micro chip thing recently but it is apparently VERY popular now and painless for the pet.

With the chip in, the very first thing a vet, shelter, etc. will do is try to reach the owner who is in a registry data bank. Regardless if they reach someone or not, a chipped animal cannot be put up for adoption (unless there is some mitigating circumstance - my Kali II is chipped but she is a Hurricane Katrina rescue for example), euthanized or sold to a research center.

As I said, Kali II has already been chipped (I need to get the registration put in my name). Now I need to find a collar that "Houdini Kali" won't get out of, and believe me I've tried most of the ones recommended on www.CatSite.com.

As for chickens...I owned a Doberman who was TERRIFIED of cats. Go figure!