The Bayleys Queenstown real estate agent and her husband, Grant, adopted little Lucy from QT Community Cats about April, 2022 — spayed and microchipped, Lucy settled in at her Loop Rd pad till that December, when she went AWOL for the first time.
Despite exhaustive searches of Kelvin Heights, Lucy was nowhere to be found, till about two months later she rocked up, "really underweight".
She vanished again last March and this time had a four-month vacation somewhere else in the Whakatipu, before turning up out of the blue when called one cold winter’s night last July.
But Lucy’s paws got itchy again in November and she went walkabout, only returning home last Tuesday night.
Well-fed and incredibly affectionate, Deborah’s convinced she’s adopted some other humans, possibly in Jack’s Point.
They’d previously fitted Lucy with a tracking device on a collar and said she’d go "miles a day", but then she lost it.
"It would be nice to figure out where she’s going and who this other family is ... at least we can say, ‘she’s on her way’, and not worry."
Quipping Lucy’s the living embodiment of the kids’ song, The Cat Came Back, though "she just takes a few more months", Deborah also hopes Lucy’s adventures give hope to others who have meandering moggies.
"Don’t give up hope too soon ... they can be away for long periods of time."
- If you’ve been looking after Lucy, Deborah would love to hear from you — email deborah.coburn@bayleys.co.nz
