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If 13-year-old Blue Burmese cat DJ could talk, he would have an interesting tale to tell after an adventure of several months away from his Arkles Bay home.
When DJ went missing on November 4, his owners, the Clynes family, thought he may have been frightened away by Guy Fawkes fireworks in the neighbourhood.
They searched for him, including delivering flyers and looking online. As well as the family, his feline sister Coco was also missing him. Two months later, with no sign of DJ, the family held a memorial to provide closure.
“The last thing we expected was to get him back after that long,” Sarah Clynes says.
However, miracles do happen, and on April 26 Sarah got a call from Silverdale Veterinary Hospital to say DJ had been brought in and identified by his microchip.
DJ had been hanging around a construction site in Dairy Flat, where a tradie had taken a shine to him, fed and cared for him, and took him to the vet.
The lucky cat was in good health, and clearly happy to be home.
Sarah says the family now suspect that DJ may have been sleeping in their boat when they took it for a service at Mikes Marine in Dairy Flat, around the time he went missing.
“DJ sometimes sleeps in the boat, so that is a strong possibility,” she says.
All Sarah knows is that the tradie lives in Arkles Bay, but the family would love him to get in touch so they can “buy him a box of beers” and say thanks in person.
That tradie is welcome to contact Hibiscus Matters, to be put in touch with the family.
