Enzo, the cat, is back home safe and sound after two months of being missing.
On Saturday, Sean Dyer took to Penticton Facebook groups to say, 鈥楨nzo is home! After two months, he鈥檚 finally home.鈥�
Enzo accidentally escaped Dyer and Jula Sukumar鈥檚 home on March 30. He has been an indoor cat for the last five years but was an indoor/outdoor cat before then. Sukamar has had Enzo for more than nine years.
鈥淗e鈥檚 my soulmate cat,鈥� Sukumar said on Sunday. 鈥淗e has been with me through all my 20s. I was just devastated when he was gone.鈥�
They live in the Papineau area on the second floor of a duplex.
鈥淲hen he got out, he must have been scared and ran down the stairs and got lost,鈥� said Dyer.
Dyer and Sukumar printed missing posters and put them up all over town.
They flooded the locals helping locals Facebook pages and the Penticton Facebook page for help finding their beloved cat.
鈥淎ll our our neighbours helped looking for him. People all across town would call in to offer sightings and advice on how to find him,鈥� he added.
鈥淲e put the litter box outside so he could find his scent, we put out food and water. Critteraid helped a lot with advice and let us borrow a live cat trap which we would stock with food every night.鈥�
It was emotional while he was gone, they both said.
鈥淓nzo is a rock in our lives,鈥� Dyer said. Plus, there was the added stress of several cats being poisoned in the area.
Their other cat Xena would routinely look for Enzo while he was gone.
Enzo was eventually found hanging around a home on Forestbrook, near KVR Middle School. The family who found him posted on social media that a cat they didn鈥檛 recognize had been coming around.
鈥淲e hear Enzo would hop in the house and eat that cat鈥檚 food for about a week. He must have been neighbourhood hopping while he was gone because he came back to us completely unscathed and looking healthy,鈥� said Sukamar.
The family who rescued him coaxed Enzo into a cat carrier and called the couple to tell them they had Enzo.
鈥淚 was so happy. I couldn鈥檛 believe it,鈥� Sukamar said. 鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 sure it was him until I heard his distinctive meow.鈥�
When Enzo got home he picked up his old routine like he never left, said Dyer.
鈥淚t was such a relief and feeling of joy to see him on his bed,鈥� said Dyer.
鈥淗e waltzed in here like nothing has happened. He鈥檚 head butting us and cuddling,鈥� she said.
Dyer and Sukumar wanted to thank the community, their neighbours and everyone for helping 鈥渦s reunite our family.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 just so heartwarming to see how our neighbours were searching and helping. That鈥檚 the beauty of Penticton and that sense of community. We are so happy to have Enzo home.鈥�
