Runcios the cat was headed from her former home in Lithiuania to Leeds, where she and her human mom Greta Tenenyte are going to be relocating soon, when she escaped as her drivers cleaned her carrier during the stop at Leicester on October 4.
Greta made a desperate plead on Facebook, and she and her brother put up posters all over Leicester as they tried to find the missing and disoriented cat.
After many days had passed with no leads, Runcios was found and identified after she came looking for food at a local resident’s door.
The Leicester resident took the cat to Park Vet Group Glenfield on Wednesday, where the kitty’s micro-chip was scanned and up came Greta’s up-to-date contact info.
Greta and her beloved pet were then reunited at Park Vets on Thursday, three long weeks after Runcios had gone missing.
The Leicester Mercury told the story in an article that includes Greta’s plea at Facebook, where she asked: “Help me to find my kitty. My heart is bursting, as I don’t know where she is.”
Park Vets practice nurse Angela Deacon is quoted as saying: “The cat, apart from being hungry, was in very good condition. Luckily, it had been micro chipped. So we scanned it and fed the information into the international database.”
“It showed an address and contact number in Leeds so we contacted them.”
Angela Deacon told a reporter that Runcios’ international transport papers had been properly made out and said Greta feared she would never see her cat again after learning that the couriers entrusted with her transport had accidentally lost her.
Greta said: “I can’t thank the vets enough for contacting us. I am so happy to see my baby again.”
Park Vets recently posted the reunion photo to Twitter and Alison Aikman from Park Vets wrote in Facebook comments, where the Twitter post was shared: “The most friendly and adorable cat I’ve met, he was a pleasure to have in at the vets! Glad you are reunited!”