{"id":86083,"date":"2025-10-18T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/86083\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:24:07","slug":"microchip-leads-to-reunion-for-cat-missing-11-months-from-wellsford-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/86083\/","title":{"rendered":"Microchip leads to reunion for cat missing 11 months from Wellsford home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">She said the person who \u201ctook her in\u201d may not have known to check for a microchip. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Willow went missing just 10 days after Ridings moved into her new home in Wellsford last year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Ridings said she had suspicions about some aggressive dogs in the neighbourhood. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe thought the dogs had killed her and that they had just disposed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Ridings and her partner executed an extensive search around the neighbourhood and dropped flyers in mailboxes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">But all attempts to find their beloved cat were in vain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe got her from the SPCA 10 years ago on Thanksgiving &#8230; she was my Thanksgiving cat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTo think that we had lost her, I felt like I had let her down, because we\u2019d already rescued her,\u201d Ridings said. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A beloved 12-year-old cat was found almost 100km away after she disappeared from her home nearly a year ago. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A beloved 12-year-old cat was found almost 100km away after she disappeared from her home nearly a year ago. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">But on Thursday, Ridings received a phone call from a vet in Dargaville who asked her if she had lost a pet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHe had scanned her microchip, and it was our Willow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIs this for real? Because we really thought that she met her demise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">Ridings said Willow returned home much thinner, but, overall was in good shape. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHer return has given us some sort of closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI think that was the hardest part, not knowing what exactly happened to her,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iNwUpnfLcxPBLSL\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She said the person who \u201ctook her in\u201d may not have known to check for a microchip. 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