Why is it, for every "lost pet" flyer I see posted on the street....

[Roon]

the missing animal always "needs meds"?

Actually, I already know why, what I REALLY want to know is why people thinks it still works?

P.S. I hate seeing missing pet flyers. I stop and read them all from top to bottom. :cry:

[unpossibles]

1. it's probably just a code for the dog being an alcoholic

or not.

[kimi]

2. I've noticed that too

and I read them all too. Couple summers ago, one of my cats got loose accidently and was gone for over a month. I posted those flyers, went door-to-door for blocks around with my kids, visited the shelter every other day - the whole works. The day before my middle boy, the kitty's kid, left for college, the shelter called and the cat had been turned in - from the one block we hadn't gotten to yet!!

She never needed meds, so I never put that phrase on my flyers, but oh, man, I was sure needing them after that long summer!

I always hope, when I read them now, that one day I'll have the opportunity to help someone find their lost pet, then the circle will be complete.

[MrsMatt]

3. Perhaps the reason they are lost

is that the animal is looking for a place to die.

The only pet I had that needed meds (cat - aged 19) went missing when we accidentally left the door open. Bettina disappeared, we think, because she was ready to move on.

[Old Troop]

4. If they're off their meds who knows what they're doing.

[conscious evolution]

5. loss cat

This showed up all over my nieghborhood several years ago.Everone was going WTF!?!Turned out to be a flyer for a punk band.