Dan sorry I missed the post about Shelly, it was a year ago August we lost Honey and it still hurts. We still have our 18+ cat that keeps hanging in with us. Pets become a big part of the family.
Got up at 4am, this morning. Dumb cat comes in and sorta angrily "mowed at me and walked out and back to carol' s room. Think I woke him and he wanted me to know he was POed. Just too funny.
Place a cardboard box on the floor and they will come. One of my cats likes coming up to my room and climbing under the cushions on the sofa. I cut a door in a cardboard box and put it under the cushions sitting on the sofa and the cat didn't show up for 6 weeks other than walk in and look around and ignore the new digs and leave.
Tonight she showed up and after great sniffing and checking out, the new digs were deemed acceptable and I haven't seen her for hours.