{"id":35200,"date":"2025-12-20T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lebobeat.com\/staging\/1488\/?p=35200"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:40:45","slug":"three-legged-cat-survives-53-day-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebobeat.com\/staging\/1488\/three-legged-cat-survives-53-day-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-legged cat survives 53-day odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If cats do, indeed, have nine lives, Trippy nearly exhausted all of them \u2014 with an emphasis on exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, Trippy, a domestic shorthair born without a fourth leg, became spooked when one of her owners opened the garage door at their Mission Hills home. She bolted and did not return for 53 days, traveling to parts unknown on three paws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere were a few potential sightings and a few calls, but nothing came of them,\u201d said Lexie Peterson, who co-owns the 6-year-old cat with her husband, Bobby. The couple worked diligently to find her, setting up cameras, leaving food outside and alerting neighbors about their missing pet. Bobby frequently called her name in nearby woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly eight weeks later, Trippy was spotted by neighbors two doors away on Orchard Drive, Kathy and Dave Drapala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe got a call from them, and they were very excited,\u201d Lexie Peterson said. \u201cThey saw her sitting in their yard and sent a photo. It was Trippy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing proved fortunate. The Drapalas, who are retired, noticed Trippy in the afternoon, when many neighbors were away at work and might not have seen her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we found out the cat was missing, we said we\u2019d find Trippy somehow,\u201d Kathy Drapala said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Drapala searched under bushes and trees but came up empty. \u201cWe thought she might be hiding under a deck,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day, Kathy said she spotted a cat that looked like Trippy. Dave approached slowly, careful not to startle her, and snapped a photo that was sent to the Petersons. Bobby Peterson soon arrived with a carrier and blanket and brought Trippy home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cat was in dire condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was wrapped up in a towel and was very sick,\u201d Lexie Peterson said. \u201cShe had lost so much weight, was dehydrated and had probably used her last ounce of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Petersons rushed her to a veterinarian, where the prognosis was grim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe vet said she maybe had one more day,\u201d Lexie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trippy remained at the veterinary office for nearly a week, receiving fluids, minerals and food before returning home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her return was an unexpected wedding gift for the couple, who married Nov. 1 \u2014 one week before Trippy made it back. They had adopted her the day she was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s doing great now,\u201d Lexie Peterson said. \u201cShe\u2019s gained her weight back and is very snuggly, jumping on beds and onto our laps \u2014 things she had never done before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobby Peterson agreed, calling her \u201cvery embracing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trippy is not the only pet in the household. The Petersons are also fostering two cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a twist of coincidence, Trippy lives next door to a three-legged dog named Pirate, who is missing the same leg. Pirate, a Great Pyrenees-pointer mix, is a rescue found on a street in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe vet who amputated his leg named him Pirate because he was missing a leg,\u201d said owner Andrea Babb, who lives between the Petersons and the Drapalas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Babb praised the neighborhood\u2019s efforts to help find Trippy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey did so much,\u201d she said. \u201cAll of the kids here were looking for Trippy and made signs,\u201d including her young daughter, Charlotte Lepore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Lexie Peterson posted on the Mission Hills Facebook page that Trippy had returned, the page filled with well wishes from neighbors who had been following the search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure 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\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lexie and Bobby Peterson, Trippy\u2019s owners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Petersons have owned their Mt. Lebanon home for just over four months, closing July 21. They said the experience strengthened their connection to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lexie Peterson is an attorney, and Bobby Peterson is a senior recruiter for a software company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also now oversee a resilient cat whose nine lives, it seems, remain intact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Hills neighbors help reunite Trippy with her owners after weeks on the run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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