A lost cat's mysterious way back home from 1448 kms away

When cats travel and go camping with their owners, their behavior can vary widely depending on their personalities and previous experiences. Cats by nature are creatures of habit and may get uneasy when being taken out of their accustomed environments. However with good preparation, one should be able to accustom them step by step to the adventure of camping and travelling .
Rayne Beau whose name is pronounced "rainbow", is a gray cat who lives a life of beach and lake excursions.He recently experienced an adventure of a lifetime, he had a solo journey of hundreds of miles from Wyoming to California. To this day, nobody knows how Rayne Beau ended up back in his home two months after he vanished in Yellowstone National Park on a camping trip in June.
In August, Rayne Beau's owners Benny and Susanne Anguiano received information from a microchip company that their favorite pet had been located at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Roseville, California. That location is nearly 1,448 kilometers from Yellowstone and just about 322 kilometers away from their home in Salinas.

The next day, the Anguianos drove to Roseville to pick up Rayne Beau, who had lost six pounds during his ordeal. "I really do believe he made most of that journey on his own," Susanne Anguiano told their TV station KSBW. "His paws were really beat up, and he had lost 40% of his body weight". Despite their excitement about the reunion, this couple had no idea how Rayne Beau had reached Roseville; they were quite sure that he was trying to find his way home.
Trying to put pieces back together about Rayne Beau's adventure has led the Anguianos to seek the media, hoping that someone has seen this feline during his outs and about in the months that he was away from home.
Benny Anguiano mentioned that in addition to microchipping their cats, they have now equipped two of them with air tags and fitted Rayne Beau with a GPS tracker.
The cats enjoy traveling in the camper, gazing out the large windows at deer, squirrels, and other wildlife. However, the family isn’t ready for another road trip with their pets just yet, he noted.
“Losing him was a terrible experience,” Benny Anguiano said peaking to the TV station. “We’ll need to practice camping at home and set up camp in the driveway to help him get accustomed to it.”


While camping some cats are anxious or curious, while staying close to you, they carefully peek out around the surroundings. They will enjoy wildlife peering at them from the safety of a camper or tent, and some even walk on a leash. Owners can give them a safe, familiar place to hole up in, such as a snug carrier or a special place in the tent, where they feel secure and snug.

Microchipping your cat is an important safety measure and increases the chances that you will find your cat if it ever gets lost. A microchip is about the size of a rice grain and is implanted under your cat's skin usually between the shoulder blades. This microchip has a certain identification number, embedded in it that can be scanned through a special device, which then relates it to your information stored in a database. In comparison, a microchip leaves a permanent form of identification, unlike collars or tags that can fall off or get removed.
Microchipping a kitten is a quick process that should be about the same pain level as a vaccination and can be done at most veterinary clinics and animal shelters. It is often done when the kitten is very young although it can be done at any age.