Lost cat, any stories of hope please?

[tiredvommachine]

My lovely cat hasn't been seen since Saturday morning :-(. He never stays out overnight and this is really out of character. I have added his details to our local lost pets FB page and knocked around the area asking if people can look out for him and also left his litter box out and some cover /food.
I know it's only been two days but I'm really sad and worried :-(
Anyone got any heartening stories about returning felines?

[Dowser]

Nothing yet?

[Howmanysleepsnow]

A cat who lives on my road was missing since before Christmas. They put posters up everywhere. I found out this morning he’s home... their next door neighbour had taken him in and kept him in their house! How they didn’t see the posters I don’t know...

[Dowser]

I hope someone is looking after boo on these cold days

[tiredvommachine]

Me too, @Dowser 🙁

[Dowser]

So sorry the bad boy isn’t back yet..keep hanging on in there.

[RuthTopp]

Any new on your Dcat ?

[tiredvommachine]

Not yet 😔

[MyMumTracyBeaker]

Sorry to hear Boo is not back yet, OP .

[fiorentina]

We once had a lovely cat hanging around our house, desperately asking for food. We kept an eye out, fed him outside, put up posters and local social media posts. Eventually we took him to the vet to see if he was chipped. He was, they rang his owner, we agreed to deliver him home nearly 3 miles away and he’d been missing for 6 months. I was pleased we’d reunited them but sad we couldn’t keep him! Don’t give up hope. I know it’s so hard.

[tiredvommachine]

Thank you, he is chipped so I hope something similar happens with our little wanderer

[trevthecat]

When I was 16 we moved 200 miles. My mum had a cat, Olly. He hated everyone but my mum. When we moved my uncle and cousin had Olly in the van with them, my mum was in the car, about an hour behind with my aunt. When my uncle arrived at the new house, he let Olly out into the back garden. 200 miles from home and hadn't seen my mum. He didn't come home. My mum was heartbroken. We leafleted, left clothes out etc. We thought he was gone forever. 5 months later, he was sat at the back door!! A bit thinner (not a bad thing!!) But absolutely fine! Was (what my mum called) a miracle! Hope your cat is home quicker than Olly x

[Saz12]

I’ve not RTFT (or, not all of it!), sorry if been suggested already. But go out and call his name as you walk. You’ll look and feel like a loon, but it can work. Go in a different direction for a long walk every day, call him as you go. Hopefully he’ll hear you!

[LagneyandCasey]

Still hoping for good news, op 🤞

[tiredvommachine]

That means a lot @LagneyandCasey,thank you

[Dowser]

Still holding out for boo
Still sending him life force 🤞🙏

[tiredvommachine]

@Dowser ❤️

[Dowser]

Still working on him 🙏

[hippychick11]

@tiredvommachine I'm so sorry your cat has gone missing. In the past this has happened to me with some of my cats who never wandered, but who got locked in somewhere. Sometimes they will return after a week or 2, totally fine but starving. I know someone whose cat Simba recently went missing, turns out he got onto the back of a fuel lorry and ended up in town and through posters she put up, he was found. I really hope you find him, keep us updated x

[Dowser]

Never give up hope 🙏

[NaturalStudy]

Sending good thoughts OP x

[tiredvommachine]

Thank you very much for continued good wishes, I will absolutely update with any news. Miss my boy

[autumnboys]

My local FB page had a story today of a cat who came home after 2yrs3months. Our own cat turned up after about 3 months. Keep the faith xx

[RatsolutelyFabulous]

Awww, I’m sorry to hear that OP, I’m sure they’ll be back! I’ve had plenty of cats over the years and one of mine went missing for two weeks, just took herself off on a jolly and then turned up one day. Sometimes, they just take themselves off on an adventure.

Please keep on with the local FB groups as that helped me massively with my current girl cat. Me and my ex had went on a long weekend away and my best mate who lived with us at the time was looking after them. Bless her, she didn’t want to phone and tell me/worry us on our weekend away so she phoned my dad who called me.

I posted on our local FB group and a girl who’s dad had been renovating his house(but didn’t live in it) saw the post and asked her dad to check his house who had his house opposite us and low and behold, she’d got scared of the fireworks(she’s scared of everything) and ran in when he didn’t notice and he locked up. She was hidden in the floorboards for 3 days. Luckily for me, the quick witted lass had told him as he wasn’t planning on going back for another 3 weeks and she would of perished by then.

I’ve got my fingers crossed for you, I’m sure they’ll come home soon!

[LagneyandCasey]

Still thinking of you, op. I keep checking the thread and hoping for good news 🤞

[tiredvommachine]

Thank you @LagneyandCasey, I am keeping on hoping too. Thank you