Last Tuesday our utterly gorgeous eight year old ginger boy went missing. He's stayed out for a day before but always appeared at dinner time. By Friday we were frantic, we looked everywhere, put posters up and leafleted two hundred houses. No sign.
As he's chipped we also rang all the vets, the council and put him on various cat lost websites. We also tweeted his details hourly.
By yesterday afternoon I was in bits, I couldn't stop imagining all the dreadful scenarios that could have happened to him.
When my partner came home we got a phone call saying that someone near us had a cat trapped in their house. We ran round the corner and found him trapped behind their fireplace! He had fallen down the chimney and been stuck for six days!! We got him out (with difficulty,he was terrified) and brought him home. He's lost weight and was very hungry and thirsty but seems otherwise unscathed. I've spent the whole night fussing him while he's purred like a little train. He's snuggled next to me now :)
If your cat goes missing don't give up hope! and do leaflet as it really can help.
I just wanted to share - I am SO HAPPY.