I was given a cat by a friend yesterday. We have wanted one for ages and this cat was being rehoused having been displaced when his owners got 3(!) new dogs.
Last night, he was delivered. I put him in the end of the kitchen with a bed, a tray and some food. I thought he would hide overnight and take a long time to settle, but within a couple of hours he came into the living room miaowing loudly, tail in the air, rubbing against my legs for a fuss. He's lovely! I thought it was great that he was settling so soon.
This morning, I came downstairs to find he'd eaten all of his food and used his tray (good sign, i thought)
However, there's no sign of him anywhere. I figured he was probably hiding from the noise of the DC this morning, so put down some more food and went to work. When I got back, the food was still all there, there's no evidence of tray use and no sign of the cat.
Now I'm really worried. We've wracked our brains, but no external doors or windows have been open since he was here (unless we were walking through the doors - so we would have noticed an escape), I have looked in every tiny, dark, hidey hole I can think of, but he just seems to have disappeared.
He will come back out, won't he? Where could he be?! Should I look outside even though I can't imagine how he would have got out there? I feel like I'm going a bit mad!
It just seems odd that he was so confident yesterday and now has completely disappeared.
I will be so, so sad if doesn't come back and my DS will be devastated. Just reassure me that he hasn't left us!