Just wanted to post a bit of a venting thread about my missing cat, in case the universe sees it and takes pity on me having him stroll back in through the catflap.
I've got two black rescue cats, both 5yo neutered boys, and one of them has been gone since Saturday morning. He's typically out all day but pops in for dinner early evening, and I shut the flap to in-only after about 9/10pm so then after that he's in overnight. Usually he would be in from that sort of time, occasional late nights off on an adventure but 95% of the time he's cuddled up asleep on my bed when I go to sleep.
I last saw him when I let both boys out at breakfast time on Saturday. I was in and out a bit, but home from 4pm and he didn't come in after that at all. I use a motion activated camera to keep an eye on them when I'm away (since they're shy & hide from pet sitters) and I've used that when out of the house since then - no appearances. The longest he's ever been gone before is 24 hours, so this is potentially 48 hours+ of not having been in the house.
As I mentioned both cats are shy with strangers, they run/hide if anyone ever comes to the house and never let anyone else come near them. So I don't think he'd have a second family on the go anywhere. He might have let himself in to someone else's house to steal their cat's food, or have nosed about in a shed and been shut in, but otherwise I don't know what could have happened. We've lived here a couple of years so he's familiar with the area, and back when we first moved I used a GPS tracker to see where both cats were going so know it was a fairly self-contained area across the nearby cul de sac and next streets.
I've walked around the neighbourhood and called, looked out for anywhere he could be but nothing. Posted on the local lost pet FB group and I'm printing some leaflets to distribute but not much else I can think to do. Please universe, let him be okay and to come home soon. 