We got an 8yo cat from a rescue two months ago. She's settled in, is eating & pooing well but remained very timid and rarely came downstairs preparing to spend her days asleep under a bed, her afternoons/evenings on a bed, having the zoomies about 10pm before looking embarrassed, curling up on our bed and transitioning to the window sill in the middle of the night.
We hadn't let her out in the garden yet as she was downstairs so rarely (other than to eat and use her tray) that I hadn't really figured out how to let her out. She hates being picked up so picking her up, carrying her downstairs and then out into the garden was an option.
We haven't seen her since about 11pm on Monday night. We've hunted the house high and low and there's no sign of her and there is an image of a cat just like her on a neighbour's CCTV so we think that, due to a mistake in which bedrooms had windows open and a door open, she made a bid for freedom.
We left clothing, food and her litter tray out last night and windows open and DH and I went out every 30 mins until 1am but no joy. The neighbour's CCTV has more images of a cat just like her at 1.30am and again later in the night.
If it is her, she is alive and local. We just need to get her home and I think my best chance is to stay up and keep a look out. How? Where? Do I actually need to spend a night in the garden? How do I make sure I'm looking in the right place at the right time?
DH and I both have jobs which have got insanely busy since Coronavirus so both also need to be able to do a productive fall day of work whilst also supervising two primary aged children so I want to get some sleep if I can.
We're all so desperate to have her home.