After losing a beloved boy cat last winter, we adopted two 6 month old girls in the spring. I have a 7 yr old female who likes no one, is out all summer and asleep in a quiet space all winter. They all settled with a few spats here and there but nothing major, and we kept the kits in for several months what with lockdown and being so little.
Once we let them out, one basically stopped coming home really quickly and was last spotted in September. I knew she was alive but couldn't find her anywhere. We've tried all the usuals but nothing apart from a couple of possible garden sightings. Until tonight, when next door but one checked the cat in their bed wasn't her, and it was! She has obvs been fed, she's healthy, with a thick winter coat.
She's been fed, flea'd and put in the kitchen with her bed but has been lunging for the cat flap (locked) and growling at old girl who I now think might have been chasing her away. She's very nervy but I think that's understandable after so long away.
Sorry that's long. Feliway friends ordered, and will start slow reintroduction tomorrow, but I'm concerned that she will just walk as soon as she can. Any ideas?