Our older female cat disappeared for a week. We found her on the other side of a busy main road after lots of leafleting. She was given for a week - I've had her a decade and while she's not keen on our little cat she has a lovely life. Roams but always comes home at night and sleeps with me.
I noticed an extremely mild limp so took her to the vet who thinks she has a touch of arthritis which maybe stopped her crossing the road to come home. A couple of days do metacam have stopped the limp.
I kept her in for 3 nights as advised and let her out at 3.45. At 4pm the same house rang me to say she was back!
We've collected her and I will keep her in again, but she loathes using the litter tray and pees in random places in protest. They are lovely people - DH asked them not to feed her and the husband said he was happy to bring her home but I'd rather she stayed off the road. I've no idea whether to just let her go! Technically she is DDs cat, who will be most upset if she moves out. What to do?!