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My old girl is missing

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BirdIsland · 18/06/2023 22:15

My sweet old girl has gone missing, I'm not sure how long for as we went away for the weekend, but I last saw her Friday evening. I'm just heartbroken, she's not in good health and I'm just worried she's taken herself off somewhere, this is so out of character, she usually barely leaves the house. I've had her since she was 8 weeks old and she's now 16.

I'm not sure why I'm posting, just because I'm sad and I miss her and I just have a feeling she won't be coming home. She's been with me all my adult life and I didn't say goodbye to her.

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ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 22/06/2023 02:49

BirdIsland · 19/06/2023 05:24

My mum was coming in to feed them, she mentioned on Saturday that she hadn't seen her, but I just assumed my old girl was out keeping cool in the garden somewhere. We also have a camera on the garden, and she's not been caught on there at all, she usually just lays around the back garden close to the house.

I'll put Hoover contents out, and I've been out calling her but nothing. I feel like I've let her down ☹️

You went away leaving her alone with the ability to get outdoors?

Topseyt123 · 22/06/2023 03:26

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 22/06/2023 02:49

You went away leaving her alone with the ability to get outdoors?

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Absolutely nothing wrong with that. We used to do it.

Our cat would be restricted to the kitchen if we went away, with someone coming in twice a day to feed him and change his water. From the kitchen (where his food and water was) he had access to the back garden via his cat flap, just as he always did.

I assume OP's arrangement is similar.

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BirdIsland · 22/06/2023 08:21

Exactly that situation @Topseyt123 (except they have the run of the whole house, they're a bit spoilt!). Pretty normal I'd have thought and they love lazing in the sun in the garden. I have a microchipped cat flap to prevent random cats coming in too.

@justcantgetenough I'm so sorry you never found your little cat, it's absolutely heartbreaking 💔

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