[Closed] Our cat's been missing for 5 days - should we fear the worst?

a year or so back we had a cat take up residence in our garden took a month to get close enough to check it out and a couple more weeks to get it in a cage. It was returned to its original owners by the cats protection.

Not saying the cat will return, just don't give up hope it may be lost.

Ours went missing for about two weeks, once we'd accepted that she was probably dead, she sauntered in looking perfectly well, demanded to be fed,had a wash then went to sleep on the bed and never did it again in the next eight years.

Have you checked your wheelie bin? 😆

How old is Spook? Was Spook in good health proir to departure?

AFAIK cats will often wander, returning as and when they feel like it. I was one told that there are more owners of pet cats in Britain than there are pet cats.

I should imagine that Spook has gone walkabout. Leave food out, catflap open, make him/ her welcome upon return.

If he hasn't done this before in the last ten years, then it doesn't too good I'm afraid 😐

Death by natural causes isn't very likely imo. Not impossible, but cats don't tend to die suddenly without any previous problems. RTA is much more likely, although I would have expected you to find his body - if you haven't, then that's a good sign I reckon.

What is also very possible is that he's locked himself in someone's shed/garage - cats will often sneak into things to which the door is then closed by someone. Put notes through doors/knock on doors.

I would also place adverts on lampposts etc offering a reward for his return - local kids are likely to become your eyes and ears. I would also check local vets RSPCA etc, in case he was knocked down and taken by someone for treatment - you will be surprised just how many people are prepared to do that.

Don't give up. Good luck.

Have you been around your neighbours to check their sheds & garages?
Our old moggie Bill went missing for a fortnight once and came back painfully thin and weak smelling of engine oil, he had obviously been locked in a garage whilst the homeowners went on their hols!

Hope puss returns soon, have faith 🙂

Both of ours did exactly that after a weeks holiday. One rocked up after two or three days, the other was starting to live next door. They knew perfectly well whose cat it was but weren't shooing him out when he came in and he kept miraculously losing every single collar that was put on him for a couple of weeks. We think they were feeding and fussing him to make him live there. Few weeks ago he got quite ill with a flu type thing and hey presto they didn't want to know him and he is now coming home to us every day.(hes all better now and still coming home)

I wouldn't worry too much unless someone is trying to steal him. Happens a lot apparently.

Mine used to disappear for days on end. If it's out of character then that's not good, but I wouldn't give up hope just yet.

Hope he's ok, sorry dude.

One of ours once disappeared years ago. We looked everywhere, knocked on doors, checked outbuildings, searched the whole hillside but to no avail. Then exactly two weeks later she appeared on the kitchen table waiting to be fed! She was thin but otherwise ok. When I went out and saw a French car I realised where she had probably been - across the road and a few doors down the house is owned by a French couple as a second/third? home. I remembered seeing the car two weeks ago. I didn't ask them about a black cat since I thought she may have left a bit of a mess! She's never done it again, nor will she after a stroke has slowed her down and restricted her to the house and garden.
There is still hope yet for you.

One of my cats went missing for over 2 weeks once. I put up posters in the area but had given her up for dead, absolutely gutted. Opened the door to let one of the cats in one evening and she came in too, looking fine and very pleased to be back - never done it since and I've no idea where she went.

Hope you find him..

one of my cats went missing for 4 months turned up like a bag of bones but ok other wise

As above really. Never say never with cats. One of mine went missing fora number of weeks as well. Was about to get another and she turned up right as rain !
However, several years later she disappeared for good. Never seen again. She was micro-chipped so we called the Council, the local vets and the animal protection groups but nobody ever found her body 🙁
They are known to go and hide when they are on the way out. Check under bushes behind scheds etc incase the worst has happened 🙁

Any news ?

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Ours has dissappeared for a few days more than once - worried us silly but again, sauntered back in looking rather well fed and groomed. I suspect he had another house where he was getting fussed over.

Thanks for all your advice, kind words and tales of your experiences with missing felines.

Spook is still MIA (or should that be MIAOW?)

I'll let you know if he turns up.

DS

girlfriends cat dissapeared for 8 days earlier this year, he was the type of cat that never left the house or garden, just when everyone (but me) had decided he was dead he turned back up. was clearly dehydrated and had to see the vet - but now is better than ever. 🙂

Don't give up.

The chances are he's shacked up with some floozie nearby. Once they've both exhausted themselves he'll come trotting back as though nothing's happened.

Hope he comes back soon. Hopefully (worsecase) he was picked up by someone thinking he was lost and is currently being fed tinned tuna and sat infront of a roaring fire 🙂

it's probably depopulating the local small mammals and birds

once it gets cold and hungry it will come back

...unless some spinster is feeding it 5 streets away

Hi
I really hope your cat turns up safe and well - my next door neighbour found his after a couple of months - it had decided to "relocate" half a mile away.

If your cat's microchipped, if it's been in an accident then you will be able to be contacted. I recently saw a cat in a collision with a car - though it was wearing a collar, there was no id or way of contacting the owners. It was still alive, so I took it to the local vet hospital, but I've got no way of knowing whether the owners were able to be informed. I put notices on the phone box nearby, and at the local vets.

It might be worthwhile phoning local vets to see if your cat was brought to them. Also, when I took the cat to the vet hospital I had to notify the RSPCA, as they cover vet fees if the owner is not found. They also keep a log of missing/injured animals for 30 days.

Hope this helps

MrsT

as per all the above really, never say never etc

some friends went on holiday recently and asked us to pop round and feed their bengals am and pm each day. We did, but didn't see the cats at all the whole time, not out of character for the older one, but the young 'un is like clockwork for feeding. Should have been put in a battery imho, but not my decision to make. One night we arrive to an rspca card on the door - cue big panic, frantic calls etc... Transpires that a 'concerned' neighbour had been locking the young 'un in their garage overnight because they thought it had been abandoned. Poor thing was traumatized, its really changed his character and he still isn't back to normal. Bar. Stewards.

...unless some spinster is feeding it 5 streets away

...unless some spinster is feeding it tinned tuna laced with liquid cod liver oil 5 streets away..

When I give that to bingo I swear he'd kill me/anything if I decided to change my mind and lift it away from him 😆

I have tales of cats going walkabout similar to the above. It's very common tbh.

Well we were right to be worried.

We found out today that Spook was fatally injured on the road on the 22nd September.

At least we know now.

I'll miss the big guy.

Ah, bugger... was hoping for a happy ending... condolences 🙁

ah crap. Really sorry to hear about that.

🙁

Sorry to hear that d_s.

balls......

Houns ran over a cat the other day (or something). Do you live in Stourbridge?

Crap that's awful.

Since moving home we've lost 2 cats to the local roads and have decided it isn't really fair to get another + we can't put ourselves through getting attached then upset when something like this happens.

Ooh, bugger! I posted my reply without reading the full thread. 😳

Sorry!

And to set the record straight, it was Houns' neighbour that hit a cat and Houns sped it off to the vet and is now trying to find out who owns it. He's all heart...unlike me. Sorry again.

It's probably little consolation, but at least you know for sure now.

Sorry dude.

Sorry to hear mate. Was hoping for a happy ending too.

RIP Spook Starship.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 🙁

It would have been quick and painless though.

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure Spock had a good life in the Starship house.

So sorry to hear that.

🙁

Not good dude. 😥

Sorry to hear that, I get worried very time mine dont come home at night, but they usually turn up.

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So sorry to hear your news. It's so hard losing a pet. We lost one of ours in June so I know how you must be feeling.

Julian

RIP Spook Starship 🙁

Went through the same about 4 yrs ago.... luckily a fella knocked on our door early one morning.... think he had moved ours to the verge. Sad day. Thoughts are with you.

RIP Spook....

Gutted for you i really am 🙁

I won't go into what happened to me on Tuesday as i don't think it'll make you feel any better, i'll tell it another time

RIP Spook

Cleo

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are sorry too.

Your hurt will pass and be replaced by happy memories, I'm sure. So sorry you had the uncertainty to go through.

🙁

As you say though, at least you know now.

And I think hora is right about it being quick - cats will always, one way or another, try to get straight home if seriously/mortally wounded. The fact that your Spook didn't, suggests that it was very quick.

Thanks for all your words of support and condolences.

I know "he was only a cat" but me and mrs. S don't have children and Spook was one of our family.

It's a tidgy event in the whole scheme of life but for now at least, the pain is very real.

Ta again.

DS

sorry to hear that i know what you are going through we had to get our cat put to sleep on monday our house seems so different without her 🙁 try and remember all the good times you had with them

He was NOT 'only a cat', he was very special to you and part of your family. Cleo's previous human said that about her and that's one of the (many) reasons I'm falling out with him.

We have no kids either and ours are part of our family too.

Glad you have some closure, at least. Sorry for your hurt - it does go away (but that's no consolation right now, I know).

When we lost Chicago it hurt like anything. Looking for a rescue cat when the time is right really helps if and when you want another family member.

oh dear,not just a cat , but your cat and a family member, we got 3 of the furry buggers and luv em to bits, in time you will feel better, all the best mr and mrs scraprider .

Derek this is very sad indeed.

When our cat was killed in a road accident, we were lucky to find her very near our house and totally in one piece. We carried her into the garden and she got buried under our cherry tree.

There was a slightly funny side, as that evening my father came home from work to find 3 blubbering females on the settee, he instantly knew that puss had been squashed (not literally).

Hope you and 'M' get another kitten soon. It won't replace 'spook'starship of course but it will help.

bunnyhop x

aaaw bugger, had my fingers crossed he was out on a pre winter shagfest! Always sad to lose a pet, my condolences.