StaceyUK
Gold Member
Hi all, my cat went missing over the weekend. I think he got spooked (he can be a bit of a scaredy cat!) when he was in the communal hallway and must have bolted out the front door and then couldn't get back in. I'm worried because, although he was a stray when we rescued him from Cats Protection, he has been an indoor cat for the past 3 years and has never shown a desire to go outside even when our main front door has been open with access to outside and our windows open.
I did see him under the front hedge when he first went missing but he ran off before I could coax him out. My neighbours think they spotted him by our garages out back a couple of days later. The problem is that the back garden behind the garages is untended and very overgrown and wild, not to mention large so he could be hiding anywhere.
I've been out every night shaking his treats, leaving wet food out, etc and can hear rustling but that could be hedgehogs (which scared the crap out of me last night!), foxes (there's a den at the bottom of the garden) or other cats.
Just wondering if any cat owners have any advice? I'm really distraught over it and have been so down since the weekend. He was my first baby (yes, I know he's just a cat but to me he was my baby) and I miss him loads and worry about his safety.
PS - I've also left his bed and a bowl of food outside our front door (the past two morning the food's been gone) and I tried sprinkling some of the hoover contents around in the garden.
I did see him under the front hedge when he first went missing but he ran off before I could coax him out. My neighbours think they spotted him by our garages out back a couple of days later. The problem is that the back garden behind the garages is untended and very overgrown and wild, not to mention large so he could be hiding anywhere.
I've been out every night shaking his treats, leaving wet food out, etc and can hear rustling but that could be hedgehogs (which scared the crap out of me last night!), foxes (there's a den at the bottom of the garden) or other cats.
Just wondering if any cat owners have any advice? I'm really distraught over it and have been so down since the weekend. He was my first baby (yes, I know he's just a cat but to me he was my baby) and I miss him loads and worry about his safety.
PS - I've also left his bed and a bowl of food outside our front door (the past two morning the food's been gone) and I tried sprinkling some of the hoover contents around in the garden.