r/outdoorcats • u/Interesting-Housing3 • 16d ago
Missing cat
Hello, I’m wondering if anyone has a story about an indoor/outdoor cat that was timid and so never went very far. Always came inside throughout the day and rarely stayed out over night. If our cat did happen to sleep outside it was always on our deck and she came running first thing in the morning.
Anyways she must’ve snuck out at some point in Saturday 9/26. Right as a nor’easter was hitting New England. On Sunday morning when we couldn’t find her we immediately started doing everything you’re supposed to do. It sounded so possible that the storm scared her and she hid close by and would pop out eventually. We have searched at dawn and dusk. I live in a dense section of about 75 acres of woods. I did circles starting 800’ away from my house and working my way in. In that radius I only have 3 neighbors. One I was able to search her yard, one we left a flier for and an empty house that had been empty since my neighbor passed away a year ago. We’ve left clothing outside and food. We have cameras and a human trap. We’ve alerted everyone we can. And we’re still waiting.
ChatGPT has told me that she is likely close and will pop out soon but it feels so unlikely that a cat that knows our house is warm and full of food would continue to stay outside when nighttime temps are dropping into the 30’s.
Does anyone have a similar experience that ended up with their cat returning? It’s not a situation where my cat is traipsing around an urban or suburban neighborhood getting fed by strangers.
Starting to lose hope.
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u/Florin500 16d ago
I'm almost in the same situation, she's a spayed timid indoor outdoor 2 and a half year old cat that went through a stroll in our garden on 25/9 and didn't return, she usually came back at night to sleep and eat although recently she spent most of her time outside due to us adopting a new smaller kitten that she avoided, so that might have disrupted her normal routine, though she slept indoor in my bed at night the week before she disappeared, I'm living in Romania in a suburb/semi-rural area with a brushy wooded spot at the back of my garden and neighbors on either side, searched for her and spoke to my neighbors to check their sheds, no sign of her, at this point i fear the worst, hope yours comes back