I have been feeding a stray for almost a year, and it got to the point where he would park outside my balcony and pay more attention to me than the food. He would stick around and be petted and just waltz into the place and lay down like he lived there. It seemed to me he wanted to be part of the home but I kept him outside because I couldn't afford to get him shots, de-wormed, or washed.
So I moved and I brought him with me. He warmed up to the place so fast that I let him out to explore the balcony but he ended up getting the call of the wild and jumped out the fence. He froze and turned to me with this look in his eye like "Where am I?" and then slinked off. I walked outside the front door and he turned and ran the other way and I haven't seen him since.
I moved about 2 miles from where I lived and there is a nicer apartment complex and a restaurant (across a canal) nearby and I'm thinking he's eating there and heading back to the old place. He's very anti-people with anyone but me, and I'm not sure he's going to cross the roads to get back to the old place.
What are the chances he's sticking around, scrounging around somewhere else, or heading back to the old place? I've left out hot tunafish with no results... should I leave food out by the fence or leave traps at my old place? I have no idea if I'll ever see this cat again.
So I moved and I brought him with me. He warmed up to the place so fast that I let him out to explore the balcony but he ended up getting the call of the wild and jumped out the fence. He froze and turned to me with this look in his eye like "Where am I?" and then slinked off. I walked outside the front door and he turned and ran the other way and I haven't seen him since.
I moved about 2 miles from where I lived and there is a nicer apartment complex and a restaurant (across a canal) nearby and I'm thinking he's eating there and heading back to the old place. He's very anti-people with anyone but me, and I'm not sure he's going to cross the roads to get back to the old place.
What are the chances he's sticking around, scrounging around somewhere else, or heading back to the old place? I've left out hot tunafish with no results... should I leave food out by the fence or leave traps at my old place? I have no idea if I'll ever see this cat again.