Hi everyone,
My cat Molly (8 and a half) went missing on Monday night. We found out yesterday that she had had a fight with a cat in our next door neighbours garden and subsequently barked at by their dog on that evening.
Yesterday i put notes through all the neighbours doors asking them to check sheds etc.
She went missing once before 6 years ago. She had a fight, and i assume hid in a shed. 6 days later she apeared very ill with dehydration and an abcess from a cat bite.
After hearing my next door neighbours story i felt that she had gone off to hide again.
This morning when we started to walk the kids to school, my husband heard a familiar squeek coming from the back of someones garden. Sure enough there she was. Its really enclosed and overgrown.
We coaxed her out and she came in for a spot of food and a drink (she never drinks in public - last time i saw her drink was when she came back from being missing last time) Then she wandered around our back garden, went next door (not the dog side) came back over, taking the downwards trip over the fence v slowely. She then went out the front door, and went back to the garden we found her in. We left her to it to see what would happen. She has been sat there all day.
We tried to get her to come out through out this eve but she was having none of it. She eventually came out when it rained.
It seems so so strange that she went back there, and stayed there for so long. We know her behaviour, and she always greets eh car - she didnt do this even though we know she could see and hear us.
Tonight she has had some food and a drink, and jumped up with my husband which is really unusual (she isnt a lap cat) She went upstairs and came back down v gingerly. She wanted to go out almost imediatly, and i just know she wanted to go back there. she is normally a real home creature - we have to force her out most days!
Im guessing her slowness to walk downstairs is down to her having no food or drink for 4 days, but as for why she is feeling the need to go back to this one place i have no idea. Could it just be fear?
Thanks for any advice or thoughts!
x x lucy x x
My cat Molly (8 and a half) went missing on Monday night. We found out yesterday that she had had a fight with a cat in our next door neighbours garden and subsequently barked at by their dog on that evening.
Yesterday i put notes through all the neighbours doors asking them to check sheds etc.
She went missing once before 6 years ago. She had a fight, and i assume hid in a shed. 6 days later she apeared very ill with dehydration and an abcess from a cat bite.
After hearing my next door neighbours story i felt that she had gone off to hide again.
This morning when we started to walk the kids to school, my husband heard a familiar squeek coming from the back of someones garden. Sure enough there she was. Its really enclosed and overgrown.
We coaxed her out and she came in for a spot of food and a drink (she never drinks in public - last time i saw her drink was when she came back from being missing last time) Then she wandered around our back garden, went next door (not the dog side) came back over, taking the downwards trip over the fence v slowely. She then went out the front door, and went back to the garden we found her in. We left her to it to see what would happen. She has been sat there all day.
We tried to get her to come out through out this eve but she was having none of it. She eventually came out when it rained.
It seems so so strange that she went back there, and stayed there for so long. We know her behaviour, and she always greets eh car - she didnt do this even though we know she could see and hear us.
Tonight she has had some food and a drink, and jumped up with my husband which is really unusual (she isnt a lap cat) She went upstairs and came back down v gingerly. She wanted to go out almost imediatly, and i just know she wanted to go back there. she is normally a real home creature - we have to force her out most days!
Im guessing her slowness to walk downstairs is down to her having no food or drink for 4 days, but as for why she is feeling the need to go back to this one place i have no idea. Could it just be fear?
Thanks for any advice or thoughts!
x x lucy x x
