My 1year old cat behaviour

Hi everyone, i need help  I have a 1 year old female long haired cat a outdoor cat since she was a kitten she was cuddly so sweet but couple months after she turned 1 she has been very distant with me only come home at night and by the morning she is gone for the day she would always come to me when i would call her but now she only looks at me never jumps on my bed to give me cuddles and i'm getting very paranoid thinking someone is feeding my cat and one day she wont come back  she has gained alot of weight she is spayed but i don't know what  to do she means the world to me

Shannon Cottiss said:

Hi everyone, i need help  I have a 1 year old female long haired cat a outdoor cat since she was a kitten she was cuddly so sweet but couple months after she turned 1 she has been very distant with me only come home at night and by the morning she is gone for the day she would always come to me when i would call her but now she only looks at me never jumps on my bed to give me cuddles and i'm getting very paranoid thinking someone is feeding my cat and one day she wont come back  she has gained alot of weight she is spayed but i don't know what  to do she means the world to me

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Is there any way you could keep her inside? Somone may very well be feeding your cat.

Does she wear a collar and tags? If not can you put one on her? Putting a collar and tags on her will let the other people in the area know that she has an owner already and does not need to be fed.

She is chipped  she was tagged twice but some how her collar end up missing but only the ones that are tagged but the ones that arent tagged dont go missing sounds bad but there are gypsy who live near me and their daughter showed interest in my cat once because we have a big field behind our house so when i walk my dog she would normally come with us but i have ordered a tracker so untill the tracker comes i will keep her in.

Shannon Cottiss said:

She is chipped  she was tagged twice but some how her collar end up missing but only the ones that are tagged but the ones that arent tagged dont go missing sounds bad but there are gypsy who live near me and their daughter showed interest in my cat once because we have a big field behind our house so when i walk my dog she would normally come with us but i have ordered a tracker so untill the tracker comes i will keep her in.

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shannon cottiss

Are her collars the breakaway ones? If so would you be willing to try a new type of collar? I use these collars called Beastie Bands. They have a velcro closure and are elastic all the way around so that the collar will easily slip off the cat's head if they do get caught on something. They also come in a ton of different colors and designs.

One of my cats was an absolute Houdini with collars. She would get out of them 30 seconds after we put the collar on her. But since we switched to Beastie bands, her collar finally stays on and she's not irritated by it!

They also sell tags that slide onto collars (so they don't dangle and get caught on things, which, if you had the tags that hang off of the collar, she may have gotten the tag caught somewhere and pulled the collar off).

Here is a link to the Beastie Bands:

http://www.robbinspetcare.com/beastie-band-cat-collar-cats-hearts-paws-choose-a-color?search=Beastie

raina21 her collar are like the dog ones with holes you can change sizes but have alittle stretch bit so if she get trapped or stuck she can take it off and no they are not the dangle ones i might buy a tag saying don't feed my cat etc but what happens if it isn't someone feeding her because I will admit I had been really busy with college and I haven't played with her for awhile could that be it or maybe she's starting to be independent because she's in her teens? I'm just use to younger cats im just use to old cats