Missing cat. Can anyone help? I don't understand.

Thank you Shane. I'm not sure if anyone was feeding him. While looking for him and asking around two people-1 around the corner and 1 behind me puts food out for the cats..so they told me. And are animal lovers and 1 had a dog and the other one had a dog. But other than that i havent seen any dishes out for the cats anywhere. Anywhere that i can see anyway. But maybe he was walking and found a spot that puts food out. I don't know. The people around here don't pay attention to cats like other places. I wish it was different here but there are a few cats around my block and others that I've seen walking around and to me it seems like people don't want them anymore and just put them outside. That makes me upset. If you don't want them anymore or can't take care of them anymore then bring them to the humane society or animal rescue. I did that a few times when some were friendly but needed help that I couldn't help with. I even took one in that I have now that I strongly believe is related and came from the same neighbor as the one that is missing now. He left his cats outside and then moved. 2 out of 4. I tried so hard to keep this one inside but he wouldn't use the litter box and go in the house when i wouldnt let him out and also scratch on the door to go out. The one that i took in that i just mentioned does the same thing and he runs out as soon as a door opens. Both never go far or disappear until now.

For the 2 years i had him..he's a good,cool cat but he wouldn't just go up to people or kids. He's very aware, and would get nervous of there was noise..fireworks, thunderstorms, noisy kids. He lets me pick him up and carry him but only a short distance. He starts pushing down. And you know when cats want to get down they will let you know..ha. he's a big guy. Not fat but big around 15 pounds my uncle thinks. So kids wouldn't be able to pick him up and carry him in 2 hours. Unless someone was stalking where he goes and comes from. Maybe I'm thinking to negatively. Cause I'm also worried about what if some kids hurt him cause he didn't want to be held, or jist to be mean..but then the other cats are still here. It's just so odd to me amd i dont understand.

My uncle said the same things along with 2 neighbors..maybe someone took him inside. But like I said i cant see how. Who would go through the trouble of stalking a cat. Also my uncle said if they open the door he would run out. I hope so of its close enough so then he can come back home to me. But would he know how to come back? It happened with my uncles cat years ago. They moved, he got out and went back to the old house.

I said if/when (i hate saying if ) he comes back i will not let him back out again. Not that i do it on purpose the one i have and him would run if the door is open...but i will keep him in even if that means cleaning up when he uses the bathroom(which i did..and i dont mean in the litter box) i dont care i just want him back. I'm guessing the guy used to let him out to use the bathroom like a dog cause he only used the box once and I used to put him in there.

I treat my 2 cats (three including him) like if they were my kids. I play, pet,lay with them, spoil with goodies. I know he knows he's loved and i love him..he has to know. I would even talk to him/them. I don't like to think negatively but i can't help it. It's just to odd. He's never done this before...in the 2 years i had him. He would give me hugs. So cute.

Thats why i contacted the Humane society here amd there amd told them that maybe someone took him and brought him there to maybe try to get shots and keep him..like you said. But they said no when i called amd no email back. I hate this. I don't want to lose hope. My uncle and grandma said he will probably pop up he's just wandering. But for me I'm thinking something happened. I just picture him being scared..between the fireworks and thunderstorms and noisy people. I don't even know if he's eating. He was here every single day and just disappeared within 2 hours that the ambulance came for my grandmother. I blame myself for not paying attention. Not that i wasn't but my grandma was really bad and wasnt sure what was happening with her. It's my fault.she slowly got better in the hospital and is home doing ok but still..i worry about my kitty. I don't know what else to do. I still have the food outside and also have the kitty condos that he layed in/on while outside. But he hasn't been here cause he moves the dishes outside and inside and they haven't been moved.i look at his little bed here..inside all the time..and the little things/toys i played with him with. Even got one that he would like. I just hope he comes back. I hope and pray. For mine and others. Thank you for yours. So frustrated, aggravated and sad. My fault.

And i feel bad to come on here and vent/talk about it so I apologize.

My 2 cats and 1 dog look for him i think. Indside and outside. It's 7 weeks today

Please don't think bad thoughts. You need to put those bad thoughts out of your head and think positive. I know they are possibilities but you shouldn't dwell on them it is going to eat you up inside. I am sure your cat would not want you to do that to yourself.

As for not seeing food out, my grandmother fed them on her back porch where nobody could get at the cats. She would not have thought twice about finding a cat a home if she thought it was stray. Especially if it was friendly.

You cannot blame yourself for letting a cat outside that you let outside for years. Lots of people let their cats outside. For many people it is normal and I know people that think I am strange for not letting my cats outside. When I do let them out I follow them around my property and don't let them out of my sight. I am sure some of my neighbors think it is strange I follow my cats around like they are chickens that lay golden eggs.

Never feel bad about coming here to vent or talk about cats, it is what the site is for. I don't own the site but I bet Anne would say the same.

Remember there are people that have had cats come home after years. Stay positive and push those bad thoughts out of your head.

B bellab

I agree that if he comes home he shoukd be kept inside. I truly hope you find him. I wouldn't give up just yet.

Have you checked the areas beyond the boundaries he usually doesn't cross (busy streets, houses with dogs and such)? Sometimes a cat will get scared and run across a road/boundary and then they will be too scared to cross back over the boundary to get home.

If you find him and keep him inside, then you van try putting a layer (and inch or so) of potting soil/dirt on top of the litter in the litter box. This works for most strays and ex-ferals. Eventually you can stop using the dirt and just use litter. But you essentially have to litter train them.

Yea, Shane Kent i know. I don't want to think bad thoughts. But I can't help it. It's just so odd to me. The one stray that was here the same night that came running out still comes and was here before. Only if he could talk..maybe he can tell me what happened..haha. The usual 3 strays that stay around here and come stay on the porch for food but if the neighbors next door come out making noise they run. They don't like the noise. They are kind of ok with it if I'm out there with them. The one belongs to people that don't even care that she's out. The other one has been around maybe about 2 weeks before mine disappeared that i know of and he's still here after the bratty kids next door threw stuff at him. Like i said before..my neighbor saw and we had an issue with them. My neighbor also saw the one girl scare him away..but didn't tell me until a week later. But he was still here. He would stay away from those kids and all kids/people..unless i was out in the yard. If he wanted to stay outside and the neighbors were out, he would stay on the porch. He's very aware. I know he's a smart cat and can handle himself and probably try ro scratch and bite someone if he didnt like them..but to me he's a sweety-even though he did kinda bite me oncr when he was scared.i just don't understand.

We feed the cats in the yard on the porch too. We thought the same things. Our yard gate is locked, and food on the porch so no one can bother the cats..but unfortunately they climb or get through the gate. That's what mine would do. We don't have a gate to seperate the yard between us and the neighbor like everyone else but the back is connected and both are locked.

I wouldn't say he wad a very friendly cat to other people. He never went up to people..that I've seen anyway. Part of it is because he was always here..inside outside, following me in the yard while doing yard work (small yard),taking garbage out. But i used to look at where he would go and it was always just this block..or across thr alley in the back but as soon as there were noise or people he would come back here. Especially if he heard my voice.

I do have a cat that i had since he was a kitten. He ran out a few times but is scared so i can get him back in. I never let him out. I didn't want to let this one out either or the other one i took in..even though they are used it. But i was very careful or so I thought. I made sure i told people he was mine just in case if he went in their yards, or when they saw him. Maybe not every single neighbor on the block but the few that are close enough that see me with him in the back. I would not/do not think you are strange for doing that. And thanks. But i feel like it is my fault. It was night, i woke up, he was sleeping in the box, the ambulance was in the way and i just couldn't focus on things cause i just woke up. But I'm thinking and beating myself up cause even though my grandmother needed help and i wad helping the emt i should've let him inside. But no i waited till they left..and after i was outside waiting. That's why i say its my fault. But he wad sleeping the box. My mom feed him earlier but didn't want to come in. She spent time with him outside that day while i was sleep. I woke up he was there like usual..my mom, my uncle and me..we would always let him in and out. So he wasn't there and didn't come when i called. So i do blame myself. But how was i suppose to know he would disappear he never did before. He waits to come in.

Thanks. I appreciate it. Even if no one really reads it, or does read it and talks to me..it kinda helps to put it out there on here. I wish i could help others but obviously i cant even help myself. But talking about cats, and ideas or whatever I can do. But probably not that much help. I did read a few stories that cats come back months and years later. I hope that happens with me. This guy around the corner said he had his cat for a little while, she got out and didnt come back for weeks-dont worry they will come back. I know people wil tell me thatso i don't worry but they probably arent attached like i am and love them like i do. Thats why when i came across this site i thought it was perfect. With nice caring people.

I will try to stay positive and have hope. I do but its hard. I don't have much help over here really so I'm doing the best i can. But i want to do more. Im trying. Thank you

raina21 thank you. i hope so too. I'm trying not to. I don't want to give up and just wait and see if he comes back.i cant. I want to do more but there's not much help over here Just me and my uncle and mother. I've asked people, my uncle while he's out does the same and looks but nothing. Still no answer back from the humane society here. Maybe they will notify me of a cat that fits description goes there. I don't know. It's just aggravating and frustrating. Not even any sighting of a cat that looks like him. Hardly anyone is outside- either cause its too hot or raining.

We walked up to where we think he wouldn't go past. But not in the same day..which later on realized wasn't the smartest thing. We focused on the direction he would always go for a while first then the other directions. Which wasn't the best thing..i realized. But in the beginning i was so sure he would be in the one direction and would find him but i guess i thought wrong. Still haven't had the chance to walk a block or 2 around my block at once. Stupid weather. He is a bit nervous with noise so that has to be it. He's stuck somewhere afraid to come back.

I figure the mornings are good to go cause Maybe he'll come out if he's hiding somewhere or walking or just in someones yard..but bad cause noone is out early to ask. During the afternoon there might be people out to ask bit he might not come to me. That's how it's been. With the rain It's making me think about fliers. They would come down in the rain. But i have to do it. I can try to get the stuff i need but not sure. Also my plan for the fliers is a little at a stand still at the moment cause i was going to go to the library but its been closed cause of the weather.

The dirt/soil is a good idea. I've never even thought of that. Thank you. He went in it once and that was it. Every time i put him in he would jump out.. I will definitely do that for him. I just hope and pray i can find him or he comes on his own.just something. I still dont understand. I said i will keep him inside even of he does not like it. My uncle said you cant. I said yes i can. This is going to happen again. He never goes off this block or across the street but now i wouldn't take any chances.
Thank you.

raina21 i meant to say that has to be it..hes scared to come back cause he would be here. He always here. Sorry.

Just a coincidence..while he's been missing I came across this show with an actress i used to like in my teen years that i guess just started airing..and the name of the show(main characters name) is the same name of my cat. And reading stories about lost cats and one had the same name..but that one was found i think. Common word/name i guess but I felt like it was just being rubbed in my face. I don't know why I'm saying that but its how i felt. Sorry. Also had 2 dreams about him..1 he was here waiting to come in and the second i was walking and went in a yard and he was laying under stairs. Just felt like sharing.

I'm sorry to hear he's still not home. 7 weeks now, huh? Those mile stones are so hard aren't they? One of my cats was missing for six weeks, but the weather was much colder then. I'm sure he's able to take care of himself pretty well when it's warm like this.

You have to keep calling the shelters and rescue places. Call every day if you need to. They're often so busy and under staffed they forget to call people back. Don't worry about making a nuisance of yourself, just keep calling to remind them you're still looking for your cat.

When you make your fliers get some of those thin plastic document folders to put them in. If you tape all around the edges they will keep the fliers dry. I still think he may have found someone else who feeds strays to get food from. A lot of people who feed feral cats do it secretly because they worry about their neighbors complaining, but it's these people who care about animals and would notice a new cat in their area. The more people who know he is missing the better, so put those fliers up wherever you can.

My avatar cat, Gin kun, has been missing for 4 weeks now. He was a feral tom for years before he came to live with me. He's been neutered and has lived with me for about 3 years. I go looking for him every day. I live in the middle of a forest so there must be plenty of wild food around for him. There is another feral cat that I see around here and he is so fat and healthy looking. I'm sure Gin is doing fine on his own, but I still worry about him.

I know how heart breaking this is for you. Please come here and post whenever you feel like it. I hope we can help you stay positive.

Hey Norachan thanks and yes 7 weeks & going on 3 days. Yes..very hard. Just don't know what to do. What else to do. I wish he would just pop up here or somewhere close by and was seen by someone..but nothing. This has never happened with him. The whole time I've had him. Is it normal behavior for a cat that i think was a house cat turned outdoor cat then with me indoor/outdoor? Cause i really don't know? Like i said before here every day then just disappeared. My mom keeps telling me who knows how long he's been outside before he came here and we started taking care of him and took him in-and tried keeping him in. She said he's a survivor.

Wow your cat was gone for 6 weeks in the winter.? I guess its a little better in the summer.but i worry about it being too hot. I worry no matter what. Gin kun gone for 4 weeks now? Hes a very cute guy. Hope he comes home soon. Has he done this before and comes back? Oh that's where you live. Nice. I live in a city. I don't know whats worse for a cat. I worry about mean people and kids and cars. Going into a yard with a dog and not getting out in time. But at the same time my mom tells me there are other cats around why would it be focused on him. Hes a bigger cat. Which is true. Maybe I'm just getting to carried away with thoughts. That's similar to me. I've had him for 2 but i don't think he was stray /feral. He had to come from the guy that i mentioned..he was already neutered. Also same here i see other cats around and the usuals come that I've mentioned but not mine. So he has to be ok right? :/ i don't know. I look and so does my uncle cause he goes out walking every morning. But i need/want to do more but dont know where else to go. Not sure how far he would go. My uncle says if nothing happened to him he'll come back. Like how can you be so sure. He said few days ago someone that he asked before askes him if he found his cat yet. But i told him to leave his number with people and show a picture of him. So if someone that he asks is outside alot sees him they can call. He doesn't have a smartphone but i sent him a picture so he can show people. I feel like hes not doing that. Yea ..i hate the worrying.

I think it was last week, the boy next door asked my mom right before i came outside about my cat.."is your cat yellow and white there's a dead cat in the street" and said the street. But then he said the cat is orange and black. That's what my mom said he said. So my neighbor went that way and i asked her but didn't see anything. My uncle went and he didn't see anything. I got very emotional and was starting to cry (thinking i wouldn't even know id hes dead and cars-you know? I dont want to type it..like thats not where i want to leave him if so) and my mom said he probably just said that cause we blamed his cousin for chasing him and bothering him that day we had to get a translater for their grandparents so they knew what was going on. I posted about that before. Which is probably true cause we did say that. But that's because she did do that. Hate it. I don't want to think negatively but if something happened i don't even know cause i dont see him anywhere.

I will try calling the humane society again and letting them know..i keep emailing and no answer. I want them to have a picture of him just in case of someone tries to bring him there. We feed the cats on our porch so people don't complain about them in the street or outside the yard. But there was this neighbor that moved last year that didn't like it at all. And i was worried cause she threatened to poison them. I knew it was towards me. Thank god she moved. I was always on the lookout. I feed them cause i feel bad for them. People dont want them anymore and just leave them outside. Horrible. I have to put fliers but not sure where/how far.. if people that feed that cats are not out when we go around and ask and show a picture then its a miss. But maybe if thats what it is and hes eating at someones yard and figured its more quiet there than here cause of the kids or whatever the person can see it and know he belongs to me. But why would he leave me-nice caring loving place..inside and out?. Maybe the damn kids scared him away. Then the storms and fireworks. Maybe he found a place to stay somewhere outside where theres enough shelter and food but i still dont understand why he wont come back.

I knew people on here would understand my heartbreak. I came across your posts. I hope Gin comes home soon. He will probably be home before Blue. Maybe i will post a picture of him later. You worry but you sure he's fine? Should i think the same way? Cause its hard. Thank you everyone that has talked to me on here is helping me to stay positive and i appreciate it. I really do. I'm trying to stay positive. Talking about it helps too. Thank you again.
Sorry for writing so much all the time and typos and if i repeated anything.

Hi BellaB.

I think it's better to stay positive and hope for the best than it is to despair. Of course neither of us know for sure whether Gin and Blue are OK, but we have to believe they are. If you believe that Blue is surviving out there on his own you'll keep looking for him. If you tell yourself that you don't think he is, then you'll give up, you'll stop looking and never find him.

You say that your uncle is keeping an eye out for him, but I guess your uncle is going out to walk for some exercise, is that right? He's probably going to quickly to spot Blue. He might be walking through the areas that Blue is in, but just not seeing him because it's the wrong time of day and he's not staying in that area long enough.

The best time to look for him is when there are less people around. City cats are at their most active between midnight and day break. You need to go slowly. Take a box of treats to shake or make whatever noise you used to call him at feeding time. You have to wait for a few minutes in each place and call, then walk a little further and call and wait again. He won't come out right away, you have to give him time to realise it's you.

Would your uncle go with you and help you look for Blue at night? Please don't go on your own. You have to stay safe.



This is the fifth time in the past two years that Gin has gone AWOL. I have a big enclosure for my cats, but a few times the fence has been damaged or a tree has come down and it gives them a way out. Gin is usually only gone for a week or two, but as I said it's summer now and there's a lot of small prey around. There are no big predators in this area so I think he is probably feeding himself without any problems. I go out and look for him whenever I can. There are a few other houses around, but most of them are used as summer cottages so they're empty a lot of the time. Plenty of decks and porches to shelter on, thick woods and hardly any cars or people. I think the odds are in his favour.



We have to keep looking and keep hoping.

Hello Norachan

That is true. It is better to be positive. We don't know but have to be positive and believe. My mom and uncle don't think anything happened to him and say he was out wandering before us. But I can't help but think something happened cause he's not here. Maybe it's just me and how I feel and think it's odd for him not to be here after being here every day for as long as he was. Then I start thinking maybe he just stopped here for a while and was always going to go..but at the same time i think not cause i let him in, he wants to come in-but not all night and day, he was here every day and he's been here pretty long not just a month or so. You know? I was trying to make him an indoor cat. He knows he's loved here with me i just don't get it. But like I said that could be just how i feel. My mom said he's a survivor cause who knows how long he was outside before us and I believe that. I just don't trust people and kids that don't care about animals. That's what I worry about. Everyday I say to myself where are you? And i try to think. At night and during the day I look out the window of the back door checking to see if he's on the porch waiting to come in. I can't go out to look every single day but my uncle does but I will never stop looking for him. I can't say that hes not surviving and my mom and uncle think he is. My uncle thinks maybe too many cats coming and going or the usuals and he just had enough and wanted to walk around and that hebwill come back. maybe found a quieter place without noisy kids. I don't know how much further to look. It's aggravating and frustrating. Like I said before I doubt he would let anyone pick him up or go to him especially kids.

Yes, my uncle is keeping an eye out for him. He walks to the store every morning, just likes taking little walks in the morning and sometimes early afternoon. No, no exercise just to get out for a few. Walks around a few blocks. He walks slow. I did tell him besides looking, he has to call for him and wait a while. That's what we did when I went with him. Me and my mom did that too. He said he calls for him while walking but i tell him he's not going to come like a dog, you have to give some time. But so far nothing. He told me in the beginning and even now that if he was in the street around here (you know-don't want to say it)then he would've seen him but he didn't..still doesn't. He said he would tell me if so. He really likes him too. Well we all love him and he knows our voices but i think how come he's not coming especially when I call. I spent the most time with him. But like you said we could just be missing him not staying long enough. I've said that to my family before. Especially since we didn't look in a circle/square at one in the beginning. We went one way at a time (stupid). But i wasn't thinking straight, figured just go in the direction he goes.

I brought a small bag of cat food with a cup to shake the bag and the cup with sone food in it cause he knows the sound of the food in the cup. He also knows the sound of a food bag. I would feed him then i feed the dog and he's there he'll look at me and come. I thought that was cute but i just gave him some and he only ate a few pieces but he knows the bag has more food. He also knows the can opener cause we opened tuna fish then every time we opened a can he would be there looking expecting tuna. He knows the sounds of cans too. But i didn't try that. I call and wait a little bit to make sure. Like you said give him time to realize it's me. I'm not sure my uncle does that but he walks slow anyway. I call him names that i call him here and inside and I've read somewhere that you can even call your other pets names too so it's familiar to them. I did that too. But i am definitely going to stay around where I call walking down the streets just to make sure he can hear me-give him time, and i look the best i can in yards especially if there's bushes.

So wrong time of day too huh? I was thinking about times to look for him. Yea, we dont go walking after dark. We did once. In the beginning we did to look around the block and then next day we walked around a couple blocks around 9am. I'm not sure if him or my mom would wantto go between midnight and daybreak. I would definitely. But not alone. Well then again i would if that means i can find him but it is dangerous these days. And thanks. You have to stay safe too. I figured maybe 1st thing in the morning at 6 or 7am when it's quiet and he can hear us but it hasn't worked with my uncle. He goes at 8 or 9am though. I go whenever someone wants to walk with me cause i dont trust walking alone. When he would stay on the porch and come in and out, he liked going out for a walk at night. So that sounds like him..between midnight and daybreak. Unless he was inside sleeping for a while. I don't have a box of treats but i have a bag and a box of food and cans..so i can tap on a can and shake the bag and box.

Thank you for tips/advice. i need to use the regular website to use emoticons. They don't show up when using my phone.

Wow the 5th time in 2 years Gin has gone awol. I can't even imagine. He usually comes back in a week or 2? See Blue never did this since he's been here so I'm freaking out thinking the worst i know its bad and i shouldnt. It sounds like you live in a nice area. I'm glad there are no big predators around. And hardly any people and cars. Thats the opposite of here and thats what worries me. Yea, like i mentioned before we have a fence..everyone has a fence cause they're row houses but we dont have one to seperate our yard from the neighbors on the one side but the gates are locked in the back and him and othe cats squeeze through where you would open the gate or theyclimb the fence. Some porches are connected(not ours-ours is alone but they walk from one to another and get to the neighbors porch and in our yard since we dont have a fence. They find a way. If it's quiet near you then he probably is ok and in his favor. I hope the same for Blue. I hope he's ok. Yes. We do have to keep hoping and looking.

The 3 usual cats still come here to eat. One has a scrape on his head. Guess he either got into a fight or hurt himself climbing/running. He's a nice cat. Think he belonged to someone and they left him outside. If B was here i wouldve thought they fought cause B isn't crazy about him and jumpedon him once that i saw. He would stare at him when outside and i would have to get in the middle. Also the one that popped up a month maybe before mine disappeared has been here everyday. Purring, wanting to be pet, kust laying on the porch. Hes sweet.another one that probably got put out. I know that wouldn't stop B from coming and staying cause he stays when others come. Also the juvenile male i mentioned before has kinda been staying on the front porch chair half the day. Guess the two that stay here feel safe. Plus i keep an eye on them too to make sure mean kids dont bother them.
Question-B is a bigger cat. Are kids more likely to try to pick on smaller cats or bigger cats? If they were to try. I don't think they would do anything to B cause I've asked of they seen him as they know if they saw him he's mine. I would like to think that amd that they would let me know. Like the one kid thought but it wasn't him.

Also the other day a guy walking his dog walked by (ive seen him and asked him the 2nd week B was missing-around the block) and i was outside and he asked werent you looking for your cat? I said yes. So he remembered me. He asked if i found him and i said no. So i showed him pictures. And he said if he sees he'll let me know but he would only see while walking the dog so he asked if B liked dogs i said hes fine with mine. So that's one other person. It would be nice to have a sighting. Even the mailman is on the lookout and asking of he came back or if we found him.
I Hope and pray that Blue and Gin come home soon or we find them soon.
Thank you again i really appreciate it.

Sorry. Didn't realize i wrote so much.

You have nothing to apologize for BellaB.  If posting about your baby is helping you stay positive then please continue to do so.  You are not bothering anyone.  We are all here because we want to share our knowledge and learn from each other.  One of my friend's had a cat that was missing for over 3 months.  Her cat had crossed multiple major boundaries.  My friend's cat wandered into the yard of an elderly lady miles away and she was feeding her.  This lady did not know about microchips and thought the cat was a stray.  My friend kept expanding the boundaries of where she was putting up fliers.  She put up fliers at a vet's office on the opposite end of town and this woman saw the flyer when she took one of her cats in for a check-up with her daughter.  They called my friend when they got home from the vet.  My friend went over there and it was her missing cat.  The lady had been feeding her missing cat in her backyard for over a month.  The lady was very friendly and my friend taught her about microchips. My friend's cat was chipped but this lady was not aware they existed or how they worked.  She gave my friend back her cat.  My friend offered to pay her for the food to feed her cat but she refused it.   She also told my friend that if any other cats showed up in her yard they would get taken to the vet to check for a chip. The lady felt bad for my friend and it turned into a learning experience.  My friend took her cat to the vet for a check-up immediately after finding her.  The cat was very healthy for being missing that long.  I hope this story offers you more hope and some other options.

I told my parents that one of my cats is missing at the moment and they sent me this story.


This cat was missing for 8 years, but has finally been reunited with her family.

Don't give up @BellaB  With cats, anything is possible.

Thankyou catlover73 it is helping. I just don't understand it. So i write and i don't mean to write so much but in a way it's like I'm trying to figure it out and talk it out. Maybe someone would notice something I didn't or know more about it than I do. I do feel like a bother though. Others have their own issues with their own cats. I appreciate and thank everyone for the advice/opinions/help . I wish i could do the same.
That was nice. I wish someone here atleast saw him but no luck yet with people we've asked. I didn't get a chance to put fliers up because of the weather. It's reaching the 2 month mark. The vet here is pretty far from my house and unfortunately I have to transportation of my own. I don't even know how far to look cause he's never left this block but he's not here. I'm glad your friend got her cat back. I wish the same would happen to me. I wasn't sure about microchips at first but since I didn't get a chance for that. People around here don't even pay attention to cats either. the story does give me hope. I just feel helpless cause I don't have help besides my mom and uncle and they try but have health issues too. I'm not sure you read about my grandmother and how this started and I came across this site. And i can't get to make the fliers like I was thinking about. Maybe handmade. I dont know. It just doesn't feel good. I'm just thinking where is he? Where could he have gone? He wouldn't go up to people especially kids but did some corner him? Is he hurt? Did someone hurt him? It was 2 hours amd he didnt come when I called all night. If he got friendly with someone and they took him in he wouldn't stay in cause he didn't want to here. But like what happened with your friend and others that have told me..maybe someone's feeding him not knowing I'm looking and that he has a home. I still have hope and wish and pray i find him healthy or he comes back home.
Thank you.

Oh wow Norachan from London to Paris. Amazing. I've hears and read stories about dogs and cats being reunited with their owners or coming back home but not like this.

That's what i worry about too. Thinking did he go in someones car or any vehicle but then again he never did before and would stay away. But all these thoughts like i typed above come in my head.
I will never give up hope amd looking. I told my uncle what you said so maybe during his walks he'll listen to you. And he said oh ok i will try that. So thank you. I take my time when looking but guess he didnt. I know he didn't when we went together but now maybe he will since i told him someone else told me. Everything that any of you tell me i tell my family so they know what could have happened and what we should do. Thank you for that story
Come on Gin and Blue come back home.
I have to post a picture of him so you can seebwhat he looks like. I worried that someone tried taking him like i mentioned before cause my 3 neighbors said he's a pretty/beautiful/nice looking cat. And big. Also so you can see the size of him and maybe let me know if you think anyone will try to take him or bother him. I have pictures of him sleeping in a box that he just barely fits in so i think you can tell.

Well, i happened to check my email last night and notice that the humane society near me emailed me back finally after like a month. Maybe not an exact month but close enough to it after I emailed them twice.

The email I received from the humane society in the next town replied to me faster which i already wrote about that-what they told me-they don't accept strays just whats signed over-call them,file a report, and call the spca over there and file a report as well. It was from the customer service staff. The email from the one near me is from an operations director. Maybe i should've just emailed her in the first place since the individual emails are listed on the site. Maybe I would've gotten an answer quicker. Anyway, it was basically the same thing as the one in the other town. Said I'm so sorry to hear that your cat is missing. Please. Call us at the front desk and file a report and/or file online to give them more information.

So i am going to write back now..stating that i already did that. And can i please send a photo and explain anything in an email? I thought maybe this was going to be an email with them saying the received my report and will accept a photo but unfortunately not. I described him in the report and evrything that they wanted. I even said maybe someone will bring him in trying to keep him or say that he's theirs. Can you please email me so i can send a photo but that didn't happen. So i will answer this email and tell her i did file a report and explain again and mention a photo.

Just felt like sharing that. Sorry.

I went out looking with my uncle and walked the dog. Went through the alleys here. You can see the yards and even straight to the front with some of the houses. We went a few blocks again and it's quiet blocks. Thinking he might like quiet areas. But no luck. I walked slow..my uncle did try to walk slow too but with the dog he wasn't at times. The dog was happy to be out again..he didn't go for his usual walk. I figured the dog would be a good idea and maybe could even sniff B out while calling him he can be on the lookout too. My uncle is always on the lookout and asking people with and without the dog .but no luck. We asked people that were outside. I even stopped along the way in the middle-every few houses of the blocks /alleys to give him time to recognize my voice, shook the bag of food, shook the cup with food in it, brought a can and tapped on it...all while calling his name and saying what I would usually say to him every day especially if it was a yard with bushes or a fence that I could barely see in (wooden fence u would peek through to check). Stopped also to see if I could hear a meow or something But nothing. We went early morning when it was quiet.

While talking to my uncle he said it would be possible for him to be far but if he would make his way back it would take a long time cause he would travel at night. That's kind of what you have been saying..city cats travel between midnight and daybreak. ALso since my uncle goes for walks every day just around a few blocks...he's never seen him anywhere even a body I'm just worried like what scared him? Was he scared away and kept going? Did he just want to explore? Is he lost? Is he ok? Did someone take him? Did someone hurt him? How long was he outside before his time here with me? It's just very weird to me that he disappeared within 2 hours. He's never done this before. I'm worried and paranoid(about if someone took him)i guess. I don't know.
I will definitely keep looking!. I can't and will not give up! My uncle thinks he's just wandering. My mom can't understand it either..like me. She said he's a survivor. We all think of someone was going to bother a cat or harm one..the others around here would be hurt or not around and they are. That makes me think...well to be honest i don't even know what to think. But it's true. Why not bother the rest and smaller ones. Same thing goes for people taking. Why take a big cat? He isn't the friendliest plus there are smaller and more friendly ones. I dont get it.

I still feel like it's my fault.