Hello All,
Quick background for you... My boyfriend and I recently moved in together, and combined his 2 in/outdoor cats and my indoor cat into one home. Over the past month 1/2 they have lived together (basically tollerating each other) rather well...
My cat, Scout had seen the other cats come in and out, and became very curious of the outside world so we decided to slowly let Scout explore the outdoors. We have been supervising his outdoor play and over the past week he has been exploring the yard and spending longer periods of time outside.
I even had an appoinment this past week to get his lukemia /feline AIDS shot so he would have all the shots up-to-date to be outside and have an appointment for him this Friday to get chipped.
At 11:30am yesterday he was out playing and I was on our porch... He had wandered over to the next door neighbors yard and then the next thing I knew he was out of my sight... I haven't seen him since
All yesterday afternoon and evening I called for him, shook the treat bag, and did the kitty-kissy noises to get him home, but he hasn't come back. My boyfriend and I walked the woods by our neighborhood and then last evening drove the whole neighborhood looking for him. When it became dark and he didn't come home I was very distraught.
I slept on the couch with the window open in case he came up on the front porch during the night but he didn't. It is now 6:40am, and after going around the outside of the house, looking under the front porch and looking into the woods he has still yet to be found... And I just don't know what to do...
I can't stop crying. Why would he be gone for so long? I feel like he has lost his way or his scent from the house and now he doesn't know how to get back. My boyfriend assures me that cats are very smart and they know their scent, that he will find his way back and that he is out exploring this new world... But I just can't help but think something has happened... When I think about him lost in the woods and crying his "skweaky-meow" I just burst into tears
I don't know what else to do. Am I over reacting? Is he just exploring and he'll prob. come back home? Where he was gone overnight I am so worried. Is he hungry, thirsty, scared? I just miss him so much!!!!!!
Quick background for you... My boyfriend and I recently moved in together, and combined his 2 in/outdoor cats and my indoor cat into one home. Over the past month 1/2 they have lived together (basically tollerating each other) rather well...
My cat, Scout had seen the other cats come in and out, and became very curious of the outside world so we decided to slowly let Scout explore the outdoors. We have been supervising his outdoor play and over the past week he has been exploring the yard and spending longer periods of time outside.
I even had an appoinment this past week to get his lukemia /feline AIDS shot so he would have all the shots up-to-date to be outside and have an appointment for him this Friday to get chipped.
At 11:30am yesterday he was out playing and I was on our porch... He had wandered over to the next door neighbors yard and then the next thing I knew he was out of my sight... I haven't seen him since
All yesterday afternoon and evening I called for him, shook the treat bag, and did the kitty-kissy noises to get him home, but he hasn't come back. My boyfriend and I walked the woods by our neighborhood and then last evening drove the whole neighborhood looking for him. When it became dark and he didn't come home I was very distraught.
I slept on the couch with the window open in case he came up on the front porch during the night but he didn't. It is now 6:40am, and after going around the outside of the house, looking under the front porch and looking into the woods he has still yet to be found... And I just don't know what to do...
I can't stop crying. Why would he be gone for so long? I feel like he has lost his way or his scent from the house and now he doesn't know how to get back. My boyfriend assures me that cats are very smart and they know their scent, that he will find his way back and that he is out exploring this new world... But I just can't help but think something has happened... When I think about him lost in the woods and crying his "skweaky-meow" I just burst into tears
I don't know what else to do. Am I over reacting? Is he just exploring and he'll prob. come back home? Where he was gone overnight I am so worried. Is he hungry, thirsty, scared? I just miss him so much!!!!!!