My boyfriends cat Bowie ran away. She bolted out the door 3 days ago and hasn't been seen since. It is so sad. She was such a cool little kitty, I am the one who took her in to find her a new home for someone else who couldnt keep her and ended up giving her to him.
Anyway, we have left food and put her dirty litter and her "sister" Kink's dirty litter outside which I heard is good to do in hopes the cat will pick up the scent in the air. Also, we hung his sweaty workout shirts outside so she can smell his scent.
There are a lot of strays around the area so it might not have been her that ate it. We put lost cat fliers on all the telephone poles around the area. Also, the day she got out, he followed fresh pawprints halfway across town. We notified the animal control and the vet clinics around here and put an ad in the paper. I can't think of anything else we can do!
Unfortunately, on top of everything else, she was not spayed. I don't care if she comes back pregnant, we just want her back you know! She was just starting a heat cycle when she left.
Question time:
1)Do you think she might just be staying out til her heat cycle is over? Or would she have come back by now? Like I said it has been 3 days.
2)Can cats get lost and not be able to find their way back home?
3)Do you think if she hasn't been back by now that someone must have taken her in or she must have gotten hurt?
4)She is a pretty shy cat and rather clumsy, does this factor in when trying to find their way home or is it an instinct to find their ways around?
5)Any other suggestion of things to do? I am going to try to find a trap to trap whoever has been eating the food. I am afraid that she has been coming back just when no one is home.
THANKS! SORRY FOR THE LENGTH!
Anyway, we have left food and put her dirty litter and her "sister" Kink's dirty litter outside which I heard is good to do in hopes the cat will pick up the scent in the air. Also, we hung his sweaty workout shirts outside so she can smell his scent.
There are a lot of strays around the area so it might not have been her that ate it. We put lost cat fliers on all the telephone poles around the area. Also, the day she got out, he followed fresh pawprints halfway across town. We notified the animal control and the vet clinics around here and put an ad in the paper. I can't think of anything else we can do!
Unfortunately, on top of everything else, she was not spayed. I don't care if she comes back pregnant, we just want her back you know! She was just starting a heat cycle when she left.
Question time:
1)Do you think she might just be staying out til her heat cycle is over? Or would she have come back by now? Like I said it has been 3 days.
2)Can cats get lost and not be able to find their way back home?
3)Do you think if she hasn't been back by now that someone must have taken her in or she must have gotten hurt?
4)She is a pretty shy cat and rather clumsy, does this factor in when trying to find their way home or is it an instinct to find their ways around?
5)Any other suggestion of things to do? I am going to try to find a trap to trap whoever has been eating the food. I am afraid that she has been coming back just when no one is home.
THANKS! SORRY FOR THE LENGTH!