I think a shelter might find him first since it is not his home. Cats instinctively know where home is (gps in their head) & your place is not home. So there is a chance he may try to wander towards your mom’s house.
There is hope! Keep calling & keep looking. Some cats get ‘adopted’ and escape 6 months later. So please do not give up!
I will add my evil JERK of a stepbrother maliciously dumped my mom’s cat 10 miles out & she made it home a week later, thank god! (She was declawed in the front, peed in her sleep from spinal damage and had her paralyzed tail shortened to a tiny nub.) I’m not allowed to curse in this forum, other wise I would about what he admitted to doing!!!!!!
My cat Merlin got out and I found him 2 weeks later when I heard a small thunk and rustling behind the fence. So I went into the ally behind the fence and there I saw him dumpster diving! He came back fatter, unharmed and never wanted to go outside again! So listen carefully and buy some mackerel or sardines or tuna in water to bribe him with.
Lastly when Jackie is in his weekly car rides to and from my mom’s house (his foster home where I raised him) he perks up when we get within a 1/4-1/8 of a mile away. He starts looking outside, swinging his head back and forth and sniffing. So he knows where home is & where Nana’s house is.
There is hope! Keep calling & keep looking. Some cats get ‘adopted’ and escape 6 months later. So please do not give up!
I will add my evil JERK of a stepbrother maliciously dumped my mom’s cat 10 miles out & she made it home a week later, thank god! (She was declawed in the front, peed in her sleep from spinal damage and had her paralyzed tail shortened to a tiny nub.) I’m not allowed to curse in this forum, other wise I would about what he admitted to doing!!!!!!
My cat Merlin got out and I found him 2 weeks later when I heard a small thunk and rustling behind the fence. So I went into the ally behind the fence and there I saw him dumpster diving! He came back fatter, unharmed and never wanted to go outside again! So listen carefully and buy some mackerel or sardines or tuna in water to bribe him with.
Lastly when Jackie is in his weekly car rides to and from my mom’s house (his foster home where I raised him) he perks up when we get within a 1/4-1/8 of a mile away. He starts looking outside, swinging his head back and forth and sniffing. So he knows where home is & where Nana’s house is.