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Prince is a two year old Bombay mix (All black with greenish eyes). He is an excellent hunter (At least 6 mice in the last month alone). We rescued him from the local elementary school when he was a kitten (Around 6-10 weeks old). For the last 2 years + we've had him, he has been an indoor/outdoor cat. I would leave my windows open and he would jump in and out as he pleased. He has never been gone for more than 24 hours. We also have a 3-4 month old kitten we recently rescued who prince gets along with very well (They both eat out of the same bowl at the same time). Prince does not use a litter box even though we have one for the kitten. He eliminates outside. Prince has grown up in a reasonably large house with a very large yard. My retired Father and mother live there and Prince is very affectionate to my Father, who often feeds him treats.
Last Thursday my fiancé and I moved but we left Prince behind at my parent's home (Which we were moving out of). We are now living in a very small studio/guest house with a nice sized yard. Friday we went back to our old place and picked up Prince. He was terrified during the car ride. When we finally arrived at our new home he immediately tried to run for the windows pawing at them to get out and meowing. Once he realized we weren't going to let him out right away he hid under the bed the rest of the night. I left a plate of food where he could see it. He ate it but kept the majority of his body in hiding. I fed him again the next morning, but again he was keeping most of his body hidden under the bed. A few hours later he came out and was pawing frantically at the windows and doors. I came to the conclusion that he needed to go to the bathroom. I opened a window(Which is only a few feet off the ground), and carried Prince over to the open window. He immediately perked up, his tail began wagging, and he snuggled my hand when I scratched his head. He sat there for about 3 minutes, the jumped onto a wall which separates my neighbor's house and my house. He sniffed the wall, then jumped down, and began sniffing around the nearest building in the neighbor's yard (Another cat was about 5 feet away from him but not showing any signs of aggression). That was Saturday morning and the last time I saw Prince in person. Approximately six hours later my best friend (Who is renting me the guest house saw prince in the neighbor's yard when he looked over the wall).
Saturday night I walked around the neighborhood calling for him. I placed his dish with some food on it outside the window he had jumped out of Saturday night. Saturday morning the food was gone. Sunday night I did the same thing. No luck and again the food was gone on Monday morning. Monday Morning on the ride to work I felt sad and empty in my knowledge that I had failed my cat. Monday evening, after work I went to a local electronics store and purchased a video surveillance camera (). I setup the camera so that I could see who was eating the plate of food, My fiancé put out a plate of food and we went to bed.
This is prince eating the food last night. https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/32BA73072A22D99F
This is the plate of food currently sitting outside my window (Which my fiancé put out a couple of hours ago. https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/D77B5F348984EA27
What do I do? I'm worried that if I stake him out and try to come out while he's eating he'll run and just not get his meal for the night.
Last Thursday my fiancé and I moved but we left Prince behind at my parent's home (Which we were moving out of). We are now living in a very small studio/guest house with a nice sized yard. Friday we went back to our old place and picked up Prince. He was terrified during the car ride. When we finally arrived at our new home he immediately tried to run for the windows pawing at them to get out and meowing. Once he realized we weren't going to let him out right away he hid under the bed the rest of the night. I left a plate of food where he could see it. He ate it but kept the majority of his body in hiding. I fed him again the next morning, but again he was keeping most of his body hidden under the bed. A few hours later he came out and was pawing frantically at the windows and doors. I came to the conclusion that he needed to go to the bathroom. I opened a window(Which is only a few feet off the ground), and carried Prince over to the open window. He immediately perked up, his tail began wagging, and he snuggled my hand when I scratched his head. He sat there for about 3 minutes, the jumped onto a wall which separates my neighbor's house and my house. He sniffed the wall, then jumped down, and began sniffing around the nearest building in the neighbor's yard (Another cat was about 5 feet away from him but not showing any signs of aggression). That was Saturday morning and the last time I saw Prince in person. Approximately six hours later my best friend (Who is renting me the guest house saw prince in the neighbor's yard when he looked over the wall).
Saturday night I walked around the neighborhood calling for him. I placed his dish with some food on it outside the window he had jumped out of Saturday night. Saturday morning the food was gone. Sunday night I did the same thing. No luck and again the food was gone on Monday morning. Monday Morning on the ride to work I felt sad and empty in my knowledge that I had failed my cat. Monday evening, after work I went to a local electronics store and purchased a video surveillance camera (). I setup the camera so that I could see who was eating the plate of food, My fiancé put out a plate of food and we went to bed.
This is prince eating the food last night. https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/32BA73072A22D99F
This is the plate of food currently sitting outside my window (Which my fiancé put out a couple of hours ago. https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/D77B5F348984EA27
What do I do? I'm worried that if I stake him out and try to come out while he's eating he'll run and just not get his meal for the night.
