I noticed that he hadn't come around yesterday to eat, so I went looking for him this morning. I finally found him in the neighbor's yard, and coaxed him to come back into our yard. But when he tried jumping the fence to get back into the yard, I noticed him having difficulty in doing so. When he managed to get over the fence and jump back down, I saw that he was limping.
I tried petting him, but he ran off under the house. This isn't normal for him: he usually comes right up to me for lovin'. He's obviously in pain or possibly sick: I'm thinking he might have gotten into a fight with some other stray and got the worst end of it. I went out to look for him again and noticed he's now up in a tree: I don't know how he managed to get up there since he appears to be hurting. I want to be able to get to him so I can look him over and take him into the vet if necessary. Please send all the vibes you can spare that he'll come to me so I can do what needs to be done.