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My cat is missing. :```( I haven't seen him in almost 2 days, but my Mom says she saw him yesterday morning about 10am. Even so, that's sooooo out of character for him. He has routines that he sticks to like clockwork. In the summertime he spends most of his time outside and comes in every few hours to eat and get some attention, then goes back out. Plus, every day he's waiting in the driveway or the front yard for me when I get home from work. He's usually out for the night, but I don't let him out until after midnight, after he's eaten something, and then Dad usually lets him in first thing in the morning, about 5am (and if he doesn't, then I'm up at 6am and go let him) - and he always comes racing straight in to get breakfast. Well, he didn't do that yesterday morning OR this morning. And I didn't see him at all yesterday. I'm so worried, I feel like I'm having a panic attack. He's an old guy, probably around 18 years old. I've had him for about 14 or 15 years, we got him as a stray (we kinda-sorta knew the people who owned him before though, they lived a street away, but they abused him so he ran away from them and we took him in eventually). He's NEVER gone missing like this before. The longest I don't see him for is maybe for the day, between 9am and dinnertime, or overnight until I let him in the next morning.
I was up until 3am looking for him last night, and got up again at 6am to look some more. I didn't get to work until 8:15 because I didn't want to leave. But I woke Mom up and asked her to check around to a few places. Call the spca, just in case (although I doubt anyone would have been able to get close enough to catch him, lol - he runs away from or beats up anyone he doesn't know that tries to touch him) - call the vet's office, who knows... I can't think of what else. I'm just really worried, because animals usually wander off to die alone when they know they're going to, it's just their instinct, especially cats. If he was an indoor cat, then he probably wouldn't, but he's so independent and is outside so much, that I just don't know for sure... :(
I hope he comes home!!! I miss him a lot! :(
I was up until 3am looking for him last night, and got up again at 6am to look some more. I didn't get to work until 8:15 because I didn't want to leave. But I woke Mom up and asked her to check around to a few places. Call the spca, just in case (although I doubt anyone would have been able to get close enough to catch him, lol - he runs away from or beats up anyone he doesn't know that tries to touch him) - call the vet's office, who knows... I can't think of what else. I'm just really worried, because animals usually wander off to die alone when they know they're going to, it's just their instinct, especially cats. If he was an indoor cat, then he probably wouldn't, but he's so independent and is outside so much, that I just don't know for sure... :(
I hope he comes home!!! I miss him a lot! :(