ever have a cat run away?
 

my sisters cat ran out the door yesterday & hasnt been seen since. do cats usually return to their homes after a while? :(

no one? :(

i had one come back after 5 months....

Yeah, if the cat has lived in the same house for a while, it will usually come back on it's own (unless your sister lives on a busy street, then it's high probability for it to become roadkill). It's not unusual for boy cats especially to be gone for a couple of days. But you should definitely have your sister call the shelters and pounds in the area because if it possibly was picked up and taken to a shelter, they only have to keep them for 3 days before they either put them up for adoption or euthanize them if there is no room in the shelter.

On another note, I lost my cat for 11 days and just got him back on Sunday. I posted an ad in the newspaper and posted signs around the neighborhood, and eventually somebody saw him about 6 blocks away and recognized him from a sign and called me. If your sister's cat doesn't come home within a couple of days, she should definitely start taking action.

That's sad since I have indoor cats and I would fear this happening. Best of luck to your sister. :(

SHEMP: oh wow, that long eh :( did it just show up on your door?

Missy: it is a boy cat. and at first, he hung out in front of the apartment building but then overnight, ran away. she already contacted the shelters but she hasnt started with the flyers yet (i'll tell her to do that tomorrow). luckly, the cat has claws so it can hunt & defend itself, thats the good news.

i just feel so bad for her :(

None of them ever ran away. They usually just lay there and accept it.

I would assume they usually always come back unless it's out of their control. As in something happens to them, car, dog, poison. Or if someone picks them up, takes them home, to the shelter, etc.

ya, just took off one day and came back 5 months later. he was scratching at my back door one nite, i thought it might have been my wife, but it was the cat...

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My cat "Zotan" has been missing for 2 weeks now and I have been looking all over for her even put up missing flyers but nothing so Im starting to lose hope. :(


She's been with me for 7 years. :(

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aww hunny :( im so sorry!!
i have a cat that is my BABY, i'd be crushed for years if he ever got out. he actually did one morning, but he was on the balcony, he was there ALL NIGHT (the wind pushed the door to the patio open). either he was too scared to climb or didnt wanna leave. but my heart jumped out of chest when i couldnt find him & i saw the door was open.

i really hope you find your cat!!! :(

Man weird. On Monday my wife signed for a UPS package and thought she had closed the door. We both took an hour nap and when we woke up the front door was cracked open and our two cats were chillin' on the front walkway... I guess they are home bodies!

i've had cats come back after several weeks. it's common if they usually stay outside.

well, it was found (by a shelter) outside as a kitten.....my sister adopted it....and has been an indoor cat since.

but you know what they say, once an outdoor cat, always an outdoor cat. im hoping (for her sake) that hes just out fuckin around & gettin a taste of the real world & will pop back home soon. if hes found, i'll bump this thread & let everyone know :)

I feel bad for her too. It hurt my heart so bad every day that my cat did not come home, and every day I lost a little more hope. But like I said, it's not uncommon at all for male cats to take off for a couple of days and roam around trying to get some; most neutered cats don't even realize they don't have any manhood left. But if he's not used to being outside, he can easily get disoriented and unable to find his way back home.
She should check the pound and shelters at least every other day; just because he is not there today doesn't mean he may not end up there tomorrow or the next day. And make sure that the flyers she posts have a good color picture of the cat with a brightly colored background that will attract people's attention.

Petfinder.com is a good place to check too. It's mostly for adoptable pets, but it has a classifieds section for both lost and found pets, and you can narrow your search to your specific area, and Petfinder links to all of the participating shelters in the area. It also provides good tips and helpful methods of finding lost pets.

Yeah. Ran away, came back, was wild, couldn't even pick it up. It was fucked up. Then it ran away, it didn't even come back for the food we would leave out for it.

I have had cats run away and never return and then some that come back after 2 or 3 weeks...

Missy, thank you for the link to Petfinder.com (thats actually where i adopted my cat :) ) i didnt know they had a LOST section, i just posted an ad for the cat for my sister.

thank you so much for tips on the flyers & all your help, it truly is appreciated!!! :thumbsup Thanks again sweetie!! :) *HUGS*

You're very welcome! I know how much it hurts to lose a loved pet. Good luck to your sister on finding her boy :thumbsup

thanks!! :thumbsup I will read her your posts & help her in everyway i can (shes in Ohio, im in Wisconsin), but maybe I can make a kick ass flyer for her with my design skills. one way I can help :)

This is my baby that just got returned to me:

http://www.laidigs.com/little/little-1.jpg

I've had him since the day he was born. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't got him back!

BTW, a really good tip that I read (and that I used myself) is that you print the color photo on white paper so that the picture/color comes out accurate, and cut it to like 2 inches shorter than a standard piece of paper. So instead of 8.5 x 11, cut them to 6.5 x 9. Then tape those onto the ultra-bright papers to draw attention, and then here's the imporant part... slip those into plastic page protectors (or you can laminate them, but that's a lot more expensive). But that way they don't fade or curl when they get wet. Without that protection, even the dew from the morning will curl the papers to an unreadable state.
I know I sound like a total geek, but when it comes to my babies, I will do anything to help increase my chances of getting them back. It took me hours to make these posters, but in the end, that's what ended up getting my Little back, so it was well worth it :thumbsup

BEAUTIFUL cat! :)
where did you place the flyers & posters at?

One of ours has been missing for over two months. :( At least he left us with a batch of kittens. I still hope he comes back.

Well I started just in my neighborhood, and then as each couple of days passed I expanded my radius. I actually didn't post them on the busiest intersections, but on the smaller streets that lead onto busy streets, where people actually sit for a minute waiting to turn onto the busy streets. And of course if you have like sub-divisions with only a couple of ways in and out, you want to be sure to hit all of those intersections. I put most of mine on stop signs, and also on community mailboxes. Also, most of the stores I asked wouldn't let me post flyers in the store because "we're corporate and would have to get permission and blah blah blah..." so I'd find a lamp post or telephone pole right off their property to post them on those where lots of foot traffic would see them.

awesome :)
thanks again for the advice!!! If she finds him, I'll contact you personally to let ya know! :thumbsup

Ok cool... I'd like to hear it!
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And once again... good luck!

my sisters had 3 cats that just went missing, which I found a good thing

Don't worry your cat will return with her kittens soon.

yes, but she gladly came back after 24 hours
they do that sometime

My cat was old when i lost it. But i was told that cats go somewhere to die. Never did know if she died or ran away :(

How I wish my sister's cat would run away and never come back. :(

My cat ran away and was gone for two months, we finally caught her outside, right in our front yard in the bushes.

I have had a few run away but they always come back home

I lost both of my cats on the same night a few years ago. The coyotes had to have gotten them as I lived pretty far out. I cried and cursed a god I don't believe in for 3 days then went to the pound and adopted an 8 year old sweetheart named Cacina Bean. I hope her cat comes back, but if it doesn't be sure to tell her to adopt a senior cat, as they are hard to place, and will most likely be put to sleep. Plus you have a good feel for their personality. Where as the sweetest kitten can turn into the biggest asshole cat.

cats usually disappear and then appear again...don't worry

thanks for all the advice everyone :)
i made a flyer last night with photoshop & sent it to her and told her where to post it (basically, everywhere she can).

i'll read most of the comments that were made in this thread, maybe it will give her hope :)

I had a little female cat who was gone for 8 months and just showed back up one day. Another time, I moved from 1 house to another about 10 miles away. My cat got out the first night I was home and took off. A month later, my old neighbors called to tell me he was outside my old house. That was 12 years ago. He is now 19 and still pluggin away. Had other ones who got out and were never seen again. Just try to make up some posters with his pic and offer a reward and get them out anywhere you can.

Wow... that sucks. Cats usually come back unless you're a shitty pet owner and beat it or they're dead...

a friends cat commited suicide

That's a beautiful cat.

i hope you guys/gals find your cats :(

all cats returns to their homes...well except for those who were taken to the pound, or well...he'll be home soon:)

In my past experience, yes they do. Hell, I had a newly adopted dog from the shelter that was really skiddish and got away from me after only a week and he showed up at my door 3 months later. No shit. Animals have amazing instincts. I assume someone took him in and he got out and returned to me. He was well fed during is little vacation.

that sucks man, i have a black cat and still with me for more than 5 yrs now

though my 2 month old new 2 cats (white) ran away 3 weeks ago and never came back :(

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