Lost cat

Like Flower, I think the more people you can get to share the details on facebook the better. Has she been micro chipped?

Fingers crossed she'll be found safe and well.

baubles, I can imagine how you're feeling, especially when you're so far away from home. She may not even be far away from your SIL's house, though. We had a wee strange cat in our garden for a couple of weeks, and although she wouldn't come to us, did eat the food we laid out for her. Eventually, we discovered that she lived just round the corner, but was only used to going into her own garden then back in the house again. One day the son of the house had dropped something heavy on the worktop and the noise had frightened her and she ran out the front of the house. Apparently she just lost her bearings, but hadn't travelled far. Fingers crossed wee Molly's soon home again. As everyone's saying, though - it's warm during the night and will be for a good while yet. Let us know how things go? xx

I went delivering posters and met a couple, also delivering posters - they had taken my cat in and were trying to find her owner! I had kept her in for a month, it was her first outing off her lead in the garden - and a great big tom cat came and fought her so she ran away.

If you or your family are on Face Book try a message there for people to share. I will private message you with my FB details and will share a photo of her.

Also a friend's cat - a Burmese - went missing, A very homely cat and very unusual for him to disappear. He also turned up after about 2 months of worry.

Take heart baubles, when we moved our beloved cat was found 3 mile away with our dog. They had decided to walk to our previous home and a neighbour phoned us.

Also another one of mine went missing for 3 months, she was an indoor cat and not a hunter but she arrived on our doorstep one morning well fed and non the worse for her adventures.

I do hope she is safe and finds her way home. I adore my cats know how you feel.

Shysal You're absolutely right! That's exactly what a neighbour's cat did! No idea where he'd been, but he'd been missing for a couple of weeks and then just wandered home the same day that the posters went up and the leaflets came through our doors He was fine and must have been fed by someone somewhere.

Fingers crossed baubles

Just a thought, but the local radio station may be obliging enough to put out an SOS in your SIL's area.

In my experience, making posters and delivering and displaying them throughout the neighbourhood means the cat strolls home the same day! I do hope you have good news soon. As has already been said, it is the not knowing that is difficult.

Years ago my cat disappeared and I was distraught [had to have time off work which is unusual for me]. Years later, having moved twenty miles away my husband went to the vets with another cat and, lo and behold our cat was there with an elderly woman who he lived with. Eventually we had him back. I can totally understand why you are so upset. I wouldn't at the time have been quite so upset had something awful happened to him; I would have been heartbroken but it wouldn't have been as bad as the years of not knowing. What I'm trying to say is that cats are very resilient and great survivors. Is she identichipped? Would it be worth putting out a message on a local radio station/contacting local catteries etc etc [I'd hope your SIL has done all of that though; publicity, publicity and more publicity is what's needed]. This also sounds like a time when Facebook comes into it's own. I'm afraid I feel like throttling your SIL [sorry!].

Thanks all for the good wishes.

I'm trying to be positive and not allow my imagination to take over, she won't be cold at least and some kind soul could be feeding her.

baubles sorry to hear this - I do hope she turns up-some flowers for you

baubles my heart goes out to you, it is awful to imagine a beloved pet lost, hurt and bewildered. Every good wish that Molly is found safe and sound.

I hope that this will give you hope, when we moved here we had 3 cats, each transported in a separate carrier. As we were getting out of the car, one of the cats (Clucky) managed to get out of her carrier and disappeared! We were distraught, a new house, new neighbourhood that she didn't know, but we went out several times a day calling her name and 2 worrying days later found her hiding in the hedge at the bottom of the garden.

Oh Baubles I would be livid and distraught. I hope your little cat is ok, and your Sil feels suitably guilty!

How upsetting, Baubles. I hope Molly shows up soon. Cats are resourceful and it's summer, so she'll be ok if she's outside, but fingers crossed she is quickly found

Oh Baubles I can only imagine how you're feeling. I'd be distraught if it were me Cats are surprisingly resilient and very good at begging at people's doors, so hopefully she's finding food and she will be returned to you soon. for now.