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Cat disappears for days at a time.

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Gill33 Sun 11-Oct-20 13:45:29

My daughter has a lovely friendly cat who is 18 months old. She started to disappear for days at a time and we didn’t know where she was going. She had a litter of kittens in May and stayed home all the time with them and didn’t stray at all. My daughter decided to keep two of the kittens and started to let them out in her garden with the Mum.
All was well for a few weeks and then one evening she and the two kittens didn’t come home.
The next day I went over and decided to visit some of the house and show them a photo of the Mum. The houses back onto her garden and I showed them a photo of Mum and some details. Most people I spoke to said that they had seen the Mum occasionally but not the two kittens.

After a while I went back to my daughter’s house and within an hour had a phone all to say they’d all been seen on a neighbours conservatory roof.
We went round and the man in that house got a ladder to get them down. He then said they often come round as he thought the Mum was a stray. Mum is in beautiful condition and doesn’t look like a stray at all. He gave us his phone number in case we needed to contact him again.
It transpires that Mum has been going round there and that’s why she kept disappearing and now has decided to take the kittens too.
Mum still keeps going there and doesn’t come back for days and he rings to say he’s got her and that she comes in through his open windows or doors. My daughter asked if they feed her to which a vague answer was ‘Well my son may have’. She asked him not to feed her and could he put her out early evening to come home.
She is still going round there and is obviously being fed as she never returns hungry.
I’m not sure if there’s anything we can do about this situation as you can’t really stop a cat from wandering. She has nice life at home. My daughter isn’t out all day so it’s not as though she wants the company.
The man is very vague at times about this cat but my daughter just would like her back home especially at night. Any suggestions please?

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GagaJo Thu 22-Oct-20 17:34:34

I also had a temporary cat a few years ago. He was a stray my neighbour pointed out to me. He was living under their carport and they were feeding him. He'd been there 2 or 3 weeks in bad weather, so I took him in. He settled straight in, was a bit lively.

After a month, he started wanting to go out and gradually stayed out longer and longer. Eventually he only came back at night and even then only if I called him, and was never hungry.

I stopped calling him and didn't see him again.
I think he had a home and had got lost, but then eventually found his way home again and just popped back to visit me.

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Astral Thu 22-Oct-20 17:45:52

People feeding other people's cats really annoys me, I've had cats with food allergies that I ended up unable to let out at all. People should think of other people's vets bills when taking responsibility that isn't theirs. I'd never feed someone else's cat unless I was sure I had a stray on my hands

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Jane10 Thu 22-Oct-20 17:50:26

DD does not set out to feed her visitor. He's a bit of a bruiser and her own little cat can't stop him. He also batters the cat flap, makes an awful racket when he decides to come in and avail himself of the comforts of DD's home.

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