Mr Meowgy The Karate Kat Is Missing, A little on my missing loved pet Options

[FranticOwner]

Hello,

I have recentley lost a pet. My cat Mr Meowgy went out for his wander 4 days ago and I haven't seen him since. Usually i can set my watch by him for being there in the morning and at night.
I've tried all the advice that's given, posters, contacting local agencies, vets, knocking neighbours, and going out looking. But he hasn't shown up. I don't know if i can continue physically searching. There is a BIG BIG area to search, with lots of empty terraced houses with concrete box backyards i can't get into, huge parks, posh houses behind locked gates, and a LOT of garages and things i can't get to to check. But, i don't know if i can keep searching without a "confirmed" sighting of him to chase down. I could be wandering for hours in the complete wrong direction. And all of this is within 10 minutes walk ! I can just imagine how far he might have gone.

We've had a report or two about a cat that looks similar, or someone that has seen him before, but usually seen before he went missing.
We had a call last night from someone saying they found him, but he ran away again.

He's only been able to go out for a month or so on his own (he just figured out how to get over the back wall!), he's only about 8 - 12 months old.


I've had him since he was 6 weeks old, and he's absolutely irreplacable to me and my wife, but I in particular am not dealing with this well. I and i'm beside myself with worry. I can barely function and I keep randomly breaking down. I keep going out searching, but we have a terraced housing area where i can't get into all the alleys, and a lot of empty houses too, so he could be stuck in one of those backgardens.
Also, we have a really big park area right next to our house (he was sighted on the opposite side of it!), as well as gardening allotments, so he could have gotten into trouble there (allotment owners are known for killing cats here).

I don't know what to do, and I dont want to lose hope. I know this is in a cats nature to do, and he could reappear at any time, but i think he's getting scared more and more away from his "turf".

I'm really finding it difficult to function, it feels like time has stopped and my days are meshing together. I've hardly been able to eat. And for a little background on me, i'm a 28 year old married man, ex soldier, and i've been bawling my eyes out for days!

[moon_beam]

Hi, Mr Meowgy's Dad, please permit me try to reassure you that I share your heartbreak in the disappearance of your precious feline companion. In my much younger days many eons of decades ago the family cat would go missing for several days, and my heart would ache until they came back home. One feline companion disappeared for several months and reappeared the evening before my birthday. I had come believe he was gone forever.

I can perfectly relate to your concerns about your precious Mr. Meowgy being "stuck" somewhere. One kitty we had when I was a young girl got stuck in a sewer drain and was missing for several days. One early morning my older sister was going to the bus stop to go to work and she heard meowing echoing out through the sewer lid. She rushed home and told our dad, and he climbed down through the sewer drain and rescued our missing fur family member. For those places you cannot access could you call your local humane society / animal control officers to ask if they could help you check them out. And for the gated homes, is there some way you could get the telephone numbers - - or perhaps leave a note on their mailbox or gate - - to ask their assistance in checking their properties for your precious companion giving your name and a contact number they can call.

It sounds like you are doing everything in your power to get your precious Mr. Meowgy back home safely. If you have not already done so, you may want to consider having a microchip ID implanted, - - and / or - - there are GPS ID collars you can now get that you can load a tracking to your smart phone that may help you locate your companion should he continue to have free access to the outside - - and may want to go "exploring" again.

Please know you and your precious Mr. Meowgy are in my thoughts and prayers that your precious companion will return home safe and sound, and please let us know how you're doing and how things are going.

Peace and blessings,
moon_beam