Lost my cat :( [UPDATE: FOUND]

Once his fat ass is hungry he'll be back

Walk around your neighborhood and ask people if they've seen the cat. Eventually someone will tell you they saw the cat. You may have walk around and talk to people everyday for a week or more to get this done. Also put up signs of course.

If I had some patio doors, I'd move my office by them so I could see if he's coming around, but I don't. There's no easy way to see him outside.

He's going to have to figure out how to jump onto the lower sill, then back up to the kitchen window sill..

By leaving the kitchen window open waiting for him to return/figure it out, I'm wasting money on heat.. ugh.

He's not gonna navigate his way back to jump into your window, if he's never been outside. You HAVE to go looking for him.

Go outside and call to him

he's hixing in bushes nearby...put out his fsvouritefood and smelly food and watch for him....go outside to where he went out the window and call for him...he'll be okay he is just scared and hiding....put water out for him in a couple of locations .... dont put water or food out in the open, but where he will definitely feel safe to get...many kitties tend to low crawl when they are outside like that in unfamiliar areas and when they are a bit on edge

I am so sorry OP :( I hope your cat comes back. I would also do what Butch suggested and ask people if they have seen him. I lost my little cat about a month ago now...but we think we figured out what happened to him...see we have a fox that has made my almost two acres his territory...and we think Lucy was eaten by the fox. So I will have to do what I have to do to that fox...it's not getting another one of my animals...I hope you don't live in the country like I do. If no, I would say you have a good chance of the cat coming back. I mean even if you do there is still hope cause it's only been 24 hours I would say...it's just that lots of hungry creatures in the woods :( Good luck OP and keep looking...

you could perhaps set up a board as a ramp?

When I said he's never been outside, I should have said, he's never been outside alone. I let him outside once earlier this year and let him circle the house. Then brought him back inside. Hopefully that was enough for him to understand where his home/territory is, and that he'll be back.

I posted pictures to the neighborhood app and craigslist with photos and general area. So, I hope that helps.

Last year, my other cat got out and didn't come back for around 3 days, but he's a smarter cat than this one and is way more athletic.

cats go up trees...even without claws...foxes do not...dogs are more likely to fall prey bc of that

look for your kitty

Well then, post a lost-and-found pic.

if u use a hav a heart trap...make sure it's in a private cool area and you check in multiple times per hour....more often when it's warm and sunny

Put his litter box outside!! This is the best method to get a lost cat back home.

Praying for his fat ass to return.

Once you give a cat the taste of freedom, they’ll escape. I usually let a cat out who wants to be. I find an indoor outdoor cat lives longer, given they have a little common sense.


Take his food bowl outside with a tiny bit of food. Rattle the shit out of it. Fatty is probably hungry and needs a nap.

offer a nice reward

yes, good idea, idk if any other animals wouod be alerted though...may depend on where OP lives

Put his stinky kitty box outside so he can smell it and find his way home.

We have :( supposedly nobody has seen him...I don't know then...maybe he legit ran away...or is like living with some pack of wild cats around here. I once had a tom cat growing up and he could come and then go for months but always came back...until one day he didn't :( but we figured he found a cat family out there...

put a 2x6 leading as a ramp to the window

It's an automatic self-flushing litter box... But I could put something out there from his brother cat who doesn't use that litter box?

BTW - I live in a suburb. We do have coyote though :/ And, I did see a fox once several years ago.

Last Edited by BoatyMcBoatface on 05/10/2021 07:08 PM

He was delicious, thank you.

My cat wants to break out of my house. Any chance she gets, she tries to make a break for it. I chase after her and have to tackle her to catch her and bring her back. She completely lacks any outside survival skills. She’d be eaten by a hawk or fox or get hit by a car. I don’t know why she’s so determined, but I guess it’s her nature to want to chase birds, bugs and bunnies outside.

I hope your cat makes it back home. I think you should look for him, leave out food, keep hopeful. I one had a cat missing for 6 months come home. I swore he was abducted by aliens, he returned all thick haired and furel.

Boaty .. if its any help one of my cats did not move with me.. got scared... I got her back 4 1/2 months later.. A couple people had been helping her a bit and got her trapped with tuna fish..and delivered to my new place.. I moved to far away for her to find me...

and she is living happily ever after and so am I...she had lost a good deal of weight..

I got her back oct 26...2 1/2 years ago now...

don't give up hope.. and ask your guardian angel for help perhaps.. but I suspect he will be back just fine.

Go outside calling his name. My kitty got lost one yard over & she was petrified...I called her name & heard this pathetic frightened "mew".

Look in your window wells also.