That's great news! I hope stud's Impossible Princess comes back soon....

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Brilliant news. I bet you have been spoiling him rotten. I hope the other missing cat comes home

Not back yet.

Fantastic news for Douglas but don't give up Stud I'm sure your Impossible Princess is just being Regal in someone else's home until she can make it back to you !

Great mews about Douglas!

I bet the I.P is just in a cozy garage somewhere and a lot of people aren't using their cars, nobody has let her out yet. I would do more leaflets and post them through letter boxes Stud (if you haven't yet). A lot of people won't see posters as they drive everywhere!

edit: just seen you can't put posters up Stud. I would still do leaflets though. It's how I found out what happened to my Jasper (it was bad news sadly but at least I knew).

Oh I'm so happy Douglas is back! Was he OK? Did he look thinner?

I am sure IP will be back too. Dont give up hope. xx

What a relief! Now for the next wanderer to return.

So pleased to hear Douglas is back.

Thinking of you stud u like, hope the IP returns soon.

Oh that is just wonderful......

Oh dear, IP please come home

MEOW MEOW thats fantastic just need IP to poke her head through the cat flap (paws crossed)

That's brilliant! My 2 yr old ginger, Boris, went missing over the New Year because the catflap had inadvertantly been left unlocked one night - it was totally out of character for him, and given the cold weather (and the inevitable fireworks on NYE ) we were beside ourselves with worry. To say it put a damper on the festivities is putting it mildly. However, we did all the things mentioned on this thread, including putting flyers through letter boxes, in local shops etc, and he turned up 3 days later - in the kitchen on his bed when I went downstairs on Saturday morning! None the worse for wear, not especially hungry or thirsty (although he could have eaten & drunk on his return, as we don't know exactly when that was), and quite clean so obviously hadn't been outside somewhere grubby! Our thinking was that he'd got shut in the house of somebody who was away over the new year period.

None of our other cats has ever been AWOL for even one night (apart from one who met his fate on the road , very sad but I won't go there...), so we were unused to dealing with the situation as well as finding it hard to cling on to hope, however ALL our friends who have cats have reported theirs having gone astray like this on at least one occasion, and ALL have turned up safely after a few days or so. One of my neighbours had a cat who turned up 14 months later!! The local cats protection league told us that the vast majority of cats who go missing are closer to home than their owners think, they tend to get shut in somewhere and do eventually get home none the worse for wear. So don't give up hope.

A final thought, councils have a number you can ring to see if your cat has been 'picked up' from the road, as there are byelaws which state they must be collected and not just left. Because of this, cats who have had accidents are usually found more quickly than ones that have just strayed or got shut in somewhere. Not a nice thought I know, but it's better than not knowing...

I do hope IP turns up, plese keep us posted! xx

In my opinion, no news is good news....fingers crossed. xx

fab news re Douglas......fingers crossed for IP

IP still not back.

Many thanks for your messages and posts.

I don't know what the weather is like where you are stud but it would take a brave cat to try to come home from a warm place in this snow. I am quite convinced your princess will not be a stupid cat and sit tight until she can get back to you.

I'm so sorry to hear she hasn't come home yet..but don't give up hope..Hopefully shes just found a nice warm bolt hole to hide out in until she can brave the cold and come home to you xxx

We got a titchy amount of snow but it isn't deep infact it hardly noticable and has melted around the house . She doesn't go far and she has a cat flap which is always open.

One of ours used to hate getting his feet wet and would go missing if it rained while he was out - he would only come home when he could do so with dry paws. Luckily we got to know where he would shelter and could drive the 5 miles to fetch him ! The lady who lived in the house he would hide under got used to us turning up cat biscuits in a tin and used to put the kettle on when it started raining ready for us !

That is why I think your princess will make it I am betting being impossible she is just not liking her feet being cold/wet in even a spinkling of snow. Also if her scent trail is covered even by a little snow she could just be confused and will be back as soon as she picks it up again.

Adding my wishes along with the others. Hope you are reunited very soon.

Thinking about you and IP stud- hope she is home soon...

Stud, me and my puddies are all wishing IP comes home asap!! Thinking of you. xx

Any news yet Stud?

Thank you for your well wishes.

Nothing yet. I am beginning to miss being jumped on in the night and purred at.