Originally Posted by Tillski

Well, like I said in my first post – we have a 13 year old cat who went wandering for about 10 days; we do think it was due to old age, he hadn’t quite been himself lately - sitting in corners facing the wall and only walking around the edges of rooms, unusual stuff like that but he managed to find his way home eventually safe and sound. Has your cat always been an outdoor cat? If so he should have pretty good bearings of where he is, perhaps it will just take him a little longer to get there.

Of course, it could be sad news with his age but try to stay positive, cats of all ages have been known to turn up many weeks later!