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!

Originally Posted by dpb1

Our 15 year old male tabby has been missing since last Tuesday. He never usally wanders very far and we have put flyers around our street and spoken to neighbours. We have also contacted Cat protection and local vets.

Is there anything else we can do as we feel helpless and worry about where he is and what has happened. We also had a female cat go missing a few years back who came back after a fortnight, but worry this time as he is an old boy.

Some people say that some cats just wander off at a certain age and time of life but this doesn't make things any easier on us. We leave the catflap open hoping he comes wandering back.