moments as both a gift and a message.

Regardless of how much we want to interpret and humanize animals the world is cruel. Maybe never letting him out should be considered. Hate to say but I have said this to a few and...

And released. This is in 2010. Tiger stuck around and became tame to me. He’s very shy of other people. I got my indoor cat that way too but I don’t let him out, he’s a big lazy bum.

Great news!!

Or He had to squeeze to get out of his hidey hole. Long as I know he’s all right. Can’t expect him to live forever. I just wasn’t ready to lose him yet

I thought he was gone for sure. Temps were well below zero for days.

He was gone 5 days and then just walked up to the house totally cool with life. He didn't seem hurt, or hungry, or thirsty.

Bastard.

that we are worried.

My six-year-old cat went out one night and stayed outside for a couple of days. Since she arrived home she hasn't even want to step out on the balcony.

I had one gone for a week. I thought we'd lost him. But he showed back up and looked just fine.

It can totally upend your world if they pull something like this.

You should give him the business over this; it might mean something. I've changed my cat's behavior a couple times. For whatever reason, Oliver is very obedient. If I tell him something is not ok, he listens and he changes his behavior.

Once I caught him going off the property and I chased him back home. I was yelling at him all the way down the road. Since then he has stayed on the property. My house is on a private road, so he has a large area he can roam around with no cars. When I got him home I scolded him and he knew I was upset.

Then he started bringing his "kills" into the house. I took away his door for 24 hours and he figured out he can't bring moles and the like into the house.

So hey, try it. It's probably too late now, though. You have to do it close to the time of their "error." I am sure you were so relieved to see him that you couldn't even think of teaching any lessons.

Thanks for the update!

Our cats are indoor cats whether they like it or not. But we have a coyote or two in the neighborhood and they can just stick to our closed-in deck. They don’t seem to mind it, and I don’t have to worry about it.

Turned out he had been trapped somewhere nearby, I never figured out where

And he’s getting on in years