My heart is breaking

I hope so too. Don't give up hope. Our precious cat disappeared for 9 weeks once. We had lost hope. Then we heard this meow at the door and fell over each other getting there. I don't know who was happiest to see whom! We never knew where she was all that time!

Try to remain positive. We had one of our cats go missing for 2 weeks before she came back as though nothing had happened. We did the same thing as you, went out every night and rattled her food dish. We were on the verge of giving up when she came back. Try not to blame yourself, accidents happen. Hope things turn out well....good luck

I am hoping that is true. I let my cat out and he has not returned yet that was 2 days ago. I call him everytime I take my dog out for his walk but to no avail. This was a cat that I took away from someone who was abusing it.

sorry to hear that :( a tabby i used to have would take off when he could,and i would do the same-i'd be heartbroken til he came home. he did always come home when hungry though. also ask your neighbors to check their garages and sheds-that's where we found him once-up the street at a neighbor's.

My heart breaks for you! I hope by the time you read this, Abigail has come home. I experienced this several times with two of my cats. My oldest cat (now 13) disappeared once for six months when we lived in the city. I thought the worst. There were vicious dogs in the neighborhood and vicious city cats. My cat showed up at my back door, meowing as if nothing had happened. When we moved, He disappeared for over a month. We had a snow storm, and he went for shelter underneath our neighbor's porch. When the snow thawed, he appeared again, skinny and weak. He had frostbite on one ear. Now he has only one ear. Within a week, he was back to his old self. Another cat recently went missing for over a month. But he returned on our porch. He was skinny and dirty, but now he is back to his 17 lbs. Both cats no longer wander. I'm sure Abigail misses you and will return. Please let me know how it goes.

Just stay strong cats usually always find there way home. My mom's cat used to take off and a few days later she was back home. like they say in the song The cat came back the very next day!

Maybe you can leave a little trail of cat food to the garage and leave the door open? I don't know though how you would keep her from leaving the garage again. I am so sorry though about your kitty..I do hope and pray you find abigal;)+

We had a similar incident happen with our Big Cat Andre. We had put him out in the Florida room (addition to the house like a sunroom) and my daughter had left a window up to far and Andre pushed the screen out and was gone for about a week. He did come home though. I hope Abigail finds her way back to you.

Teapotmom please do not despair and wait a few Days she should have the scent and come back once she has enjoyed her freedom a bit please let me know But I think she will be coming back Cats normally do My thoughts are with you Sweetie and I am actually hoping that by now while I am writing this that she is back It was not your Fault Cats can be sly

I'm glad she came home! That is good news, and how did you know she was home did she meow and claw at the door or did you leave one of the doors open or just keep watching out the window?

I am so sorry you are going through this. I hope that the cat comes back.

Don't give up hope...Years and years ago, my dad let my cat Butterscotch out, and she was gone for months. I cried every day, when I asked my dad if he'd seen her, and he'd tell me no. Then one morning, as I was getting ready for work, one of my neighbors called me, saying that she was down there. Thankfully, I'd gotten her a pet tag soon after I moved back to Virginia. I went to pick her up, and that was that. Anything is possible, so don't give up hope. Also, don't be so hard on yourself, everyone makes mistakes.

I feel really sorry for you! I don't like cats for that reason: once they disappear, all you can do is wait. My dog got out once, but it was a dog, so I could find him. He was following a group of dogs, he was probably never coming home. But I got him, anyways. Now, about cats it's more complicated. They do not walk in groups, making them harder to locate. Try walking once more in the neighbourhood and try to find your cat! I am wishing the best for you.

Don't give up. She'll come home soon. I actually left our blind cat outside during a thunderstorm one night. He's bad to hide behind the couch, so when we didn't see him before bed, we all assumed the other had brought him in. He's been blind since birth so has learned his way around our backyard. The next morning, he came running out from under my car as I walked out the door. I couldn't believe I'd left him out. Lesson learned, cats are good at taking care of themselves. She'll be fine and be home before you know it.

I hope so too!! Put some food out for her and leave the side door open. maybe she will come back inside! Hope you find her. Look at the humaine society and see if shes there. Good luck!!

I recently had the same sort of experience. We went on a day trip to Philadelphia and when we returned somehow the side door to our house was open and the cat was gone. I did the same thing though walked the neighborhood shaking the treat bottle looking for him. Fortunately our neighbor found him and took him in. We got him from the spca and he is chipped and has all of his tags so if he would have been found by someone else and taken there they would have been able to contact us.

Oh no! That is so sad. I am so sorry that this has happened. I know it is an awful feeling when a pet gets lost. But don't blame yourself too much, you didnt do it on purpose. Accidents happen. She'll come back, cats have good since of direction.

my pet ran way into eternity and never came back. still waiting for her to ceom back som day

hope she'll be back. i'll be madly crazy if that happened to me that my kitty did not comes back. it happened one time with my cat, he got out unnoticed. my wife wondered where he is, she started to call him by meowing too. then she heard a reply outside our door. once she opened the door, he looked at her meow a loud one and runs inside our room. it likes telling her "why locked me out?" then came inside.

dear teapotmommommerced,take it easy, it's not your fault,just free your heart from worries, i beleive your kitty will come back to you soon!