Dear All,
2 days ago, our much loved 1 year old male Eccles disappeared. He had been out playing in the garden with our 8 month old kittens, and even though they came in for their tea - there was no sign of him, and hasn't been since.
This is really out of character for him as he's not a great roamer - he did disappear overnight once when he was younger but we found him hiding in a bush - think he'd got himself lost! A few months ago, he took on the proud role of "mum" to two kittens who were part of a feral rescue, and has done a great job of bringing them up and teaching them all sorts of important 'cat things'! This makes his disappearance all the more worrying - he goes everywhere with them even though they are now almost as big as him, and we can't imagine that he would chose to be separated from them for this long.
He wasn't wearing a collar when he disappeared as he has become a dab hand at working out how to undo them - but he is micro-chipped and neutered.
I've called the local vets, and the council who haven't had any injured or dead cats reported that fit his description. I've wandered round the locality checking the roadsides and bushes and calling him all with no luck. He's registered with a locator service as part of his ID chip - so they have put out a lost pet alert to all the local services for him and are sending us some posters. I'm making up some leaflets to put through doors now...
We've had several cats over the years - they're all special, but I have a particularly special bond with Eccles, and just feel devastated by his disappearance. I just want to know what's happened to him - even if it's bad news so that we can get some closure. I'm trying so hard not to give up hope - but 2 days seem such a long time for such an affectionate homebody.
Thanks all for reading this. x
