How many days was she gone? That’s scary! We’ve had cats in years past and they can pull some tricks for sure! I wonder if someone takes them in their house for a few days, then decide they don’t think they want a cat. Its hard to understand though.
Yesterday I wrote the whole scenario and then somehow lost it and could not find it or return to it. Sorry.
Roma was gone from midnight last Sunday ... for the next 72 hours. We walked the Alley both directions several times and all around he area. For whatever reason she did not respond to our calling her.
She had a perfect hiding place, (a neighbor 2 houses away had an additional storage bldg., there at the back and side of their garage. The female owner died about 4 months ago, the husband moved away, and no one has been living there since a week after she died. It is not listed for sale yet. She has a daughter here in town, that I know.
Roma found a place between the fence and the small space along the side of the storage area. Right in front side it was possible to get in under the floor pat of the bldg. Roma looked none the worse for her adventure. The two cats that live in the garage, have been together for several years. The one left (Annie) showed signs of missing Roma. The two of them come inside in the mornings, and tell me when they need to go out to eat, drink, use the litter, etc. Neither of them have their front claws.
It was a happy conclusion to the misadventure.