Mrs. Kittie, my 16 year ebony female, disappeared almost 2 weeks and
then appeared on our doorstep crying and begging for food. Our theory
was she somehow went into the neighbor's garage and was trapped until
the caretaker found her. We looked for her everyday and I always knew
she would show up which she did. She was very thin and washed out and
never recovered. We took her to the vet who tried to help her. In a few
months a neighbor came over early one August morning and said Mrs.
Kittie was found dead in the middle of our street. She was always a real
survivor, but we felt she walked in front of a car and took her own
life. We grieved many months because we were so close.

14 weeks cried like a baby when a vet called telling us He had scanned the
microchip I got implanted just 3 days before  ;-)

Thanks for all the replies.

I just wondered, out of those who have had cats go missing, especially
those for long periods of time, were your cats neutered/spayed or
reproductive parts intact?

Our cat has never had the snip, and one theory is that he could be
wandering because he is patrolling his territory and keeping his
girl-cats in check.

I don't personally believe that this is related, I think that cats
wander off whether they have been neutered or not, and they will
patrol their territory anyway especially when female cats are in heat
in the Spring, Summer and in Autumn just before Winter really hits.

He has been missing for four days. I believe that he is most probably
stopping in a neighbours house with one of his female friends, and is
probably getting fed by one of the neighbours. He may have just
decided to go exploring for a while.

John