After being out of town last Saturday, I noticed on Sunday that I hadn't seen one of the cats — our feisty former tom. She said he had been around on Saturday, so I wasn't too worried.
He continued not showing up for the next few days, & we both started worrying that something may have happened to him on one of his midnight roams.
Then yesterday evening, I was out on the back porch with the dogs, & heard him crying somewhere! I looked around and then grabbed a flashlight so I could see a little better.
I finally found him — in the shed! He apparently slipped in there last Saturday when J had the door open... .
Five days with no food & water is a long time for any critter, and he was happy to be out, though he was obviously dehydrated, & a good bit thinner.
After a night back inside with some canned food and as much water as he wanted, he seems more like his old self, but we'll still keep an eye on him over the next few days.
He still needs a new home, though, where he can be an only cat! With one or two dogs for company, & certainly no children.
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