How wonderful Murray came back. Big hug to him.

I know the feeling well. The tom cat who adopted me on a cold rainy day in winter all sick was an indoor/outdoor cat. I tried to make him an indoor cat but it just wasn't going to be.

One summer, with windows open, he managed to rip apart the screen and disappeared. We had just moved. It was a new house for him and us. I wasn't about to give up on Mr. Cat, so I put out my dirty cloth on the porch for him to smell in the morning and when I got home from work, I was out on the patio reading or tending to my yard. And slept every night out there. He came wondering back about 5 in the morning on about the 4th day. Yes he tore me up really good but I managed to throw him back in the house before he broke loose from me. As soon as he was inside, it was like nothing happened.

When he got older, he became an indoor cat. I think he made it to about 15 or 16 years of age. It's been about 10 years since. I still miss my big boy Mr. Cat.

And more recently, three of my cats "ran away" by pushing out the screen in my bedroom window. I found all three huddled together with one of our dogs. They were gone for only about four hours. Outside world was bit too scary for them.