Our cat came home after being gone 54 days.

[Norse]

So glad you got Murray back! And Tulip, I had almost the exact same thing happen with my beloved black cat, Boo-Boo.

When he was about 3, he did not come one night. Posters, looking, constantly checking with are vets, humane society... About one month later, the Humane Soc. called and said they had a cat matching all his descriptions - run over by a car. Because this cat was such a mess, they didn't want us to open the box and look, so we didn't. We cried and had a funeral. Two months after his disappearance, he showed up on the front door step at 5:00 am meowing up a storm. I don't know how he survived, he was always so skittish, but he looked healthy.

He spent the rest of his days as an indoor cat and we just recently lost him at the age of 19. He was a fantastic cat, a cuddler, a mama's boy all the way. They are amazing creatures.

Welcome home Murray!

[surgtech1956]

Thanks for all the stories. Its great so see so many 'pet' people, especially cat people. Murray is an indoor cat. Forgot one thing, my DGF was coming home one day from an appointment about and saw this dead tiger cat on the side of the road(about 4 miles away), she went to a store and got some gloves, picked the cat up, brought it home, thinking it was Murray, wasn't him, cried the whole time she was having his 'funeral'. Don't know who he is, but he has a nice grave.

[Biciclista]

As much as I am enjoying these stories, Microchipping would solve some of the problem. (like the entire male being mistaken for someone's neutered pet!!!!)

keep them coming, I have been delighted to read them all.
And all the dear not our pets getting burials.

[sbctwin]

Many years ago, when I first adopted Kallie (RIP, my girl) she took off. I only had her for a month. She wandered into our garage crying up a storm. I took her to the vet after I decided she was mine and they said she was at least two years old and malnurished. I thought she was only a few months old at that point. Anyway, I looked everywhere for her and then one Friday night, three months later, she came back, all bloodied. I rushed her to the emergency vet and they thought she had tangled with a fan belt or barbed wire. She got her first shave that night. I was lucky enough to have her for another 11 years and what a joy she was.

[surgtech1956]

Maybe its true what they say, 'a cat has 9 lives'