Missing Cat in Bessacarr

[DaveDRFC]

We have just moved to Bessacarr and our cat Woody has gone missing. He is the one in the front of the photo, very friendly tabby cat. He is wearing a black collar with an ID tube and is also microchipped. He has gone wandering before but as we've only just moved here we are concerned he has got lost. Last seen Saturday morning on Thealby Gardens. Please let me know if he is spotted anywhere. Thank you.

[dknward2]

Will keep a look out for you we have 2 house cats one got out last year tried chasing him for 30 mins gave up as i had to go to work

Got home at 1 and was sat in next doors garden manged to get him back with dreamies lol

[DaveDRFC]

He's always been an outside cat, did whatever he wanted at our old place. Used to disappear for a couple of days at a time so hoping he is just having a good explore of the new place. Been out on my bike this morning to cover a bit more ground shouting him, but nothing. People must think I'm mad!

[Yargo]

He's always been an outside cat, did whatever he wanted at our old place. Used to disappear for a couple of days at a time so hoping he is just having a good explore of the new place.

It will be out finding wildlife to kill and come back when its blood thirst is satisfied.A responsible owner would have fitted the horrible creature a bell round its neck to warm off innocent birds,wild mice and others.Hopefully its been hit by a car

[dknward2]

Guess your a stage 5 vegan wont eat anything that casts a shadow

[grayx]

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It will be out finding wildlife to kill and come back when its blood thirst is satisfied.A responsible owner would have fitted the horrible creature a bell round its neck to warm off innocent birds,wild mice and others.Hopefully its been hit by a car
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ouch!
a bit harsh

[DaveDRFC]

Thanks for your kind words, I won't return the favour by wishing harm on something you love. Nice to know there are some kind and friendly folk around.

[Prez]

Disgusting comments Yargo, no need for that.

[knockers]

Did you not see The Zoo this weekend. I'd be very worried when it comes back!

[Mike_F]

He's always been an outside cat, did whatever he wanted at our old place. Used to disappear for a couple of days at a time so hoping he is just having a good explore of the new place.

It will be out finding wildlife to kill and come back when its blood thirst is satisfied.A responsible owner would have fitted the horrible creature a bell round its neck to warm off innocent birds,wild mice and others.Hopefully its been hit by a car

Bloody hell, Steve. No need for that. Would you advocate sitting out with an air rifle taking out birds of prey to protect wild mice too? How do you decide which animals deserve to meet the reaper in your new world order?!

[DaveDRFC]

Can anyone who's got twitter please do me a favour and share this link please? I've not got an account anymore, would take too long getting enough followers for it to be worthwhile! Thanks.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/pets/missing-cat-in-bessacarr-woody/1130677447

[andy didcott]

maybe he's trying to find his way home, they can travel big distances, where were you before.

[DaveDRFC]

We were in Thurcroft near Maltby, so quite a way across railways and motorways, so hope he's not tried to do that!

[andy didcott]

maybe it's worth popping back to have a look, they can find there way home quite easy, usually if the distance is about seven miles.
It's called psi travelling.

[The Red Baron]

I've heard of similar instances, Andy. I think there was at least one case in the States where the owners had moved several hundred miles and their cat found his way back to his old home.

A friend of mine has a cat who went AWOL for nearly a fortnight. She was sure he'd been killed but one evening he sauntered in through the cat flap as if nothing had happened. Turned out some geezer had been feeding him, even though he had a collar and didn't look like a stray. So sometimes they do just turn up.

[DaveDRFC]

As the crow flies it's about 10 miles, crossing the main railway, the A1, the M18 and a couple of rivers. So fair play if he's made it! I might have a look as I drive fairly close by on the way to work. I'm hoping he took refuge somewhere during the big storm on Saturday night and is still somewhere nearby, no sign as yet though.

My mum once had a cat go missing from Retford, it got handed in to a vet in Bolsover 10 years later and they got him home using the microchip.

[Bentley Bullet]

We got our cat back with the use of a Microchip. She just loved them McCain ones and was back in no time after we chucked one in the back garden for bait.

[jucyberry]

Hi Dave, I've put it on twitter and face book for you.. Hope it helps and Woody is home as soon as possible.

As for cats hunting, it's part of natural selection.

[DaveDRFC]

Thanks very much, I've tried all the groups on Facebook I can think of, going to make some flyers at work tonight and post those through some of the houses close by. There was a huge thunderstorm on Saturday evening, thinking he might have got into someone's shed to shelter and now can't get out. Really hope we do find him, so sad how much his brother misses him, he's really not happy. I feel absolutely terrible, wish I'd kept them in longer but it's done now.

[RobTheRover]

One of ours went missing a couple of years ago and was gone for a whole year, then just wandered through the door one day like nothing had happened.  She's not disappeared since.

[Sammy Chung was King]

Try and think like the cat would, which route would it take back to your old house, follow that route on foot and you might come across him along the way. Get somebody else to take a slightly different route back to your old house doing the same.
Failing that visit the local cats league where someone may have taken him, get all your neighbours to look in sheds and gardens, put posters up all almog the way from your new house to old one.

Advertise it on facebook lots of people have found they're animals that way, put an ad in the shops along the way, visit the cats league places yourself and look, don't take they're word that they haven't got him, phone local vets to see if any injured cats  have been brought in, though the chip might negate this advice, something like Balby vets isn't far from Bessacarr for a cat, it might be worth asking.
Has one of your neighbours taken a liking to him, and thinking he hasn't got a home taken him in?.

[Orlandokarla]

He's always been an outside cat, did whatever he wanted at our old place. Used to disappear for a couple of days at a time so hoping he is just having a good explore of the new place.

It will be out finding wildlife to kill and come back when its blood thirst is satisfied.A responsible owner would have fitted the horrible creature a bell round its neck to warm off innocent birds,wild mice and others.Hopefully its been hit by a car

The bloke has lost his cat, and you take the time and effort to post, just to tell him you hope that it has been hit by a car. You sir, are a mean spirited, 1st class w*****.

"Blood thirst", "innocent birds, wild mice and other"? Grow up FFS!

[leedshayter]

Yargo you're a prick!!! Dave I hope the little fellow returns home safe and well soon

[Move DRFC]

He's always been an outside cat, did whatever he wanted at our old place. Used to disappear for a couple of days at a time so hoping he is just having a good explore of the new place.

It will be out finding wildlife to kill and come back when its blood thirst is satisfied.A responsible owner would have fitted the horrible creature a bell round its neck to warm off innocent birds,wild mice and others.Hopefully its been hit by a car

Heavy

[DaveDRFC]

Well I've posted 100 flyers through people's doors, put posters up on lamp posts and been in both local vets. Annoyingly none of the local shops would put them up for me, but hopefully someone will see him! Also going to go back to my old house to see if there has been any sign. Can't say I'm not trying anyway!

[Muttley]

#prayforwoody

[The Red Baron]

Well I've posted 100 flyers through people's doors, put posters up on lamp posts and been in both local vets. Annoyingly none of the local shops would put them up for me, but hopefully someone will see him! Also going to go back to my old house to see if there has been any sign. Can't say I'm not trying anyway!

Not a nice thought, Dave, but have you had a word with the council about animals killed on the road? My friend did this and was encouraged that they'd had no reports of cats killed by traffic.

Hope he turns up safe and well soon.

[DaveDRFC]

Poster campaign 2 has begun. Feel free to share this or print it out if you would like to help, I'd really appreciate it. Had a few promising phone calls but still not found him. Thanks.

[idler]

Good luck Dave, I hope that it turns out ok for you.

[Surrey Rover]

Dave, The South Yorkshire Joint Railway would be his easiest route back to Thurcroft from Bessacarr, it is the line that runs behind Stoops Lane and then routes through Wadworth Bar, then passing west of Tickhill, south of Stainton through Aven Industrial Park, along the south edge of Maltby then passes just west of Laughton before joining the Sheffield to Worksop section just west of Shireoaks. It is a freight only section that served the collieries in the region for many years but is still in use, the traffic on it doesn't travel very quickly in fact a lot of it is single track.