Losing your precious kitty is an awful thing. A few days after Christmas, my 8 year old inside cat got out when the painter left the door open. We didn’t know she was gone for hours. Nobody has seen her since. She has never been outside the house and we have looked all over the neighborhood with no luck. I keep hoping she can find her way back.
When an inside cat gets out, you worry and worry! It happened to us. I googled the situation, and read that inside cats rarely stray far from the immediate surroundings. After looking thru the neighborhood, I concentrated on the bushes near the house. No kitty. The next day I was shining the flashlight under the slats of a side porch — and there she was! 2 feet from the house! Keep looking! He/she won’t come to you probably. You have to to be the finder. This kitty never made a sound — even when I saw her and spoke to her. She didn’t even want the water or food I put under there. (I couldn’t reach her by hand) When I left the door open and kept talking to her, she finally came out and up the stairs into the house. Needless to say — there were tears of joy! So-— keep looking really close to your house — in every possible spot.