My baby Jedi had been missing since last thursday, He loves to go out and go into the wooded area behind our house. But he always comes back to me when i call him. Since last friday i have been out calling him all times of day and was really worrying about him. I did go into the woods yesterday and heard nothing but today me and my hubby went back to the woods and went through them, after a while another cat jumped out and ran away from us back where we came from so i followed it back down to the end of the woods near our house. Then heard a very quiet meow after ages trying to find where it was coming from my hubby spotted Jedi but he ran away. I evenutally coaxed him out and he was his usual self loving the fuss until i picked him up where he was very scared. tried to fuss him to calm him down but as soon as i tried to walk out of the woods he freaked and got away. Luckily he was easy to coax back but did the same every time. We had to go get a carrier in the end to get him out of the woods and back home. At home still very scared so have placed him in a pen which at first he was trying to get out and then he has eaten , had a fuss without trying to get out and now gone to sleep.
He is a very protective cat and even when we calling another cat a few months ago came up to us and then went into woods and returned a min later with the cat we were calling! So my hubby wasnt sure whether his behaviour is because of the ohter cat we saw or because someone has hurt him or something else. He has no marks on him but he has lost his collar. He usually is a very friendly very confident cat and i dont now what to do for the best, do i let him out the pen now or give him a dya or so, and whether to keep him in for a bit now or just to treat him as normal.
Any advice is much appreciated i dont want to go through the last few days again.