[Sundae]

I'm afraid it's cold comfort.
He's obviously a pedigree. If the family didn't recognise that then they are inexperienced cat owners. Also, if they seriously wanted to take care of him they should have taken him to the vet. Any vet would have immediately felt his microchip and scanned him, triggering the alert.

Finally I can't believe - even if he has no attachment to me - that he has no attachment to Diz. They groomed eachother, slept together every night (and most days), played at least 5 distinctive cat games. Diz has been wandering round crying for him. And Dylan has a mighty voice when he wants to. What kind of person would keep a cat who yowls every day and still think they are being kind?

I might be wrong. A well meaning but selfish, ignorant person might be holding him captive. But my hope that he was trapped somewhere is also dust and ashes now. If he had no access to food or water he's died a horrible death by now, crying and hoping to be rescued.

Sorry. I know I'm over-dramatising. I'm just upset tonight. I should never have let him out in the first place - he was just too curious. Almost everyone I've asked knows him, has seen him, has come into contact with him.