Did you ever read The Incredible Journey? Not the movie, but the book. Wonderful story.

It just proves that cats are ALIENS! The good kind, of course. Sent to enlighten, mystify, amuse and comfort humans.

Unfortunately, the stray cats that people dump on our country road obviously do not find their way home. Well.....perhaps it's fortunate the cats end up finding better homes....if they are lucky.

We were always told to put butter on the cat’s whiskers when we moved. It worked. The cat never wandered off. Something about covering up the scent they keep in their whiskers.

Like if your cat goes missing, put a used litter box outside. That often works for finding lost cats.

Oly, I think we'd all be better off if cats were in charge. Of course, we'd have to obey their every command, but I'm kinda used to that.

bpath, I haven't read The Incredible Journey. If it involves trials and tribulations for an animal, I might not have the fortitude for it.

My current two cats are the first indoor-only cats I've had. Not only do I not have to worry about them becoming lost or hurt, but the bird community is also grateful.

I’m a little fuzzy on the details as this was a long time ago, but when I was a kid we had a cat that was nasty. Just a mean cat. My parents eventually gave the cat away to someone in another town. Several months later, that evil cat showed up at our door. Hmmm, maybe the new owners dropped her off, now that I think of it, haha. Anyway, my parents were shocked. Delivered the cat back to its new owners, and she didn’t return again.

We have a fenced in back yard for our 2 dogs. One time a few years ago, someone left the gate open and our bulldog got out. We found her sitting in front of the house in a complete daze, like “how did I get here?” Apparently not even tempted to run off and explore.

We had neighbours on both sides of us who moved, not too far away, and their cats kept coming back. One of them believed that we were also his owner and would just sit on our front lawn waiting for someone to feed him. Eventually they both stayed in their new homes.

When I moved here to be with DH, my gray and white kitty, who had no interest in going outside ever, constantly tried to escape. We were worried he'd try to go back to his old home. We installed the storm door primarily to keep him in. He was little and was very quick.

The Incredible Journey is a fun read and the movie is enjoyable too. There have been quite a few documented cases of dogs and cats finding their way back home.

I wish they'd all find their way back to their former homes and stay there. We've only had 2 cats and when they passed on we didn't replace them because by then we had children and my DS was allergic. Ours were lovely cats but we kept them indoors for their safety and for the birds too and I am a firm believer that unless you live on a farm or have many, many acres cats should not be allowed to roam.

At our previous home our next door neighbor adopted a cat when she saw a mouse in her home but she put Billy outside every day where he did what comes naturally to cats - he messed in our garden and stalked the birds at my feeders. One morning while DH and I ate breakfast we watched him decimate a nest of baby rabbits. I called my neighbor who claimed that she didn't realize that cats did those things.

In the 90’s we adopted a 5 month old cat. The first few days we had her she got out. Looked everywhere but finally stopped looking when it got dark. I periodically opened the front and back doors to check all evening. I tried one last time before going to bed, and here she comes strolling up the driveway. Blew my mind. We’d only had her a few days. How did she know which house, which driveway?

My grandmother always said that when you move, you need to put butter on the cat's paws, so he will know he is home (at the new place). This always amused me, but I darn sure did it with my cats every time. ;-)