For all of you who read, rec'd or responded to my original posting last Saturday, WYFP? Basement Cat has left the building..., and my subsequent mewling in comments, thank you for your support. Many of you were adamant that I not lose hope or give up and for that encouragement I thank you specifically. Clearly we did not give up in our efforts to recover Radar but we were losing hope and it's hard not to. Radar was gone for 12 days in an area that's an active feeding ground for coyotes. Cats regularly disappear in this part of Austin and in the evenings that weren't raining and cold while he was missing (poor kitty!) those coyotes loped and laughed at the edge of the neighborhood in good numbers. Yet, here we are with him in the house, bathed and fed and purring himself to sleep. I will now reiterate the advice and support offered to me on this site and from many others I researched dedicated to finding lost cats, for anyone now of in the future whose beloved disappears:
Details under the fold.DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR SEARCH!