GOOD LUCK!!
It is good to see that I am not the only person that has made a cat "vanish!" We had a stray that suddenly showed up on the back patio. The cat had no tail and was friendly. Out came the food and we fed " BOB " and then he disappeared for a while. He did come back and became a regular. I was able to pet him and he would follow me to be sure I was getting him his food. I kept telling him to come back, so he could get food, and to trust me so I could help him. A neighbour told me Bob "belonged" to a man, who never took care of him(obvious by the way he devoured food). The day before a blizzard, Bob showed up. I grabbed a carrier, put out food, which he ate in less than a second. I put a second can just outside the carrier, when Bob went to eat it, I pushed it in the carrier, he went right in after it. Door closed and Bob ate all the way to the vet. He was adopted the day after Christmas that year by a lady minister, who loves him dearly. Do I regret that I "stole" the man's cat? NEVER!