Missing cat reunited with owner after six years

Oscar was found as a stray by an elderly woman

A cat has been reunited with his owner almost six years after he went missing.

Kate Makin was living on a boat on the Thames, between Henley and Shiplake, when her cat Oscar went missing in the summer of 2017.

The 40-year-old landlady said she searched for months before giving up hope.

But last week she received a phone call from a vet who told her that Oscar, who was chipped, had been found near Sonning.

"It was really surreal. I didn't know how to process it," Ms Makin said.

The vet told her that Oscar was found as a stray by an elderly woman who then brought him into the practice.

Ms Makin said she must have walked 1,000 miles looking for Oscar when he first disappeared

Ms Makin soon decided to drive to Woodley to collect him.

"When I went to get him it was strange because he was hiding," she said.

"He didn't recognise me then, I don't think, but he was huge, he's definitely found a few houses to get food," Ms Makin added.

She said as soon as they arrived home Oscar went straight under the sofa, but after a few hours jumped on her chest.

"Now he doesn't like it if I leave the room, he is quite attached at the moment," Ms Makin added.

She has said Oscar will have "lots of attention and lots of love".

Oscar was a kitten when Ms Makin first got him

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