Boris is [WAS] missing

[Alex]

I haven't seen you mention it so want to be sure. Have you gone to the animal shelters and looked (as opposed to calling and asking)? Make sure as well that you're checking all the shelters, when Pixel go away we learned that we were actually within a couple hundred feet of a boundary line between to animal control jurisdictions.

Also, I assume it is common practice everywhere (it was true both places I've been involved in looking for animals) but ask if they have a log of animals killed on the road (up here police and animal control file reports on any pet animals retrieved this way; no pictures, just thorough descriptions). As depressing as that idea is, at least it provides an answer.

Finally, make sure you provide posters to the local pet supply stores and all the vets within several miles. If someone else finds Boris and takes him in they'll eventually be visiting one of those (and if Boris did go wandering could be picked up outside your pamphleting coverage).

You can only do what you can do and can't beat yourself up too much. When Pixel got away she was gone for a week and when found she was less than 50 feet from our front door, showed no interest in coming home, and yet had been completely unseen for that week. So don't give up hope but you have to continue with your day-to-day life, being sad but functional.