Ziggy, now 11, disappeared as a kitten (Image: Ruth Orme/SWNS)

An 11-year-old missing cat has been reunited with his owner after being discovered on Facebook.

Moggy Forever Ziggy disappeared in 2011 as a one-year-old kitten and devastated his owner, Ruth Orm.

After initial searches were unsuccessful, Ruth said she had long since given up hope of seeing him alive.

But after his photo was posted on Facebook, a vet performed a microchip test and he was sent home.

Ruth of Hearts’ Royston said:

In 2011, as usual, it went out one day and didn’t come back, we’ve had it for just under a year and it’s fully developed.

“We put up billboards all over the city, we went out night after night looking for food, we looked for sightings, but no luck.”

The missing cats Ziggy and Ruth Orm.

He was a much bigger cat when he found his way home (Image: Ruth Orme/SWNS)

As time passed, Ziggy’s chances of returning dwindled, but it turns out that despite the length of his absence, he wasn’t far from home.

“It seems that some men found her in the Royston industrial estate, about 20 minutes from where she disappeared,” explains Ruth.

Ziggy the cat that was lost before.

How Ruth remembered her friendly pets (Image: Ruth Orme/SWNS)

He was there for a few days, so after feeding him and posting a video on Royston’s reporting page on Facebook, a woman from the rescue group picked him up and scanned him for a microchip. After this, we received a phone call.

He was brought back on Monday and was in excellent shape with little sign that he had been out for a while.

Ziggy the cat that was lost before.

Ruth says Ziggy has the same temperament over the years (Image: Ruth Orme/SWNS)

More than a decade later, no one was sure if Ziggy was the same cat the family knew.

But Ruth says:

“He looks the same, his temperament hasn’t changed. He still likes to cuddle.”

Ziggy the cat that was lost before.

It is believed that he lived as a stray dog ​​but was fed by a family in the area (Image: Ruth Orme/SWNS)

“He’s always been a very friendly cat, so I don’t know if he knew us, but he would sit on our lap and purr happily,” says Ruth. “I really hope he comes back.”

Little is known about Ziggy’s whereabouts, but he was in good health when he was rescued, with Ruth stating that he lived as a homeless man but was fed by various local families.

Ruth got a new cat, Freddie, but said she never forgot Ziggy. Although they are dating, they say, “Don’t worry too much about each other.”

“After a few years, I gave up hope,” adds the polite owner. “It was a miracle, and it seemed like it had never gone away.”

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