Case in point: The vet. Our cat somehow knows from our behaviour that the visit is today, and disappears off the face off the earth. We had to cancel a visit because we spent more than two hours searching and were late.
So new appointment a day or 2 later, and we watch every step of the beastie like hawks. She disappears behind a cabinet, does not come out, and can be found neither behind or inside. Huh? It turns out the back of the cabinet is open, and there is a really tiny space between drawer and back. If I open a drawer, she goes up/down a layer.
I knew all the time she was less than 50cm from me, and it still took me 15 minutes to figure this out. I've been thinking about creating a tracker, but then , the cat healed enough to lower the frequency of vet visits.
From warm to cold:
Hall floor
Livingroom floor
Hall box
Livingroom box
Livingroom couch
Bedroom bed
Bedroom bed under the sheets
catnip might introduce jitter.