I had a similar skinny black cat approximately 10 years ago (around 2014) in Budapest, Hungary.
He disappeared, when we (my family and me) moved from one house from another.
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We took the other cat, because we had two cats at that time (the other cat was also black, but chubby and female), and by the time we went back to the other skinny, black male cat, he disappeared
Later (shortly after moving to the other house) the female cat also disappeared.
Since then, we had only a black and white cat (in the same house), who got hit by a car.
Maybe the other, previous cats also got hit by cars.
But we do not know.
I have not had cats since then.
Nowadays I live with a female Harris's hawk.
That's sad. I would go crazy if my cat gets lost or if he does somehow. I mean, I know he will die some day, but I hope it happens many years in the future. It's also sad that you haven't had more cats? Cats are the best pets to have. My opinion, obviously.
Wait, what? Do you have a hawk as a pet? That's crazy.
Yes.
We (my Harris's hawk and me) sleep together.
My Harris's hawk is usually sleeping on me, laying down on my neck.
Months ago I posted multiple photos about this in the Feathered Friends Hive community.