the lost cat

I have a stupid confession to make, I got a cat because it's a rural thing to do, and I got him a nice basket and a knitted blanket and he was going to be fed on dry complete food and be all healthy, and he ran off after 2 hrs here. He sneaked past me at the open door and legged it, and ran away with my dreams of becoming a smallholder!!! I can't even advertise that he is lost because the landlord doesn't allow pets!!!! I know some might think it's dead irrisponsible of me, but I grew up with cats, and was brought up in the country so I know what's involved, but it wasn't my fault he left, and coz he left so early on in the relationship, he doesn's know this is his home. I leave food out for him nightly, and he is microchipped to me, so I expect I just wait a month for a phone call from the local vets who have traced him to me through microchip, and I pay a £300 vet bill for emaciation!!! Baby is gutted, he thought it wa shis cat and he just keeps asking for him so I say he has gone for a really longwalk. If he doesn't come back I swear no pets ever again!!!