How To Find a Lost Cat
Losing your cat is a worrying experience, use these 'How to find
a lost cat' steps, and try to stay calm. Remember that most lost
cats have not run away from home, we all know about cats and
curiosity.
The first place you will want to search for your lost cat is
right inside your home. It may seem obvious but make sure that
your cat is not shut in a room, less obvious check washing
machines, clothes dryers, dish washers, even refrigerators. Check
garden sheds, garages, basements and attics, look up trees. An
injured cat will hide anywhere, and will not always respond to
your calling, so search every possible space, under furniture, in
boxes, any conceivable space that your cat could have crawled
into.
Next check with your immediate neighbors, ask them to check their
sheds, garages, etc. Ask local children if they have seen your
cat, when and where they last saw it, ask if they know of any
places that your cat could be hiding. If the children are old
enough, and with their parents permission, ask them to help find
your lost cat.
Ask people who are regularly outside your home, joggers, postal
workers, people walking dogs, moms taking kids to school, if they
have seen your cat. Show them a photograph if possible.
It is a good idea to make a search to find a lost cat at night,
but not alone - have someone with you.
Have you, or your neighbors, had anything delivered? It has been
known for cats to climb into the backs of vehicles and get driven
off, phone the company and see if they know anything. Have you
recently moved? Check your old address, if it is a distance,
phone your old neighbors ask them to let you know if they should
find your lost cat.
Post flyers, preferably with a photograph, all around your
neighborhood. Make the flyers stand out somehow, use brightly
colored paper if possible. Do not publish your name and address,
just your phone number, if you offer a reward do not state the
amount. Don't forget to go back frequently and check that the
flyers are still there, sometimes people take them down. Leave
flyers at your local post office, pet supplies store, laundromat,
gas station, animal shelter and veterinary. Consider placing a
'Lost Cat' classified ad. in your local
newspaper.
Return to the same spots that you have already investigated and
search again and again. Call back to the animal shelters and
animal control agencies, in person - do not rely on telephoning.
Do not shrink from checking with the highway department and any
other agency that deals with road kills, you would rather know if
the worst has happened.
Finally have hope, cats are tough creatures and can last for some
time without food and water. It is not too unusual for lost cats
to be reunited with their owners after being missing for some
months.
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