| Tilly was out over the weekend. She got out on Saturday night and
we didn't find her until Monday morning. We were sick with worry.
Some of the things that we did were:
1) Walked the neighborhood shaking a Pounce treats can instead of
calling her. It was late at night, and the calling would have woken
the neighbors. Every cat in the neighborhood, other than Tilly,
came running when they heard that sound. :^)
2) Talked to all the kids in the neighborhood on Sunday, and showed
them her picture.
3) Checked at all the neighbors that leave food out for outdoor
cats. Figured that when she got hungry, she might turn up there
for a free meal. It is amazing how many neighbors leave out food
for strays.
4) Went out looking at night with a flashlight and checked under
all parked cars, bushes, shrubs, and up in all the trees.
Had we not found her on Monday, my next steps would have been:
5) A lost ad in the local paper
6) A call to all local vets telling them that she is missing, and
that she has a skin condition which requires medication. (I figured
that if anyone found her and was thinking of keeping her, they might
take her to the vet for her skin problem)
7) Door to door search of the neighborhood
Jo
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Notify: All animal control officers, police stations, shelters
and vets in at least a 30 mile radius from home, including, of
course, your own town.
Post flyers/ads in local supermarkets, drug stores,in local papers,
donut shops, wherever a large amount of people might pass through.
Colored pictures are a big help w/posters. As detailed a description
as possible, too.
Notify all neighbors, (especially children in the neighborhood!)
for in at least a three block radius.
Check in all surrounding basements, sheds, barns, garages in the
neighborhood. Cats do not always make noise. The one locked in
my husband's apartment basement was there at least a week, and
never made a sound.
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When my indoor cat Cubby escaped from the house a couple of years ago,
I walked all over the neighborhood calling his name and clinking a
metal spoon against his glass food dish. I think that helped bring him
back home. He was gone for about 12 hours but showed up at breakfast
time the next morning, just after I returned from looking for him.
Here are some other ideas for searching for a lost cat:
When you write up your "lost kitty" ad, include the sex, age, color
of cat, coat pattern, whether long or short haired, type of build,
how long missing, any unique characteristics, and a good picture,
if possible. The unique characteristics and picture are probably the
most important, since many cats fit the same description.
Make lots of copies of the ad to:
pass out to all your neighbors, and to as many houses outside your
neighborhood as you can handle.
post on telephone poles in your area, on bulletin boards at
supermarkets, churches, at work, the humane society, veterinarians.
My condo development has a little house for all the mail boxes;
people post notices there.
give to the Animal Control Officer in your town.
I would probably give the police a copy, too, though it's probably
unlikely that the cat would turn up that way.
Put ads in the newspapers in your area, and maybe adjacent towns.
Sometimes cats wander if they're not spayed/neutered, or they climb
into open cars and go for a ride.
Don't give up hope!
Linda
P.S. Jo, I'm glad you got Tilly back, especially with that nut in
your neighborhood.
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| I'll just add the importance of asking your neighbors to check any place
the cat might have been accidentally shut in, like a basement, garage,
shed, etc. Sometimes this is complicated by the fact that it's
happened as neighbors leave for a trip and so the cat is missing for
some time before they return.
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