Merrillan, WI Lost Female Cat, Tootsie Is Missing

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Brenda H.

1 month ago

Thank you for all of the tips. We live in a rural area so putting food and water out attracted raccoon that came right into screen porch. I appreciate all the helpful comments.

NorthPaw C.

1 month ago

🚔 Lost and found pets should be reported to the local police department and humane society that holds the contract for legal stray holds. They maintain a listing of all such animals in an effort to reunite pets with their families. 🤫 Indoor and displaced outdoor cats stay VERY close but they are hiding in silence. Usually IN or UNDER something. First Steps: 🛋️ Please confirm first that they aren’t accidentally locked in somewhere in the house - bedframes, dressers, closets, drawers, garage, basement. 📣 Create lost cat digital alerts with: - Lost Cats of Wisconsin - Pet FBI - Pawboost - Local Reddit threads - Microchip company (if chipped) - Petco Love Lost - Ring (no Ring cams needed to set up an alert!) Share them on local lost pet Facebook groups and especially NextDoor for your neighborhood. 🪧 Create a flyer with clear pet photo, contact phone number, large bold words at top LOST CAT, cross streets location (ex. Main & 1st Ave), features (ex. Orange tabby, neutered male, chipped, ear tip, needs , special diet). - Do not list reward on posters. - Standard size paper using half page duplicated design in landscape mode (4.25x8.5 each) - Keep them simple - Cut paper in half so you get 2 flyers out of one sheet 🚪 Go Door to door within a block radius and stuff the flyers in neighbor front doors (like the political canvassers) with it partially sticking out, or use clear door hanger bags (available on Amazon) and hang on door knobs. Do NOT put in mailboxes - it’s illegal. 🏡🏡 Check with immediate neighbors (within 4 houses all directions) to physically check in garages and sheds and under porches, decks, covered patio furniture and fire pits, window wells, under houses and outbuildings. 👀 Check in trees, in and under bushes, cars, trailers, trucks, wheel wells, engine compartments, RVs, campers, truck beds. 🐈 Lost Cat Behavior: The cat will circle back to the exit point if it feels safe or when released from a trapped situation. Place cameras and attractants near the exit point. 🚫Do not put the litterbox outside (it’s a myth) it will attract neighborhood tomcats that can chase a lost cat out of its territory. 🍲Feeding Station - Monitored Camera - Live Trap Method If you can get a camera like an Amazon Blink outdoor, Arlo, or even an inexpensive WIFI camera place it near the exit point with a feeding station. Use dry food as well as wet smelly food your cat likes. 🍗Chicken seems to be a good attractant. Most cats circle back to their exit point to try and get back. 🎥Monitor camera to confirm sightings. If you see it come to the exit point then the next step is to either prop it open (door, window) to allow it to enter back in (if able to) or setup a covered humane trap. Please always monitor the trap while set and place a blanket over the trap when a cat has been trapped to allow it to calm down before moving the trap. 🏠Garage or Porch Method: Leave your door open about 6” with a bed and place for them to circle back to. Do not set out a used litterbox. Do leave out food at a height the cat can hop up to easily. Off the floor to avoid critters. ❤️Next Steps: Shoot me a message here or at NorthPaw Cat Finders. I live in Green Bay and help to reunite lost/found cats. I do not charge people to advise on lost cat recovery.

NorthPaw C.

1 month ago

Hannah Conforti please do!

Lisa B.

1 month ago

Shared and prayers

Hannah C.

1 month ago

Kim Patek-Wollner that’s so interesting, good point. I am currently searching for my kitty & have some litter out but I may remove it

Kim P.

1 month ago

Hannah Conforti It’s a very controversial opinion. Some feel it can attract predators.

Hannah C.

1 month ago

Kim Patek-Wollner I’ve always heard to put out the litter box - what’s the reasoning for not putting it out?

Kim P.

1 month ago

📷 View photo on Facebook

Dawn W.

1 month ago

My heart goes out to you. I have been through it myself. Here are some tips I've put together over years of working with rescue. * Don't wait for them to come home. Yes, they may do that, but most cats are scared and go hiding in small places, mostly close to home, a few houses or a block away. (They can go a few miles if chased or desperate, mostly in desperation looking for water and food.) They hide under cars, decks, patios, porches, in sheds, drain pipes, stairs, window wells, garages, bushes, woods, up trees, roofs, etc. Walk around calling their name, shaking a treat bag or favorite toy with bell. Carry smelly food to encourage them if scared and hiding. Listen very, very carefully for low meows. Use a flashlight to catch and reflect their eyes. A good time to go looking is twilight and very early morning/pre-dawn, when it’s quiet and calm so they may feel safer to come out and it’s also feeding time. * Talk to and alert everyone you know and that lives in your vicinity, as well as local businesses. Notify and check with animal control/shelters/humane societies and local veterinary offices. Post on and check lost sites, such as Lost Cats of Wisconsin (file your report there to create your free flyer and a post on Pet FBI), Nextdoor, various community FB pages, Craig's List. Post flyers on corners/posts, in front of your home, and with neighbors, businesses, and anyone in the vicinity. * Put out a carrier or something right outside your door for shelter and safety. Place clothing/blankets with a familiar scent, yours and/or theirs, inside or nearby. * Searching, go out a few blocks, then back close, then out farther and back close. You may miss the cat or the cat may move or may not be meowing. Repeat over and over, looking carefully on the ground for paw prints and for places they might hide. * If you have a garage, leave open with smelly food favorites, water, clothing/blankets with familiar scent, their old litter box in garage. If you have a family dog who is close to the cat, give the dog something with the cat’s scent and then a treat; and then go walking around, watching your dog very carefully. You can even do this with another cat close to home, if you have a cat harness and leash. * Get or borrow a humane live animal trap and set it up with tuna or some other smelly cat food. Be sure to check it frequently. But in extreme weather, do not set it unless you can monitor it constantly and bring in immediately if caught. * And never stop looking! Never give up! Too many give up too soon. It may take weeks or more before you find and/or someone turns in your cat to an animal shelter. Make sure to contact and also GO IN PERSON to your local shelter/humane society to look at all of the cats they have there. Don’t rely on just pictures or the person answering the phone to have all updated info on who they have there. They do their best, but you need to check in person on a regular basis.

Jill V.

1 month ago

She’s a beauty, shared

Tootsie is Missing in Merrillan, WI

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