Jennifer G.
3 months ago
Your cat is likely in your neighborhood still. They rarely travel far from home. I'll bet your baby is bumming food off neighbors. A neighbor may even have your baby thinking he/she is lost.
Remember that your cat might be trapped in someone's garage or shed, too. Leave a note on your neighbor's doors asking if they can check for you. ❤
Some first steps to take
1. Put up signs in sheet protectors (opening at the bottom). Even put them in your car windows.
2. Update microchip info
3. Put out some personal items that have your smell on them...especially if eyesight is bad.
4. Check the shelters/ACS sites each day
5. Post on Nextdoor, pawboost, adltexas.org, 24petconnect, Humane Society, petfinder...add more after the other steps are done.
6. When viewing sites, look at lost and found, adoptable and adopted cats on any sites visited.
7. Look at other missing cat posts for more suggestions. Your cat's pic may even end up in comments on someone else's cat post.
8. Put your baby's bed outside...Hopefully one with a cover. You can always use a box and cut a hole. Put blankets in, too.
9. Walk around your neighborhood and hand out flyers. A neighbor may have found your pet or knows the direction where he/she went.
Putting up signs are very important since the finder may never locate your post. They may not even use social media or have Internet to view your post.
Since a shelter or rescue can put your cat up for adoption after just 3 days...5 days if microchipped, it's important to start the process right away and search as much as possible. Recruit others to help.
