Gaffney, SC Lost Female Cat, Poppy Is Missing

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Suzy C.

3 weeks ago

April Hayes your local library is free to join and you can print flyers there, too 👍

April H.

3 weeks ago

Suzy Creamcheese I put her cat bed and treats and a food dish and water in the dog crate outside that they rode down here in. The food was eaten earlier but not the treats. There's a mamma cat I saw off a bit under some cement drain thing w a litter of kittens. Them I saw her walking by here earlier. I even left my front n back doors open a crack and locked my other cat in the bedroom for a while. Over 6800 steps today looking for her. Met a lot of people in my beltline area. Showed her pics. My printer is broken. I'll try to call and fix it tomorrow.

Suzy C.

3 weeks ago

April Hayes If you haven't already, put up flyers everywhere as many people aren't on social media. Give flyers to every vet clinic, rescue, and shelter in the area in case she turns up. Having a picture in their hands keeps her at the forefront of their minds. Ask your neighbors to check their cameras, garages (if applicable), sheds, and crawlspaces (if applicable). Look up in trees in case she was chased. Walk the entire neighborhood in the wee hours with a flashlight and look for glowing eyes. Call her in a regular voice (not panicked) and gently shake a treat bag if she likes that kind of stuff. She's probably hunkered down and hiding nearby, but she may not answer you when you call. That's just instinctual, as a vocal cat gives away their location to predators. Put her beds/blankets and some of your dirty clothes on your porches and around the perimeter of your "yard". Don't listen to Janene's advice about how cats don't recognize their owner's scent blah blah blah. She copied that from somewhere and pastes that bs at every opportunity, yet even admitted to me that she didn't agree with that part... Yet she still puts it on lost cat posts... 🥴 She absolutely recognizes your scent and cats have a fabulous sense of smell. Just ask any unneutered tomcat looking for a girlfriend! Anyway, good luck and don't give up hope ❤ When she comes home, please get her microchipped and be sure to register the chip online 😺

April H.

3 weeks ago

Suzy Creamcheese indoor only . But I lived on the 5th floor there. Now I'm in a first floor apartment with 2 doors going outside

Suzy C.

3 weeks ago

April Hayes Thank you for having her spayed. Was she indoor/outdoor after you adopted her?

April H.

3 weeks ago

Suzy Creamcheese spayed, no chip. Indoor only but I adopted her from outside my building in central NY.

Janene P.

3 weeks ago

Please check out this article I copied from a person’s page: Helpful Tips for Finding a Missing Cat From my experience of Coaching/Recovering over 2000 cats as a Lost Pet Professional, I have found that Escaped Indoor Cats are extremely predictable and are not lost per se- just displaced from their inside territory and hiding close by- Waiting to get back in but can't open the door. Right after dark search with a flashlight looking for eyeshine in all the hiding places around the outside of your house and garage - starting at the escape point working out to a 3-5 house radius where the cat could hide including up a tree or on a roof- especially if there are dogs around. Let the flashlight do the work- don't invade hiding places or the cat may move or run. Always leave the escape door open during this search because if the cat runs- it will likely be to that door. Search any bat opening that may be accessible thru a broken window or open door etc. If seen, sit and calmly coax- let the cat come to you- DO NOT approach - be patient. If it has rained -the cat would move to a completely dry hiding place which may include open garages and sheds where they may also get closed in. If not found in the searches- speak calmly to the kitty near the escape door -NOT frantic stressful calling - and make the noises you do at feeding time- crinkle treat bag - open a can etc . It's not about food- it's about a familiar sound. If no meowing answers or no kitty appears after a while- go inside and leave the way in open. Repeat talking before you go to bed. Leave the door the cat escaped thru ajar from late night to dawn and it will likely return- no lights inside or out. No food in the first 5 days as the cat knows there is food in its territory. NO LITTER ever -that's a dangerous myth and clothes do not help- cats do not navigate by smell - they have internal gps. If the door the cat left from can't be left open- leave the garage door up cat height and an inside door open or a place to wait up high like a cat tree.. Most will show themselves when you open the door early morning with the same feeding time noises and talk Also all of this is step for step in my expanded article in the "files" section here on Recovering an Escaped Indoor Cat along with the next steps to take along the way as you may eventually need to feed/film/trap after the first 5 days and put out signs. Cats have no system to recognize their owner's scent... - in fact in a study to see if cats recognzied the owner's scent or sought comfort from it...Cats ignored the Owner's scent as expected. Cats mark human friends and cat friends.... with their own pheromones..in a system called "bunting"because they have no system to recognize an Owner...Cats evolved for thousands of years without owners....- they rely on scent only within their species to communicate and to mark their territory and friendly safe items in their territory..Cats are very, very predictable if you understand their physical and mental systems. Cats use GPS/magnetoreception to navigate to their territory anyway- not scent. They will move toward an Owner's calm voice but have no way to identify a human's scent.....Those are dog ss and behaviors. Cats use scent primarily to differentiate - not to navigate and their scent range is very limited...in the 15-20 ft range unless a scent is on the wind. In cats, scent determines ual status and is used to communicate, to interact socially, and to identify territory - not to navigate or find home or owners... Please do try putting clothes out with your scent on them. It has worked!!! Prayers

Suzy C.

3 weeks ago

Is she spayed? Microchipped? Indoor only, or indoor/outdoor?

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