Leesburg, VA Lost Female Cat, Millie Is Missing

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Jessica P.

3 days ago

Other tips from a fellow foster/trapper/volunteer with an animal rescue group: Hi, I'm sorry about your lost kitty. Some tips to employ right away help get her/him back: - Look on Pawboost.com to see if someone posted a FOUND listing. If not, - Create a free posting of your kitty on Pawboost.com with good photos and as much information as you have about where/when s/ he went missing. They'll create a proxy email for you to avoid spammers/phishers. - Create free flyers from Pawboost that you can print and post ALL around your neighborhood. This is very important! - Join the Ring doorbell products online community (you don’t need a Ring product yourself to in order to join) and post about your missing cat. Ask your neighbors to check their footage in front and back and to quietly check their backyards. - Contact Fairfax (animalservices@fairfaxcounty.gov) and Loudoun county (https://www.loudoun.gov/ 545/Lost-Found-Pets) animal shelters in case someone has turned him/her in and file a LOST CAT report. Share your photos with them and GO IN PERSON to check if your cat is there. The staff doesn't always have time to do a thorough check among the cats in house. - Start walking around your neighborhood after dusk with a flashlight, slowly and quietly, looking under bushes and decks, in open garages, calling for him/her and then listening for him/her to respond. You can bring food with you, but most cats are too scared to come immediately to the smell of food. - Tap on car bumpers or hoods as you walk; some cats find shelter in wheel wells or under a warm engine. Tapping can often scare a kitty out from under a car. - If you do spot him/her, call somebody to bring a carrier over with the food in it to try and attract him/her; do not try to pull him/her out from under a bush or garage or wherever you find him/her. Most cats will withdraw further because they're scared. - Last thing, put something that smells like you on your porch. Cats will be attracted back to a familiar smell and this may be a good way to get him/her to come back on her own. Chances are high that s/he's only within one street of your house if s/he lives indoors normally. Best of luck to you and I hope you get him/her back very soon.

5 days ago