Moncton, NB Lost Female Cat, Sophie Is Missing

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Alicia M.

8 months ago

Below are ideas to find your indoor or outdoor cat. If you haven't already... Indoor cats often stay close to home. Try shaking their favourite treat bag and use a flash light at night to see if you see any eyes flashing. Check under steps, sheds, the car and all around your property even trees. Don’t call their name unless they have been out for just a few moments as they are in ‘fear mode’ and this can make them hide more. Outdoor cats and Indoor cats… check sheds as he she could have gotten locked in. Check up trees. Then go door to door if you can and ask if anyone has seen him her. Put up posters and send out flyers. Leave porch door open or window if they escaped from a window. Post on a lost and found pet and cat sites in your area and province. As well as your local community Facebook page. Check and tell you have lost your cat to vets, shelters, rescues, Animal Control, 311 (if you are in Halifax, Nova Scotia) and then check Kijiji. Leave your scent out on the clothes line (unwashed clothing) or on the steps and change every day or at least after a rain. Don’t put their scent out as predators are likely to come… Don't leave kitty’s litter out as this will attract predators and kitty might be too scared to come back. If that doesn’t work… ask a local rescue or shelter to help you humane trap your cat. Put out out the trap with wet food, water and a tarp to cover it. In the colder months a blanket over the cage as well and tarp over that. Put a piece of owner’s scent in the cat like a sock which has not been washed. This attracts your cat and usually keeps other cats and animals away. Always check trap often as animals can get hypothermia in the cold and hyperthermia in the summer. Usually early morning and night is when they go on the trap but many also will be trapped in the middle of the day. Hope you find your cat soon!

Pam J.

8 months ago

Only call your cars name from your address, otherwise they may try and follow your voice amd will get confused. I hope you find her. 😢

Carol M.

8 months ago

Indoor cat? If so… they are not likely very far away. They would be hiding under or in something. They will come out in the late afternoon or after dark when things are quiet. The sooner you look, the better the chances that the cat is still in your own yard, or the close la neighbours’ yards. 1. Put your unwashed clothing outside, near your house 2. Look under and in everything with a flashlight…their eyes will reflect the light 3. Put up posters in your area 4. Leave a window or door open a bit so they can get back inside 5. Call softly from your yard. Or talk softly. Do not call while looking all over the neighborhood…it could confuse the cat as to where their home is. 6. NEVER put the litter outside!!!!! This can attract other animals, that may hurt the cat or scare it further away. 7. Have your neighbours look in their sheds and garages, in case the cat was locked inside. When you’re checking a shed you need to physically go into the shed with a flashlight and look for the cat because they will still cower in the corner and they will not meow for help. A lot of times if the shed door is open they will burst out and run home. It’s not always the case though. Search is the best. Also, try shaking a treat bag, if they’re used to the sound. And just go out and talk softly, so that they recognize your voice. You could also try putting some smelly food that your cat likes out on your deck and sit quietly, to see if they might come out from their hiding place. If they’re an outside cat, something is keeping them from coming home. You are going to have to go looking for them. Ask neighbours to check their sheds and garages. Put up posters in your area so that more people are aware. And when they come home, please keep them inside. There are too many things out there that can harm them …cars, hawks and eagles, wild animals, diseases, other bully cats. Keep them safe. ❤️

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