Maria C.
8 months ago
When searching for your indoor cat do what Heather did. Put up posters with a photo and your address and phone number on social media and the Nextdoor app. Say not to chase or try to capture, just to call you at any time if seen.
If it is an indoor cat, search in the direction the cat ran. In Heather's case the cat ran to the back of the yard by the fence. There was a space that led against the fence to the neighbours yard to the south. We followed that fence searching with a flashlight to the front of that house to the south.
The front yard had a cement wall surrounding the property up about three feet and then a lattice fence on top and thick bushes.
Heather had already looked earlier that day under those bushes but she didn’t use a flashlight and to look up the back cement wall and lattice fence above it.
When I searched I saw the black cat in the corner right angel of the cement wall where the lattice was. He had his blue leash hanging down.
I walked around to the other side of that fence corner and blocked any ways for the cat to get out by stuffing a bedsheet in there
Then I went around to the bushes and crawled very very slowly under the bush to where he was, taking a towel and net.
I had a leather glove on and talked gently to him and slowly slowly put my right hand and scruffed the back of his neck holding on tightly while my left hand secured the rear of his body. I had two hands on him and slowly pulled him towards my body.
Still scruffing his neck with my right hand and not letting go, I used my left hand to wrap the towel around him tightly and moved slowly from under the bushes.
I had a net ready and pushed his whole body into the net and tied it tight and was able to get him home.
He is traumatized from the incident where they took him outside for the very first time on a collar and leash so I recommend he stay in their bedroom for 24 hours as he will be an escape risk for the next week.
