Grand Rapids, MI Lost Male Cat, Mochi Is Missing

Facebook Community Response

Tamara N.

5 days ago

shared. Please also post on For the Love of Louie, Nextdoor .com and Pawboost .com. Please put out bedding or clothes that smell like kitty's favorite human. ♡

Oraann M.

5 days ago

Pretty kitty!

Lauren C.

6 days ago

I am Mochi’s owner! If anyone has ANY information, even if it is bad news, PLEASE contact me laurenbooza@gmail.com . BIG REWARD FOR WHOEVER FINDS HIM. We are desperate

Terrie S.

6 days ago

Post on Paw Boost, Love of Louie, PetLove, Ring App, Facebook & Neighborood websites

Terrie S.

6 days ago

Walk around calling your cat as you always do. Look under bushes and in hiding places. Look at dawn and dusk with a flashlight to catch the glare of your cat's eyes. Leave garage door and lanai partially open if possible. Your cat will try to get back inside ..most likely at night. Use a trap...The only way to find his way home.or to the trap is by smell. Use some of your used clothes, put them outside and around the trap. A friend of mine used her shirt and dragged it through the neighborhood. Her cat found the smell and followed it home. It is all about the smell. You can also cut a shirt of yours into small small pieces and leave a scent trail back to the trap. I read a few days ago that a lady put out a trace with the old litter throughout the neighborhood. It worked. Her cat came home! Use the litter to lead your cat to the trap. Also try to distribute flyers throughout that neighborhood...as many as you can ( 3 miles radius at least). Check shelters in person...don't just call. Put battery operated trail cameras outside. Your cat might show up in the middle of the night. When you know the time you can wait for for your cat and slow blink to make contact. NEVER GIVE UP! I read once that you can put a chair outside and cover it up with a blanket and the cat can jump up and hide under the blanket and feels safe. They said you should put one of your shirts under the blanket and food and water next to the chair. It might be worth a try to put up a chair

Terrie S.

6 days ago

All the above advice + Make sure you go to the shelters, animal control, humane societies & every rescue you can think of in person and check for your dog or cat as often as you can. Don’t rely on just calling to check for them. The shelters are understaffed and overwhelmed; they may not recognize your dog or cat from a description over the phone. Also, put up flers & post on Love of Louie, Pawboost, next door, Ring App, etc., etc

Saignon M.

7 days ago

Shared❤️❤️❤️

Leslie W.

7 days ago

—Do Not leave out litter box. —Go to every business nearby and neighbor and ask them to check crawl spaces, basements, garages, sheds, under decks, etc. —you should check and have neighbors and businesses also Check water heater closet, behind oven or washing machine dryer etc - any space a cat could get into —Flyer if they aren’t home. All over. —Posters. —They’re usually very close by unless they got chased. —Check up trees at night. ******❤️❤️ Dusk (and even night, but especially dusk) and Dawn - these are good times to sit outside and talk loud enough for pets to hear you, but without panic in your voice. Talk to yourself. Hum. A friend’s cat went missing and she almost gave up after 2 weeks. She was sitting outside on her front steps one early evening and just talking and singing, sleep deprived. Then she was talking to herself. Her cat walked right up to her. It can’t hurt. Hear mama’s or papa’s voice, without panic. —Put reward amount on flyer 🙏 —when you check for messages here, check “message requests” - usually 3 lines/bars or so to click to find that option.

Melissa S.

1 week ago

OPEN A DOOR OR WINDOW. Missing cat tips OPN a door to your home. Most indoor kitties will come back when it’s dark and quiet. Even just prop the door enough for a cat to get back inside. Again, open a door and leave it open. Lock up any other pets in a secure room.

Gary S.

1 week ago

Check extremely good around your house and neighbors, shrubs, bushes, high grass, paper bags and trees, underneath porches and decks, outbuilding and garages, evening time when it’s quiet too, check all shelters in your county and animal control also.