Kenosha, WI Lost Female Cat, Nova Is Missing

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Tom G.

18 hours ago

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Ellen P.

20 hours ago

Praying for her sage return 🙏🙏🙏

Dawn W.

23 hours ago

My heart goes out to you. I have been through it myself. Here are some tips I've put together over years of working with rescue. * Don't wait for him/her to come home. Yes, he/she may do that, but most cats are scared and go hiding in small places, mostly close to home, a few houses or a block away. (They can go a few miles if chased or desperate, mostly in desperation looking for water and food.) They hide under cars, decks, patios, porches, in sheds, drain pipes, stairs, window wells, garages, bushes, woods, up trees, roofs, etc. Walk around calling their name, shaking a treat bag or favorite toy with bell. Carry smelly food to encourage them if scared and hiding. Listen very, very carefully for low meows. Use a flashlight to catch and reflect their eyes. A good time to go looking is twilight and very early morning/pre-dawn, when it’s quiet and calm so they may feel safer to come out and it’s also feeding time. * Talk to and alert everyone you know and that lives in your vicinity, as well as local businesses. Notify and check with animal control/shelters/humane societies and local veterinary offices. Post on and check lost sites, such as Lost Cats of Wisconsin (file your report there to create your free flyer and a post on Pet FBI ), Nextdoor, various community FB pages, Craig's List. Post flyers on corners/posts, in front of your home, and with neighbors, businesses, and anyone in the vicinity. * Put out a carrier or something right outside your door for shelter and safety. Place clothing/blankets with a familiar scent, yours and/or theirs, inside or nearby. * Searching, go out a few blocks, then back close, then out farther and back close. You may miss the cat or the cat may move or may not be meowing. Repeat over and over, looking carefully on the ground for paw prints and for places they might hide. * If you have a garage, leave open with smelly food favorites, water, clothing/blankets with familiar scent, their old litter box in garage. If you have a family dog who is close to the cat, give the dog something with the cat’s scent and then a treat; and then go walking around, watching your dog very carefully. You can even do this with another cat close to home, if you have a cat harness and leash. * Get or borrow a humane live animal trap and set it up with tuna or some other smelly cat food. Be sure to check it frequently. But in extreme weather, do not set it unless you can monitor it constantly and bring in immediately if caught. * And never stop looking! Never give up! Too many give up too soon. It may take weeks or more before you find and/or someone turns in your cat to an animal shelter. Make sure to contact and also GO IN PERSON to your local shelter/humane society to look at all of the cats they have there. Don’t rely on just pictures or the person answering the phone to have all updated info on who they have there. They do their best, but you need to check in person on a regular basis.

Michelle S.

23 hours ago

IMMEDIATELY set a live trap and put stinky wet cat food inside and cover it with a towel or clothes that smell like you. We're had thirty-one rescued kitties over the decades and this has worked every time.

Wanda W.

1 day ago

🙏

Dar D.

1 day ago

If you’re not 100% sure of how she got out she could still be inside. Check every space she could squeeze into. Cupboards, up inside box springs, closets, even clothe dryers. If she’s not absolutely not in the house here is my usual advice: Indoor cats don’t usually go too far so she’s probably pretty close by. I would leave your door open a bit if you can and see if she will come back in by herself. They try to come back in when it’s quiet. So typically between dusk and dawn. I did that with my cat and he came back in. Also, look in places where you would like to hide when it’s hot out. Dark shady places. You can also get a trap and a camera to see if she’s coming around. Have neighbors check their cameras to see if she has been spotted. Leave out water for her. Do not put out the litter box. Report her lost to the humane society and the police. Check with the humane society daily by phone and go in person every two to three days. Sometimes the humane society still doesn’t recognize people’s animals and end up adopting them out. That’s why I’m person is a must. Good luck.

Jill H.

1 day ago

Tips: https://youtu.be/g2eCoC63B9I?si=9P0_6WNHW-EchUVP

Kim P.

1 day ago