Ypsilanti, MI Lost Male Cat, Bartok Is Missing

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Amy M.

3 weeks ago

🚨Please follow these tips immediately suggested by professionals. They have been successful for others. LOST CAT TIPS Your Missing Cat will try to re-enter the home when the neighborhood is quiet. If it all possible, leave the door ajar that the kitty escaped from and secure other companion animals to a separate room of the home. He/she will try to re-enter when the neighborhood is quiet in the evening and overnight hours. Make sure you physically check underneath and in the engine compartment of your vehicles prior to starting in the morning. Cats typically don't go very far, and are hiding, so you'll have to search for them. Put clothing/bedding that smell like him/her and his/her family outside the home immediately. Along with some smelly food such as tuna,. sardines,. mackerel fish in front of camera if you have one. The usually will follow the scent home. If you have a garage, leave the door open enough for him/her to get in. If you live in a mobile home community look under yours and your neighbor's homes. Check around your home: bushes, up in trees, deck, porch etc. If their head fits their body will too! Door-knock neighbors and ask them to check outbuildings, sheds, garages and ring cam footage. Use a flashlight to look under cars, bushes and up in trees for the glow of the kitties eyes. Go out periodically through out the night shaking his/her treats or opening a can of wet food and call to him/her. Listen for any responses and watch for movement and/or eyes peering out. Renting/borrowing/buying a live trap and setting within the first 24 hours your cat has been missing is a good idea. Live traps need to be monitored frequently. Be prepared to release wildlife. You can purchase a live trap at tractor supply store. Use sardines, mackerel fish or tuna in the trap, they will not go in a trap for cat food. The only food they should have access to is what's in the trap or they will not go in. Post on Nextdoor app and any other neighborhood groups on Facebook. Ask neighbors to check security camera footage for sightings of him and to call you ASAP. Post on For the Love of Louie *Michigan Lost Pet Lookers* Also post on pawboost online for lost and found pets. Posting neon posters in your neighborhood is very important to the recovery of your lost pet. Also give a flyer to the mailman. You can use neon poster board from the dollar store. Write missing cat, a description of your cat and phone number with a marker.

Nancy C.

3 weeks ago

❤️‍🩹🐾🐾🙏🏻

Rose A.

3 weeks ago

Beautiful lost family cat

Audrey S.

3 weeks ago

In case this is any help, my indoor cat got out & was lost for a month, & I left notes for all of my neighbors asking them to check their garages, sheds & barns. Plus joined Next Door & posted there. Everyone was very helpful. A neighbor found her & showed me which bush she was hiding in- she didn’t come out even when I called to her. I think she was just scared & protecting herself, because she was like my other half. So look into bushes. I also had young cats get out years ago, & 2 days later found them in my bushes, & I had to crawl in to get them. People say to look at night for eyes with a flashlight. Someone recently found her cat that way, getting up every hour overnight to check. Some people have found their cats around 3 am-ish. And check Humane Society etc frequently in person, because busy & sometimes make mistakes, I’ve heard even with chips. Also check with Animal Control. My cat was found around 6:30-7 am when she was out looking for food. Another person found their cat in the middle of the night by putting the litter box on the porch & monitoring it. Another found their cat by opening the garage door, putting blankets & food in there. Someone recently had luck with fliers- their cat was at a neighbor’s. Another found theirs in their shed that they had searched already. Someone found their cat by sleeping by the door with a fan blowing their scent outside. A few people recently found their cats under tarps of things after they’d already checked there. There are people who help using thermal drones. You could try contacting South Lyon Murphy Lost Animal Recovery- they have a Facebook page… if anyone around you has Ring cameras etc, maybe they could check them- that’s helped a few people. My cat was also on hyperthyroidism medicine, so I was even more worried- thankfully she was ok. I hope you find Bartok soon ❤️🙏🏻❤️

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