Freehold Township, NJ Lost Male Cat, Anakin Is Missing

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Gary M.

4 days ago

Drag scent trails… Your cat may be hiding under a porch, a shed, or a car, behind bushes, or in a wooded area. Go out late at night with a flashlight that might reflect against the cat’s eyes, and call out to your cat gently. Or shake a bag of treats, sometimes better than your voice to attract a cat that’s scared. Create scent trails on the grass and ground leading up to your home (or to a trap, ideally monitored with a trail cam, so you can respond quickly when the cat is in the trap). Get a towel and rub it with your dirty laundry, blankets, socks, or anything else with the scent of home. (Do not use kitty litter.) Tie a rope to the towel and drag it from the areas where you think the cat might be, creating scent trails leading to your house (or the trap). You won’t smell the scent on the towel or the ground, but the cat will. (If you use a trap, load it with a little cat food, chicken or tuna, enough to attract the cat from the trail that leads up to it. Rely on the scent trails to get your cat to the trap.) Rain and snow will wash away the scent trails, so you’ll have to drag again afterwards. Also, renew the trails every couple days. Try to remain patient and hopeful. Some cats only show up after many days or even weeks. Important: . Never leave a trap unattended, always keep an eye on it, checking it every 1/2 hour in person or with a trail cam. Position the trap close to where the cat escaped or was last seen. . Trail cam photos and videos are marked with time stamps, helpful to know if and when the cat shows up but doesn’t go into the trap. . Post flyers in the area with a picture of your cat and your contact information. . Even if you don’t have a trap or a trail cam, scent trails leading from several directions to your home can work.

Damien C.

4 days ago

The only way a lost cat can find its way home is with its nose. They have to use their sense of smell to get home again. Put anything outside that smells like their territory. Put the pajamas you slept in outside because you probably sweated in them. Put out their food your stinky socks your smelly sneakers anything you can think of that the cat will recognize by smell. Cats usually stay within a five house radius of their own home for up to a week or so sleeping in the bushes during the day and coming out at dusk and dawn. Those are good times to take a walk shaking the treat bag calling out but cats also tend to come out and walk around very late at night. Try to keep a door cracked if you can whether it's the garage or whatever or a window cracked so you can hear them if they call out for you. Put this on all of the neighborhood pages as well as lost and found pets sites. Knock on the neighbors doors and make sure they know you're looking for your cat. Good luck PS cats can smell up to one mile away from their own house. Absolutely no litterbox outside or food. It attracts predators is why. Never give up.

Liz M.

4 days ago

Janet Varela well as long as it’s close to an opened garage door etc whereby u can keep an eye on it so other animals don’t use. Otherwise it can scare your kitty away if other scent is found. Another recommendation is put soiled litter in a pail outside to lure your kitty back home.

Janet V.

4 days ago

edited** just to clarify my sister (lives in freehold) and i share Anakin. He enjoys car rides and travel!

Janet V.

4 days ago

Liz McPhail the litterbox has worked for him before 💔

Liz M.

4 days ago

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Janet V.

4 days ago

Flyers, litterbox outside and even a box trap has been set up!! I don’t know what else to do💔

Janet V.

4 days ago

If anyone knows anyone feeding cats in silvermeads in freehold please let me know! He was lost right around that area. After many attempted searches some residents mentioned a colony so im curious if he has joined

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Denise B.

4 days ago

Praying for a safe return 🙏🏻🐈‍⬛🙏🏻. However, please be more careful if he comes home. Black cats this time of year are targeted as being evil!!! Also shared.

Sue M.

4 days ago

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Anakin is Missing in Freehold Township, NJ

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