La Mesa, CA Lost Male Cat, Toothless Is Missing

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Kim A.

2 months ago

Shared ❤️

Judy G.

2 months ago

Shared

James S.

2 months ago

Prayers that Toothless is safe and gets home soon.✝️

Sarah A.

2 months ago

If you have a dog, try taking them out to see if they can find your cat. Here are some more tips...

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Ines D.

2 months ago

Omg, I’m so sorry this happened to your family and Toothy. Go back often and check traps. They will hunker down a few days before starting to explore. My general advice, searching for him is the fastest way to get him back: 🐾 Sad seeing so many kitties go missing just this week. Poor baby, he must be so scared and hungry out on his own. When a cat goes missing, they can’t easily find their way home using only their scent. You must be proactive and look for them. 🔦 Look under cars, bushes & hedges, look for glowing eyes w/flashlight, call his name at dusk when it’s quiet and they come out from hiding to eat. Posting is important, but please search for him, too. They don’t go far, 3-4 houses away, they stay in one place until they are scared off by dogs, coyotes, or loud noises. The challenge is finding him before he gets further away. 📣Please hang flyers near the area he went missing, it’ll let your neighbors know you’re looking for him and get the immediate attention from pedestrians and drivers. You’re the one that can bring him home safely, he’ll recognize your voice, footsteps and your scent. Post on ND, check SDHS Lost & Found daily. If you’re able to find him, PLEASE, please don’t let him out unattended. Cats have the intelligence of a 3yo, they don’t know the dangers, they face outdoors with coyotes, dogs, cars, and worst of all evil people who taunt or injure cats. It only takes an hour to train a cat on a leash, then he can be outdoors safely with you. 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 Good luck finding this gorgeous little guy 🐾💙🐾

Mory O.

2 months ago

Lord have mercy, I hope he finds his way home, but who lets their cat loose in a car? I would never chance it. I knew someone once who had their cat loose in the car. He tried to hide under the brake pedal and when the driver had to slam on his brakes….well, I won’t go into what happened but cats get into the oddest places. Please, please, please keep your cat in a carrier in the car. I don’t care if she or he does not like it. At least they are safe, and isn’t that the most important thing?

Joseph S.

2 months ago

Ask neighbors and check on other nearby streets, calling out to him or making a familiar sound. I hope he’s found soon🙏🏻

Judith W.

2 months ago

Litterbox! This Toothless Pawboost post has been shared on Next Door a few hours ago.

Judith W.

2 months ago

Hi Tamara, The reason not to put out a soiled letterbox is because it can attract a predator like a coyote or the neighborhood aggressive tom cat. See missing pet expert Kat Albrecht's explanation on her website. Missinganimalresponse.com. By giving out your information you are putting missing cats in more life danger, and they already are in danger, if they come back to their yard, only to be confronted by a coyote or the tomcat who was there because it drew them there.

Judith W.

2 months ago

PET SCAMMERS Pet Scammers may contact you. They particularly appear when a reward is offered. Some will tell you they have your pet, some that they can locate them and others they can get your pet back to you. THEY DON’T AND THEY CAN’T! What they want is your money. If anyone requires you send any money to get your pet back; like your offered reward money, money to get your pet back if no reward money offered, money for food, toy, treats, and/or money for surgery (may even send a fake itemized list of surgery needed for prepayment) to an untraceable pay site like Venmo, Pay Pal, Apple Pay etc. that’s a RED FLAG. There is a nationwide pet scam that has various versions and have been very successful. Owners of missing pets have sent hundreds and thousands of dollars to these pet scammers. A pet scammer contacts a person with a missing pet and claims to be a real vet or a real facility, like the Humane Society. A real name and possibly a real phone number appear on the phone screen, called doing. They will report your pet has been brought in injured and needs immediate surgery. They may also offer to send a “fake” invoice…and if you say yes, will do so. Some places don't do surgery and if they do, they don’t use pay sites for payment. Another RED FLAG, that a payment is required to be sent to an untraceable pay site. Tell pet scammer if you think this person is that you need time to put the money they are requiring together, get off the phone and contact the vet or facility on the phone screen or fake invoice and call to confirm all this when open. You look up the phone number, don't use the one on the screen or they offer as it may be theirs or a friend’s number. Here are some recent reports. 1. Telling an owner they have the pet when they don’t and demanding money, see above. Require a photo or video of the caller and your pet (selfie) or of your pet…even if they have told you your pet is in surgery. (A pet scammer won’t have a photo as they don’t have your pet but you can check out their reaction when you ask for it.) But be aware AI, Artificial Intelligence can alter an original photo or video so check closely. One person on ND reported getting a lot of these calls and when she requested a photo, the scammers hung up. If they tell you they can’t get you a photo, like their phone screen is cracked, there’s about a 0% chance they have your pet. Be suious! 2. They will ask the owner for their Google 6 digit telephone number or ask the owner to create one and give it to them. Having that number can cause the scammer to have access to personal accounts and do financial and other damage. Don’t do it! 3. Demand microchip number and if your pet not microchipped, please get that done when pet back and if microchipped, notify the microchip company. Pet Scammers don’t want to reveal the microchip number when asked because they don’t have it. Request if the photos that you have put out onto sites doesn’t have the whole body, like the tail, ask them to describe it, how it wags, etc. How does your cat walk? Meow if unusual? Sleep? And any other things, like behaviors…but these things are just filling in the blank, photos/videos and microchips numbers are still more important. 4. Will tell owner they are from a pet tracking company or are a pet tracker and can track your pet. Unfortunately, there are now pet scammers involved in this. To be safe, it’s better not to hire this company or individual. I have seen correspondence between a scammer pet tracking company and a person with a missing pet and they were very professional. Enough so the owner paid the requested amount and of course, never saw his pet or the money, $500.00. 5. Will tell owner they know the location of the missing pet and will tell them for money. Demand photo. IF they tell you they can’t provide one because where the pet is it is hiding and moves too fast for a photo, you will have to trust your gut on this one. Talk to friends and family after you are contacted, a neutral party, before you consider doing anything, see what they think, scam or not, particularly sending money. These pet scammers know owners of missing pets are vulnerable to scams, desperate to bring their pet home. These probably aren’t the only pet scams, just the ones I have heard about or people have told me about. There have been owners of lost pets who have reported that they have received fake reports of their missing pet’s condition. There are also cruel people who call and say terrible things about their pet. If your cat returns, consider getting them a GPS pet tracker. Pet owners of indoor only and indoor/outdoor pets get them. They are reasonably priced and are great for peace of mind. They attach to your pet’s collar and sync to your phone. Some have a monthly subscription, some don’t. Some let you create a visual perimeter and will let you know if your cat has crossed the line. Some also track medical information. Amazon has a bunch of them. Read the buyer reviews of any your are interested in. Not an Apple Air Tag. They aren't as precise as a GPS tracker. They don’t work in open fields or neighborhoods where there are no Apple devices as they bounce off of them. It’s embarrassing as several people on Next Door have reported that they followed the tracking information to a home. When they spoke to the homeowner, they found out the owner did not have the lost cat and didn’t like being accused of having it. I wrote my missing and found pet guides to help pet owners. You can use whatever information to use that you. I got it from research and talking to pet owners on ND who have had lost or found dogs or ca