Brookline, MA Lost Female Cat, Bella Is Missing

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Donna B.

9 months ago

Hi I volunteer for Melrose Humane Society. I forwarded your post to our volunteer named Brian. He offers free advice and the use of our cat camera and trap You can email Brian at brian.aurilio@gmail.com or call/text 781.771.7607

Lisa K.

9 months ago

🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

Colleen C.

9 months ago

To the owner: These are things that helped me find my cat: Not all neighbors are on FB so you need to make flyers of his/her photo and your info. Put them in upside down plastic sleeves to keep them dry and hang them everywhere in your area(How I was contacted). Check neighbor’s garages, sheds and even under shrubs and porches (where mine was) He/She may be locked in somewhere. Borrow a Have a Heart trap and put some of his/her food way inside and a piece of your clothing (dirty) on the outside. It was also suggested to put a towel or blanket over the top to disguise the trap.. Don’t use a litter box as it will attract predators or male animals who will spray and keep returning. When you catch him/her bring the trap inside before you open it or he’ll/she’ll run again (mine did). The flyers are most important! Good luck! I feel your worry.

Patti R.

9 months ago

LOST CAT OUTDOORS Catnip and your scent outside ASAP! - You need to search personally as neighbors won’t search as thoroughly as you would. Bring catnip, treats and a flashlight, even in daylight, it’s very dark under porches etc. Ask to go in yards, not only beside you but in back, on the next street behind you and across your street and on the next street behind them. I found my neighbors cat in the very yard next door to his own house. Although the owner had been calling and walking around the blocks calling, he stayed hunkered down in a dense garden when I found him too afraid to come out. You need to get down and dirty and search under everything. YOU MUST BE CONSISTENT & DILIGENT - Sprinkle LOTS of catnip by entrance and stairs s/he went out. Down to sidewalk. Be generous. DON’T PUT CAT LITTER OUTSIDE. I DON’T RECOMMEND PUTTING FOOD OUTSIDE UNLESS YOU CAN OBSERVE CLOSELY! - If you have predators, such as coyotes, only put food outside when you can monitor it. Raccoons and skunks are pretty harmless but you probably don’t want to attract them. - Put a scoop of real tunafish or rotisserie chicken (not catfood) in a dish, and put it be the door. Preferably, if you can do so safely, leave the door open slightly and place the food dish inside. Or in a nearby window you can leave open enough for cat to climb back inside. If this is not possible, try to shelter it near where cat went out if you have a porch or something. - Hang UNLAUNDERED (not cleaned) pieces of your clothing, like the shirt you wore today, dirty socks, slippers, or the pjs you worn last night, around shrubs, railings - the scent will drift. Also inside for cat to snuggle up on and for your scent. - Call the cat OFTEN from your home, especially throughout the night, LOUD ENOUGH to be heard from a couple of neighboring yards away. It is quiet at night and most cats stay nearby, but venture out in the dark. Shake a treat bag, and then stop and LISTEN closely for a meow. Check door every 30 minutes! Especially overnight. -Use a flashlight (even in daylight) to search under schrubs, porches (bend down and look way under with the light in the dark corners) sheds, under grills, pool decks, garages, bat windows, under cars, up in trees. -Ask your neighbors if you can go into their yards and search too. They may not search as thoroughly as you would. At night, the eyes will glow. -Knock on doors, talk to people face to face, showing them a picture, tell them where you live. This goes a long way. Ask people that walk your neighborhood, dog walkers, postman/woman. -Put flyers on telephone poles. Be sure to weatherproof them, You can get sheet protectors (these are plastic sleeves like you would find in a photo album, that fit a regular size piece of paper 8 1/2” x 11”) at the dollar store.

Carol A.

9 months ago

🙏🙏🙏

Joanne R.

9 months ago

Praying for Bella to return home safely 🙏❤

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