Los Angeles, CA Lost Male Cat, Charlie Is Missing

Jessie S.

1 month ago

If you want to find your cat you need to look actively daily, time is of the essence. Indoor cats usually hide in one place and if they do come out it’s in the late night/early morning hours when dark and less activity - look for their glowing eyes. Bring dry food in a container and shake it, or a noisy toy they like. Look in bushes, under cars, garages, and any other hidden/hiding type of space. If your cat is indoor/outdoor, please keep them inside or in a catio! There is too many dangers outdoors for them from heat, cars, coyotes, to humans that hate/will harm them 😔 Advice from several experienced cat people. 1. Start search immediately. Indoor only cats and very limited outdoor access cats never go far. They go into survival mode and hide in silence. Most of them will not respond when they are in survival mode. Indoor/outdoor cats go further so you will need to search several blocks in all directions for them. 2. Once it is quiet and dark outside (late at night or early morning) is the best time to look. This is the time they become most active and responsive. Sit and quietly call for your kitty. Try to stay low, standing is intimidating to cats, walk slow. Take a friend and flashlight if walking several blocks, don't stop after a few days. Carry favorite food and something that smells like them. 3. Place some dirty socks, T-shirt and pillow cases outside. Your scent will attract your kitty. Do not leave litter box or cat items because it can attract other cats and predators. If you have a garage, place the items near the garage door and crack the door enough for her to get in. Also works if you have a door or window you can leave ajar without other pets getting out. If no garage, place items near doors. 4. Make a flyer (nothing fancy) to post at cluster mailboxes, vet offices, poles at intersections, pet stores, small neighbor markets...In addition to posted flyers, make mini flyers and put on ALL doorsteps in all directions. On flyer include PHOTO, offer REWARD (but you don't need to put amount), say do not try to pick up but call ANY hour. List 2 cell numbers if you can. Ask they to search garages, storage sheds, bushes...places a cat could hide. Include street and cross street where cat went missing. Some people don't pay attention to posted flyers so flyers on doorsteps are VERY important. 5. DO NOT leave food outside unsupervised, it can attract dogs, predators and other cats. If you can watch it, leave food outside by your door once it's quiet and dark it may help them come to food. Pick up food if you can't watch it or if it’s attracting other animals. 6. DON'T GIVE UP - it can take days/weeks/months to find a missing indoor only cat. Use a flashlight as late at night as you can to look in trees, under cars and in bushes. Try to look for the glow of their eyes. Take dry food in a container and shake it as you’re looking. Or a toy they like that makes noise. The best chance of you being reunited with your cat is to do a methodical search of the area and repeat daily. Most indoor only cats will be within 160 feet of your home but some have been found 2 blocks away. Not unusual for cat not to respond at first. (Knew someone whose cat didn't respond for 7 days and it was in the bushes near her home.) 8. If you have other cats, watch them. If they are spending a lot of time looking out a certain window or at the door, that’s a good indication the missing cat is in that area. Outdoor/motion activated cameras are also helpful. 10. A lot of people are successful trapping their indoor only cats. If you find but can’t capture your cat and decide to trap, you must watch the trap closely, predators can a cat in a trap or they can freak out and hurt themselves inside once trapped. Contact rescuers who TNR to borrow traps and show you how to use them. 11. Post missing cat signs in neighborhood, local online newspapers. Use social networking like Facebook (post to ALL lost/found/neighborhood/city pages and groups.) Also Twitter, Ring neighborhood app, Pawboost, Nextdoor. Ask everyone to share.

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Pam P.

1 month ago

Post on NextDoor, San Fernando Valley - SFV Lost and Found Pets and All Things Pets San Fernando Valley. Some tips for getting your kitty home: If you haven’t yet, leave some articles of your unwashed clothing (socks, shoes, t-shirt, a pillowcase) outside for him/her to smell home. Change these out daily to keep the scent fresh. Never leave food or a litter box out, as this attracts coyotes/predators. 📍>>If you can, starting tonight please leave a door or window (even a garage door) cracked open for him/her to return through, especially during the night when it’s quiet out and when cats are most active; this works well, but may take a few nights if they are in hiding. Leave the articles of clothing near the opening. It helps to leave some food out inside the home to help lure him/her in. Don’t give up - cats typically attempt to return home during the night/early morning hours (~1a-5a).<< Your cat is probably hiding nearby. Go out late at night w/ a flashlight and look for your cat’s eyes. You can try shaking a treat bag if your cat normally responds to that. Check shrubs, under cars, crawl spaces, up in trees and on roof tops (in case your cat has been chased). If you see your cat outside, he/she may be too scared to come to you - sit quietly and have some tuna, Churu paste cat treats and even a wand-type toy to help lure them over to you. Have neighbors check their garages/sheds. Leave out some water, since it’s hot out. Post signs around the neighborhood (even further out at intersections in case kitty has been chased out of the area), since some people are not on social media. *Beware of scam calls/texts/emails/messages that ask for a code - do not respond to them. Also, ignore all the commenters/scammers telling you to follow a link to a pet rescue/drone service on Instagram, FB or a website- all scams that ask for money.* (especially on PawBoost) Post on NextDoor and on local Lost & Found Pets group pages. Check and notify surrounding animal shelters and leave flyers there - also, take flyers to vet offices/ER vets, where someone may take your cat for a chip scan. If microchipped, notify the chip company that your cat is missing. Update/verify contact info if needed. If you have motion sensing cameras, check them to see if kitty has returned to the yard. Best wishes.

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Donna Z.

1 month ago

I am so sorry to hear about your loss Cat. Here are some tips that may help you. Posters posters posters posters, everywhere including the houses behind you. Tape them to the sides of peoples mailboxes. Include the date last seen the location last scene and any other important information as well as a good picture. Tell all of your neighbors that are immediately near you to please check their security cameras and their garages , Their sheds, and under their crawlspace. If there is an opening. Cats have a tendency to hide rather than run, chances are your cat is close by. Always remember to call the shelters and check to see if anyone has turned in your cat. Don’t forget to look up Cats will often go of trees are on rooftops especially if they’re avoiding predators. There are websites you can use that will help you print flyers and make Robo calls to your neighbors if I use their name Facebook will take me off and delete this post but you can find them. Put your clothes that you have worn with your smell on it outside your door. Also, if it’s possible and there’s no other animal in the house that needs to be contained open a window when you’re there so the cat can come back in the house. I would advise getting a trail cam and set it around your house so if your cat is coming back when you’re not there or sleeping you will know. Go out and look for your cat at predawn hours and after the sun goes down is when they’re most active. If you have big bushes or a crawlspace that is probably a likely place that they can go especially in this heat. chances are there are Community cat colonies near you with a feeder, you may not know because they need to be discreet if you post on the Facebook group LA underground cat rescue net work, and see if any feeders in your neighborhood I’ve seen your cat show up to their feeding station. Most feeders are aware of who is a regular at their station and who is new. Most importantly don’t give up when the posters come down put them back up again. Most cats come back within a couple days Summit takes a little longer but don’t give up keep calling also, talk to landscape workers gardeners and delivery trucks they sometimes have eyes on things when you’re not there. I will pray for the safe return of your cat

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Ruth O.

1 month ago

Lost Cats‼️ Indoor only cats and limited outdoor access cats never go far. They go into survival mode and hide in silence. Most of them will not respond when they are in survival mode. 3 AM is the best time to find a missing indoor only cat. This is the time they become most active and responsive. Sit and quietly call for your kitty. Try to stay low, standing is intimidating to cats. Place some dirty socks and aqapillow cases outside. Your scent will attract your kitty. If you have a garage, place the items near the garage door and crack the door enough for her to get in. DO NOT leave food or litter box outside, it can attract predators and aggressive Tom cats. Because indoor only cats hide so well they are not as likely to be ed by a predator. Don't give up, it can take months to find a missing indoor only cat. Use a flashlight as late at night as you can to look in trees, under cars and in bushes. Try to look for the glow of her eyes. The best chance of you being reunited with your cat is to do a methodical search of the area. Most indoor only cats will be within 160 feet of your home. Survival mode lasts 5 to 14 days but can last longer. Once their hunger gets to a maximum theyqq snap out of it but this is a dangerous time because they come out of hiding. The majority of cats will try to make a break for home on the 5th night. In addition to posted flyers, make mini flyers and hand them out to your neighbors. Some people don't pay attention to posted flyers. It's VERY VERY important that you look for her as late at night as you can. If you have other cats, watch them. If they are spending a lot of time looking out a certain window, that’s a good indication the missing cat is in that area. Wildlife and motion activated cameras are also helpful. a lot of people are successful trapping their indoor only cats. If you decide to trap, you must watch the trap closely, predators can a cat in a trap.