Fountain Valley, CA Lost Female Cat, Lucy Is Missing

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Laurie S.

3 months ago

Go out side RIGHT NOW with a high powered flashlight and call her name, go up and down the neighborhood shining the flashlight under cars, behind trees and in yards.. Make color posters you can download off Pawboost and give them to every neighbor around, on your street and behind your house/apt so everybody knows she is missing. Post on all streetlights and trees and corner so people can see her and be on the lookout.. Go door to door knocking and give neighbors a flyer with he picture and see if anyone has her in their backyard or under bushes behind a shed or just plain hiding.. Check your neighborhood park and also put flyers up at local vet offices and pet food stores with her picture.. Post at Pawboost, Huntington Beach Community Voice & all other social media lost and found websites you can think of and locate from Facebook in Orange County.. To to ocpetinfo.com and see if she has been brought into there as a lost pet.. If kitty has a microchip, call the microchip company and notify them she is missing and update any personal information and make sure it is currrent. Post your PHONE NUMBER at the Pawboost site and on all posters/flyers and don't use only email contact at Pawboost, list your phone number readily available to call, if someone finds her and you want to be immediately contacted easily. Lastly, when you to to OC Animal Care in Tustin website, please check the DECEASED PETS page in case she was brought in there if she was hit by a car or a coyote attack. These incidents are only listed on their website for a few short days so check daily.. List her at NextDoor.com and other local social media websites.. Huntington Beach Community Voice is on Facebook, post there also....GO LOOKING RIGHT NOW.. She could be close by and scared and hiding.. Don't wait for others to find her.. She only responds to you. I hope you get her back and soon. It is dangerous outdoors with cars and coyotes.. Keep looking.

Meredith K.

3 months ago

Has the cat definitely been sighted outside? If you don't have a confirmed sighting outside, or the cat was not seen leaving the house, it might be inside somewhere. Cats hide when they are not feeling well or are scared, or there has been some big change in the house. Look in every closet, cupboard, drawer, chair, sofa, box springs, washer and dryer, dishwasher, fridge, anywhere the cat could hide. When I had adopted one of my cats, he got up into the sleeper sofa & hid. Took me almost 24 hours to find him. My friend's black cat hid in a kitchen cupboard, way in the back behind some big pots. It took nearly 4 days to find her. So if you do not have confirmation of the cat being seen outside or seen escaping, thoroughly check the house. Good luck. Hope kitty is found safe and sound.

Meredith K.

3 months ago

If s/he is not accustomed to being outside, s/he is probably close to where s/he got out. Most indoor only cats don't go more than about a 5 to 6 house radius from where they got out. S/he is probably hunkered down, hiding somewhere close by. Search low and high, go search the bushes at night with a flashlight and look for her/his eyes. Ask neighbors to look in their garages and sheds. Go out very late at night or very very early morning, stand in one place near where s/he got out and call her/his name in a calm voice. Don't put out the litter box, it will draw predators. You can put out her/his favorite bed, blanket, toy, or your worn clothing. You can also rent a humane trap, set and bait it with her/his favorite food and put your used bed sheets over it. Don't put out a trap unless there has been a confirmed sighting of the cat. NEVER LEAVE THE TRAP UNATTENDED. Be sure to check it every every 30 minutes or so. Post everywhere you can (Pawboost, Lost & Found Pets pages for your city & county, Nextdoor, the Buzz page for your city) and be sure to put up flyers in the neighborhood, and in everyones' mailboxes or under door mats, in the several block radius. Not everyone is on social media. Also check your local animal shelters to see if s/he was found and turned in as a stray. Many of them have websites with photos of the cats. If they have a deceased pets page, check there too. There won't be photos. The color, & age will be listed, as well as city & nearest cross streets. I hope you find her/him safe and sound really soon

Ruth O.

3 months ago

Go home beautiful kitty.

Ruth O.

3 months 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 pillow 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 me n 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.

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