Oakham, England Lost Male Cat, Nero Is Missing

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Jane K.

2 weeks ago

Give all details Nero to the local postal sorting office and also to your own postman/postwoman. Posties are great as they go everywhere and see all. Good luck 🐈‍⬛

Derek G.

2 weeks ago

Best wishes for a speedy return 🙏 X

Lily T.

2 weeks ago

Have you done ALL the usual recommended things since he's been missing ? 🐾🐾 MISSING CATS. Please make sure you do EVERYTHING on this list, keep revisiting it each day Leave FAMILIAR smells outside, don't leave the litter tray in one place, instead spread used litter around your garden front and back (cats can smell this from a mile away) Put trainers, slippers, socks, cat blanket, unwashed clothes of yours all pegged on washing line and refresh if raining CONSIDER WHY THEY ARE MISSING A CAT USED TO GOING OUTSIDE: something has happened to interrupt the cat’s behaviour of coming home. Cats are territorial and do not just run away from home. Something will have spooked the cat and it has bolted out of its familiar territory and ended up in a garden it has never been in before. Cats just hide mostly when scared. They don’t just wander around. 1. A SOUND - Cats have extremely acute hearing and are naturally terrified of loud noises such as thunder, a car horn, a dog barking, a refuse lorry coming down the road emptying bins, fireworks etc The younger the cat the more easily they are scared by noises and bolt. 2. A LOCAL BOLD and DOMINANT CAT – will size up to a more timid cat to exert control over the territory. 3. An UN-NEUTERED MALE CAT will scare off all local cats in his endless searching over miles seeking a female. His instinct is to dominate in all territories and intimidate and fight with all local cats. INDOOR ONLY cat who has escaped is very different, it will be MUCH CLOSER to home in the first hiding space it can find. It will be terrified finding itself suddenly outside. It will hide immediately very nearby but too panicked to respond to being called. A cat NEW TO AN AREA through moving house or being re-homed will also find being outside frightening and will hide away • 75% of lost are found within 500 metres (1/3 of a mile) of their home (or escape point). Indoor only cats were closest to home often up to 10 houses distance. INDOOR CATS will stay very close by hiding it is important that they have access to be able to get back in the house or a shed with bedding and food and water CONTACT Vets within 20 mile radius, if microchipped advise company they may supply you with free posters *check details are up to date* Knock on doors 200m radius of home ask if YOU can do the search of garden and outbuildings and garage look in/under behind everything lots of cats are trapped and will not come out for strangers Search Google maps where in 200m area can a cat hide or visit buildings warehouses graveyards, businesses shops building sites play areas search and poster these areas A lot of cats are eventually found within 2/3 streets away from home CHECK in gardens/under decking/outbuildings under cars, hedges up trees between houses sheds etc Cats can get wedged there and frightened cats do not make a sound Check if any neighbours have Ring Doorbell or CCTV so you get an idea of times and direction your cat went Check if any Vacant properties, have they managed to get shut in DELIVERIES If you or neighbours have had any deliveries has cat got into van? Call the company, ask them to check and where their next stop was. Check that area SEARCH late at night Early morning proven best time 3-4am it is a time of night cats feel safe and will hear you, only call and shake treats when walking back towards home so as to not drive further away Take a torch to shine on you, this also shows up their eyes. take something familiar to shake, biscuits, toy with a bell SIT in your garden in the early hours when quiet and open a tin of something smelly sardines, tuna put house light on sit and call softly and wait they may hear you and smell food ALSO He/she may be trapped, remember not everyone is on the internet, post flyers through ALL neighbours doors …when posting flyers through doors ask people to really search in sheds, garages, summerhouses etc and behind crates, pallets, boxes, anything stashed against the walls. WARN them a frightened cat may keep still and quiet and not dash out when the door is opened Are there clumps of brambles or scrub nearby where cat maybe stuck? Call when quiet and wait for a response RENOVATIONS OR BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS nearby Ask the site foreman or someone there to check onsite and in homes cats have been found under floorboards and trapped in part and unfinished houses CREATE some posters with picture detailed description when and area/road missing from and phone number but NOT actual address Put through doors and posters up near to schools, nurseries, Drs surgeries and Surrounding roads 200m to start with CONTACT local council to see if they have picked up cat from roadside better to know councils should keep records of cats picked up SOCIAL Media your timeline/Groups/Pages make sure your cat is visible to Everyone & remember not everyone uses social media ADVERTS POSTERS and FLYERS are a MUST ALSO contact ALL vets, pet shops etc Local ANIMAL WELFARE Groups etc Never give up, cats have returned after years of being missing

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