Durham, NC Lost Male Cat, Sweet-Sweet Is Missing

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2 days ago

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Tim W.

2 days ago

Poor tripod..

Gillian P.

3 days ago

Can you get your neighbours to check their sheds and garages

Doris H.

3 days ago

Praying your Sweet-Sweet kitty is safe and will return home soon or someone will help reunite with your family 🙏🐾💕🐈‍⬛💕🤞😔 Keep looking and calling out for him shake some treat/kibble even in the dusk/evening hrs bring flashlight. Make neighbors aware and ask them to check their door ring cameras and continue to check their yards, shrubs, trees, crawl spaces, sheds, garages etc. he may be scared and hiding somewhere. If he’s microchipped make sure his information is updated and accurate with the microchip service and contact his veterinarian also. Check shelters in person and let them know your kitty is missing. Post flyers everywhere with picture and as much of his description/information. Keep checking on Facebook posts of found cats that are lost and people trying to reunite with their families. Post on Pawboost to circulate and let people know in your area that your kitty is missing. Contact other organizations that help find lost pets even with drones and they may have suggestions what you can do. Keep something with his scent like a bed/blanket or something of yours like unwashed shirt/sweater outside on covered porch to help him find home. Don’t give up hope! Sharing this post

3 days ago

Lost & Found Pets of the Triangle, NC is a very active group and they give you lots of great advice for finding missing cats.

Karen S.

3 days ago

Put articles of clothing and shoes on the porch Spread some used litter around the house and yard area Look for her late at night and early in the morning when it is dark and quiet Use a flashlight to see her eyes Probably close by and hiding Keep calling kitty kitty calls and meow sounds Don't give up

Karen S.

3 days ago

Hire a pet tracker. Local is Balynda Brown www.Bravok911.com 919-418-7953 gives free tips.

Janene P.

3 days ago

Please check out this article I copied from a person’s page: Helpful Tips for Finding a Missing Cat From my experience of Coaching/Recovering over 2000 cats as a Lost Pet Professional, I have found that Escaped Indoor Cats are extremely predictable and are not lost per se- just displaced from their inside territory and hiding close by- Waiting to get back in but can't open the door. Right after dark search with a flashlight looking for eyeshine in all the hiding places around the outside of your house and garage - starting at the escape point working out to a 3-5 house radius where the cat could hide including up a tree or on a roof- especially if there are dogs around. Let the flashlight do the work- don't invade hiding places or the cat may move or run. Always leave the escape door open during this search because if the cat runs- it will likely be to that door. Search any basement opening that may be accessible thru a broken window or open door etc. If seen, sit and calmly coax- let the cat come to you- DO NOT approach - be patient. If it has rained -the cat would move to a completely dry hiding place which may include open garages and sheds where they may also get closed in. If not found in the searches- speak calmly to the kitty near the escape door -NOT frantic stressful calling - and make the noises you do at feeding time- crinkle treat bag - open a can etc . It's not about food- it's about a familiar sound. If no meowing answers or no kitty appears after a while- go inside and leave the way in open. Repeat talking before you go to bed. Leave the door the cat escaped thru ajar from late night to dawn and it will likely return- no lights inside or out. No food in the first 5 days as the cat knows there is food in its territory. NO LITTER ever -that's a dangerous myth and clothes do not help- cats do not navigate by smell - they have internal gps. If the door the cat left from can't be left open- leave the garage door up cat height and an inside door open or a place to wait up high like a cat tree.. Most will show themselves when you open the door early morning with the same feeding time noises and talk Also all of this is step for step in my expanded article in the "files" section here on Recovering an Escaped Indoor Cat along with the next steps to take along the way as you may eventually need to feed/film/trap after the first 5 days and put out signs. Cats have no system to recognize their owner's scent... - in fact in a study to see if cats recognzied the owner's scent or sought comfort from it...Cats ignored the Owner's scent as expected. Cats mark human friends and cat friends.... with their own pheromones..in a system called "bunting"because they have no system to recognize an Owner...Cats evolved for thousands of years without owners....- they rely on scent only within their species to communicate and to mark their territory and friendly safe items in their territory..Cats are very, very predictable if you understand their physical and mental systems. Cats use GPS/magnetoreception to navigate to their territory anyway- not scent. They will move toward an Owner's calm voice but have no way to identify a human's scent.....Those are dog skills and behaviors. Cats use scent primarily to differentiate - not to navigate and their scent range is very limited...in the 15-20 ft range unless a scent is on the wind. In cats, scent determines sexual status and is used to communicate, to interact socially, and to identify territory - not to navigate or find home or owners... Please do try putting clothes out with your scent on them!!!! It does work!!!! Prayers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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