Seneca, SC Lost Male Cat, Tanner Is Missing

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Suzy C.

2 months ago

Judy Brown I'm sorry if you don't feel secure enough to look for him at night, but that's when cats come out. Have you searched your old neighborhood?

Judy B.

2 months ago

My big guess as to why he left was because there was a stray dog that wouldn't leave this property. Called animal control to get the dog, but my cat was nowhere to be seen that night.

Judy B.

2 months ago

Suzy Creamcheese I've been living here since the beginning of March, a few days before he went up and disappeared. It's about 5 minutes away from my previous home. Almost every day, I take an hour walk to search for him.

Suzy C.

2 months ago

A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice. It's injected under the skin if the back of the neck. Each one is associated with a unique number. The owner goes online to the chip company's website and registers the chip, with the pet's name and their name and contact info. If the pet is found, a vet can scan for a microchip and then contact the chip company - the chip company will contact the owner and tell them that their pet has been found.

Suzy C.

2 months ago

Judy Brown how long did you live at the new place when he disappeared? Is it far from your old house? (Cos he probably headed back that way)

Judy B.

2 months ago

Suzy Creamcheese I do not know how chipping works since I never thought to look at it or the expenses. He was an indoor/outdoor at both homes. I have searched the area this past month, even calling out his name. I cannot go searching out at night because I do not know this neighborhood well enough to be safe.

Suzy C.

2 months ago

Judy Brown at the old house and the new house?

Judy B.

2 months ago

Suzy Creamcheese Not chipped. He is an indoor/outdoor cat

Suzy C.

2 months ago

Is he microchipped? Indoor only, or indoor/ outdoor (at current residence and previous residence)

Janene P.

2 months 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 bat 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 ss 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 ual 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 g out clothes with your scent on them. It does work.

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