Inverness, FL Lost Male Cat, Finn Is Missing

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Gab K.

1 week ago

Please read till the end..Walk around calling your cat as you always do. Look under bushes and in hiding places. Look at dawn and dusk with a flashlight to catch the glare of your cat's eyes. Leave garage door and lanai partially open if possible. Your cat will try to get back inside ..most likely at night. Use a trap...The only way to find his way home.or to the trap is by smell. Use some of your used clothes, put them outside and around the trap. A friend of mine used her shirt and dragged it through the neighborhood. Her cat found the smell and followed it home. It is all about the smell. You can also cut a shirt of yours into small small pieces and leave a scent trail back to the trap. I read a few days ago that a lady put out a trace with the old litter throughout the neighborhood. It worked. Her cat came home! Use the litter to lead your cat to the trap. Also try to distribute flyers throughout that neighborhood...as many as you can ( 3 miles radius at least). Check shelters in person...don't just call. Put battery operated trail cameras or motion cameras (Amazon for $25) outside. Your cat might show up in the middle of the night. When you know the time you can wait for for your cat and slow blink to make contact. NEVER GIVE UP! I read once that you can put a chair outside and cover it up with a blanket and the cat can jump up and hide under the blanket and feels safe. They said you should put one of your shirts under the blanket and food and water next to the chair. It might be worth a try to put up a chair

Becky H.

2 weeks ago

Since you are visiting and he is not at his home, it’s important to put some of your worn clothing outside the door he escaped from, so he can pick up your scent. Also leave a fresh bowl of water. You may want to borrow a humane trap used to TNVR cats, and set it about 8 pm with some tuna. Try calling him between 2-3 am when it’s quiet outside. Carry a flashlight and check under porch, in bushes, etc.

Dawn F.

2 weeks ago

Time is of the essence. Cats don’t go far from home. Don’t wait for social media to bring your cat home, you need to be proactive. Leave the door/window the kitty exited from open 24/7. If unable, then crack garage door open 24/7 enough to get in. Hang worn clothes and/or your pillow case in a tree or on top of shrubs to create a scent trail. Knock on neighbors doors with a picture asking them to keep an eye out. See if they can check Ring cameras for any sighting. Post signs with kitty’s picture as many as possible, include surrounding neighborhoods. Go out late at night with a flashlight, shaking a bag of food, calling kitty’s name, looking under shrubs for their shining eyes. Post on Ring, Nextdoor and check shelters. Don’t give up. 💕

Kimberly P.

2 weeks ago

My indoor only male black cat got out once. We put out all the scents. Old blankets, our unwashed clothes, his scratch post, his empty dirty litter box, vacuum dust etc. My nextdoor neighbor would see him trying to return during the day while we were at work. Then get scared and run off into nearby woods. I started setting my alarm for 3am while it was quiet and go out calling him. Finally after 5 days I heard him crying in very thick bushes Nextdoor to our house. I saw his eyes with my flashlight. I had to literally crawl to get him. He was like afraid to move. I finally got him . They usually don’t travel far. They will hunker down close by.

Jo C.

2 weeks ago

Put a sign in your front yard with picture and your phone number. Put signs everywhere. Put signs on your car and drive around. Tell neighborhood kids, mailmen, trash truck drivers, police. Go door to door with cat's picture. Put a piece of your clothing outside to draw cat. Go walking after dark with flashlights. Prayers and good luck.

Gayle S.

2 weeks ago

I hope he comes home soon.

Annette P.

2 weeks ago

Sharing ❤️

Stacy L.

2 weeks ago

He's most likely close by try leaving personal dirty clothes out a bed food and litter I don't care what anyone else says it works. I have a tripod as well

Shana O.

2 weeks ago

Keep circling area! Flashlight and treats!!

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