San Francisco, CA Lost Male Cat, Joe Is Missing

Comments on this Facebook alert

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1096235552795712&id=100072278321969&mibextid=CDWPTG

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

❗If your environment allows, Put a dish, not a can of fishy wet food, or tuna outside near the escape point, this is optional,but very helpful, put a minicamera pointing at the food dish,so you can observe from your device(s) what animals go up to the food, and if and when you see your cat, later that night,or the next night, set up a humane box trap, like a Havahart trap, put the food dish with the wet food ,or tuna inside,put the minicamera inside, attached to the ceiling, pointing down,or at an angle where you can see what animals go inside. Put a towel over the trap. Where to Get Spring-Door Traps in San FranciscoSan Francisco SPCA (Rental)How it works: They rent heavy-duty Tru-Catch or Havahart wire box traps. The cat walks inside for food, steps on a metal plate, and the door spring-shuts behind them.Location: 201 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CAContact: communitycats@sfspca.org or (415) 554-3084 to confirm current rental availability.San Francisco Animal Care & Control (Rental/Loan)How it works: They occasionally lend out humane traps for residents trying to capture lost pets or stray animals within the city.Location: 1419 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CAContact: (415) 554-6364 to check trap availability and deposit requirements. Center Hardware & Supply (Purchase)How it works: If rental inventories are full and you need a trap immediately, this large local hardware store frequently stocks standard Havahart live traps for purchase.Location: 3003 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA Contact: (415) 861-1800. Setting the Trap Safely: Test the door first: Before leaving the trap, press the metal trip plate inside with your hand to make sure the door springs shut smoothly and locks.Trail the food: Place a tiny spoonful of smelly food (like tuna or sardines) just outside the door, another tiny bit inside the entrance, and the main pile at the very back behind the trip plate. This coaxes them all the way inside so the door doesn't hit their tail when it snaps shut. Wyze Cam v4: One of the most popular and affordable options for under $35. It is a tiny cube camera with an IP65 weatherproof rating, color night vision, and two-way audio. You can fasten it magnetically or zip-tie it securely to the top ceiling of the trap. It connects via Wi-Fi.TP-Link Tapo C113 (2K): Priced around $25, this mini bullet camera is compact enough to easily wire or strap to a humane trap's interior. It features 2K resolution, clear IR night vision, and supports local MicroSD storage so you don't require a monthly subscription.Blink Outdoor 4: Priced around $60, this is a fully wireless, battery-operated camera. Because it requires no cords, it's very easy to position inside a larger humane box trap or strap to a tree facing the trap entrance.How to Fasten the CameraZip ties / Cable ties: The easiest method is to run heavy-duty zip ties through the mounting bracket (or the camera's base) and weave them tightly through the wire mesh at the top of the humane trap.Heavy-duty magnets: Both the Wyze Cams and some trail cameras come with strong magnetic bases. You can attach a metal plate to the top of your trap, allowing the camera to snap right into place.Positioning: Point the camera downward so you can observe both the cat food (the bait) and the animal's face as it approaches, helping you identify if it's the target cat, a raccoon, or another skittish animal.Helpful TipsNight Vision Check: Make sure to turn on night vision or IR mode, as most stray and wild animals will approach the food at night.Wi-Fi Strength: Before you leave the trap, test your home Wi-Fi connection right next to the trap to ensure the live feed loads without delay. You can get this minicamera, and others like it on Amazon or Walmart.

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

❗ Put up flyers in the neighborhood where the cat is lost Pawboost Petcolovelost 24Petconnect offer free flyers for download.1PawBoost offers a free printable and downloadable flyer when you post a lost or found pet.How to Get It: Fill out the pet report form on the PawBoost Website or via their mobile app.Complete your pet's details, upload a photo, and submit the listing.Once the report is created, a custom flyer with your pet's info and a QR code is automatically generated for you.You can download or print the flyer directly from your dashboard or confirmation page. The flyer link is provided digitally on your screen and in the confirmation/status emails sent by PawBoost after you submit your pet report, allowing you to access and download it anytime.🔍 FOUND PET DATABASES & FREE FLYERS:Register your pet on PawBoost, Petco Love Lost, and 24Petconnect.Check their "Found Pets" maps daily to see if someone already has your pet.Use their free, automatic flyer makers to easily print out signs for your neighborhood without struggling with complicated apps.

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

❗Search your property thoroughly, look in crawl spaces, in, under, behind your shed, under the porch, under the house, under the deck. Post on Nextdoor in Cat Owner's group, and in Lost and Found Pets group, post on Neighbors app, they're both good resources to notify the community you don't need a Ring camera to post on Neighbors. Petcolovelost 24Petconnect are good sources to search and post on, too, they also offer free flyers for download. Many animal shelters and animal control services post their animals on Pawboost Petcolovelost and 24PETCONNECT, but don't rely on online, go into the shelter to look through the cages, bring proof of ownership; Pictures, most recent vet bills

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

You're going to have to knock on your neighbor's doors, or put flyers on the doors.

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

🚨Do nighttime searches for your cat, with a flashlight and a bag of cat treats,walk the neighborhood where the cat is lost , with the light,look under vehicles,in their wheel wells, under porches and decks,in bushes,up trees,up poles, on fences,at their base on the ground,in between and behind buildings, near garbage bins,shine light on rooftops,on windowsills, on upper level decks,on fire escapes, look in utility rooms, janitorial rooms,your building's basement, rooftop, in crawl spaces, in vents, in service alleys, and backlots, and apartment buildings courtyard s, use the light to expose the eye shine, or reflective glow of the cat's eyes , Calmly call the cat's name,then shake the treat bag, please repeat these actions throughout the block then neighborhood where the cat is lost every night after sunset then again late night to right before dawn 11 pm-4 am Search your property ; look in crawl spaces,in your shed, under,behind wood stacks, under the deck, under the house, under the porch.Post on Nextdoor in Lost and Found Pets group and post on Neighbors app,you don't need a Ring camera to post on Neighbors app .File a Lost report with the local animal shelter,or animal control services, and check the shelter a couple of times a week, bring proof of ownership; Pictures, Vet bills, vaccine records,etc.Ask the neighbors to check their garages, sheds, and basements, sometimes they get trapped in them . Get their permission to look under their porches and decks,in yards ,look under decks under and behind their sheds and houses,use a flashlight to search these places, and use the light to expose the eye shine or reflective glow of the cat's eyes.Ask neighbors to look on their surveillance, security,and doorbell camera's video for your cat.Give flyers to neighbors, postal workers/mail carriers, delivery people,dog walkers, joggers, and daily walkers.

LunaMoon G.

4 weeks ago

🚨 Please do this in the day,or evening, when people are home. 🚨Cats, especially indoor cats, indoor/outdoor cats don't go far from their home please do this during the daytime. Ask neighbors to check their garages sheds and basements, sometimes they get trapped in them . Get their permission to look in their yards, under their porches and decks, under and behind their sheds,look in, under,behind wood stacks,in crawl spaces,on fences,on the bottom,at their base, in bushes,up trees, up poles , on rooftops,use a flashlight to look in these dark and tucked away spaces, even in the day, look for the eye shine,or reflective glow of the cat's eyes. Ask neighbors and nearby businesses to look on their surveillance, security, and doorbell camera's video for your cat, give them a flyer.

HappyCatLady .

4 weeks ago

🐱💖💖🙏 Dear Guardian. DON’T LOSE HOPE. Scared cats are the stealthiest of hiders and those that get STUCK will often not meow so their human must take action in various ways in order to cover ALL possibilities, daily/nightly until kitty is found. Lost cat 'Sophie' was reunited after being lost for 6 weeks! Cats remain close - they do not leave. They HIDE in survival mode doing their best. Sophie's guardian trapped her using a humane trap the night after she was spotted eating wet food on the camera her guardian's had aimed (mini blink camera $30 on amazon) Those who search and FLYER and talk to neighbors and call/search for kitty at night, use a motion activated camera aimed at wet food at sunset etc - greatly increase their chances of finding their kitty - though yes, sometimes it can take much longer than we want. 💜🐱Lost Cat 'Secret' was found after 26 nights - he was around the corner in the ceiling of a worker's room who saw a posted flyer! 🐱💖Lost Cat ‘Clementine’ was finally spotted after 29 days 1.5 yards away! A neighbor we flyered and spoke to 2 weeks earlier spotted kitty in her backyard. We ended up having to use a humane trap to trap her because she remained in survival mode and was too fearful to come forward to her human (2 days later Clementine was back to ‘normal’ purry self). Lost cat ‘Lina’ of 2 weeks was spotted returning home (video footage in backyard) but was too scared to come inside - the owner had to coax her for hours and hours for 2 nights. Without having a camera aimed at food she would NEVER have guessed her kitty was still in her backyard - HIDING! 🐱💖Lost Calico cat ‘Kittie’ was spotted after 4 weeks in a neighbor’s yard who we flyered so they called us. She had escaped out the front door leading to a busy street and must have found a way into the backyards 1 block away through metal gates she slipped through from teh street. This is why FLYERING at least 1-2 blocks beyond your block is a must. Once ‘kittie’ was sighted on the neighbor’s RING camera, we kept leaving food just before sunset every day around 6pm and got her coming to the food. We then set a humane trap and watched the trap using a baby monitor to make sure we didn’t trap a neighbor cats. The point of this is to continue taking action every day/night. Cats remain near - they do NOT go far from home.... 🐱💖Continue to call for kitty at night in your calm voice..set your alarm for 11pm, 2am, 5am ...walk around the block very slowly and calmly call for kitty ...Lost cat “SQUIRREL” was found after 13 nights of his guardian searching at night with a flashlight (kitty ‘squirrel’ got out from the street front and mostly cement on those blocks) During they day they went door to door finding out who had RING cameras and 7 days in, a neighbor spotted ‘squirrel’ cat walking by on camera at 2am...this gave them the extra boost of hope and they continued to search 11pm-2am. Try everything. Some cats will hide for a good 10 days until extreme HUNGER forces them out…sometimes only at night. And often cats get stuck in a garage while that neighbor is Out of town for over a week! Go back and talk to any neighbor who wasn’t home before. Take notes on the printed google map so you know who you spoked to and who wasn’t home (tape a flyer onto their front door using painter’s tape) 🐯 If your neighborhood isn't already plastered with flyers , PRINT MORE and add or replace flyers - IMPORTANT: knock on neighbors doors AGAIN and REMIND them that your sweet kitty is still missing and ask them to check around especially at night especially..ask neighbors with RING cameras to check the footage in case kitty is spotted...whatever you do, do NOT lose hope...keep searching and spreading the word with your neighbors door to door - they need to be reminded kitty is still out there and you need their vigilant eyes. You are still very early in this search. HUNGER ALWAYS WINS - LURE WITH WET FOOD 🐯 FEEDING STATION WITH CAMERA **IMPORTANT** PLACE A CAMERA (motion activated with night vision) aimed at WET food in bowl before sunset nightly. ( you can buy amazon)Cats that are scared remain near HIDING until their hunger THRESHHOLD will force them to come out of hiding to look for food though they will still continue to hide from humans. YEs - scared cats will even act scared of their human's voice and won't come inside and need to be coaxed. Lost cat 'Luna' was spotted on camera after being 'lost' for several weeks, her human was shocked to learn Luna was visiting the backyard regularly late night and would NOT come back inside ( the backdoor was left open for her) We thought she was stuck at a neighbors which happens all the time and it was the help of the camera which helped her human learn about the different cats that would visit and other animals...Luna’s guardian ended up Trapping Luna by doing a stakeout and watching out the window to the trap since it was just outside (all lights were turned off) 💥💥BUY CAMERA: Mini Blink WIFI camera $35 : https://a.co/ihc7BSy OR BLINK WIRELESS, Waterproof camera : https://a.co/d/cDeKLXz IF NO WIFI: Wildlife/Trail camera (battery operated) check footage manually daily https://a.co/d/a4Rqqdp requires 8 AA lithium batteries (buy extra) + Micro SD Memory Cards: https://a.co/d/44AXvel 🐯 GAIN ACCESS TO NEIGHBORS YARDS: Knock on your neighbors doors in ALL directions to ask for permission to check yards, under DECKS and porches and crawl spaces. Do this alone. Scared cats will NOT come forward right away and they are excellent hiders! You have to keep trying and explain to neighbors that cats protect themselves by hiding - even from the guardian they love - until THEY feel safe to come forward. Studies have proven 🐯Indoor cats remain near HIDING IN SILENCE and are mostly found within a few houses away from the escape point and outdoor/indoor cats mostly within a 1 block radius...sometimes when cats aren't coming back they may have hurt a paw and can’t jump back over a fence or they may be ill and need medical attention so taking action to actively search in neighbors property is crucial 🐯 Make sure kitty’s MICROCHIP information is up-to-date. Call to report kitty Lost. If you don’t have the microchip number, check with your vet and/or place of adoption. In addition to updating wherever your cat’s chip was originally registered (or even if you don’t remember where you originally registered the chip), register your cat at the free Found Animals chip registry, https://www.foundanimals.org/microchip-registry/owners and the free pet chip registry, https://www.freepetchipregistry.com/ with your current contact information in order to increase the chances that if your cat is picked up, they can contact you. (I say increase the chances because sadly there are multiple databases for different chips and they are not all interconnected.)

📷 View photo on Facebook

HappyCatLady .

4 weeks ago

💖💖💖💖💖Keep calling for kitty from the escape door this morning and as the sun is setting…keep putting out wet food with camera aimed by sunset each night… ‘ 💖💖💖💖💖Keep flyering and talking to neighbors, GAIN permission to check crawl spaces and sheds and under decks of neighbors with a flashlight to catch kitty's eyes ...continue leaving WET food bowl just outside where kitty got out - you must get a camera aimed or you won't know who eats the food - a camera reveals everything . ❤️ Lost cat Bobby was found stuck in a neighbor's shed who had left for vacation for 2 weeks!! he fully recovered! The guardian kept stopping by until neighbor was back home and gained permission to check crawl space, storage area and shed 🙌 💖💖💖💖💖 Lost cat REESY PUFF (lost for over 5 weeks) was finally spotted on camera - we aimed a mini blink camera where we placed wet food bowl at sunset and it took THAT long for him to come !!. In the meantime I was flyering door to door talking to neighbors and posting up flyers and gaining access to backyards to check crawl spaces using a flashlight...once caught on camera we placed the food partially inside an UN-set humane trap to get her used to going inside without negative consequences - the camera revealed she was hesitant but went in to eat (she was hungry!!) so the next night we set the trap at sunset with yummy bait and waited and watched the ipad that was linked to the mini blink camera aimed at the trap door...she came within 4 hours and by 10pm she was home with her HAPPY guardian 💖💖💖💖💖 Lost cat Pumpkin (lost 26 days!!) was spotted on a neighbor's RING camera who had seen the flyer I posted on her door - she allowed me to set a trap and I monitored out of sight using a BABY MONITOR with a LONG extention cord leading to my car (you must watch a set trap every single second so you dn't trap a neighbors cat or wild animal!) Don't give up - keep FLYERING ...post up flyers and also go door to door taping them onto front doors so no one misses the photo and info. Keep putting wet food in bowl.dish at sunset with a camera aimed that will send your phone movement notifications and record movement. Sending you love and unwavering determination 💖💖💖💖💖

📷 View photo on Facebook

HappyCatLady .

4 weeks ago

❤️ 🙏 Call for kitty early morning and at night as you walk around slowly, and during the day knock on doors ask neighbors to PARTIALLY open garages and sheds and storages and crawlspace - any place kitty could have gotten stuck - leave partially open for 2 hours allowing kitty time to escape..if a neighbor is not home, then tape a flyer to the front door using painter's tape (won't harm the door) Keep track on a printed google map so you don't miss anyone..don't give up ❤️ Don't wait for anyone online - we live all over and your kitty is near YOU and your actual neighbors who are not seeing these posts ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Don’t stop searching and calling for your cat at night and early morning when it’s quiet. Another lost cat was found 2 doors away UNDER the house TRAPPED under the house for a MONTH! - the neighbor heard something when she came home late and saw a very thin cat - she banged on her neighbor's door (she had seen the flyers for a month!) and he raced over and got his cat - who was SKINNY and dirty but alive!! Don't give up and don't stop taking action in person. Your cat could be stuck in a neighbor's shed or crawl space - please ask neighbors again to open up garages/sheds/storage units/crawl spaces/basements for 3 hours - allowing time for escape. Put out wet food by the door your cat normally goes in and out of ... they are often way closer than we think - just stuck and too scared to meow or sometimes they can't meow for not having water for so many days. Gain permission to go under basements ALONE - shine a flashlight under carefully - in the hopes of catching the GLOW of your cat's eyes. Continue to slowly walk and call for your cat - going right up to neighbor's garages and up against fences...let neighbors know you will be doing this at night...❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Joe is Missing in San Francisco, CA

Comments on this Facebook alert

RESCUE

SQUAD

Joe is Missing in San Francisco, CA

Comments on this Facebook alert

Help this alert reach more local people Help more people see this pet

RESCUE

SQUAD