San Diego, CA Lost Female Cat, Josephine Is Missing

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Bernie B.

7 months ago

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Bernie B.

7 months ago

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Bernie B.

7 months ago

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Luz V.

7 months ago

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Debra M.

7 months ago

I pray you find her soon 🙏

Phyllis E.

7 months ago

Do all of these things and don't quit. It took me three months to find a cat, but I found her...Advice from several experienced cat people. 1. Start search immediately. Indoor only cats and very limited outdoor access cats never go far. They go into survival mode and hide in silence. Most of them will not respond when they are in survival mode. Indoor/outdoor cats go further so you will need to search several blocks in all directions for them. 2. Once it is quiet and dark outside is the best time to find a missing indoor only cat. This is the time they become most active and responsive. Sit and quietly call for your kitty. Try to stay low, standing is intimidating to cats, walk slow. Take a friend and flashlight if walking several blocks, don't stop after a few days. Carry favorite food and something that smells like them. 3. Place some dirty socks, T-shirt and pillow cases outside. Your scent will attract your kitty. Leaving cat bedding, a scratcher also may help but can attract other cats and predators. If you have a garage, place the items near the garage door and crack the door enough for her to get in. Also works if you have a door or window you can leave ajar without other pets getting out. If no garage, place items near doors. 4. Make a flyer (nothing fancy) to post at cluster mailboxes, vet offices, poles at intersections, pet stores, small neighbor markets...In addition to posted flyers, make mini flyers and put on ALL doorsteps in all directions. On flyer include PHOTO, offer REWARD (but you don't need to put amount), say do not try to pick up but call ANY hour. List 2 cell numbers if you can. Ask them to search garages, storage sheds, bushes...places a cat could hide. Ask them to check all security cameras. Include street and cross street where cat went missing. Some people don't pay attention to posted flyers so flyers on doorsteps VERY important. 5. If you live in an area with stray dogs and predators DO NOT leave food outside, it can attract dogs, predators and aggressive cats. Because indoor only cats hide so well they are not as likely to be ed by a predator. If you can watch the food, leaving their favorite food out once it's quiet and dark it may help them come to food. Pick up food if you can't watch it and if it will attract other animals. 6. DON'T GIVE UP, it can take months to find a missing indoor only cat. Use a flashlight as late at night as you can to look in trees, under cars and in bushes. Try to look for the glow of her eyes. The best chance of you being reunited with your cat is to do a methodical search of the area and repeat. Most indoor only cats will be within 160 feet of your home but some have been found 2 blocks away. Not unusual for cat not to respond at first. (Knew someone who cat didn't respond for 7 days and it was in the bushes near her home.) 7. Survival mode lasts 5 to 14 days but can last longer. Once their hunger gets to a maximum they snap out of it but this is a dangerous time because they come out of hiding. The majority of cats will try to make a break for home on the 5th night. 8. It's VERY VERY important that you look for cat as late at night as you can. If you have other cats, watch them. If they are spending a lot of time looking out a certain window, that’s a good indication the missing cat is in that area. 9. Wildlife and motion activated cameras are also helpful. Ring has a neighborhood sharing feature for people with Ring cameras. Post photo and street there. 10. A lot of people are successful trapping their indoor only cats. If you decide to trap, you must watch the trap closely, predators can a cat in a trap. Contact Rescues who TNR to borrow traps. They will instruct you on its use. Use a couple of traps. 11. Post missing cats report online, include street, cross street and city, at Craigslist, local online newspapers... Use social networking like Facebook (post to ALL lost/found/neighborhood pages) and Twitter. Post on websites pawboost and Nextdoor. Ask everyone to share. 12. Check all local shelters every few days do not rely on descriptions and sometimes even photos. — If microchipped advise chip company and be sure registration information current. -----------------------

Christina D.

7 months ago

Any updates?

Bernie B.

7 months ago

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Steven G.

7 months ago

If you people wouldn’t let your cats out to roam the neighborhood. You wouldn’t be losing your cat I keep my cat indoors so I never have to worry about him missing.

Bernie B.

7 months ago

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