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Penelope is Missing in Saint James, NY

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Status

LOST

Date Last Seen

August 11, 2026

Location Last Seen

Saint James, NY 11780

Nearest Landmark

Mills Pond Road

Name

Penelope

Sex

Female

PawBoost ID

73268036

Species

Cat

Description

Gray tabby with green eyes

Message from Owner

Please help us find my Penelope! She has been missing for 4 days now; she is very, very sweet and can be picked up if you see her. She loves treats as well. If seen please call right away at! Thank you in helping me find my best friend.

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Joseph A.
3 days ago
Jeannie O.
5 days ago
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Cathy H.
6 days ago
Go out at night when it’s quiet and call for him or her. Sit there, keep calling for him or her, and wait. It may take a couple of hours. Look under bushes with a flashlight. Look up in trees, maybe he got up there and too scared to come down. Knock on car’s hoods. They like to keep warm in car wheels or inside engines. Put something that smells like you out with a can of tuna. Maybe set up a humane trap. Some say leave a door open, so he could come in. Put up fliers and ask your neighbors to make sure he’s not locked up in their garages, sheds, basements, attics. Call local vets and actually go to shelters. Sometimes, animals are brought into shelters before the front office knows about them. Saying St. Anthony’s prayer to find pets and things can’t hurt. Good luck. 🙏🙏
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Maria L.
6 days ago
Pam T.
6 days ago
Try getting a have a heart trap to trap her use sardines cat nip fried pieces of warm chicken smelly tuna cat food monitor the trap Get a camera check neighbors ring camera Leave a window/door slightly open so she can return Play some cat meows on your phone late at night early mornings 11pm-6am Put some of your soiled clothing outside around your home for scent Ora Names of some pet trackers call them for help or advice they might have a night drone. Prayers 🙏🏻❤️🐾🐾🙏🏻❤️
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Missing A.
6 days ago
Sydney Stroobants can u post on Long Island Lost & Found Pets
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Missing A.
6 days ago
We are sorry. Please follow the tips , add contact and cross streets asap. Check all backyards. Posting on Missing Angels - Long Island & Long Island Lost & Found Pets Please follow the tips we shared. Use strong-smelling foods like tuna or rotisserie chicken to help attract your cat back. * Be patient and stay calm. Many lost cats hide nearby and may not come out right away. * Search during the early morning or late evening when it’s quieter. * Bring a flashlight and check under bushes, decks, porches, sheds, and other hiding places. A cat’s eyes will often reflect the light. * Sit quietly near the area where your cat went missing and call their name softly. Avoid shouting, as it may scare them. * Keep watching carefully. Even if your cat hears you, they may stay hidden until they feel safe enough to come out. Don’t give up—many lost cats are found hiding close to home. 🐾
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Donna H.
6 days ago
📌🐾 📣 Open Escape for Reentry‼️Contain other pets. 👉⭐️ Keep point of escape open for reentry with a can of smelly food inside of house. •Kitty might try to get back in from either fear, hunger, thirst, weather or comfort. •If still nearby, keep looking and listening for meowing. 👉Return: I’m noticing a pattern of return around 3am - 6am where they’re trying to find a way back inside their home. 👉Alternative Opening: If you can’t leave an opening in your home for reentry and you have a garage, open the door about 6 inches up with food and water placed in back of room or find some place where cat may shelter and leave food (lamb chop seems to entice) & water there. Use camera to view. 👉Time is crucial: Cats usually stick closer to home, but could end up over a mile away. 👉 Seeking Shelter: During the winter months cats may look for a place to keep warm and they’ll want to seek out shelter from the rain, cold and snow. 👉Search Immediately! If cat is an indoor cat it should hopefully be very near still and hiding in fear. •Look under bushes, under porches, under decks, especially under sheds, including any small place they can crawl into & corners they can back into, look in-between fences, check car engines, on top of car tires & under cars, look up in the trees and on roof tops, in window wells, nearby sewers, garages, in and behind garages and sheds and neighboring properties. Look in all corners of the above and under items in those places. Most of the time they back themselves into a corner and remain quiet, even to you because they’re scared. •Listen for the slightest noise of movement and move items around and use a flashlight looking for glowing eyes. •Search when it’s quiet, early in the morning and when it’s dark with a flashlight for glowing eyes, shaking a bag of treats while calling out their name and then stop and listen for faint meowing. •Try a Cat Meowing App and playing it in hopes it draws out the cat. •Some cats hide at the house directly behind the house cat was missing from. •Use a night vision motion detector video camera with sound that sends notifications to your cell phone. Aim outside at each door, where food is placed and at the humane trap, if using. Types of cameras: Ring, Arlo or anything else that records. 👉Scent- Put used litter box outside. Plenty of people have told me their cats returned shortly after placing the litter box either outside, in garage or another enclosure and I stand by this. •Empty contents of vacuum bag or scatter your unlaundered items such as socks, pillowcases, something cat laid on, etc. to attract lost cat. •Leave smelly food near where you want them to return. Example: tuna, sardines, mackerel, chicken, lamb or treats. Bbq hot dogs, bacon or chicken sending the aroma throughout the air. •Trackers: Pet Trackers may offer assistance via phone of what to do next and or in-person with a tracking dog. 👉Shelter- Place near where cat escaped adding straw (not hay), some catnip inside and spread some on a toy. Throw toy in back of shelter and watch to see if it’s taken out and played with. 👉Capture/Trapping- Ask for experienced help on groups that trap, handle strays and TNR. **Important: A live trap must never be left set overnight or unattended ‼️ Opossums and raccoons can easily enter the unattended traps instead of your cat and harm themselves ripping out their teeth and nails. Then after being trapped, they’re released wounded and toothless. •If you choose not to use a trap, place small amounts of cat food & water out and hopefully you’ll eventually be able to determine where the cat is hiding. 👉More Exposure! •Post on & join all lost groups of Facebook •Post on Neighbors Ring App or on Neighbors Ring website. It alerts the community in radius of up to 5 miles around your home anonymously. •Post on Next Door App or on Next Door website. •Post on Lost My Kitty website (they send out emails about kitty & you remain anonymous). •If microchipped, notify chip company & they’ll send out alerts. •Flyers: Keep it simple! No one needs to know why, how, your pet's habits or about the family. Only Include: photo of pet (recent cropped with only that pet missing) name of pet date last seen cross streets & town phone number Print at least 100 copies. Cover in plastic. Get helpers & post on trees, poles, at supermarkets, pet supply stores, pharmacies, hang on your car, etc. •Handout flyers to Mail Carriers, Amazon Drivers, Fed Ex Drivers, UPS Drivers, Newspaper Delivery person, Crossing Guards, Veterinary groups, Shelters, Groomers, Police Precinct, Town Highway Division, etc. •Enlarge a flyer, wrap in plastic, post on front lawn so drivers and walkers can see it. 👉Animal Shelters- Go in person everyday to check and see for yourself because employees may not know of all the pets that were brought in. Researched & written by Donna Harman ( LI Lost Found Dogs Cats Info and Assistance )
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Ana C.
6 days ago
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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