Marietta, GA Lost Male Cat, Petey Is Missing

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Lori O.

3 weeks ago

I can’t stress enough how you need to look with a bright flashlight in the dead of night to find him and stay persistent till you do. Cats usually don’t go further than 2-3 houses away even after weeks and months. So look close by. Here are a list of tips besides the most important one. I'm so sorry about your baby.🥺💔 Most cats stay close to home so it is critical to stay as proactive, and persistent, as possible. ●Crack your garage door or leave a porch door open where they got out so it can get inside. Cats return at night when you're sleeping so you miss them. This also ensures if your cat was chased away, it can sneak back inside when it can. ●Check everywhere outside even in drain pipes and drains, in logs, under bushes and cars, up in trees and anywhere it's collar could get hung. Use a BRIGHT flashlight after dark as it will make your cat's eyes glow and very easy to spot through bushes or under things. Much easier than daytime searching when they are hunkered down and hiding in plain sight. They won’t respond to your call. They are scared even of you. ●Check under your house and your neighbor's houses, in sheds, garages, basements, etc. ●Indoor-only or new to the area lost cats tend to not recognize their owners outside because it is a different environment and they are scared. Sit outside every single day especially in the morning and at dusk/night so your cat can get used to you being there. ●Put food in a plastic container with a lid and periodically shake it and call your cat's name. ●Print flyers with their picture for neighbors and businesses in the area. ●Put picture posters in public areas, like on street signs and in your front yard, and offer some type of reward, if you can. ●Put the reward amount on the flyers and posters. A reward will incite people to intentionally be on the lookout for your cat or to return it to you. ●Work with a cat rescue to immediately set a cat trap or you can purchase one at Tractor Supply, Home Depot or on Amazon and set it yourself. You will need to monitor the trap(s) so cat isn’t left stuck inside and vulnerable to other animals. Put human tuna in the back of the trap so they will go in enough for door to close behind them. Cover trap with your dirty towels or sheets with your smell. ●Post on the Ring app, Nextdoor app and Pawboost and visit pet rescues/shelters in person regularly to see if someone has found your cat and/or has taken it to one. Give them a flyer and report your cat as missing. ●Consistently visit rescues and shelters. They only hold a cat 3 to 5 days without a microchip before putting it up for adoption, and only for 7 days with a microchip. Even if the cat has a microchip, the chip can float and be missed by the scanner. ●Set notification alerts for the Facebook lost and found pets groups in case someone has found your cat. - buy small cameras to put outside for $10-15. The camera will alert you when movement is spotted. Monitor especially between midnight and 5 am. (Sorry) - Consider a recording of your voice outside your home and also their and your smell….(bed) cats can smell up to a mile away. - Where cats get out of the house/car is where they go back too when trying to get back inside your home. Even where they escape out of a car. They go back to that spot. - Stay persistent or you won’t get your cat back. Persistence pays off. No one loves your cat like you do! Your cat needs you to find them and bring them back to you and your loving home! - won’t get your cat back. Persistence pays off. No one loves your cat like you do!

Lynda H.

3 weeks ago

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Wanda J.

3 weeks ago

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Susan G.

3 weeks ago

STATUS NOT KNOWN - Outdoor or strictly indoor? FOR OUTDOOR/INDOOR CATS - A search is needed as it could be trapped or injured somewhere in its territory, about a 1,000 foot radius around its house. Search neighbors' garages, drains, in/under sheds & decks, up trees/roofs, on roadside. Inform those not on social media by knocking on doors and posting laminated, readable LOST fliers with photo and phone number on Stop signs in its territory. Ask who feeds cats outside as they might have seen it. FOR STRICTLY INDOOR CATS It will be fairly close by (500 feet) and will be scared and want to come back inside. Immediately, before it leaves for food, leave door or window it escaped from cracked open or use garage door. If it is a window, place a box below it so he can get back inside. Contain other pets in a room. Night return is typical. If not successful, do the same search tips above, but in a 500 foot radius around its house. For expert recovery advice/support go to LostCatsGeorgia.com (even if not in GA) and register. It is a free service. Report lost cat to county animal control and visit them. If in Cobb County check CC Animal Services intake photos - https://www.cobbcounty.gov/animal-services/lost-found-pets. VIDEO on how to find a lost indoor or outdoor experienced cat: By Front Street Animal Shelter, Sacramento CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2eCoC63B9I

Judy T.

3 weeks ago

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