Sarasota, FL Lost Female Cat, Sweet Pea Is Missing

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Susan B.

2 weeks ago

Hoping Sweet Pea comes home soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Olivia G.

2 weeks ago

Sharyl Caruso thank you :( she’s indoor but escaped from a pet sitter’s home while we were out of town. nobody has seen her since then but we are trying to stay hopeful :(

Sharyl C.

2 weeks ago

Awww I'm so sorry I hope you find her. I know that feeling we had a cat that adopted us and when a storm came she ran off. ☹️

Holly B.

2 weeks ago

😘🙏🐾🙏🙏

Nadia R.

3 weeks ago

🙏

Beaca T.

3 weeks ago

Alexandra Williams this is helpful. Happened to one of our cat. We left the door open to bring groceries in, and usually he wouldn’t go further then the porch. I think it was getting dark and we didn’t see his blackness lol and closed the door locking him out. We put the groceries away, cooked, had dinner, watched a movie then went to bed. After midnight at 1 am we felt he is missing, and started calling his name. Nothing. Then we hear him but can’t see him in the house. Then we looked at the front of the house, hear him meowing but can’t see him. He went all around the house to the back lanai door and was exhausted of meowing. He never put paw out the door after that 🤣. We were blessed he was smart enough to go around the house.

Beaca T.

3 weeks ago

She is so pretty! I hope she is safe!

Olivia G.

3 weeks ago

Brynn Spegal thank you, we miss her more than anything

Alexandra W.

3 weeks ago

From Jamie Katz, pet detective Helpful Tips for Finding a Missing Cat From my experience of Coaching/Recovering over 2000 cats as a Lost Pet Professional, I have found that Escaped Indoor Cats are extremely predictable and are not lost per se- just displaced from their inside territory and hiding close by- Waiting to get back in but can't open the door. Right after dark search with a flashlight looking for eyeshine in all the hiding places around the outside of your house and garage - starting at the escape point working out to a 3-5 house radius where the cat could hide including up a tree or on a roof- especially if there are dogs around. Let the flashlight do the work- don't invade hiding places or the cat may move or run. Always leave the escape door open during this search because if the cat runs- it will likely be to that door. Search any bat opening that may be accessible thru a broken window or open door etc. If seen, sit and calmly coax- let the cat come to you- DO NOT approach - be patient. If it has rained -the cat would move to a completely dry hiding place which may include open garages and sheds where they may also get closed in. If not found in the searches- speak calmly to the kitty near the escape door -NOT frantic stressful calling - and make the noises you do at feeding time- crinkle treat bag - open a can etc . It's not about food- it's about a familiar sound. If no meowing answers or no kitty appears after a while- go inside and leave the way in open. Repeat talking before you go to bed. Leave the door the cat escaped thru ajar from late night to dawn and it will likely return- no lights inside or out. No food in the first 5 days as the cat knows there is food in its territory. NO LITTER ever -that's a dangerous myth and clothes do not help- cats do not navigate by smell - they have internal gps. If the door the cat left from can't be left open- leave the garage door up cat height and an inside door open or a place to wait up high like a cat tree.. Most will show themselves when you open the door early morning with the same feeding time noises and talk Also all of this is step for step in my expanded article in the "files" section here on Recovering an Escaped Indoor Cat along with the next steps to take along the way as you may eventually need to feed/film/trap after the first 5 days and put out signs. Cats have no system to recognize their owner's scent... - in fact in a study to see if cats recognzied the owner's scent or sought comfort from it...Cats ignored the Owner's scent as expected. Cats mark human friends and cat friends.... with their own pheromones..in a system called "bunting"because they have no system to recognize an Owner...Cats evolved for thousands of years without owners....- they rely on scent only within their species to communicate and to mark their territory and friendly safe items in their territory..Cats are very, very predictable if you understand their physical and mental systems. Cats use GPS/magnetoreception to navigate to their territory anyway- not scent. They will move toward an Owner's calm voice but have no way to identify a human's scent.....Those are dog ss and behaviors. Cats use scent primarily to differentiate - not to navigate and their scent range is very limited...in the 15-20 ft range unless a scent is on the wind. In cats, scent determines ual status and is used to communicate, to interact socially, and to identify territory - not to navigate or find home or owners... Shared 🙏🏻

Brynn S.

3 weeks ago

She is gorgeous