HappyCatLady .
2 months ago
OUTDOOR cats when displaced in a new foreign location - act like indoor-only cats that gets outside - they find the first place to HUNKER down and HIDE in silence - and will remain very near to where they were displaced. I've reunited countless cats that were lost in route somewhere or at a cat sitter house or from escapping a carrier that broke etc. The last one was BUSTER who broke out of a cat carrier in front of the vet then ran across the freeway AND back then darted off towards a neighborhood a few blocks away when the guardian lost sight of him. I told her to return at night at the exact location he initially broke out of his carrier (and to flyer that business and residences 1-2 blocks in all directions. She didn't listen about going back to the origianl location cat night and called me back 3 weeks later crying saying no one called about spotting her cat. I. told her to GO THAT night to the vet clinic and calmly call for Buster and bring food to leave there and to get a camera so we could add that - aim at the food /trap. That night she called for him at 10pm and he meowed back!!!! it was 3 weeks and he was still there - hiding BEhind the vet clinic behind a fence...she was able to lure him out with food after 2 nights so we didn't need the trap or camera in this case...the point of the story (and so many more) is that scared cats that get lost/displaced in a foreign place - THEY REMAIN and HIDE so get that camera and aim it to the wet food bowl you leave out for him starting at sunset tonight and beg you brtoher to come try to call for him tonight and tomorrow and sunday night...wet food inside the box trap that you clean firs to remove his smell and then disguise with either a vinyl mat clamped on so it doesn't make noise if it's windy or add branches and leaves from a tree to disguise it so Clarise thinks it's just a tunnel to get food then (or borrow a DROP TRAP if possible) and once you see him on camera then plan to trap him. don't leave the trap set until you spot him eating then the next night do a STAKE OUT - if you get too tired and he hasn't returned THEN UN-set the trap and clamp the door open to further trap train him to inside without any negative consequences - this way he eats - you don't waste a night because the NEXT night whe you try trapping again he'll most likely come earlier (knowing this is a consistent food source) and will go right inside the trap without hesitation compared to the 1st time he sees it again. YOU CAN GET HIM - be patient -stay determined and please please follow this guidance. During the day , talk to neighbors, post up flyers and go door to door taping flyers to every front door using painter's tape (won't harm the door) you want the flyers to be noticed - reward for a photo of him and NOT to approach but to take a photo and call you - because he is scared, injured and will RUN ❤️ 🙏
