Chattanooga, TN Lost Male Cat, Phinn Is Missing

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Judith O.

1 year ago

🙏🙏🙏🙏

Rebecca T.

1 year ago

✝️ 🙏 ❤️ Shared with love and prayers for a swift happy reunion! Be sure to check crawlspaces, outbuildings and garages and ask neighbors to do the same- with all the spring cleaning and lawn work going on now it's easy for a scared or curious feline to get accidentally enclosed.❤️

Lori O.

1 year ago

Please try the below tips. They work. I have helped many find their cats. The most important thing I will tell you is to get a super bright flashlight and go out searching between midnight and 6 am or at least when it’s dark outside and shine light into bushes right around your home and you will see your cats eyes glow. So easy to spot their eyes through the bushes in the dark. Cats mostly stay right next to your house possibly under a shed or your own house or anywhere right close by. They don’t go far at all. Usually no more than 5-6 houses away/or next block over. They almost always hunker down right near your home and stay quiet during the day. They almost never come out during the day because they are scared and wait until the world is quiet at night. Don’t forget to check your outdoor cameras and or your neighbors cameras. Cats personalities do change when they get outside and they become scared and they almost always do not come out when you call them during the day. When you spot them, you need to have their favorite treat with u to coax them over once you spot him/her. But check up in trees and inside/under things in your yard. Search garages, sheds, under decks and bushes, in crawl spaces, behind AC units - search anywhere a cat might be trapped or hiding. Try calling and try either shaking a can/bag of treats or carrying an open (smelly) can of cat food or fish with you. Put something w/ yours and your cat's scent on the porch (cat bed, scratching post, sofa pillows, litter box, recording of your voice) and your scent like dirty towel or clothes - Keep your garage door up enough to allow entry. Best to open the door wherever they escaped. Keep out fresh bowls of water. Put up large missing cat posters (neon poster board works well), talk to all neighbors (leave info for those not home), post on all local social media groups for lost pets, neighborhood sites and make sure to check with local animal control at least once a week (better to go in person but at least call and send them a photo). If not found at NIGHT with a bright FLASHLIGHT, go out during early morning, before dawn, as many/most cats are active around that time. Another important thing to do is to buy a trap. You can get a trap from tractor supply or maybe borrow from the humane society or a rescue. Cover the trap with your dirty towels so your smell is on them and place over trap the and inside in the back of the trap place a can of tuna at the back of the trap. It should be a big enough trap so your cat can completely walk inside before the trap door closes. Traps must be checked multiple times each day without fail. Posting flyers with their picture up to a few blocks away from your home makes a big difference because many people don’t look online, particularly elderly. Trust me, this suggestion is from personal experience when helping someone get their cat back. The Cat was seen the next block over and so the trap was then taken to that neighbor’s porch because it was living under the neighbors shed during the day and came out to eat from the porch at night. Sometimes it takes awhile to get a cat back. So don’t give up, he/she is worth it. I will be praying you find your baby 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Courtney W.

1 year ago

He is likely close by; cats typically don't roam more than 5 houses (radius) from home. If he is an indoor cat, he won't know which house is his home; use his sense of smell to lead him home. Put his cat pan outside and some clothes you've recently worn. Put out food and water. When my cat went missing, I found a recommendation to toss a can's worth of sardines, packed in oil, about my yard; while it did attract critters, the strong smell did lead my cat home. Curious cats can get trapped in sheds, garages and outbuildings; ask neighbors for permission to look in those areas, and in bushes, up trees, in storm drains, and under decks. When searching when dark, use a bright flashlight to reflect light in his eyes to help find him. Be persistent in your search; don't give up hope.

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