Tampa, FL Lost Female Cat, Cleo Is Missing

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Rescue R.

1 month ago

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Gab K.

1 month ago

Please read till the end..Walk around calling your cat as you always do. Look under bushes and in hiding places. Look at dawn and dusk with a flashlight to catch the glare of your cat's eyes. Leave garage door and lanai partially open if possible. Your cat will try to get back inside ..most likely at night. Use a trap...The only way to find his way home.or to the trap is by smell. Use some of your used clothes, put them outside and around the trap. A friend of mine used her shirt and dragged it through the neighborhood. Her cat found the smell and followed it home. It is all about the smell. You can also cut a shirt of yours into small small pieces and leave a scent trail back to the trap. I read a few days ago that a lady put out a trace with the old litter throughout the neighborhood. It worked. Her cat came home! Use the litter to lead your cat to the trap. Also try to distribute flyers throughout that neighborhood...as many as you can ( 3 miles radius at least). Check shelters in person...don't just call. Put battery operated trail cameras or motion cameras (Amazon for $25) outside. Your cat might show up in the middle of the night. When you know the time you can wait for for your cat and slow blink to make contact. NEVER GIVE UP! I read once that you can put a chair outside and cover it up with a blanket and the cat can jump up and hide under the blanket and feels safe. They said you should put one of your shirts under the blanket and food and water next to the chair. It might be worth a try to put up a chair

John M.

1 month ago

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1 month ago

Lynne W.

1 month ago

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Ri M.

1 month ago

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Darlene D.

1 month ago

Get your scent out put out dirty clothes scent helps them find way home go to shelters and check

Kevin M.

1 month ago

Go around late at night calling them with food and flashlight to catch their eyes. Check around your neighborhood under houses and in small places where they may hide. Put stuff out that has yours and their scent on it. Hang flyers around for people to see. Check shelters and vets daily. Update chip info if they have a chip and its has not been update since a move. Ask neighbors to check in their garages incase they ended up trapped in one. I pray you get your baby back safe and soon.

Melinda H.

1 month ago

The best time to look for a cat is late at night after the daytime sounds settle down. Go for a walk and take a flashlite scan into the trees and under bushes. A cat can fit in any hole that they can fit their head thru they have collapsible shoulder blades. Most indoor cats stay close to home but come out at night. Most important is to make your presence known. Go out every half hour after 9pm and call for them and stop and listen it's amazing what you can hear late at night. Get your voice and scent out there. They are looking for you also. Look for glowing eyes at night. If there is a dog sibling that the cat likes take the dog on the walk. If you open canned cat food or shake treats do so on your walk. If the cat has a noisy toy shake it on your walk. Make posters and put in every business within a mile of the home. Let your mail carrier know. If there are teenagers in the neighborhood let them know they love reward money and being a hero. Check all local shelters. Let local veterinarians know your info. If there is a feral colony near you check it out. If you can find the feeder of the colony give them your info. Make large signs and put in neighbors yards at least a mile radius of the home. This ensures that everyone in the area has the info. Put post it notes on your neighbors doors to look in sheds and garages. Post on every Facebook forum in your area. Post on Pawboost and For the love of Louie. Check Humane Society. So important to make your presence known every half hour after 9pm. Make a bed out of the cats carrier and put soiled clothes from inside the home around the bed. Put it as close to the house as you can. Leave a shed or garage open check them often. Camp in your yard. Most indoor cats are found late at night. Don't give up. Do not put food out or litter it attracts every animal in the area including raccoon opossum feral cats and coyotes. Your cat will know that there is food inside and that is incentive to keep them close to the house. If you are outside that's OK but take it in when you go back in. If your cat sees a predator eating their food it might make them retreat further. Most important is to let them know you are looking for them. Hope you find your baby

Rosemary B.

1 month ago

Indoor cats typically don't go very far. Post lost cat signs with Cleo's pic and your contact info in the area he went missing. I would also post on the nextdoor app as well as the ring app. Post on Lost and Found Pets of Hillsborough County. Check Humane Society of Tampa Bay's website under lost and found pets. You may want to go in and look. Same with PRC shelter. Put some of your worn clothing outside or pet bed, toys, etc. Something that would smell familiar to Cleo. Cats can smell long distances. If you have security cameras look back to see if you can find which way Cleo may have gone. Ask you neighbors to check their security cameras. Check sheds, garages, any place he might have wandered in, unnoticed and got trapped. When the neighborhood has quited down for the evening and very early mornings, go out with a flashlight looking and take his favorite treats, shaking the bag. Call his name while shining the flashlight in bushes, under cars, up in trees, etc. The light would reflect his eyes. Cats typically stay near a food source. You may want to leave food out, but monitor, in case other animals are eating. Take it up before you go to bed. I hope you find your precious Cleo soon. 💓

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