Chapel Hill, NC Lost Male Cat, Winston Is Missing

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Carol D.

6 days ago

Hope you find him soon!🙏🏼♥️

Dianne B.

2 weeks ago

Prayers

Paula S.

3 weeks ago

Go outside with a flashlight and treats shake the bag of treats and Call his name. Check crawlspaces and out buildings ask neighbors to do the same thing.Check storm drains. Put out some of your dirty laundry a cat can smell for a great distance away. If all else fails set a humane trap bait it with tuna or sardines. If you do not have a trap you can borrow one from a local rescue or animal shelter best of luck bringing your beautiful kitty back home and I will say a prayer for a safe return home very soon 💞 🙏🏼✨️

Linda P.

3 weeks ago

Hope that you can find him soon! He's beautiful! ❣️

Janet P.

4 weeks ago

Anna-Maria, Thank you for the suggestions. I have already done everything except the Bravo K9 which I used used for another lost cat with no success. In addition, I have posted with vets, shelters, Nextdoor, flyers, FB, neighborhood weekly newsletter. I have also called the microchip company as well as walking around the neighborhood at night with a flashlight and my other 3 cats hoping that he could smell them if not me.

Anna-Maria R.

4 weeks ago

Lost cat: If not back yet, perhaps can these tips be of help. Check with Animal Control/Animal Shelter in person, may need to be more than once. Put out some unlaundered clothing from his/her favorite person. Then, at dawn and dusk, when it is calm and quiet, go outside and softly call for him/her while carrying their favorite food. Do not call them if you see them. Assume a low position, blink slowly as that says “friendly, no threat”, and carry their favorite stinky food. Look in every nook and cranny inside, in pump houses, sheds, garages, play houses, and up in trees. If you have a garage, keep the door up 5-6” and put the cat bed inside about 4-5’. Also put some stinky food he likes in there. They usually stay close to home. Put up neon flyers with picture and contact info. Hope he/she is back soon! Or get a tracker: Balynda Brown 919-418-7953 dog tracker Sandra Colston dog tracker 276-768-9650 Website: Bravok911.com Also BRAVO, MAR Search Dog https://www.lostcatfinder.com/the-detective?fbclid=IwAR1CcAVS3K7J1CA50MZnDAicGgs68x418gQ-Ts4iv1p_GdikH85IhyReNP8_aem_AYSw8TJx_awodc7KtoiwVUwuprCGVnljSJ6MPDP_sKCdqzv_AeqYz2ZN-go-KCKsA https://www.pawboost.com/blog/lost-cat-behavior/?fbclid=IwAR12QCmrsAlvYd6tfeswxNVBe3mTGY37UIg9UG4j_zrq9rixyAiW5pa-g_aem_AXuLPRk-wmBjNiz0SU3w6jseC1TFkR4Bwvrbj7zQsfbcRbi9yu5d1zXsNXu3beF9KOs

Ruthmaria C.

1 month ago

Try posting on lost and found kitties in your area and on paw boosts people tend to post their lost animals on those pages

Ruthmaria C.

1 month ago

Cats usally stay within 200 feet of the scent of thier home. Your cat maybe close by. (But if the cat is not spayed or neutered they can roam farther while in heat looking for a mate).or if someone has picked them up. Put out a pile of unwashed clothes on your porch. Cats can smell up to 2 miles. Do NOT put the cat’s litter box out on the porch as that attracts other cats and can scare your cat away. Put a safe trap there too. Line it with a towel or shirt with the scent from inside the house. If you don’t have a trap, borrow one. Local spca can lend them out. If you trap a cat that is not yours, just release it. Or check and make sure it is not someone else's lost pet. Notify all vets, shelters and spca and give them a picture. Make flyers with your contact info and picture and give to EVERY house within 1/4 mile. Ask neighbors to check their sheds, garages, etc. in case the cat accidentally got locked inside. Go outside and hunt under EVERYTHING, both during the day and at dusk with a flashlight softly calling your cats name and shaking a bag of treats. Look everywhere - under bushes, cars, porches, sheds…..this means neighbor's stuff too. Sometimes if you sit on your porch or outside in the yard and quietly talk to your cat, as if he or she were there, they will come out of hiding and come up to you. If they do, stay calm and don’t try to grab the cat. Wait until they get close and let the cat come to you. When the cat lets you pet them then you can attempt to pick it up.

Ruthmaria C.

1 month ago

If you can put out something heavy with your scent he will smell it your scent travels further will be more familiar and is a comforting scent which should draw him back home. Put it in a safe but accessible place near the area he disappeared from or usually hangs out in. He will probably be near it hiding in not to long a time. I've read recently in several rescues that this technique works. And the scent will last even if it rains and you can change the item every couple days. Putting Flyers in mail boxes and local vets and businesses doesn't hurt. Ask delivery people and mail personnel if they would take a flyer and keep an eye out they are in neighborhood and might see him. Check shelters and vets let them know your looking and that way if he's brought in they are aware he's lost . Good luck don't be afraid to call every couple of days. If you see him do not run after him he might be scared call to him let him know it's you carry his favorite toy treat or blanket to help reassure him.

Ruthmaria C.

1 month ago

Ask the delivery drivers and mail personnel to keep am eye out check the shelter make sure they are aware of him so if he gets brought in they don't accidentally put him down chk shelters within a 2.5 to 5 mile radius yes he could get that far but if he was taken that's about how far someone usually travels away before dumping. If you had problems or if thier is a particular person in neighborhood who hates cats I'd keep eye out same goes for someone who shows to much attention not liking or thinking it's safe for him to be out . Keep the search fresh in people's minds and check with local vets if he was hit or someone yook him they may might take him in for medical care.

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