Newark, NJ Lost Male Cat, Kiri Is Missing

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Linda M.

1 month ago

Frank Froat litter can attract predators like coyotes or other territorial cats that could chase a lost cat out of their area.

Linda M.

1 month ago

Prayer Lost Pet Dear St. Francis and St. Anthony, please come promptly to the aid of this precious pet, and those who love him/her so, and enable him/her to find his/her way back home, having suffered no ill effects from his/her separation from his/her family. Thank you for your mercy on this family and their dearly loved pet, and for restoring him/her to them. Amen. 🙏🙏🙏

Linda M.

1 month ago

Tips Cat Lost Pawboost FB If adopted from rescue or shelter notify them immediately since they may offer help. Cats don’t always come back on their own. Setting a trap and following tips offered is important. Ask local shelter for listing of a rescue with an experienced trapper who may help. If they have no listing look on Petfinder for rescues in your zip code. Avoid all text, Instagram, and “miracle pet finder" suggestions. Don't ever give up hope, keep searching, and update group! Posters with “Do not chase, call with sighting” are very important and using Pawboost has helped many owners as well. Have neighbors check their Ring videos. Feel free to message me to review if needed. Feel free to copy & paste to share with any owners of lost cats. Here's tips for finding lost cats. If the cat was adopted from a rescue, notify them immediately and ask if they can offer help and suggestions. If no one saw cat leave house, search thoroughly inside using flashlight to see eye reflection and open and check closets, cabinets, drawers, attics and basements - make sure he or she didn't get stuck in ceiling by pushing tiles open, or anywhere else. You can keep closet and other inside doors open and place bowl of food with flour around it to see if it’s been eaten - look for paw prints. Cats hide when not feeling well. FIRST and most importantly, read tips on missinganimalresponse (.com) websites for information on searching based on cat's temperament, behavior, and whether indoor only, indoor/outdoor, or outdoor only. Also use information on sites for neon poster format (always add Do Not Chase - Call with Sighting, Check Sheds, Garages etc. with Flashlight.), resource links, and pet detective services. If your cat is indoor only and spayed/neutered, he or she is probably hiding nearby and staying within 5-10 houses or if further, 5-10 blocks in either direction or less unless chased out of territory. Normally they hide first few days and then venture out at night or early morning for food when quieter. They usually find a specific place to access for shelter like in or under sheds, decks, porches, garages, or by bushes establishing this as a base to leave from looking for food and returning to for safety. Inside only cats are usually more scared, hide longer, and stay closer to home. See more tips below. Conduct searches starting at home and expanding in circular radius from starting point to thoroughly check and cover areas. Repeat as necessary. Put supervised only trap and check every 2 hours in good weather and every half hour to hour depending on hot or cold temperatures with food in it in your yard and by last sighting. Keep in mind setting 3 traps spaced out in triangle increases chances. Never leave trap set when no one is there, close trap, remove bait food, and wash trap if another animal was caught. May be better not to leave food overnight to avoid attracting wildlife, etc. or just use dry food if trapping at night. Make sure each trap is covered top and sides, supervised at all times, and checked often. Put 1/2 of dry food feeding and water out daily after 2nd or 3rd day and away from trap to keep in area. Put something that smells like you (worn socks) and cat (toy, bedding, etc.) in yard and smaller item(s) in trap or nearby - add catnip if he or she likes it. Many advise not to put out used litter, as it may attract a predator. Note: Kentucky Fried Chicken (no bones) is a good choice to use for bait food and/or their favorite food. Go with your intuition with what may work best for your cat. Many people use Pawboost it’s a very good alert system and comments on Facebook posts update on pawboost (.com). There are also petamberalert (.com), petfbi (.org), and lostmykitty (.com) for poster and notification services to neighbors, vets, shelters, and rescues in area. Nextdoor app is also good for notifying neighbors. Ask if neighbors have ring or other security cameras that they can check and notify you of any sightings. Put up posters ASAP, and notify non-emergency police and animal control in surrounding areas and bring posters for them to put up on bulletin board. Enlist daily help by giving posters to neighbors, joggers, walkers, dog walkers, public works, mailmen, and older children who are out regularly in area to keep an eye out for your pet. Make sure to speak to and give posters to anyone feeding cats in your neighborhood. Post on local town Facebook pages, and town, county, and state lost and found Facebook pages - Lost Cats, etc. Leave garage, shed, or porch open for cat to access, put their bed and something with your scent and theirs, when possible. In wintertime, put out shelter, igloo with straw etc. Use baby monitor to hear if crying during night, and you can purchase security camera and/or wildlife camera with IR night vision to monitor activity in yard and by feeding station. Newer ones have Apps to view immediately if a photo is taken. Ask neighbors if you can check yards, garages, porches, and in and under sheds and decks - use flashlight. Ask them to check as well. Go at dusk, evening, and before dawn with a good flashlight to see reflecting eyes. Check trees, as well. Do not chase, or call. If sighted lie on ground shake treats to see if your cat will come to you. Most go into feral mode so it is better to set a trap in yard and at last sighting following above instructions. Ask area rescues if they can assist with hanging posters if you need help with this and especially with trapping if they have experienced volunteers. Remember indoor only cats may hide first few days but venture out when hungry coming out of hiding when quiet. DO NOT CHASE! (Put this on all flyers!). If hiding place is found, set supervised only and covered traps with permission in that area. In extreme hot or cold weather trap must be watched when set and checked hourly. Check petfinder (.com) for cats in rescue and shelter, and go to local shelters in person daily. If cat has microchip, call the company to report lost and ensure chip is registered and information is correct. How to Find a Lost Cat on YouTube Front Street Animal Shelter video on Facebook. Send a message if you would like to review tips. 🙏🏻

Rachel C.

1 month ago

Lost cat video https://youtu.be/g2eCoC63B9I?si=Ldj6B_9GsedoYWrQ In your search bar on fb or YouTube type in: How to find a lost cat Do everything you can that it says to in the video you will find there.

Nayak S.

1 month ago

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Ana C.

1 month ago

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Frank F.

2 months ago

Leave litter outside it can bring cat back to area

Eileen T.

2 months ago

I’m sorry Kiri is missing. Sharing my tips, they are long, but very detailed and they work! Start immediately! Even though this was 4 1/2 months ago, most of these tips still apply. Prayers up, sharing, keep the faith.🙏🏻🙏🏻🐾🐾 🐈 🐈‍⬛ My 10-month-old Half blind and half deaf kitten went missing in late May 2018, i got her back eight days later using a humane trap and with the help of so many Wonderful people and a professional trapper of lost kitties.. these are the tips and suggestions I have put together that came from everyone that helped me: -First, please do not panic, I know how upsetting it is, stay calm, your Kitty needs all of your energy to help bring your him/her home; -Put out the kitties bed or towel and some of your unwashed clothing so that they can smell their scent and yours; always put fresh food and water out in the front and back of your house and change multiple times in the heat and cold. Once you set traps, ONLY put food in the traps, but always keep water out. -The next two steps are crucial and need to be done IMMEDIATELY: First set out humane traps, follow directions below on what to do; Second is to make up flyers as described below and get those out ASAP especially handing out to neighbors in a five house radius around your home. -If your kitty is indoor only, you must set a humane trap IMMEDIATELY ....(Google local rescue groups in your area to borrow one or call your local shelter and ask them for one.. some Home Depot‘s and Lowe’s sell them) Also set up a trail cam or camera so you can catch your kitty on the camera. Traps MUST be monitored at all times. (if you already know how to set up a trap with food, etc. skip to "Make Flyers" ...as the following is a step-by-step guideline on how to set the traps up with food, etc.) Get lots of cans of tuna in vegetable oil NOT Water, because it is very smelly, and does not freeze in cold weather....if you know the direction your kitty went, SOAK the ground with tuna juice from two different directions, one from the direction your kitty went and one from another direction close by up to the door of the trap.. you want your kitty to be hungry so only put very little bits of tuna along the way on the tuna juice trail, up to the front of the trap and then very little bits of tuna through the trap to the back of the trap where you leave more tuna on a paper towel..sardines are always great to use as well, and follow the same protocol. In by the heat food must be changed out every hour... do not sit close... you want to be able to see it but you want to make sure your kitty comes in close, things should be very very quiet and if it’s getting dark, lights should be low outside and inside the house; On top of the trap put UNWASHED clothes you have worn, i used a T-shirt and socks and on top of that cover it with a towel that you also used so all these items have your scent on it, making sure not to cover the trap door so that it closes properly; -if this is an indoor/outdoor kitty you can also use the tuna juice trail leading up to a bowl of tuna… This also must be monitored.... - MAKE FLYERS - with a really good pic of your kitty, at the top, write in bold letters “MISSING”, the date went missing, your phone number in big, black, bold letters. Bring flyers to all police station, shelters and vets offices, within a 5 mile radius of your home. If police stations & shelters are further out, bring them further out. Hand out to every single neighbor within a five house radius of your home, give to mail person & all delivery people, FedEx, UPS, Amazon, everyone walking their dogs, they see so much! Put in plastic and staple/attach to telephone poles within a 2 mile radius of your home ..Ask businesses within a 2 mile radius of your home if you can put up in their windows. Ask all local pizzerias if they will tape the flyer to the top of the pizza boxes and ask all other local food businesses if they would put a flyer in their food delivery bags. - IF you have a ring doorbell, check it regularly and if you are connected to your neighbors with ring doorbell’s please notify all of them to be on the lookout for your kitty. -90% OF MISSING INDOOR KITTIES ARE WITHIN A FIVE HOUSE RADIUS OF YOUR HOME, Draw a circle around your home and go out five houses in every direction, this area must be searched thoroughly and knock on every single neighbors door... only people who Your kitty is comfortable with should be searching for her; Everyone should have a BRIGHT flashlight with them at daytime and night time, most missing, kitties are most active at dawn and dusk, as they feel safer, then… search every area calmly, slowly and methodically, getting On your hands and knees to search low and under things…checking every inch, lost kitties can curl up into such tight balls and can get into 3 1/2 inch spaces…look under anything with a tarp on it, pool covers, grill covers, furniture covers, In any kind of a hole or crevice, all the way under porches, Under bushes, in bushes, in trees, all the way underneath sheds, in sewers, water basins, within that five house radius. -ask your neighbors if you can search their properties thoroughly, please check all their garages every square inch. -Go to all local animal shelters at least every 2-3 days and call them on a daily basis..You must go there yourselves because they are overwhelmed and there are Night workers/volunteers that may not realize that your kitty has been brought in.. -DO NOT put a litter box out as it will attract Feral cats & other predators Who will scare your kitty away and it will catch mouse droppings and bird droppings and change the scent. -Go out at night and walk slowly, looking for the shine of your cats eyes with a BRIGHT flashlight, usually they are most active half hour before and after sunrise and sunset.. when you are searching call your kitties name softly and then really listen to see if you can hear him.. remember they are usually within a five house radius... -If this is the only furbaby in the home, and you can, leave your screen door open at night & sit there quietly, you’re kitty may come right in the door (that’s what my neighbors kitty did) or leave a window open that your kitty can come home thru... if you have a garage, leave the garage door open slightly... keep the lights low in and outside your house and keep things inside and outside your house very very quiet, so that he/she does not feel threatened by coming home; -Some kitties come home on their own, some you must search for, and some you must trap with a humane trap… Some kitties who get out Are so terrified they will revert to some feral behavior and hide even though their owner might be very close by and calling...... for these kitties you have to trap them, that’s what I had to do with mine. -Kitties who are indoor/outdoor will also mark their territory with The scent glands from their mouth when they rub their face against a tree, etc. and they also have scent in their paw pads that they will follow to go back home, but when it rains these scents are diminished and then they cannot find their way home because they see in black-and-white & don’t know their home from other homes...That’s why it is imperative to begin searching immediately for them. 2/6/19 - Just received this info from Trish Wright while looking for her kitties: I recently discovered a site called LostMyKitty. They offer a service that does Amber alert phone calls to surrounding houses for a fee. If you decide to use this service, choose the free option first, it then offers the amber alert srvice at 50% off the price. (Thank you Trish!) Keep repeating everything and take all of the suggestions, your sweet baby wants to come home, Keep the faith!! Praying and sharing🙏🏻🙏🏻🐾🐾❤️

Eileen T.

2 months ago

I'm sorry Kiri is missing, have you previously posted that he went missing because April 6 was 4 1/2 months ago. Also, it says exact location, unknown? Can you please clarify the cross streets he was lost from, and edit this post at the top to include that info, otherwise, can you please explain how his exact location is unknown that he was lost from . that will help with potential sightings.. sharing tips separately🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Liz M.

2 months ago

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Kiri is Missing in Newark, NJ

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