West Seattle, Washington
05 Wednesday
Hi a few suggestions that do work
Target/Physical search: meaning Search your property with a high power flash light even during the day check under decks, bushes, and tress/roofs places a cat can hide and/or get shut in.
If you saw T escaped outside then you know for sure he is not in the house but if you didn’t actually see T leave the house I would definitely research the house.
Very Important is for you do a Physical search of your neighbor’s yards. Get permission from your neighbors to search their yards w/ a high power flash light and look for every possible area where your pet may be hiding. A search for an “indoor cat” would include a 3 house radius of your house and fan out from there if you don’t find him in a couple of days.
Important to know about a cats threshold meaning the length of time a cat will stay in hiding before venturing out to look for food could be any where from 2 to 3 days or 7 to 10 days depending on the cats personality.
cats will hide in silence and they’re good at it.
Put up large neon posters within several blocks of point of escape.
To be effective, make your neon posters out of the largest sheet of fluorescent poster board you can find. Use a black Magic Marker and write “REWARD” at the top and “LOST CAT” at the bottom. Use a sheet protector to put your 8×11 flyer in using clear packing tape & tape the sheet protector in the center of the large neon poster. You poster flyer should consist mostly of a picture of your cat and your phone number. Make sure you write down each sighting, callers name, date & time of day the sighting came in.
Get flyers to all the local vets, pet stores, your shelter, and create a craigslist ad
good luck
Pet Detective
good news can you share any details? did he just come home? or did you find him.
thanks PD
We set out a humane trap on our deck last night and at about 2:30 am Tyrone was caught. He came out of the trap purring and we were all very happy and relieved, thank you for your tips PD,
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