West Seattle, Washington
23 Tuesday
Hi a few suggestions that do work
For indoor only cats that escape outside most of the time they are hiding very close by the point of escape. I would suggest getting a high power flash light even during the day and search for her.
It’s important to know about a cat’s threshold meaning the length of time a cat will stay in hiding before venturing out to come back home if possible or to look for food could be any where from 2 to 3 days or 7 to 10 days depending on the cats personality.
Typical for indoor only cat a 3 house radius search is recommend.
Cats will hide in silence and they’re good at it and may not come to their name because
they’re not in a relax stable frame of mind they’re in hidding.
1st suggestion To rule out your property would be to do a 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. Also making sure he’s not stuck somewhere in the house if you didn’t see him escape.
NEXT Very Important is to 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 Yeti, may be hiding. Your neighbors will most likely not get on their hands and knees and look for Yeti,and if he is locked in something even if they open it up it doesn’t mean he’ll run out at that very moment.
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
Other tools: camera, humane trap, and bait stations
good luck
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