How to Find a Lost Cat

If your cat is lost, all is not lost. Take the following measures to recover her and bring her back home.

Things You'll Need

  • Cardboard Boxes
  • Cat Collars
  • Cat Dishes
  • Cat Foods
  • Cat Toys
  • Catnip
  • Local Newspapers
  • AVID Microchips Animal Tracking Device
  • Identification Tags
  • Fliers
  • Cardboard boxes
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Instructions

    • 1

      Walk very slowly and call out your cat's name. A lost cat will probably not come out of hiding, but will whimper and cry.

    • 2

      Make familiar sounds likely to attract your cat: Shake a box of her favorite dry cat food or open a can.

    • 3

      Search your neighborhood thoroughly late at night, including your old neighborhood if you've recently moved. Be cautious around cars and garbage cans.

    • 4

      Place fliers that give a good description of your cat around your neighborhood.

    • 5

      Check the Found Cats section of the newspaper daily.

    • 6

      Check with your local animal shelter and humane society.

    • 7

      Place familiar-smelling items such as T-shirts you've worn and not washed in a cardboard box, then place the box in your yard, as far away from the house as possible. Regularly check it late at night and early in the morning.