I have not been able to find my cat..help!!!!

Hello my name is Darlene Arreola and i just moved 3 weeks ago to a new city  thats only about 10 minutes away from where i use to live and along with us moved our indoor/outdoor cat Fibie. I kept her in for a week and on her own she decided it was time for her to go out. I let her out in the back yard and she sniffed around and then i brought her back in and 2 days later she was crying to go out so i figured she was ready. That same day we were scheduled to pick up our new puppy and I waited for Fibie to come home so i can introduce her to Abby and she never came back. I have tried the new neighbors, I posted flyers, i have been vistiting 2 surrounding animal shelters and go on to their web site daily and still nothing. I feel horrible and sooo sad. Im thinking maybe I made a mistake by adopting a puppy to soon. Do you think she did come back but smelled the puppy and ran away?

Desperatley Seeking Fibie ( Darlene)

That's possible, but not especially likely.  More likely is that she got lost, or someone took her inside, or she got hurt, or she got scared, ran in a panic, and then couldn't find her way back. 

If you look through the messages here, you'll find lots of suggestions, such as putting some food by the door, sitting on a well-worn and unwashed T shirt or other article of clothing, so she'll recognize your smell.

If you look for her at night, with a flashlight, you may see her eyes glowing more easily.

Also, if you have any contact with old neighbors, ask them to look out for her. Cats have an amazing sense of direction and she may have tried to go back home. Our RB kitty, Sami, once escaped from the vet and found her way home, which was a 15 minute highway drive away. Took her 2-3 days. Post on sites for lost pets in your area too.

Hope you find your girl!

Thank you for respoding so quickly....I will put one of my used t-shirts out, i already sprinkled her used litter around the front of my house and at the corner of the block and left her litter box in the back yard so she can smell her scent. I have kept in touch with my old neighbors and i even talked to the family who moved in my old apartment and gave her a picture and my number. I still go by there at the time Fibie knew i was coming home. I was thinking if she was traveling to our old home she would have to pass by Rose Hills Cemetary. I called maintenance and asked them if they have found any living or deceased cats because there is coyotes that rome that area. They said the only thing they found was a skunk. I cry for her every day but not infront of my kids but this morning i herd a cat crying and i jumped up and yelled " Its Fibie!" and it turned out to be Animal Planet on tv. I couldnt help it i started to bawl. My heart was lifted and quickly dropped.....thanks again you guys, im not giving up.

Darlene

Desperatley Seeking Fibie

Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry to hear your kitty is lost, I'm sending up a prayer that she will return soon & unharmed!

Thanks so much I really appreciate it : ]

I feel so bad for you. I'd be beside myself with worry.

If you read the threads regarding lost cats on this forum, you'll find that some people had success using humane traps, with irresistible bait. Sometimes these traps can be borrowed from shelters, rescues, vets, or TNR groups.

Lots of prayers and that your kitty comes home safe and sound VERY SOON!!!

Please keep us posted, because we care.

Robin

I will....I'm going to one of the shelters today to see if they have her. The only thing I hate is having to look on their deceased animal list. I will give you an update soon. Thanks again I really need the support and prayers.\

Darlene

Desperately Seeking Fibie

You  have possibly already done this, but a couple of other suggestions are contact all the vet clinics in your area, and place lost pet ads in the local newspapers and community bulletin boards.

Sending lots of that you find Fibie again very soon.  Please update us.  Good luck!!!!

well it has been about a month in a half and still no Fibie....I have not given up,  I still miss her sooo much : (  but I decided to foster a momma cat and her kitttens. Im suppose to keep one of the kittens but im not sure if im ready for that because im still hurting over Fibie and im afraid that she will come back and not want to stay because of another cat in her territory, plus a new puppy to top it off? Please give me some advise.

OH I am so sorry to read about you losing your Fibie I did not see this a month ago. But here is an a link with some information that might be helpful for you, hun http://www.lost-pets.org/content/view/3/1/ I really hope that your Fibie will be found and returned to you. I am so sorry. I think fostering will help soothe you during this time and you are doing a great thing by doing so. I am wondering if she is trying to find her "old" territory. Hope the article helps with some ideas for you. :cross:

Thanks I will certainly look 2 this site.....I will keep you guys posted : )

how do i post this on facebook?

Facebook is unlikely to help as whilst it has a lot of members, that's still a small minority of people.

Hopefully your cat has a microchip.  Have you rung all the shelters in your area?  And kept ringing, especially if your cat doesn't have a chip?  And the local vets?  Dunno about the US, but in the UK they just about all scan for chips now, and so does my vet when it gets a cat brought in, dead or alive.  I've got a cat back because he had a chip.

Did you leaflet round where you live now, and round where you lived?  I've got a cat back with a leaflet in the shop in the village.

Can you put a free ad 'cat lost' in your local newspapers?  On Gumtree?  On any local web resources?

In the UK we also ring the council refuse department as they keep records of dead cats they recover. 

Unfortunatly she was not chipped. I look on the county shelter sites everyday, it shows you the  pictures of the animals just found. I have called all vets in the area I lived and in the area i live now wich is only 8 minutes away. I have posted flyers all over the areas, I place ads in the pennysaver but Im not sure where to find a counsel refuse department? I still drive around with her picture and ask people who are walking along the way. I have sprinkled her litter, left out my dirty clothes so she can sniff her way home. I feel exausted but im not giving up. I feel that someone has her against her will and one day she will get out and find her way home. The shelters told me that there are alot of coyotes where i live but i asked the neighbors and they all say they have not seen any maybe because there are lots of big dogs in the yards.

Just mega vibes for you Fibie.... I think you are covering all the bases and I do hope that she will be found, or make her way back home to you. :cross:

Thanks a bunch for all the help from you all ...I will keep you  posted.

Darlene Arreola said:

Thanks a bunch for all the help from you all ...I will keep you  posted.

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Please do, hun. Mega vibes again for your Fibie :rub:

Hello,

well I still have not found Fibie  but still not giving up. I feel like a regular at the baldwin park shelter but in visiting looking for Fibie, I ended up rescuing a mama cat and her three kittens by fostering them for a kitty rescue. I ended up keeping one kitten. My daughter named him Prince and he's all black with grayish green eyes. He is about 9 weeks old and we also adopted a 3 month old puppy that is half Argentine Dogo and half Pitbull, we named him Duke. So now we have Abby our 5 in half old beagle, Duke and Prince. Prince loves to attack the pups and they also try to play back but I watch them very closely cause both pups are breeded for hunting and not sure if their instincs will take over and hurt the little guy. I still miss Fibie sooo much. If she comes back I will want to give her so much love so she won't feel jealous or like she doesnt belong there anymore. I dont feel a coyote has got her like people say probably happened, my family and I feel that someone caught her,feel in love with her and doesnt want to let her go.

Maybe she did not realize this was her new home yet.  Sending prayers your way that she finds her way back to her new home.