| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Another cat escape; check your sheds | |
| Posted by: | Ana Herrera | |
| Date/Time: | 03/04/11 11:40:00 |
| Time to put posters around, I reckon, Gordon. Also, You might be luckier if you look for him at night. Advice on missing cats from HAWS website: 'Search the immediate area around your house. Take a food bowl and his biscuit tin to use as a rattle. Call his name, close your eyes (it helps to amplify your own hearing) and wait for a few seconds to listen for his meow or cry – he may be out of sight so give him time. Tell as many people as possible as you search – children are very often the best helpers! Look under cars and under bushes in case he is injured and has crawled to a ‘safe’ place. Place LARGE posters on trees and other suitable places, include a picture. Keep the wording short and concise. Look at the attached example for a template. If you manage to find your animal or he comes home of his own accord, be thoughtful and remove all the posters you have put up – someone else may have lost an animal and need ‘the tree space’! Also it will be a big relief to people who may have been searching, on your behalf, for your cat. Hand out leaflets with more details to local houses, shops, and vets, asking people to check their sheds and garages. Knock at your neighbours doors and ask if YOU can have a look in their garage (sometimes people say they will check, but end up not doing it…). At night when sound carries and it is quiet call his name out and listen for an answering call. Even ‘quiet’ cats can call out if they are in distress or trapped somewhere. If you locate a cat trapped in a garage or outbuilding and it is apparent that the residents have gone away DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORCE ENTRY but contact the police. In the short term people have pushed ice cubes under doors or through letterboxes to provide a source of drinking water. At all times be aware of the damage you may be doing to someone elses property if you act alone and consequently think about your own liability.' Fingers crossed. |