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As the title says, my 4-year-old friend went on her evening stroll in the beginning of August and has been missing ever since. She had been away for a full night many times before but when she didn’t turn up the next evening I got worried. I feel I’ve exhausted my options and I’m now looking for advice on what more I could do.
I apologize in advance if my English sounds weird, I live in Eastern Europe.
What I’ve done so far:
- asked a lot of neighbors around my house and searched their garages/sheds etc
- searched the nearby woods, looking under the bushes and up the trees
- put up posters and flyers to mailboxes
- put up social media posts, I’m following the main lost/found pet groups of my country
- learned to use Snapchat and put a story on the snap map
- check the shelter sites multiple times a day and I also sent them her microchip code in case they find her
- checked the sides of the roads. In my town they notify the local shelter if they find a cat’s body, they said they haven’t found one that matches her description
- put up ad in the local newspaper
- ran an ad in a radio station
- drew out a map of where I’ve searched; where I’ve seen her hang out before; cats/dogs who live in the neighborhood
- put up a wildlife camera on the other side of my (small) town where I got a tip and check it every 1-2 days
I was recently contacted my a psychic-sort of person, she said she can feel her alive but she has lost her way home. I’m usually quite down-to-earth but at that moment I understood why people turn to religion.
I’m feeling hopeless, for 2 months I haven’t been able to think about anything else. I can’t concentrate on work, I’m not the best mom I could be to my two toddlers, and I’m definitely not the best spouse.
I’ve read some threads on the Internet where cats have come back after weeks and months and I’m still hoping she’s out there somewhere but this burden is so heavy. In my country it’s common practice to let cats outside but now I definitely understand why people in the West tend to keep them indoors. We don’t have coyotes or big predators here but there are some foxes. I’ve read though that they’re more likely to prey on mice and don’t tend to attack adult cats.
I read and followed the suggestions in Kimberley Freeman’s book but now I’m starting to feel there’s not much more I can do other than updating the posters and social media posts. I’ve upped her finder’s fee to 500€ which is about half of average monthly salary here so people are quite motivated to help. I received some tips but they were all other cats and most of the tips were quite far from our house.
If anyone has any advice or encouraging stories I would be happy!
Thank you!
I apologize in advance if my English sounds weird, I live in Eastern Europe.
What I’ve done so far:
- asked a lot of neighbors around my house and searched their garages/sheds etc
- searched the nearby woods, looking under the bushes and up the trees
- put up posters and flyers to mailboxes
- put up social media posts, I’m following the main lost/found pet groups of my country
- learned to use Snapchat and put a story on the snap map
- check the shelter sites multiple times a day and I also sent them her microchip code in case they find her
- checked the sides of the roads. In my town they notify the local shelter if they find a cat’s body, they said they haven’t found one that matches her description
- put up ad in the local newspaper
- ran an ad in a radio station
- drew out a map of where I’ve searched; where I’ve seen her hang out before; cats/dogs who live in the neighborhood
- put up a wildlife camera on the other side of my (small) town where I got a tip and check it every 1-2 days
I was recently contacted my a psychic-sort of person, she said she can feel her alive but she has lost her way home. I’m usually quite down-to-earth but at that moment I understood why people turn to religion.
I’m feeling hopeless, for 2 months I haven’t been able to think about anything else. I can’t concentrate on work, I’m not the best mom I could be to my two toddlers, and I’m definitely not the best spouse.
I’ve read some threads on the Internet where cats have come back after weeks and months and I’m still hoping she’s out there somewhere but this burden is so heavy. In my country it’s common practice to let cats outside but now I definitely understand why people in the West tend to keep them indoors. We don’t have coyotes or big predators here but there are some foxes. I’ve read though that they’re more likely to prey on mice and don’t tend to attack adult cats.
I read and followed the suggestions in Kimberley Freeman’s book but now I’m starting to feel there’s not much more I can do other than updating the posters and social media posts. I’ve upped her finder’s fee to 500€ which is about half of average monthly salary here so people are quite motivated to help. I received some tips but they were all other cats and most of the tips were quite far from our house.
If anyone has any advice or encouraging stories I would be happy!
Thank you!