Help! My Cat Escaped!

Everyone who has an indoor cat, dreads the day this might happen. The good news is that cats normally stay closer to home than you think.

Here are 12 Tips if your indoor cat has disappeared.

1. Don't panic. Freaking out will not help you and may scare your cat!

   Sit down, take a deep breath and think about where he was the last time you saw him. Check around that area.

   
   

2. Search indoors first. As you know, cats are masters at creative hiding. My cat, Lily had me completley confounded until I saw a slight budge in the side of the couch. I touched it and the "bulge" meowed! She had crawled up inside the hollow arm I didn't know it had. Really.

   
   

3. Search around the outside of your house or apartment. Most indoor cats are not happy to be outdoors and may be hiding under a bush or the car, the deck, or anything next to the house or garage.

   
   

4. Use a soft voice. Although yelling for your dog will likely work, yelling for your cat could make her hunker down or run away.

   
   

5. Check during dawn or dusk. These are a cat's natural active times, so she may be moving around then and looking for another safe space or even your door.

   

6. Put out something he really likes in a bowl by the door. Tuna, salmon, warm roast chicken -- something that smells good and he'll find hard to resist.

   
   

7. Make a sign with pictures, name, age, etc., and post it in the neighborhood and talk to your neighbors so they can keep an eye out or help.

   
   

8. Notify your local shelter, share your sign with them and your cat's license number and/or microchip number. Keep checking back with them, don't wait for them to call.

   
   

9. Share on all your media -- Facebook, Instagram and expecially any local neighborhood pages like Nextdoor.

   
   

10. Contact an Animal Communicator who specailzes in locating lost animals. That's not me. I currently refer to Nita Gomez and Melinda Davidson of Last Chance Locators

    
    

11. Stay Postive and don't plead with her to come home. The energy of pleading and worrying will litterally push her away and make it more difficult for her to come home. Instead, invite her home. Visualize her home safe and sound, tummy full, sleeping on her favorite spot or purring on your lap. Send her the message, "I'm here when you're ready to come home where you're safe and loved."

    

12. Be patient and don't give up. Many cats have been on "walkabouts" and come home after months. Keep inviting, visualizing your safe, happy home and beaming out your love for her.

Once she's back and you'd like to know where she was and what adventures she's had, let's do a communication session. She'll learn how much you missed her and how grateful you are that she came home safely. You'll get to learn more about your beloved friend and how she sees her world now.

With Love, Your Voice of Animals,

Kate

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