Losing your Cat can be a worrying and traumatic time. We hope the following tips and advice will soon help to reunite you with your Cat.
Lost A Cat?
1. Make sure that you have the following information to hand
- Your Address and Telephone Number.
- The date and time that your Cat was last seen.
- The place your cats was last seen.
- Your cats' Name, Sex, Breed, Age and Colour.
- Whether your Cat was wearing a collar and/or ID disc.
- Whether your Cat has been micro-chipped.
- Whether or not your Cat has been neutered or spayed.
- Any distinguishing features.
- Recent photos of your Cat.
2. Please report your cat missing as soon as possible in order to maximise the chances of finding it. You can report it by ringing us on 0345 260 1076 or e-mailing us. If you have a photograph of your cat then you can e-mail this to us and we will include it on the Lost and Found Register.
3. Look in all rooms, cupboards, boxes, large appliances (washing machines, etc), hedgerows, sheds, garages, gardens, lofts and vehicles. Ask your neighbours to do the same.
4. Check the "Lost and Found" section of local newspapers.
5. Contact all local vets to see if your cats has been handed in.
6. Cats do not normally range too far from their home territories so quickly print plenty of "Lost Cat" posters (with a photo and reward if possible) and put them through letterboxes in the local area. Trees and lamp posts may also be used but letterboxes are far more efficient. Also, put the posters in local Vets, Shops, Newsagents, Pubs, Takeaways, Surgeries, Care Homes and other suitable local premises where plenty of people will see them.
7. Contact the RSPCA on (0121) 426 6777 and the Stourbridge Helpline for Petsearch (UK) on (01562) 883 997. Ring the Street Cleansing Department of your local Council as they keep records of all animals they pick up. If you're in the Stourbridge area you can also check http://www.stourbridge.com/htm/lostfound.htm.
8. Register your cat on the below websites. All these sites are FREE.
9. When you do find your cat, please inform any organisations that you told about its disappearance so that they know to stop looking.
Found a Cat?
If you've found a cat, please contact us. You might also consider some or all of the following:
- If the cat is hungry, please feed it.
- If possible, take the cat to a vet who will check for a microchip, and you can ask if anyone has reported a similar cat missing.
- If no microchip is found, you could produce some small "Cat Found" leaflets to be put in newsagents and distributed in the area it was found.
- Register the cat on www.nationalpetregister.org and www.animalsearchuk.com. Both of these websites are FREE.
Doing these things is often very successful in reuniting a cat with its owners and it is important that these procedures are carried out before Cats Protection takes the cat in for re-homing. Once we take in a stray cat, we must keep it for at least 14 days before we can re-home it.