Lost Cats Found and Reunited

“Rosie” is back home again after “5” days missing!

VERY good news! Little Rosie girl is home safe and seems healthy and uninjured! This morning we got a phone call from the neighbor who let us put the trap in their little backlot area – we had caught a cat that matched her description. Kelly and I both went over and quickly realized it was the same larger male look-alike that has caused at least 5 different people to call us thinking it was her. We turned the poor guy loose and went back home hopeful to try again. Not even 30 minutes later the buzzer for the front door of our building rings… its the super.

“Your cat… I think its in unit #145!”

I rush down and I follow him into the unoccupied bottom floor apartment for 145 jackson (next set of units over from ours). He said he saw her run under the partially assembled floor cabinets in the kitchen. Kelly stays put and I run grab my flashlight. On returning to the empty apartment I shine the light in and sure enough… there is our little one tucked away back in the corner. We coax her out by shaking a small tupperware thing full of her dry food! It turns out that the cleaning crews often leave the front and back doors open while cleaning so its very possible she had been in there this whole time.

Kelly is taking her to the vet as we speak, but besides being extremely hungry and thirsty I think she is OK.

I can’t even begin to tell you how instrumental you were in keeping us thinking positive and staying hopeful throughout this ordeal. What a wonderful thing you do for people! I will give you a call again later this evening to lather on even more praise and I am sure Kelly would like to thank you as well – this has all been extremely difficult for her too.

Jarrod

After slipping out the door –
And surviving freezing cold temperatures – “Yogi” is back inside after “27” days!!!

Lisa,

Thanks for having faith when I lost mine.

Yogi must have slipped out the door on Jan 15^th, one of the coldest days we had in a few years with highs only in the low teens. I was gone all day and into the evening. I noticed him missing on the morning of Jan 16^th when it was zero degrees outside. I had my doubts that an unacclimated cat could survive the cold weather. It warmed up over the weekend into the 40s but no sign of Yogi.

I contacted Lisa on January 21^st. She had me making flyers and talking to neighbors. She said she believed he was still alive and would survive the cold. The next few weeks were filled with hopes and letdowns and had lots of dark cold nights. On February 7^th after 22 days, I gave up hope that he would ever be found and surrendered completely to my grief. Lisa still had faith that he would surface.

On February 10^th the temperature reached 70 degrees. My next door neighbor called and left a message that he saw a cat matching Yogi’s description on their deck and again later in their yard. I left work a little early and searched their yard with no luck. I searched again around sunset and found him crouched behind the air conditioner. There was great joy in recovering Yogi. He lost weight from 16 lbs down to about 11 lbs but seems to be OK.
He is happy to be home again and is back in his favorite chair.

Thanks again

Dave
St. Louis, MO

“27” Days Lost Outside –
“Sasha” falls for the “garage” trap and is now safe inside!

Nicole and family
Gorham, Maine

Displaced after escaping from a vehicle – missing for “42” days – “Goldie” is reunited with her owners!

Dear Lisa,
I found Goldie! I had just made another trip into the area and distributed flyers on Friday. I think I saw Goldie outside someone’s house then, but she wouldn’t come to me. I went to someone else’s house nearby, and she showed up THERE on Saturday, probably following MY scent (?).
She finally made it to some people’s houses! She would have starved to death!
The nice woman and her husband called the name on their flyer, and Goldie responded and walked into their house. They sent me pictures, but the thing that identified her was her behavior, and the woman being sensitive to her behavior. They kept her for hours, bought a cat carrier and some food, and met me at a gas station late Saturday night, and we took her home.
When we let her out of the carrier, she was just skin and bones! She was sick, so I took her to the emergency vet, where they said she was going to be fine, she was just starving. I had to monitor her intake of food and give her LOTS of attention.
She’s happy to be home. She’s a little traumatized, but she’s going to be OK.
Thank you so much for your help. I wanted to tell you that just TALKING to you gave me the strength to keep looking for her. I was thinking that it was a hopeless situation, because of the vast amount of woods where she escaped at. Talking to you kept my sanity and made me realize that it was NOT a hopeless case! Thank you again.

Cori W.
Slidell, Louisana

“Lucas” is found –
After “3” days missing!

Thank you for getting back to me – I have good news, Lucas was found and is now safe and sound at home. You are right about them moving around day 3 – that’s the night he was found peeking inside a neighbor’s back sliding door. He was on the far end of our own development and he was indeed hungry to say the least.

We did the posters, walked the neighborhoods, all the usual stuff. But for us we were fortunate to belong to a Home Owner’s Association,all connected by e-mail. So the fact that I was able to alert the 100+ homes in my development with a picture was the key for us. The neighbor who saw him knew we were missing a cat and had a description of him and therefore alerted us promptly. Had we not had the e-mail communication, he would have just thought it was another wild critter taking a peek since his house is at the end of the development near some wooded areas and it is not unusual to see wildlife and outdoor cats prowling around the area.

Again, thank you for the information, we will keep it on hand heaven forbid anyone we know should ever need your services.

Sincerely,

Linda

Indoor-only kitty escapes out an open door!
“Tigger” is found after “4” days missing!

(Found October 5, 2008)

Debbie K.
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

“Larry” returns home after
missing for “3” long days!

Guess what?? Larry’s home!!!! 🙂
I was cooking dinner and just happened to glance out the window.. there he was!
We took all of your advice and are pretty sure that it was the tuna juice spray bottle and feeding stations that brought our dear Larry home. I can’t begin to thank you enough! You were so helpful with all of your wonderful and original suggestions and most of all you gave us hope and something to do.

Larry and all of us are eternally grateful and will recommend you to all of our friends!
I’m attaching a picture of Larry in case you want to use him as a success story.
Larry says thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Jenny L.
Creston, Iowa

Breaking out of her harness – “Paysley” endured the outside for “22” days!

Welcome Home “Paysley”!

Thank you so much for your time, your counseling and your expertise!
I would not have made it through all of this without your guidance, compassion and wisdom.

You are an angel,

Michelle D.
Old Lyme, Connecticut

Indoor-only kitty escapes out an open door!
“Tigger” is found after “4” days missing!

(Found October 5, 2008)

Debbie K.
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

“Jango” is found – After “22” days missing!

Thank you Lisa, for all your advice and support.
I will recommend you to everyone that has a lost cat!

Thank you again,

Leslie M.
Aberdeen, South Dakota

“47” days missing – “Cinder Fella” is finally sighted and gets into the humane trap!

Hi Lisa,

First of all I have to say THANK YOU. You are the only one who gave me hope that my Cinder Fella would survive this long being away from home even though he is a inside cat and never caught a mouse or anything before. I was giving up hope and you helped me to realize that maybe something instinctual would kick in to help him survive until I could find him.

As it turns out, yesterday at about 4 the neighbors called and left a message on our home number that Cinder was in the trap. HE IS SOOOO HAPPY TO BE HOME, his is talking up a storm, rubbing up against everything, following me around the house. He even meowed a few times last night when I was letting the dogs outside. I think he was saying “Don’t go out there, you may not find your way back”. He stayed far away from the door. I am extremely happy too. The only one not happy is the other cat that we have. She is glaring at him, hissing and growling a lot at him. I hope this changes. Again, thank you for all you help.

Karen
Franksville, WI

“Lucky” gets lucky after hitching a ride – “27 ” days missing……he’s back home again!

Lucky must have been on someone’s truck which drove up to that area and he must have started wandering until he found her house where he settled in to get food and water.We may never find out what really happened, so we just count our blessings to have Lucky back with us in our family. Our cat Tiger is also content that everything is ‘normal’ again. He was quite confused and felt a bit lonely over the last few weeks.Lucky_on_chair

Lisa – your encouragement surely helped us holding on when we were close to losing hope for Lucky’s return. I am also so proud of Muk that he continued on diligently with every single effort while I was overseas. We had sighting calls that had him camp out at 4 am a few times, as you recall from his updates.

Right now I am sitting in our garden typing this email, with Lucky sitting across from me in his favorite porch chair. What else can I possibly ask for?

I remember the saying: ‘Happiness is a warm kitten in your lap’. Well make that a few pounds more for two fully grown boys, but the joy just increases 🙂

Thanks for all your help and great motivation – we hope that we won’t need your help again, but will be sure to recommend you to anybody else who has a need!

Ina
Las Vegas, Nevada

After missing “7” long days – “Buster”, an indoor kitty, is finally found!

I found my cat Buster today after searching for 7 days. Thank you for all the information, links and support on your website. The success stories really kept me going when I got discouraged. Thanks again,

Darlene H.
Pleasant Prairie, WI

“Demona” – an indoor only kitty is found after missing for “3” days!

My family and I would like to tell you how grateful we are for all your expert advice and help! All our hope was lost, your reassurance and support was much needed. I wish everybody that lost a pet dear to them was aware of you and your services. Demona was missing four nights and three days until we were reunited with her, you have helped my family in our time of extreme need and we are forever grateful.

thanks for all you do!

Tina, Colorado springs, CO

Missing for “30” days – “Diva Muffin” is finally found!

Sincerely,

Safiya M.
Columbia, SC

“31” days missing – “Wally” beats the odds and finds his way back home!

He is the kitty that inadvertently got out the back door when the screen door wasn’t fastened correctly. (He is 14 years old, declawed on all 4 feet, missing many teeth due to dental disease issues, and under chemotherapy for intestinal lymphoma and we live on a wooded lot, with owls and fox evident if you look.)

I had given up on ever seeing him again. On Friday, I had just finished writing all my thank you’s to all of the neighbors, friends, well-wishers that called after seeing his lost ad in the paper, etc. I had changed his medical records in our hospital computer to “deceased” on May 30. My son was walking by the patio door and heard a meow, and went out to investigate, and THERE HE WAS–very skinny (had lost 3 pounds and he was underweight to start with) and very much our beloved Wally.

He seems to be in decent shape given his circumstances. We started him back on food and water orally slowly, gave him two days worth of subcutaneous fluids, and have subjected him to almost constant company, loving his very bony body. He is purring and meowing up a storm. I think somehow he must have been with someone else for at least part of the time. He wasn’t as dirty as he should have been given all of the rain, hail, cold temps, etc that he would have been subjected to if he had been outdoors all of this time.

We will probably never know his whole story but he certainly is a lesson in perseverance. I had given up….my kids now will tease me forever that it is a good thing that I hadn’t put the memorial stone I had gotten for him in the garden quite yet! He will need it some day I am sure and he will be buried under it with dignity.

Thanks for your support and all of your suggestions. I will add this chapter to my lengthy book that I will never have time to write. This one has a very happy ending and I thought you would like to hear of our fun news.

Thanks for what you do to reunite lost cats with their owners. The rewards must be outstanding!

Sincerely,

Pamela Ogden, DVM
Eau Claire, WI

“Pounder” is found after missing “6” days!

Rilee & Dike
Wilmette, IL

Indoor only kitty – trapped after missing “12” days!

Furball is home!!!!! This morning, she was in the front trap we’d placed under the bathroom window where she’d last been seen. She’s pretty mangy, much thinner, and one of her back feet looks a bit odd but otherwise she’s in good shape! We’re taking her to the vet in the morning to be thoroughly checked out.

Thank you SO much for all your help! We’re so glad she is finally back home!

Betsy & Jim
Glen Allen, VA

“2” days later – “Jaxon” finds his way home!

Thanks so much for your information and support. Jaxon came home in the middle of the night last night. Other than being hungry, thirsty, covered in fleas and VERY tired, he is good. Nothing that food, water, advantage, lots of kisses and some good sleep won’t cure! (see attached photo~priceless!) I will save your information and let others at Veterinary Medicine – University of Florida know about you. Although I didn’t need your services for longer term, I was going to give it a shot if need be. Thanks again…keep up the good work!

Lauren

Program Assistant
University of Florida
College of Veterinary Medicine
Center for Environmental & Human Toxicology

After “6” days missing – “Hunter” is back home safe!

Thank you so much for your help, God bless you,

Brandon Rockhold
Colorado

Patricia Returns Home!!!

Well we did everything you said, litter outside, smelly food outside, my husband just came home from work, saw the food was eaten, opened the door and In came Patricia looking pretty as ever.

I would not have known to do the things you suggested and your knowledge also gave me great confidence that she was okay and would come home.

I have already told everybody about you and if I ever hear of anyone with the same problem I will send them your way. It was the best money I spent all year.

God bless good luck and be well.

Sincerely,

Eileen, Joey, Margie, Danny & Jamie Latona and also Patricia’s feline brother Allen and our dog Buddy!

Welcome Home “Max”!!!
Found after 27 days locked in a garage.

Thank you so much for your encouragement on the phone to Darcy and me during the 27 days our kitty was missing.
I did nothing else for 2 weeks but look for him, make posters for telephone poles, notify the pound, pet hospitals, pet shops etc.
I also made fliers for our own neighborhood-50 houses two times and encouraged our neighbors to look in their garages and dead spaces. We had everyone notified that we could think of. We even tried the humane trap with tuna and litter box outside trick. Everyone got to know who Max was and who we are, were so encouraged. We live next door to a one acre jungle. I searched under every leaf so many times. Each time coming home so discouraged. After 3 weeks we just knew we would never see him again. He was an indoor kitty but had run out a few times when the door got left open. He just went next door to eat grass near our house in the jungle but I would always find him. We couldn’t believe he would go farther and everyone would say “he’s probably within 3-4 houses”. Well, one evening about 5:00pm our 85 year old neighbor, with the jungle, just happened to go out to her garage. It is always closed up and full of storage, not cars. She saw a grey kitty, closed the door and called us. We dropped what we were doing and ran right over and could hear his cries. It sounded like Max. After 27 days, we were afraid to get our hopes up. She came and opened up the door and we couldn’t believe our eyes, it was our Max. He had gone from 18 pounds to 11 and he was very weak and we’ll never know what he ate, if anything, maybe bugs or mice. We did have some rainfall and hopefully some water crept under the garage door, we’ll never know. But he’s putting on weight gradually and doing very well and our house is so happy again with him back. He even seems to be even more of a people kitty, always wanting to be loved.
Thank the Lord! We don’t think he could have lasted much longer and thank all the people who were helping and let us look through their yards. It truly is a miracle after 27 days.

Darcy and Kenneth P.

Three more lost cats FOUND!!!

“Rio” confirms that “Elaine” is definitely in the immediate area –
hiding very well!

After zipping out the door – “Elaine” is back inside after missing for “12” days!

Just wanted you know, we got Elaine five days after you did the search!

Our neighbor 3 houses south called this morning and said she thought that Elaine was up in her tree. Kevin ran down there and confirmed it was her! She was about 30 feet up, though. We called and called and she was talking to us, but we couldn’t get her to come down. A friend of ours called a tree company, and the guy happened to be close by. He came over with his climber and they got her down!!!!

She is SO skinny – but appears to be fine otherwise. I’m taking her in to our vet in the morning.

Thank you for all your help – we’re so thankful she’s home safe now!

Lynne & Kevin H.
Lithia, Florida

Found after missing for “3” days and being hit by a car!
“Will” is back home and is expected to make a complete recovery!

Walter B.
Cleveland, Tennessee

“Cody” – An indoor only, Maine Coon mix is found after “2” days missing!

Thank you so much for your help. My husband, Jeffrey, and I felt a lot more optomistic after getting your suggestions and helpful information on the nature of cats when they get lost. Cody is a little sore and I’m taking him to the vet tomorrow to get checked out. He has been sleeping most of the time but is obviously very happy to be home.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Betsy
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Missing for “8” days –
“Sannibel” finds her way back home!

Thank you so much for helping me get my kitty back!

Sannibel was lost on Nov. 2, and after leaving wet food on the back porch every day, she finally came home to eat yesterday, Nov. 10. Thanks for offering helpful information to any cat-lover in need. Your site was a great help!

Leanne
New Bedford, MA

Indoor only kitty escapes out front door – Missing for “4” days –
“Boo Boo” is found in neighbor’s backyard!

Boo was hiding in our neighbors’ back yard. We went looking for him at night with a flashlight. He bolted and ran under a car. We lost him for a bit, but found him burrowed under some bushes a few houses down. we tried to coax him out, but again he ran. He was so freaked out!! Then we cornered him under a neighbors’ front deck. It was built so that he could only enter/exit one way. So we had to stomp on the deck to get him out. I caught him in my arms when he tried to run out from under the deck. He was still pretty disoriented and didn’t “recognize” us until we got him home. Now he is one HAPPY kitty. Purring and relaxing away. We are so elated!!!

Thank you so much….

Nik
Bellevue, Washington

Missing for “2” days – Found up a tree
“Tabbers” is home!

Last night, I called Tabbers for about the 100th time, and this time he answered. He was 30 feet up a neighbor’s tree 2 houses down! We think he had been there for the whole 50 hours after being chased by a neighbor’s dog, including during a 10 hour rainstorm. The homeowner was an electrician with a long ladder, so he and my husband got him down quickly, and he seems fine. The first thing he wanted was to go back outside!

Thank you so much for your help. Even though I had scoured the neighborhood, your information on friendly cats kept me calling him from our yard and I had put out food and clothes with our scent to entice him.

Sincerely,

Emily S.
Fairfield, Connecticut

Welcome Home “Angel”

Missing for “6” days after getting spooked
by the screen door –
“Angel” is FOUND!!!

As you know, Angel is now home and safe in her bed. I am watching her wash her face like nothing ever happened. Six very long days missing and with her disabilities I didn’t think she could make it out there. She dragged herself to our door as a stray with a broken back a year and a half ago. It took months of daily exercise/therapy to get her on all fours again. While she got around ok in the house I wasn’t so sure she could survive on the outside and I knew how scared she had to be out there. When she showed up Wednesday in our own yard I was so excited, even though she went to hide behind/under our shed, at least I knew where she was, or so I thought! Having a neighbor, that lives five houses down, call on Friday to say she was in her yard was quite a surprise. And scared she was, hiding under her platform deck too terrified to come out.

The trap and Jack Mackeral did the trick. You were right, she never left the neighborhood and thank God she didn’t, as you know we live in a very populated and industrial area. Your techniques are solid advice and your patience and support were much needed during this trying time. Thank you again for all your encouragement.

Keep up the good work! And, may God Bless you always.

Peggy
Bayonne, New Jersey

Displaced and Hiding –
“Bago” is found after missing “8” days!

I wrote to you this morning to thank you, and now I’m writing again to say I found my cat! With the information you gave me about displaced cats, I realized there was a pretty good chance that Bago was in a little storeroom under the porch–it’s just the kind of place he likes to hide–even though he didn’t come out when we went there and called several days ago. So tonight I went right outside the door with a bowl of wet catfood and a spoon, and just mushed it around a bit and let the spoon clink on the bowl, and just after I set it out I heard a definite “meow” and then Bago came out and ate. I talked to him really quietly, and after a while I tried petting him and he let me, so I grabbed him around the middle and ran back inside!

He’s here right now, whining and complaining as if this is all our fault. And I have never heard a sweeter sound.

“Thank you” doesn’t really do it justice, but: thank you. So much.

Els Kushner
Burnaby, BC, Canada

After “4” days missing –
“Toby” is found inside, in the window of a vacant apartment!

Here’s a picture of Toby. If it helps anyone…….. he once got lost for three weeks and animal control found him w/ no tail. So don’t give up to soon when searching for a lost cat.

Thank you so much again, your every kitty’s angel.

Tara S.

Two more found on October 29, 2007

“Baby Girl” is back home after missing for “5” days!

I will recommend many to your site.

Thank you so much for your help,

Angela
Haddonfield, NJ

After “7” days missing –
“Charlie” is FOUND!!!

Charlie was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) back in February. This means that the left ventricle in his heart is both hardened and enlarged. He additionally suffered seizures from the lack of blood flow to his brain from HCM. Since then doctors have put him on 3 types of medicines for life, two times a day.

We had just moved on Oct. 1^st and Charles got out of the house one night not to be seen for 7 long days. Not only did we not have any idea where he went, but the clock was ticking for the sake of his heart. And to make my own heart sink even more, the 5th day brought us cold weather with temps in the 30’s at night and nearly 36 hours of straight rain. As the days crept by I didn’t want to give up hope, but the thought of his heart shutting down and possibly preventing any survival skills to remain sharp for him was a difficult one to bear. Thanks to Lisa’s great encouragement and intellect on cat behavior and providing a solid to-do check list, the very next sunny day when good ol’ Charles showed face a neighbor had seen our bright orange posters and knew to phone us. What’s more is when we arrived to pick him up, he was in great shape! Skinny and clearly tired, his heart and lungs couldn’t have been better, much to the surprise of even the vet when I phoned them in my own disbelief!

 Lisa you were so instrumental on getting him home and a great person to talk to when such a loved one “vanishes”. There needs to be more people like you in the world.

When he first got home…the first thing he laid on was the left over orange poster board that was actually used for the sign that got him home….next to a copy of the picture we used on it too!

Best wishes to you and everyone who ever needs to do a search for someone,

Sheila, Dan & Charles,
Boulder, Co

Missing for “4” days – After escaping out a back door –
“Bullet” is back home!

Thank you for your help and advice in the return of our lost boy, “Bullet”!
He won’t be escaping again!

Molly
St. Louis, MO

Scared and hiding for “10” days – “Sunny” finally breaks his silence!

Best possible news – Sunny showed up this morning at 5am as husband was leaving for work. He is happy and healthy and trying to meow alot and tell us his tale.

He is also under house arrest…… 🙂

Ok – Here he is, home, happy and safe. Take your pick- let me know when he’s up and we will check out our famous kitty.

Thanks so much for your help.