It’s a dreadful situation if a pet would suddenly go missing. But, finding that missing pet is not completely a lost cause with a calm and collected pet owner.
Searching the entire perimeter of your home is the best way to begin the search, only proceeding to a wider search area to include the whole neighborhood if not found within the proximity of your home. A late-night scavenger hunt for the missing pet is the best approach since it is relatively silent at night. This makes it easier to listen for cues such as the cat’s meow that could point to the direction of where the cat might be. Don’t worry about not finding the cat during the initial search, this only means that an intensified search might be necessitated to track down your pet. Don’t give up just yet because cats won’t usually stray far from home. But when they do, one explanation could be that they chased after prey or that they are running away from a predator or feral cat going after them.
Cats that don’t roam around outside would have a lot of difficulties finding their way back home. There could be a chance that your missing cat could be hiding somewhere in the bushes in the neighborhood. The worst-case scenario would be if all efforts have been exhausted for a day and yet the cat remains nowhere to be found. This would be when it’s best to seek help from the animal shelter and hope that someone else might have located your cat and handed them over to the facility.
To increase the chances of being reunited in case your cat gets lost, call your veterinarian Bucks County, PA about having your pet fitted with a microchip.
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