The cat was gone: what to do?

For a start let's understand why in general cats vanish. What can force a domestic cat to leave the house? The first reason — is instincts: instinct of reproduction and hunter's instinct. The cat can go on the street in search of couple or in a pursuit of production. In this case there is a chance that the cat will take a walk and will return, but you should not hope for it: there are many circumstances which can prevent a cat to come back home.

The second reason — is a fright. The cat can be frightened, for example, of loud sounds (we will tell, shots of petards behind a window) or family scandal and to jump out in a window or to jump out at an open door. The third reason — imprudence. Domestic cats who like to sit on a window sill, can not estimate the forces and drop out of a window if the owner did not take care of putting on grid windows.

So, what to do if at you the cat was gone? First of all — not to be idle. Do not wait that the cat will return itself: on its way the set of obstacles, from stray dogs to compassionate people who will want to take away "a poor kitty" to themselves can meet. Therefore for a start carefully examine an entrance and corridors. It is desirable to take with itself a powerful lamp: if the cat hid in a dark corner, you can not notice her simply.

Then it is necessary to look the cellar, on an attic, under windows and in the neighboring houses. By search surely look up: for fear the cat could get above, on pipes, thus the scared animal on your draft "pussycats pussycats" can not respond. Searching you can be helped by a favourite toy of the pet or a delicacy.

If the cat was gone, it is necessary to look for not only in rooms, but also on the street. For a start examine your yard and the nearby yards, do not forget to check bushes and trees: can, the cat for fear got on a tree and cannot get down. Also she could get under the car so it is necessary to check the cars parked in the yard (better with the consent of their owners, of course).

If searches to anything did not lead, ask people, in particular those who spends on the street much time. Children, janitors, pensioners on a shop at an entrance — all of them could see how at you the cat was gone, and to prompt where it is better to look for. And maybe, any kind old woman already sheltered at herself your kitty.

It is also necessary to make announcements in which it is necessary to write that at you the cat was gone, to specify approximate time and a place of loss, special signs of an animal, a nickname on which it responds, your contact information. The photo of a cat and the message that found remuneration is necessary, will increase chances to find your pet.

It is worth not only hanging out announcements on the street, but also to carry in those places where there are many people. Carry them in shops, drugstores, schools, kindergartens, etc. Also surely bring announcements in veterinary clinics and homeless animals shelters — it is possible, your cat got or will get there.

Where still it is possible to address if at you the cat was gone? If an animal thoroughbred — contact the factory owner. Also searching local society of protection of animals can help. Still it is possible to use mass media, first of all — social networks and blogs, city forums and the sites. It is possible to advertize in newspapers and even on local radio and television.

If at you the cat was gone, do not despair. Sometimes right after loss the animal cannot be found, and in some days when the fright passes, the animal gets out of shelter. Therefore your task — not to lower a hand, not to stop searches and to notify as much as possible people on loss.

What to do that at you the cat was not gone? It is desirable to sterilize it (if you have a cat — to castrate), so it will not be torn to the street during a techka. If you plan it to knit in the future, during a techka watch it, do not let out on the street without supervision, and on walk put on a breast-band.

Establish on grid windows (dense and strong), always close an entrance door. And never frighten a cat: in a condition of a stress it can slip out on the street, and you first will not even notice that at you the cat was gone. Watch the pet, then probability of that he will get, decreases.