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Lost My New Cat In The House?
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I just got my first cat about four hours ago, and Ive already lost it. I have looked everywhere in my house. Ive looked under the bed, couch, behind all the doors, behind the washing machine, and about every other small space in my house. My cat is pretty big and its about two years old. Help?
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In my house opening a bag of 'Dreamies' cat treats produces cats out of nowhere. (I've got 5 of them). As long as you're sure that there's absolutely no way that your new friend can have got out of the house, don't worry. Just leave some food out and sooner or later he/she will turn up; they always do!
20:34 Sat 07th Feb 2015
In my house opening a bag of 'Dreamies' cat treats produces cats out of nowhere. (I've got 5 of them).
As long as you're sure that there's absolutely no way that your new friend can have got out of the house, don't worry. Just leave some food out and sooner or later he/she will turn up; they always do!
As long as you're sure that there's absolutely no way that your new friend can have got out of the house, don't worry. Just leave some food out and sooner or later he/she will turn up; they always do!
We lost ours in a new house, could hear it but not find it for a couple of days. Eventually we recalled that we'd lifted a trap door in an understairs cupboard when we first moved in, being nosey. Sure enough, he shot out much aggrieved, none the worse but very hungry. Good luck, as others have said, put food out.
Having been a devoted guardian of cats for most of my 6½ decades, I've always found that there is a very useful thing you can learn to do, if you haven't tried it already. Purse your dampened lips very tightly, allowing a very small quantity of air to remain in your mouth. Flatten your tongue vertically so that it forms the back of a triangle with your upper and lower sets of front teeth, and pull the air back, allowing a forced intake of air though your tight lips, making a sound like air escaping from the restricted neck of a balloon (sounds more complicated than it really is, but it's flippin' hard to describe!) If you can't master that sound, I suppose you could try abusing some balloons - that's a sentence I never thought I'd write!
Many people either don't know how to do this, or are too embarrassed to be heard doing it - but the noise you make is an absolutely guaranteed rallying call to all cats.
My mother used to do this all the time, and our dear cat Dinky would always come running from wherever he happened to be lurking in seconds, and all the cats I've ever had have always responded likewise. Once you've got them to associate that high-pitched 'squeakle' with you, you'll never lose them, as long as they're within range - and the range can be very extensive.
Regular practice will gradually improve your technique, and as you learn how to crank up the volume, you'll be surprised to see not only your cat, but others in the neighbourhood suddenly appearing from gardens well away up the street! (But a word of caution: try to ensure that the street has no traffic flow when you make the call, or cats may just come bolting out of gardens on the other side of the road, so fascinated by the sound that they run into the path of a moving car).
Good luck with finding your cat - I'm sure he'll turn up before too long.
Many people either don't know how to do this, or are too embarrassed to be heard doing it - but the noise you make is an absolutely guaranteed rallying call to all cats.
My mother used to do this all the time, and our dear cat Dinky would always come running from wherever he happened to be lurking in seconds, and all the cats I've ever had have always responded likewise. Once you've got them to associate that high-pitched 'squeakle' with you, you'll never lose them, as long as they're within range - and the range can be very extensive.
Regular practice will gradually improve your technique, and as you learn how to crank up the volume, you'll be surprised to see not only your cat, but others in the neighbourhood suddenly appearing from gardens well away up the street! (But a word of caution: try to ensure that the street has no traffic flow when you make the call, or cats may just come bolting out of gardens on the other side of the road, so fascinated by the sound that they run into the path of a moving car).
Good luck with finding your cat - I'm sure he'll turn up before too long.
