If you have lost your kitty

Keep hope alive no matter how long your kitty has been missing.  Some kitties have been known to find their way back home even after being gone for months.

TIPS to help you find your kitty:

Most of the time kitties do not go very far from their home base. As soon as you know that your kitty is  missing search immediately near your home area. Knock on neighbors doors and ask to open their sheds and garages.  A kitty can accidentally get stuck there. Having a picture of your kitty when doing the search is helpful.

Some cats walk in the paths of other cats. This is how some find food when they are lost. When looking for a los cat, it  maybe helpful to find out who in the neigborhood feeds cats outside.  

Was your kitty wearing any tags? If yes, call respective agencies(such as, vaccination tag, call the veterinarian that inoculated your kitty).

Notify Connecticut Cats Lost and Found  by e-mail  info@connecticutcatslostandfound.org and include photo of your kitty and your contact information. We will post your ad on our website free of charge .  Our website is visited by shelters and veterinarian clinics where strays may sometimes find themselves.

Call your local animal shelters. Give full description of your kitty. If you have a photo that is even better but only if the photo is one that accurately depicts your kitty at the time of his/her disappearance. Thereafter, Keep calling shelter daily. A personal visit to the shelter many times is also very helpful..

Kitties usually do not stray too far from
their home as such try those closest to where you kitty was lost but do also try those further just in case you kitty got picked up by someone that does not live in the area.

Prepare a flyer with only a physical description of your kitty and include photo if you have one that gives a good depiction of your kitty.  Do not give the name of your kitty, as it may not answer to its name when lost and frightened.

• Write the word REWARD on top of the flyer in large print, and your phone number.  Post Flyers at busy intersection where many may see it BUT avoid posting on utility poles as you can get fined $50.00 for violating Connecticut State Statute Section 23-65.

• Make a list of all veterinarians, animal
hospitals, pet shops, grooming shops, and any other facilities listed under pets in the yellow pages.Visit as many of these facilities as you can and ask permission to hang up a flyer. Whenever possible do not leave it for them to do.

• Other excellent places to post flyers are :
Convenience stores, gas stations,food
stores, schools, banks,post offices,churches/
synagogue bulletin board.

• People who you should give your flyer to:
UPS offices and delivery employees,road
crews and construction workers.

Look for your kitty early in the morning when traffic is quiet, kitties will be out and about looking for food but will hide when traffic and noise picks later in the day. 

For some folks putting some of  their cats (dirty) litter outside ( on a porch, by the stairs or garage, etc.),  so cat can pick up the scent has brought success.

 Keep in mind that your daily vigilance is important. Keep calling the shelter and realize that some shelter will put kitty to sleep if it is not claimed within 10 days.

Continue  to have hope and let www.connecticutcatslostandfound.org  help you in your search by having your kitty posted on our website.

A list of some shelters in Connecticut:

(see more comprehensive list under "shelters in connecticut")

Connecticut Humane Society,                                    Newington Headquarters                                                                             701 Russell Rd.                              Newington,CT               tel:  1-800-452-0114

Connecticut Humane Society, Westport Shelter                     455 Post Road East, Wesport, CT                                               tel: 203-227-4137

Connecticut Humane Society, Waterford Shelter                      169 Old Colchester Road, Waterford, CT                                   tel: 860-442-8583

Halfway Home Rescue,Inc.,North Haven  -tel: 203 985 8338

Stratford Animal Shelter  -tel: 203 385-4068