We've studied what missing cats do when lost in order to learn the best ways of finding them.
Now you can benefit from these studies and cases. Our "Lost Cat Book" gives you quick reference tips on how to find a missing cat, outlining action plans that work for each type of cat, the supplies you'll need, how to track your cat, and case stories of lost cats found...all boiled down into 65 pages for everything you need to find your missing cat fast. How to Find Your Lost Cat: Advice from a Texas Pet Detective. Now you can get professional advice to recover your lost cat fast--whether you're in Austin, Texas, or anywhere else in the world. The instant download of "How to Find Your Lost Cat" and companion video is $25 at www.LostCatFinder.com If you want personal help from a cat detective, request a custom Case Analysis of your cat's situation for $100 here. Let's work together to get your cat found quickly.
"Help me find my cat" Before assuming your cat is lost, check around your house with a flashlight--every corner, crevice and crawlspace imaginable. If your cat has definitely escaped, read the booklet "How to Find your Lost Cat"to maximize your precious search time.
Take note of the list of crucial steps in the first 24 hours of a missing cat search and follow advice on the differences in how to find a lost indoor-only cat vs outdoor cat.
Check the shelters in
person Take a color photo of your lost cat. Don't rely on lost and found pet websites, recordings or even a person on the phone. These folks are busy and make mistakes. Do it in person--or hire me to make the rounds. Check Craigslist for "Lost & Found cat" listings. Here is a template from "Get My Cat" to make a lost cat flyer: http://www.getmycat.com/lost-cat-flyer-template
http://www.austinpetfinder.org/ NORTH
AUSTIN: Emergency Animal Clinic of Northwest Austin 12034 Research Boulevard,
#8. 512- 331-6121 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 A.M. Monday - through Saturday morning at
7:00 a.m. Saturday open at 8 a.m. re-open at 1:00 p.m. and open until Monday at
7:00 a.m. SOUTH AUSTIN: Emergency Animal Clinic 4434 Frontier Trail 512 899
- 0955 Fax 512 892-7811
Monday - Friday open at 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
the following morning. Saturday open at 1:00 p.m. and stay open until 7:am
Monday morning.
Pictures of injured animals or animals in the Rabies Observation Area are not
available to the public. There is a paper posted with a description of the
animals inside Rabies Observation. Descriptions of the same animal vary wildly
from person to person. Don't rely on a piece of paper! Be persistent and you
will get into Rabies Observation. Town Lake Animal
Center Pictures Online: http://malford.ci.austin.tx.us/tlac/default.cfm Stray, impounded and
owner surrendered animals can be found in the stray building(Lost and Found) at
TLAC).
Austin Humane Society -SPCA Austin & Travis
County 124 w. Anderson Lane 512 837-7985 http://www.austinspca.com
LOST CAT SHELTER COMAL COUNTY (W of San Marcos, NW of New Braunfels) There are two
shelters in Comal County: Humane Society of New Braunfels and the City of New Braunfels Contact: Director Cheryl
Krueger; Phone: (830) 629-5287
HAYS COUNTY Thundering Paws Cat Sanctuary http://www.thunderingpaws.org/ San
Marcos Animal Control (this is a Kill Facility--go daily) Hays county pound/animal shelter: check for lost cats from Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Kyle, Buda, and Driftwood.
*(Wimberley animals go to PAWS in Kyle, as do animals in Buda, also some from San Marcos
county (non-annexed), some lost cats from Dripping Springs, and Driftwood. Hays County is about 700
square miles and there is no government-provided shelter.
LAGO VISTA (No-Kill Facility)
Lago Vista PAWS www.lvpaws.org Andrea Phillips President
As a service to our community, the Humane Society of Williamson County offers a variety of low cost clinic services, which include: spay & neuter clinics, vaccination, and micro-chipping. HSWC also accepts animals from local kill shelters and from owners who are unable to care for their pets as space allows.
Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS) is located on approximately five acres on the Inner Loop in Georgetown just to the east of the entrance to the county's Juvenile Services building. The shelter is a collaborative effort between the county and participating cities of Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander and Hutto.
Please-- do not give up on your search for your lost cat! Too many cats end up at shelters because people give up too soon or don't understand the right way to search as outlined in my ebook here.
Many of these lost and never found cats end up in cages, forlorn and confused because the lost cat got brave or desperate enough to approach a stranger who then assumed it was a stray and took to AAC. Below is Esa, a sweet, obviously former pet who was found in Bastrop and brought in as an assumed stray.
Kat Albrecht pioneered the science of finding lost pets. As a police officer, she trained search dogs to locate missing people, criminals, physical evidence.
When she trained her Weimaraner, Rachel, to search for lost animals, she decided to make finding lost pets a full time career, becoming the only law-enforcement-based pet detective in the United States. Using her police training and investigative techniques (search probability theory, behavioral profiling, scent-trailing dogs, and high-tech equipment) Kat Albrecht has trained over 125 pet detectives in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Ireland who've helped reunite thousands of pet owners with their lost pets. Watch Kat on Animal Planet's "Must Love Cats" and here with her cat Cheeto about training search dogs to find cats.
