Ok, warning, this is an incredibly long post, I'm sorry, but I miss my cat terribly and I need help!
My cat jumped out of my bathroom window on Wednesday night (6 days ago now). She had jumped out of the same window before, but my dog found her a few hours later sleeping next to the carburator in my car (which was parked right by my front door). I got rid of my car a few days before she got out this time though, so it's not there for her to hide in. She is really skittish and only really likes me, my boyfriend, and my dog. When other people come over she hides, and the very few times she stayed out she never let strangers go near her, and if they tried she ran off and hid. So, I honestly don't think she went very far, rather than hid, considering her personality. It's like she just always thinks someones out to get her. Here's what I've done so far:
-I've gone up and down streets and alleys (about a 3-4 block radius) shaking her box of food and calling her name, with my dog (cuz she's a beagle, she found her last time, and she misses her too....) I've done that for about an hour during the day and an hour or two at night when the streets are quiet. So far, at night I've found just about every other cat, but not mine.
-I put up lost cat signs with a picture at the local convenience stores and at the grocery store (I live in a small town, so pretty much everyone in town will see it) I would put them up on post but my town charges 50 bucks to do that.
-Reported her missing to the sheriffs department, to the vet, and to the animal shelter. The pound here doesn't pick up cats, so no luck there.
-Asked lots and lots of my neighbors if they have seen her and NOBODY has. One lady thought she did, but only saw the cat from the neck up and then it ran off, so she wasnt sure if it was mine or not. Anyway, gave out discriptions and my phone number, and all neighbors with kids said they would let their kids know too.
-Put her food out my by front door, with a chair and a cushion that she liked to sleep on, with a sweater that I wore that hasn't been washed hanging on the chair. I also hung a towel out of the bathroom window so she could climb her way back in if she needed to (the window sits pretty high, and she didn't get very big so I don't think she could just jump back in). I also put her litter box by the window with a fan sitting by it to get her scent out and help her.
-Also yesterday....this is weird but I though it would help.....I brushed by dog with a shedding brush, got all the hair off of it, and let all the hair in front of the fan by that same window so it would fly out (it was breezy out), so the cat might be able to smell my dog.
I know I more than definately sound like a crazy cat lady, I can't imagine what my neighbors think of me, but I'm so devistated!
1) Is there anything else that I can do?
2) Is it a good or a bad thing that no one has seen her?
3) Do the cat experts out there agree with me that because of her pesonality shes probably been hiding cuz she's terrified this whole time? Or do you think I should be looking even farther out?
4) I thought about leaving my dog outside on a leash (with her carrier for shelter) overnight, would that help? I haven't done it, cuz I'd feel bad for my dog.
Please let me know if there's anything else I can do!!!
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