Lost & Found

If your cat is lost:

Don’t wait too long to take action — if it’s abnor­mal for you pet to be away for more than a day let us know as soon as you sus­pect he is miss­ing. We will need to know your con­tact details in addi­tion to details about your pet.
We need to know when/where your pet went miss­ing, his colour, sex and if neutered. Was he wear­ing a col­lar? If so, what colour? Is he microchipped? Any spe­cial pecu­liar­i­ties — like a torn ear, unusual mark­ings etc?
Have you got a photo we can use?

Things to do:

  • Con­tact your local vet to see if he’s been handed in, and give them details if he hasn’t.
  • Con­tact your local ani­mal shel­ter to see if he’s been handed in. Dogs are usu­ally kept for around 10 days before they can be rehomed (or euthanased in some places). There is no legal limit regard­ing cats, though we, at AAA, usu­ally hang on to them for a cou­ple of weeks before offer­ing them for rehoming.
  • Let us know.
  • Put out a mes­sage on your local radio station.
  • Put a mes­sage in your local newspaper.
  • Put some posters round (with a pic­ture if you can) on lamp-posts — and espe­cially in the local pet shops and the vets.
  • Put fly­ers (with a pic­ture on them) through doors in your neighbourhood.
  • Ask if any­body local has gone away lately in case he’s shut inside their house (unlikely, but it’s happened).
  • Check any shut sheds and garages.
  • Go out late at night (take some­one with you) and call your pet. If it’s quiet you might hear him answer you.

 We are glad to post your found and miss­ing notices here, all we ask is that you let us know any updates about your pets.