How to Find a Lost Cat
video search guide & ebooklet
Find your lost cat with new scientific methods.
This Lost Cat Kit has led to missing cats found in 48 states and 24 countries worldwide.
That's thousands of lost cats back home, thanks to this online "How to Find a Lost Cat" kit.
How? Because these lost cat tips go way beyond the typical posting on social media, visiting the shelters, calling/shaking treats, and putting out dirty cat litter.
The Lost Cat Kit is the result of 12 years of real-world pet detective experience. Based lost cat science with tested strategies for each cat type, it's all condensed down to the essentials of how to find a lost cat ... even after weeks of no sightings.
Every day, owners tell us how they found their cat after skimming the kit and wish their shelter had told them about the Lost Cat Kit.
For $50 you can expert advice from a famous lost cat finder. Avoid the lost pet scams and get your cat home within 24 hours. You just need to know which method to use for your cat type & situation.
Get the kit and be the next person emailing to say "I found my lost cat using your tips guide and video! Thanks for creating the Lost Cat Finder Kit!"
The Lost Cat Finder with Carol and her found kitty Menchi in Austin Texas
Lost Cats Found & Happy Reunions
"Thrilled to report I found my missing kitty this morning -- after weeks of tears and wasted effort. Thank you for creating your "lost cat tips." This was the best $25 bucks I ever spent in my life!"
~ Linda in Anchorage, Alaska
"I searched for my cat for over 2 months. I did all the usual stuff advised on Nextdoor with zero luck. Finally, a a nice admin from my lost pets group recommended your video tips and booklet, so I ordered them. I'll be sending our reunion story soon. You will be floored! For now, here's our happy reunion picture!"
~ Roni and Odin, Oklahoma
"Beyond grateful to have Oliver back home. What a happy ending to a VERY stressful 16 days.
Forever in gratitude that you are in this world to help confused, sad, super-distraught pet parents like me. You are truly an animal angel. "
~ Rainbeau Mars
Beverly Hills, California
"Thank you for writing such a helpful booklet! What an eye-opener. I had been doing so much wrong. Once I got your stuff and changed up my strategy, I found her THAT DAY!
I'm now recommending you to everyone posting lost cats in California!"
-Dana, Santa Cruz, CA
"Within 12 hours of getting my Lost Cat Kit my cat is home! I got rid of all the don'ts you mentioned and Ignored 4 non-confirmed sightings blocks away and waited. 3 hours later.....he's home and snuggling with best friend (Salmon our dog). In total gone... 6 days and 5 nights.
Thank you so much! Seriously your information! It had me going against everything everyone else was saying, but was the best thing I ever did.
~ Claire in Pensylvania
"Kim! Thanks to your lost cat tips, I found my cat today! I had searched for a week and literally thought I had done everything until I read your materials --especially that section on how to find a skittish indoor cat. Thank you for your search guides. God bless you!"
-Rhonda, Montgomery, AL
Finn is found!! A kind person in the Austin lost & found pets group told me about your lost cat tips. I wish I had known this stuff sooner."
I will be recommending you every chance I get. And guess what? So many people told me to put out the kitty litter! Even the girl at the shelter. Plus I had three neighbors say "my cat was eaten by coyotes." Thank you for warning me about the mean comments and bad advice. I ignored them all and followed your steps!"
~ Alyana and Finn, Austin TX
The latest lost cat tips created by the
pet detective dedicated to cats only.
CONTENTS
Part 1
Strategy: Indoor cat or outside access cat?
Key steps in order for the first 48 Hours
Typical lost cat behavior
Cat Personalities: Recovery Strategy for Each
Luring your cat to come home without risk.
Part 2
Typical lost pet myths and scams to avoid
The dangers of cookie-cutter advice
When to use Search parties
Grief avoidance & tunnel vision
Focusing thru the stress & panic
How to stay focused and positive.
Part 3
The Indoor Cat Search
The Outdoor Cat Search
Photos: top 10 cat hiding places
Places you’d never think to look
Dealing with the emotional pain.
Ranking your missing cat Probabilities
Part 4
Flyers vs posters: the psychology of each
Best flyer size & wording to get attention
New, improved Lost Cat flyer templates
Smart cheap way to rainproof lost cat posters
Social Media: better wording, better results
Dealing with lost pet scams & fake sightings
Part 5
Mapping out your search zone
Use these 9 key questions with each neighbor
Why you should avoid searching garages
A cat's vision and how it affects your search.
Dealing with wildlife and stray cats
Using bird language as your guide.
Scratch marks, vomit & fur evidence clues
Signs of coyotes and what to do for each.
Part 6
How to set up a humane trap and alert
Best lost cat search gear: recommended equipment
What to do about neighbor cats
Homemade cat traps: tricks, tips & troubleshooting
Outsmarting raccoons, opossums, ants and coyotes
Trail cameras set up, tips and bait
Is your cat stuck in tree? Tricks and tips.
Zones of Awareness vs Disturbance
Part 7
Social media & online pet finder services
Lost Pet Alert and Pawboost: helpful or scams?
The pros & cons of hiring a K9 lost pet tracking dog
Reputable lost pet services to consider.
Creating an online image alert for your cat.
Part 8
Sighting Reports: how to handle each type
Positive Sightings: next steps, in order
What to do if cat lost away from home
Telltale tracks how to identify
What to do if your cat runs from you
How to capture a frightened skittish cat.
Part 9 FOUND!
First-Aid once kitty is back home
Reintroductions with other pets
Avoiding the dangers of "Refeeding Sickness Syndrome"
Signs of hepatic lipidosis: liver & kidney failure
Part 10
Additional Lost Cat tips & techniques
Grief Counseling & Pet loss Support Groups
Rethinking your search from a cat’s-eye view
Reminders on what to AVOID during a search
Famous Cases & Inspiring Reunions ..... pg 67
Recommended by the pioneer in pet detective Lost Pet Tracking and K9 Search & Rescue
"Kim is a WIZARD at finding lost cats!"
I personally know many of Kim's amazing recoveries of lost cats.
Although a search dog can be a great tool, it is more critical that you get advice/counsel from someone like Kim who is trained in lost cat probabilities and behavior than to rush into hiring a pet detective with a search dog.
I've been in this business training search dogs to find lost pets since 1998, but if my cat were missing, I would hire Kim in a heartbeat. Check her out at Lost Cat Finder. If you have lost a cat, I strongly suggest her help.
Kat Albrecht, K9 Tracker & pioneer Pet Detective
Founder of Missing Pet Partnership and MARN Missing Animal Response Network
Lost Cat tips guaranteed to get your missing cat home fast.
These lost cat finder tips booklets plus the "show & tell" video makes this Lost Cat Kit the most complete and useful collection of lost cat techniques ever assembled.
Available in both English and Spanish, these guides on "How to Find a Lost Cat" show you the key DOs & DON'Ts for a lost cat search (example, the dirty litter box and shaking treats...proven to be a big no-no) first, then lays out new tested, proven methods, all in order, all in one place.
For $50 you can triple the chances of finding your cat within 24 hours.
Download the kit. Find your missing cat then send us your happy reunion story!
Kim Freeman
The Lost Cat Finder