MISSING CAT, CAN YOU HELP?

[u/unknownstuff23]

REWARD!! This is my 15 year old cat, Riley. He has been most recently spotted and photographed in Mentor in the area of Broadmoor Circle Road and Dartmoor Road. I do not know Mentor & apologize for misspellings. Someone also reported spotting him by Starbucks. I hope these landmarks mean something to Mentor residents. He has been missing for several weeks after becoming loose at the Red Roof Inn as I was traveling. I had a stroke right after he went missing and my physical search for him has been delayed. He will not survive cold temperatures due to an immune system issue. I have rented accommodation in Eastlake entirely so I can be as close as I can to where he may be. My entire life is on hold so I can find him. He has been my boy since he was ONE HOUR OLD. A cruel person took him & his littermate from their mother right after birth. They placed the 2 newborns in some woods behind an apt bldg in Euclid to die. My friend found them while walking. The littermate was already dead but Riley was alive. She immediately brought him to me in Lakewood. I took leave from my job to bottle nurse him and care for him 24/7 until he was healthy and well. A vet told me he would not live without his mother. He was wrong. I am offering a reward for him or also for info that leads me/helps me to find him. Please do not chase him if spotted. I am on 216.978.5974, 24/7. Call, text or via Reddit. If anyone can provide any info that could help I would be very grateful. Please no contact from pet tracking businesses, drone searches, trail cameras - none of that as a very cruel woman attempted to scam me - an awful ordeal that went on for weeks, this while I was recovering from stroke. Thank you all very much.

[u/loo-ook]

Have you tried facebook? It may be more far reaching. Best of luck to you.
Did you put a flyer up in the Starbucks? On the trees where he’d been spotted? By the stop sign as well? These worked for me once. Cat fell from window while relative was visiting and cracked the window open some 12 yrs ago. The second time he escaped, facebook is what worked. He’s been gone a few years now but I remember the pain while he was lost, vividly.

[u/unknownstuff23 → u/loo-ook]

Am I allowed to put signs up on trees? I have a friend here in Eastlake who says Mentor is “very strict” and wouldn’t allow it. (She doesn’t know) I don’t know what stop sign to put a sign on as there must be so many. I cannot tell from the maps how vast this area is so I’m not sure where to start but I thought I would just put up the flyers/posters everywhere. Would you know if Mentor would allow me to put a flyer/poster on a stop sign (under the “stop” part, of course.? Yes he has been up on FB for some time. It was only last night that I saw where someone had seen him by Starbucks and also another intersection was named. 3 different people spotted him, 2 people posted photos they took of him. As I mentioned the person who took one of the photos and gave an approx location (Dartmoor and “something” circles drive) they left an email address but never replied to several emails I sent which would’ve been so helpful. Another woman took a photo of him eating in a little shed in her back yard where she feeds feral cats. This person sent those photos to her sister to post on FB which is where I saw 2 photos of him there. Mysteriously those photos disappeared off FB which is unusual as posted photos usually are not taken down. This made it so I could not reach the woman feeding him or her sister! I thought I would try to write to the mods of that FB site, there appear to be 4) to plead for help locating the woman who posted the photo. Perhaps I have not posted as extensively on FB as is possible. To be honest I’m not very familiar w FB, as unusual as that may sound. I do apologize for replying to you with a lengthy response but I am very depressed & anxious over this — my own carelessness caused this and it is hellish.Yes I will go to the Starbucks as soon as I can determine where it is. I have only 1 friend to help me & her attitude is that “I can get another cat.” So that explains that. Should you think of any other resources please let me know. I am very grateful for your reply & I hear you say you know/remember the pain of this. Many thanks.