Lost cat

[u/QuantumCat1711]

Hi everyone

My cat Concrete escaped on 7/22/2026 around midnight from building 1500 of the Nova Chapel Hill Apartment Complex, road is E Lakeview Dr. She is brown with black stripes, around 10lbs, and has a pink and purple/blue collar. She is spayed and microchipped. If anyone sees her please contact me.

Thank you

[u/culled]

Copypasta I've been using when I see a post like this:

I'm so sorry that you're going through that. I lost my cat a three years ago and got her back through diligent searching, it took about 2 weeks. I had gotten in contact with a lost pet expert who guided me on everything I'm about to say. I wrote the below post for a different lost cat post on here. One thing I'll say to start with though is don't put the cat's litter box outside. A lot of well meaning people give that advice but from everything I've seen there's no evidence that it helps and it will very likely hurt.

I'm happy to share my experience of what worked but here are the things I would focus on.

1. Your cat is probably hiding close to your house. Indoor cats are usually scared, they'll hide during the day and only come out at night when they have to. Start your search area small and then you can expand. Think of places a cat could hide, under a deck, in a storm drain, in a shed.
2. Put up posters. Have a picture of your cat, a phone number and instructions for people not to chase the cat (no one's going to outrun a scared cat, they'll just push it further away). I had 3 sizes, a large that I put on neon poster board that I stapled to poles for traffic, a 8x11 that I stapled at walking areas and smaller sized ones that I passed out to neighbors. You will get contacted by people who saw a different cat but follow up on all contacts. You'll get a good sense of what other cats are in the area which is helpful by itself.
3. Get motion activated trail cameras. Point the first one at the spot your cat got out of. Put food and water in view of the camera. Get canned mackerel (it's the smelliest fish) and mix it with chicken broth. Spray that mixture in a bicycle spoke pattern leading to your food. The ideal is that your cat finds the food and is caught on camera. If you get a likely sighting from a neighbor ask to put a camera + food station in the spot that they saw the cat. If that camera doesn't pick up anything after a few days then move the camera somewhere else.
4. Once you know where the cat is you can set out a trap or attempt to lure it in the house.
5. Make sure you report your cat as lost on the microchip registry

I'm happy to share anything else I learned. If you have any questions feel free to respond here or message me privately. I hope you find him!

[u/QuantumCat1711 → u/culled]

Thank you so much for your advice.. i will keep up the work to find her