I Found a Lost Cat
If you find a cat / kitten, there are several things you can do to help find the cat’s owner or provide the cat with the opportunity for a new home.
If you choose to “foster” until an owner is found:
- Take the kitty to your veterinarian to have him/her scanned for a microchip.
- File a found pet report with your local county control agency.
- Place a “found pet” ad in newspapers and on Craig’s List.
- Put up “found pet” signs – if you live near apartment complexes, make sure to leave a flyer with the manager.
- Check “lost pet” newspaper ads.
- Check out missing pet reports at veterinary clinics, animal shelters and humane organizations, and your local police department.
- Post a “found pet” report on Internet sites.
If you cannot keep the cat/kitten until an owner is found:
- Stray cats should be taken to your local county animal control agency, as that is where owners will look first. Find the animal control agency closest to you by either looking in the phone book or checking our online list of shelter agencies.
- The Cat Adoption Team does not accept incoming stray cats without an intake appointment. Call (503) 925-8903, voice mailbox 8, for details.
- You will receive a call back within 72 hours. At that time you may also receive information about other shelters that may be able to assist as well. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule and the urgency in getting the lost/stray kitty to a shelter to be reunited with his/her owner.
If you’ve found a pregnant female cat, a momma cat with small kittens, or orphaned kittens:
- Be sure to keep the mom or kittens together.
- Please continue to feed the momma cat.
- Please do not confine a lactating female cat to a cage or trap as her kittens need to feed every few hours. It is best not separate the kittens from their mother at this point.
- Contact CAT as soon as you have located the kittens or mom cat for more information on what you can do and what services CAT can offer you in this instance.
- Call (503) 925-8903, voice mailbox 5, for details.
These online resources are to assist pet owners and animal caregivers. The contents of external websites are beyond CAT’s control. CAT accepts listings to these web pages complementary to its mission statement and reserves the right to refuse or remove any listings that are not in line with CAT’s mission.
