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25.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: George I found George on a walk home in 2009, he was sitting in a front yard but something made me look closer and I saw he was injured. After trying all the closest houses I took him to the vet. After he was recovered I tried finding an owner but with no results and we became family George didn't come home one night and by the second night I knew something wasn't right as he always comes home. I started putting up homemade flyers and asking neighbour'...s. I then posted on social media sites and listed on petfinders. I put those flyers up everywhere, did more door knocking and searched for him every evening and early morning, call to all local vets, council and lost dogs/cats home. Neighbour's were fantastic printing out flyers keeping an eye out. Lost Pet Finders helped with advice connections and flyers. In the end, Neighbour found him in their shed. The advice I would give to someone in the same situation? Keep searching and asking. - Vanessa

25.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Sally Sally is 3 years old and went missing on June 9th 2020, she was gone 3 months. We discovered she was missing about 24 hours after we last saw her. I left it a week or so until I made flyers and contacted Lost Pet Finders and put her up on various lost and found pet pages on Facebook. ... I never believed she was dead, I thought she’s been stolen or jumped in a car. We had a sighting in a suburb 15km away but I wasn’t sure how serious it was, I did a drive around the area early July and asked a few people to no avail. We kept holding out hope but nothing, it was tough not knowing where she was and not having closure. On 7th Sept we were sat down for dinner and I got a message from a man in that same suburb saying he thought he’d found Sally and he sent through some photos and sure enough, it was her. My daughter, who claims Sally as her own, was in tears of Joy. We think she was stolen and found her way to this lovely mans house who tirelessly searched for her on Facebook, or she got a ride to there by accident and as someone mentioned on a thread on Facebook they think Sally was wandering the area for a while, unafraid of dogs, in and out of peoples houses. We are over the moon and Lost Pet Finders was a great help with the automatically available flyers we could print out and the regular emails with tips which helped us to hold out hope. - Rachel

23.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Max Max was a rescue cat and is best friends with our Labrador who he grew up with. After following the tips from Lost Pets I heard his very soft meow from inside a neighbours garage where he was locked inside. He was so happy to see me and then ran straight home to be fed.... I've attached a photo taken a few minutes after he came in our door. Thanks so much for the help and support as it boosted my confidence that he would be found! - Julie

23.01.2022 ID: 131838 LOST DOG: Rory - Zuccoli NT 0832 Contact this Member: https://lostpetfinders.com.au/pets/131838 Taken from zuccoli on Monday. One of her eyes is half blue... Missing Since: 07 Feb 2021 Name: Rory Type: Dog Gender: Female Age: 3 years Desexed: Yes Breed: Staffy Colour: Brindle Size: Medium Collar/Tag: Yes if it’s still on her Microchipped: Yes Register your lost or found pet here: https://lostpetfinders.com.au/join

23.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Rocky If it wasn’t for pet finder we never would have found Rocky. A few k away a local family saw ad on pet finder after Rocky few in there garage. So never give up looking, we put out flyers everywhere we could and this is all history. ... Thank you petfinder so much. - Laurie

23.01.2022 *********** REUNITED *********** Thank you all so much for sharing and commenting! :D ID: 123734 LOST DOG: Nt - Moil NT

22.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Luna I am a foster carer through a rescue and took in a mother cat and her 5 kittens late November. Everything was fine for a few weeks then Luna got in heat again. She was still nursing the kittens so we were going to book her desexing in a couple of weeks. Luna was desperate to leave and two nights before Christmas she pushed open a closed window I neglected to lock. My apartment is on the first floor, yet she jumped down to the street and was gone.... I walked through the surrounding streets late and night, with food, calling for her, several nights in a row. The rescue suggested putting up a profile with Lost Pet finders and I printed the posters that your site generated and posted them up the main street near the shops. Weeks passed and I didn't hear anything but kept replacing the posters near the shops. A couple of people called me and wrote messages on the Facebook page telling me they saw a black cat but it wasn't Luna. On the 26th of Jan a neighbour saw a cat in their yard for a few nights in a row and got my number from the posters I put up to tell me. Luckily the guy was outside and called at night when he was on the phone to me and spotted the cat on his garage roof. I ran over with a carrier and some wet food. We looked in the shed but she jumped down and ran under the house. I went into the crawl space and coaxed her out with the food. It was Luna! She was skinny and hungry but she remembered me. The posters really helped. People notice them when they are near shops and populated areas. - Katherine

22.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Little Puss A friend of mine heard that a litter of kittens (from wild Cat), next door or near to his place had been found and taken to pound, one of the kittens must of got left behind and my friend found her, he could not keep her and advertised her on facebook, I rang him and organized to take her in, I took her to Vet`s for check-up and later again for her shots and microchip, it took months of coaxing for her to let me pat her, (and many times a scr...atched arm), definitely a wild little kitten she was. Little Puss has been with me for 5 years now, she comes running to greet me in my driveway when I get home from work After a few days of her not greeting me when I got home, I became concerned, I waited another couple of days and then advertised her as missing, I found by listing her on Lost Pet Finders, I also put flyers up at local shops etc. I felt as If I was letting others know that she was missing and that felt a bit better, although still missing her immensely, I wasn’t going to give up looking for her 2 weeks and 2 days after she went missing, I was pulling up in my driveway and Little Puss came running to meet me, I was so glad to see her and she wouldn’t stop meowing and rubbing against me, I am sure she missed me as much as I missed her, not sure what had happened but so glad she is back home. Thanks to all who kept an eye out - Russell

21.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Tilley So Tilley was adopted by me back in august. She was incredibly timid and shy and never ventured far from under my furniture. One weekend I left the back door open a crack and after a frantic search discovered her missing. Luckily I had updated her microchip details and posted on every site I could think of. The outpouring of advice, support and care was incredible - I am humbled so touched. ... I received a call from the same shelter I got her from. She had been trapped and handed into the shelter the day before - a bit dirty and skinny but safe. Thank you again for running such an amazing service! I’m incredibly grateful!! - Amelia

20.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Max Max is a part of our family for almost 8 yrs. We got two cat and one dog. We been away for two nights, our neighbour look after them since we always do. When we arrived home Max was missing. It’s a bit odd for him after almost 8yrs. I done everything all the advised what to do till days and months past he’s not home but in my heart and my soul I don’t lost hope one day he will turn up. I always positive thinking.... Last Sunday early morning I heard meowing in the kitchen glass door, it’s him. I can’t believed in my eyes he’s a bit skinny and hungry but it seems very well. I was stoked and very delighted he’s home. Thanks for your support and advise, now he’s relaxing at home . - Myrna

20.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Yuki Yuki had managed to get into a holiday house with our other cat. Unfortunately despite calling and calling, he had become trapped behind a bed and couldn't get out. His brother came straight to us when we first looked through the catflap but no sign of Yuki. The neighbours came down after three days and opened up the house and heard faint meowing. They called me over and we followed the sound to a bedroom. Somehow Yuki had got himself into a tiny spa...ce but couldn't escape. He was incredibly relieved when I moved the bed out and he popped up. He was very thirsty and hungry when I took him home. Pretty shaken up but very cuddly and wanting to be held all the time. He's not keen on staying in the house at the moment but enjoying chilling in the garden. To those with nervous cats like Yuki, keep looking! Sure to be in the neighbourhood. He is none the worse for his ideal. The catflap next door has been permanently locked now. - Kate

20.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Cheekie I bought Cheekie from Markets as he came over to me in cage of course I just had to have him and as near as I can estimate that would make him about 12 and my kids have grown with him so he was a much loved family pet. I was taking him out to outside cage when my little dog became tangled up in my legs causing me to fall injuring my shoulder and unfortunately releasing Cheekie who flew off. ... After seeking medical assistance for my shoulder I sought the assistance of Lost Pet Finder. I have used before very successfully. I've found the site easy to navigate full of helpful hints. The best thing was the free flyer/poster produced with all Cheekies details and mine including his photo something I may not have done if I had to do it myself. I distributed approx flyers within 200m radius from home. Notified local vet, rescues and utilised Facebook. Facebook was good with people sharing around and providing helpful hints to assist. He was missing for almost 3 days and I didn't think he would return or survive. However I received a call from a lady who said she thought she had found him and wanted to bring him back. As it turns out she lived a block away and had a flyer that I had dropped in her letterbox. She had found Cheekie more than kilometre away sitting on a busy road he was just exhausted frightened thirsty and hungry perhaps he wouldn't have survived if she had not stopped and picked him up. She called me and said as bird was on her shoulder he got excited when he heard my voice so she was pretty sure along picture on flyer that was him. Got him back, he was a little worse for wears with some feathers missing but apart from being very hungry and thirsty appeared ok. Now almost 24hrs later and rested he is slowly recovering from ordeal/adventure with all of us being greatful for all parties involved directly or indirectly. I would not hesitate in recommending Lost Pet Register and utising all of their facilities and local vets, rescues and Facebook and anything else no matter how silly you my think it is never underestimate the power of your neighbourhood. Thank you all - Martin

20.01.2022 *********** REUNITED *********** Thank you all so much for sharing and commenting! :D ID: 127432 FOUND DOG: Unknown We Made Up Rusty - Nightcliff NT

19.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Beans Our story with Beans is both simple and complicated. We got her from a rescue, 6 months old, very very shy - a stray. We are very good with animals, so she 'warmed' up a little bit, but our mistake was to assume that a fly screen would stop a cat :-( She worked her way through it over night and was gone.... We live in a Street where every house has a massive backyard and 1000s of hiding spots, so we were hoping she had not gone too far away. So we continued putting out her favourite food in a quiet spot in our backyard, and it was gone typically 1 hour after we put it out. After a few days we occasionally spotted her, but she rushed off very quickly. The interesting thing was that the Mynar birds' alarm system pointed us into the right direction. We have gradually moved her food plate up towards our veranda, and we now watch her quite regularly ... and she gets closer and closer. We will have her back in soon. - Bernhard

19.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Myrtle Myrtle came into my life almost 9 years ago after finding her in my yard. Vet checks revealed no owners so she became my baby from there. She has never left my side so her disapperance last week was very unusual & upsetting as she has been through alot recently so she was not herself after moving & an operation for breast cancer. I reached out to anyone I could think of and followed all advice given and thankfully she turned up on my doorstep this morning a little worse for wear but otherwise ok. Extremely grateful for all the shares, comments, advice & general support groups such as this provides. Attached is a photo of my little girl resting after her big adventure. - Melissa

19.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Cookie So what I first did was call all the pounds and make sure my little cookie wasn’t being caged up somewhere. Then I created this lost pet finders account again and posted her up, the tips I got really helped boost my confidence and allowed me to know the steps I had to take. I’m grateful she returned before I had to post out flyers but pretty much all my neighbours know my cats and so I knew they weren’t keeping her away from me. The next step was ...to therefore start to go on more walks around the block and just call out her name and click my fingers as I would usually when I call her to come to me. I looked crazy on the roads but it brought her back haha. So last night it was raining and I got really anxious because she’s always usually so cozied up in bed with either me or my mum on rainy days and so I thought if she’s alive she would definitely try to be at home today. So whilst it was still raining I went around the block and again call out her name and checked as many sewer holes as I could just in case she slipped in there. I had no success and my mum told me to come back home and give her an opportunity to come back on her own and so i did. About 3 hours at later at about 10:00pm, I thought it might be worthwhile checking again just through calling her outside my front door as I usually would when she goes out. To my luck I heard a ‘meow’ and just followed it until it reached outside my neighbours house. Initially she was really cautious of me I don’t know why, but she slowly started to recognise who I was and ran up to me for shelter and so that I could take her back in to the house I guess. And that wraps up my little story in a nice happy ending. I think checking around for her at night time (if your neighbourhood is safe) is much better than day time because there are less noise disruptions and your voice almost echos when it’s that quiet. I felt that really helped her track her way back or just know I was looking for her. Thank you for having me share my story and I really hope that anyone out there looking for their own cats can benefit from my word splur or at least regain hope they may have lost. I must admit I really started to lose hope after yesterday as it was day 7, when she usually goes off like this she goes for 7 days maximum and so having that extra day wait really made me think something else must of happened to her. I’m beyond grateful to ‘lost pet finders’ for providing me hope through those emails that would come right when I started to doubt she’d come back. The checklist I really have to emphasis on as it was the best thing ever and made me feel like I was doing the most I could do and not leaving one rock unturned in my search for cookie. Thank you for listening to my Ted talk - Soreti

19.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Pan We found Pan in the house in a new hiding place! He was clearly asleep throughout our frantic search inside and in the adjoining neighbourhood. We couldn’t believe he got out as the only way out was a jump off the balcony and it was raining at the time. Lesson #1 trust your instincts! ... The email I received from lost pet finders was helpful because it reminded me to go back to basics and research the house. It was very reassuring and I’m now pleased to be connected in with a wider community to keep an eye out for other lost pets in my travels. - Kathy

17.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Benson and Gertie Benson went missing with our other dog Gertrude and they were both somewhere in the bush and on farm land for 5 nights. It was a horrendous time for myself and my partner and the best of times when we were reunited with them. We believe they pushed through part of our fence but cannot identify the exact area; we are now in the process of refencing....Continue reading

14.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Ziggy I got Ziggy at about 8 months old when the neighbours moved out. He is now 4 years old. As I have been working at home we currently spend most of the day together albeit with him asleep. He would usually be in during the evening having a cuddle on my lap, come up to bed when I do and then venture out in the wee small hours to deal to some vermin. He’d bound across the roof in the morning and ask to be let in though the bedroom ranch slider. Much ...more fun than using his cat door. When he didn’t come in on Monday night I started to worry. I knew something was wrong when he didn’t turn up for breakfast on Tuesday morning. At that point I registered him as lost with you and a couple of local Facebook groups. I also did a physical search at the back of the neighbouring properties. To be honest I was an emotional wreck. The not knowing was the worst thing and my house felt very empty. The advice and support from you and the community groups was invaluable. I distributed about 40 flyers and regularly checked the fb messages and emails. Getting personal messages really helped as I knew others cared and knew how I was feeling. There were high and lows but the encouraging messages really helped and outweighed the occasional negative comment. I often read the re-united stories and that really helped me keep my hopes alive that I would get him back. This morning I got a call from a neighbour about 6 houses along to say Ziggy was on his roof. The neighbour had one of my flyers. I coaxed Ziggy to the front of the roof and this lovely man brought him down. Ziggy was a bit stressed when I got him home but has settled now. In terms of advice I would say to anyone to register with you and raise an alert. Definitely connect with their local fb groups and get the flyers out with a photo. Here’s a photo of him back home. Thanks for all your help and support. - Judith

12.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Bailey We adopted Bailey from a cattery just over a year ago. I saw that the door was left slightly open at lunctime, and was worried she might have gotten out. After searching we couldn't find her throughout the house so decided that was the case. We started looking around our backyard, and then the neighbours. We didn't go very far at first. But then after a few hours of not finding her went to the surrounding streets. ... We didn't find her by dinner time, so I printed off some posters and put them in all the mailboxes around our neighbourhood. Bailey is an indoor only cat so we were concerned she was lost somewhere. We went back out again at 1am that morning and saw her about 3am when we were about to be back inside, but she ran away from us. I think the torch scared her away. The next day we got some calls from the neighbours who saw the posters, they had spotted her in their backyard during the day being chased by another cat. We went there to have a look but couldn't see her. We went back again at 2am and found her at 5am. This time we stopped using a torch once we spotted her. After giving her some treats she came up to us and let us pat her, but when we went to grab her to take her home she ran away again and wouldn't come back to us so we decided to let her calm down for the day seeing as we knew the area she was in. That day we went back out several times calling her name and jinggling her cat toys. We put out a trail of cat litter leading back to our house so she could smell it. But we were able to stay out there most of the day so I was keeping an eye on it to make sure no cats were going up to it. That night we went back out at 7pm and called her name again and jingelled her toys. I was getting some water to wash away the cat litter trail as we were going to have a nap before going back out at 2am and I didn't want to leave it there with no one watching, and as I opened the door to go out there she was. I dont know if what we did helped, or if she just found her way back on her own. The advice Lost Pet Finders sent me was helpful. But in the end, what brought Bailey home was her own instincts probably. Act quickly, make sure you talk to all the neighbours so everyone knows to keep an eye out for her. In our case the neighbours who saw her were the next street over, so don't be scared to go further than your own street. - Elise

12.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Cheetah How can a cat survive for 13 days without food? If a cat is hiding near the house (where it was eventually found) why wouldn’t it touch food left out for it? Some questions I hope you might be able to answer. Cheetah disappeared the night I got her, when she seemed very traumatised, hiding under furniture. In the morning I couldn’t find her, I assumed she had found an escape route behind the bath and was out! At that stage the rest of the ho...use was closed off. But maybe she just hid near the house and came back in. But if so why didn’t she touch food left out for her, both inside out outside?. After 13 days she was eventually discovered in the front room of the house, where she had found a very dark corner to hide. (we had searched all the rooms) When noticed she was making a beeline for the front door, which may have been left open at times during the day maybe she was going in and out . She may have found water that way. Maybe even food. It's a mystery what happened and how she survived - she didn't seem too skinny! Petfinders helped in that we were able to print professional looking posters very quickly. My neighbours, everyone in the community was very supportive. She is now settling in and seems very content, which is amazing after she hid for so long! Thanks again for your help - Helen

12.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Stormy Stormy is a tortoise shell coloured grey and ginger aged 6years. She disappeared on 18/09/20 while her and her mum(mamba) were outside - Another cat(BIG white one) jumped out of the hedge and chased them, mamba fled inside and stormy took off over the fence, we posted flyers in mailboxes and walked around our neighbourhood everyday and night while shaking cat biscuits bag, (we must’ve looked crazy) . ... On 23/09/2020 we let mamba(kept on supervised outings while stormy was missing) out and she slipped under the house and went running ... which made us all panic thinking we’d lost both of them(was starting to feel really sad at this point) - we stood outside shaking cat biscuits(food time to them) and to our surprise mamba and stormy came running inside. Stormy has been BANNED from going outside. Thank you to everyone who commented, liked, and shared the missing post . - Danica

11.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Sam I got Sam from a shelter 4 years ago. He was approximately 11 years old at the time, and I wanted to give an old dog a nice life in his senior years. Sam is quite deaf and doesn't see well, so yelling out his name wouldn't help in the search. Sam was being looked after by an elderly friend, who has looked after Sam regularly. She's moving out to a retirement village closer to her family, so this was her last time looking after Sam. She opened her gate... to do some gardening and Sam took the opportunity to wander off. She didn't see him leave, and discovered, to her horror, that he wasn't there. She called the police, who told her who she needed to contact, which was very caring towards an 80 year old. She called me later that night, after getting her neighbours to drive her up and down the road, to tell me Sam was missing. I was on my way home from an event, and drove up and down the street. I went home, and googled what to do. I registered him as a lost dog with the council, put a post on local facebook sites and Pet Finders, boosting the post to a 2km radius. The most crucial thing of all is that I updated the microchip information, as my number on the register was no longer valid. Sam had no collar when he disappeared, and the microchip was how we were reunited. I had wonderful support from friends and the wonderful facebook groups. A lot of good suggestions were made, and people said they'd look out for him when they walked in the area. Friends offered to walk the area, and my 80 year old dog sitter knocked on doors in the area to see if they'd seen Sam The microchip was scanned and my corrected details meant I was located. He had been handed in to the Animal Shelter, and as that's almost an hour away, I'd never have called them. The people who found Sam were from that area and were visiting people in my area when they saw Sam. They picked him up, took him home and then to the shelter the next morning. The kindness of these people was amazing. Just get those details of your lost pet out there to as many people as possible. And make sure your microchip information is correct. I only corrected it 2 hours before I received the call from Animal Shelter and had never thought to check the info was current. People out there care and want to help. - Sian

11.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Koko We bought ko-ko 18 months ago from our local vet as they have abandoned kittens for sale. I think he got lost initially and must have gone all day trying to reach home and we heard him meowing at 4am this morning. ... Maybe there was a snake the previous evening that scared him and he left his normal safe surroundings. Lost pet finders gave me support when I needed it most from outside of the normal community. My family were fabulous. I also prayed to God to send him home. My advice is just to reach out to lost pet finders and Facebook as the comments I received via my daughter in law were so uplifting. I don’t have a Facebook account, hence she helped in that way. Thank you - Bev

10.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Mozart It was so touching how much our community helped to bring Mozart home! He is my younger brothers best friend. Mozart was hand raised by one of my best friends and colleague and became a massive part of our family. He is such a loving and cheeky parrot. ... He is still learning the ropes of flying and especially landing which is how he got lost. He didn’t mean to get lost from home but he got scared of the outside world when he miscalculated his landing and accidentally ended up outside. He tried to land but the more he flapped and circled the higher he got until He got stuck in a cloud draft. Our family spent hours on end searching for him from dawn till dusk for 2 days. We put posters up everywhere and posted it all over social media. It was heart warming to see the community come together by sharing our posts and keeping an eye out for him over the past few days. A lovely family called my work yesterday morning because a parrot had come to their back door and took a liking to their son. He was so exhausted and very hungry. They were kind enough to bring him into my work where I could instantly identify him. He was so grateful to be home and my brother is overwhelmed as much as the rest of us at how caring and helpful our community was to bring Mozart home. Mozart is feeling very sorry for himself and is currently soaking up all the attention from his family. My advice is to never lose hope!! We made Mozart known to social media and the surrounding community in hopes that he would be seen and found and he was. My brother was very doubtful and very upset that he would never be reunited with his best friend but this story just shows that it is possible for a bird to find their way home no matter how long or quick it takes. - Elly

10.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Lou Message from the lovely finder: Lost Pet Finders is an excellent service. Lou the very old dog with dementia found us after a thunderstorm on the weekend. She stayed around overnight and wanted to hangout with our very energetic kelpie Pam. Lou didnt have a collar and I didn't have time to take her to the vet in the morning because I had an appointment so I posted her photo to the site and within half and hour the owner contacted me. The owner's neighbour saw Lou's photo on the site and put us together. I was so happy that Lou was returned to her owner as I know how it feels to loose your own dog. Thank you Lost Pet Finder ***** five stars - Jo

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Ducky Ducky is my daughter's cat that she has had from a kitten. He has always come to stay for holidays but now stays with us permanently as my daughter is currently living overseas. Ducky went missing in the early hours of Sunday morning and did not come back until Thursday evening. I contacted lost pet finders on Wednesday desperate for help. You guys have been very helpful and what is more hopeful. I received a list of what to do - most of which ...we had already done but it was good to check off what we should have done. I received advice from Josephine to check roofs of neighbours and to call out for him during the evening. We both called out for him last night and eventually he arrived at our back door. Losing a pet is like losing one of the family. Having them around is very comforting and fun. Our cat's best friend is a rabbit who was missing him too. Everyone in the community has been caring - including the local vets and the Council workers and the ranger. Everyone at Lost Pet Finders were very very helpful and supportive. Thank you so much. - Nicole

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Magpie Magpie was spotted in the dark on the neighbouring street 3 doors down under a house by our next door neighbour. He is an incredibly fussy eater and I don’t think he’s had much to eat over the past week as he ate and drank solidly for about 30min. He’s quite skittish and grumpy which isn’t like him but completely understandable.... must have been quite an ordeal. If only cats could talk! He's in need of a good clean and groom and I’m sure he’ll be a bit put out having to sleep in the laundry tonight instead of his usual bed in the garden shed. - Jane

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Alvin Alvin was a rescue kitten and my son fell in love with him so home with us he came and soon became part of the family and even befriending our two retrievers. He would play with the dogs, hang out with the dogs and eat with the dogs. When he went missing last Saturday we were devastated and putting him on Lost Pet Finders was fantastic. Just to have kind words, helpful tips and positive stories kept me hopeful and encouraged that he would return ho...me. We followed advice given on this page and around 5am this morning we heard a faint meow and there he was at the door. And here he is now. Back in his usual spot. Welcome home little buddy. - Krissy

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Fudge Fudgey is beautiful boy. He loves to play fight with his adopted brother Kitkat (who is the same age and similar looking) and hiding in small nooks and crannies! They're both rescue cats. I got Fudge when he was 6 months old, he's a year old now, and Kitkat when he was 8 months old (so a couple of months after Fudge). We recently moved and within 5 minutes of getting to the new place Fudge escaped outside and bolted. We couldn't find him anywh...ere, and we were so worried about him. He's very timid and scares easily, and when he gets frightened he stops eating, but we tried calling him and shaking his food anyway. He didn't come for a day and a half. I went all around town and gave out flyers, made Facebook posts, and got my family to help me search for him. Eventually we found him hiding under some fallen logs, he meowed when we called him. He wasn't stuck, just stubborn! We had Kitkat follow us around (he is like a dog, follows us everywhere, very friendly and laid back, the complete opposite of Fudge) while we were searching, to leave a scent trail in case Fudge was lost and also because Fudge always follows Kitkat around when he feels frightened - Kitkat seems to calm him down. We couldn't get him out of the log but as soon as Kitkat walked up to it he came out to him! What a good brother! Now Fudge is back to living like a king! The local community were so helpful, I've been back to most of the places I gave flyers to now to let them know we found him, and they were all so happy when I told them, it was so nice. A lot of them weren't meant to put flyers up in their shop windows but made exceptions because it was a lost cat. Everyone was very helpful. I had a few people call me because they got the Lost Pet Finders audio message, and tell me they had sighted a cat similar to Fudge. It didn't turn out to be him, but it made me feel better knowing that people were thinking of me and keeping their eye out! - Jaimee

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Gizmo First of all I would like to thank you and the rest of the team in Lost Pet Finders for all your help in helping me find my beloved cat Gizmo. The last 5 weeks have been stressful and the regular reminders, tips, encouragement that I have received from the team has helped me a lot. The story of Gizmo wouldn’t be complete without telling you about his mother Smokey. She was a stray we found in the vacant lot (now with a building). She was a grey and ...Continue reading

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Freddie (right) It is such a relief to have him home! More than happy to share our story. We adopted Freddie from a shelter when he was only a few months old and he is now 3.5 years old. We realised Fred was missing on Tuesday morning, usually he would be on his sunbed enjoying the morning rays, when we realised he wasn't there we assumed he must have popped out to the neighbors garden as he does some days, so we weren't initially freaked out, however whe...n it hit 4pm we thought it was very strange for him to not return for dinner and we started to panic. That panic went into overdrive when it got dark and the temperature dropped. We canvased the neighborhood that evening to no avail. By the morning I was completely beside myself, my husband had to travel for an overnight trip that day so I was alone while I put together a plan to get posters out, register him missing with local vets and shelters and try to get some eyes on his missing ad on Facebook. It was really hard doing it alone but it was really nice to have the online community behind our search. We are new to this community and it's quite small, however it has been very supportive with people sharing Freddies ad around and even having someone else who had lost their cat in a similar area reach out to say she would keep an eye out for Fred while she looked for her own missing cat. We feel Lost Pet Finders helped, and although he wasn't found through social media, it was reassuring to know that the local vets and shelters knew about his disappearance as well as having the support to know I wasn't alone in this experience. In the end, I had headed into the backyard to just try calling for him again as I had been told that it was a good idea to try calling at different times of the day, I heard a faint meow and I knew it was him right away, I kept calling till I heard his meow get louder, I then climbed on top of my neighbours shed and saw him sitting in another neighbours yard, unable to get out as the fences were too high for him to jump over (he had obvosuly jumped from the shed I was standing on into the yard but had nothing to climb up to get out). I ran to the house whos yard he was in but no one was there, so I climbed on top of a brick wall to lower myself into the yard and encouraged him to stand up against the fence so I could grab him. Don't give up, it's so important to keep looking, keep putting posters up and letterbox dropping because the more people that know your animal is missing the more likely someone will come across them. Also keep walking your neighbourhood, keep calling to them day and night. I also had put his litter tray out so I think that may have guided him home, I'm not convinced he had been in that yard the whole time he was missing as I'd tried calling out there the previous two days but had not heard him meow back. Image attached- back safe and sound, snuggled up with his companion Pepper - Lexi

09.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Runty We have been looking for him around the last few days, especially at night and shaking his treat bag, when we thought we heard his collar bells we went home to check if he's back and spent some time on the balcony calling and shaking his bag. An hour later he came back but he wasn't eating, drinking, he was very dirty and his claws were very damaged and tummy was red. He seemed very traumatised. Took him to the vet this morning and he's still there... doing x-rays. They suspect he have been hit by a car as it's common for claws to look like that. Please to anyone who gets their cat back if they are not eating or looking like they may have been hurt even if it doesn't seem like it's anything serious please take them to the vet for a check up!! - Darija

08.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Tom Firstly, thank you to Pet Finders for your support and giving us hope that we would find our boy Tommy. We adopted Tommy from the shelter and he has been a part of our family for 3 years (myself, husband, 2 boys and our 14 year old dog). He is mostly indoors but lately has been itching to go outside more often. We have kitty litter available 24/7 but he prefers to do his business outside so it’s mostly untouched unless we have been out all day....Continue reading

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08.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Grunter Grunter is the son of my female tortoiseshell cat Quasimodo and I love him passionately. He is 10 years old and we moved two streets away 5 years ago. He sometimes goes over the back fence and trolls the area in between. He went missing which had not happened before except for one morning about 2 years ago. After a day I was devastated and quite bereft about it thinking the worst couldn’t sleep and constantly near tears as I contemplated the awf...ul thoughts going through my mind. I contacted Lost Pet Finders and it was the best thing I could do. The advice was excellent and I followed it putting up posters they assembled for me on every Power pole I could in about a half to three quarter kilometre radius and making some A5 flyers I could post into letterboxes about 700-800 at least as there are many flats/apartment blocks in my area. It was a powerful antidote to my grief as I was actually doing something rather than fret and be anguished about it. I was also able to talk to anybody about and alert them to my loss people were consistently kind and promised to look out for him. I didn’t care about people and called out to him from home constantly and while delivering the flyers etc as loud and shrill as I could even at midnight my neighbours must have thought I was a mad woman! He was gone for nearly 5 days and I put the posters and distributed the flyers on days 2,3 and 4. On the 5th day he came into view outside my study in the afternoon I was ecstatic and bawled my head off while cuddling him and talking yes, I was truly madly deeply happy!! Interestingly he was not hungry and was quite nonchalant! From this I assume he had been kept inside and fed as I know he would have come at my call had he been free. He always does. I believe the inundation of posters and flyers alerted the person who had him to the fact that he had an owner and he belonged somewhere else so they let him out. Without that I shudder to think what may have ensued. I must admit I have smelt perfume on him occasionally that is not mine. So heartfelt thanks for the advice and the encouraging emails I received about 4 phone calls and 2 texts and I guess now I will go and take the posters down with joy! I am eternally grateful. Thank you. - Denise

07.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Buddy Buddy is the second litter to his mum Civvy. We have had Buddy 2 years. I noticed Buddy didn’t come home to eat 2 days ago, he does sometimes get the wanders and likes to be social.... Lost Pet Finders absolutely helped, I printed off the pet flyer and at 11pm started walking around my street letter box dropping. In the end, I was letter box dropping and looking down drains and calling his name. I then spotted him in the gutter where a parked car was, just sitting there. I couldn’t believe my eyes, I had been searching all last night he was nowhere. The advice I would give to someone in the same situation is to get onto Lost pet finders and read the TO DO LIST - Narelle

06.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Polly Message from the lovely finder Tanya: He flew into my back garden, and I suspected he was tame, so I put a dish of sunflower seeds in an empty wire hanging basket and hung it near him. He descended immediately and began to eat. I armed myself with my dog controller (hose with jet attachment) to keep my dogs away from him.... I stood about a metre away and chatted to him, then I got another basket with a water dish, which he climbed onto while I was holding it. I hung the second basket so I had two free hands. He was offering his head for a scratch, then I started stroking his back with both hands so I could close them around him to pick him up. I put him inside my jacket and took him inside. Then I cut a couple of inches off both sets of flight feathers, just in case he got lost again. I phoned the closest vet, who agreed to house him. They posted him on Facebook and I posted him on your site. The owner saw the vet’s post and was reunited with ‘Polly’ on Friday.

06.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Message from the lovely finder: The bird actually found us. It was flying over our backyard & scared my young son. When I looked through the window I realised it was a parrot and the minute I said "it's a parrot" it landed on our outside window sill. My boys were talking to it for 2 hrs. It then flew around the house, sat on our car & from there on my husband' shoulder. It was obvious it was tame. We built up a newly arrived dog crate & kept the bird ins...ide it for the night as we did not have a proper cage. I posted on FB and in your Group and got a message in the morning from a lady who turned out to be the bird's owner. Thank goodness for your group and FB!!! I don't know what we would have done without it! - Mariola

06.01.2022 ID: 127488 LOST DOG: Gator - Driver NT 0830 Contact this Member: https://lostpetfinders.com.au/pets/127488 Gentle but very timid. Very much loved family pet. Lost in Driver area near Chung Wah on Thursday (26/11). If you see or find him, please contact 0401 617 679... Missing Since: 27 Nov 2020 Name: Gator Type: Dog Gender: Male Age: 3 years Desexed: Yes Breed: Bullmastiff, Amstaff Colour: Tan Size: Big Microchipped: Yes Register your lost or found pet here: https://lostpetfinders.com.au/join

05.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Didi & Mickey Both dogs went missing Saturday afternoon. We live on a large farm and lately they’ve taken to wandering. DeDe the staffy was on a lead as I had just given her a wash and she was drying off in the sun while I was getting washing in. I saw her look at our other dog Micky and they took off! ... We have wet land & swamp so I quickly lost sight of them. After missing for 2 days I’d given up as there have been a lot of snakes about and big Roos to fight them. This morning I was outside & Micky appeared from nowhere- thin but shiny with no scratches or sign of fighting or hardship. Because DeDe had a lead on I assumed we’d never see her again as either a roo or snake had got her. This afternoon she too miraculously appeared from nowhere, also unscathed. I only wish they could talk!! - Melinda

04.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Zena Zena was a foster who come to us when she was just two and half weeks old, she took a liking to my son who suffers from anxiety. She as been apart of the family for 5 years now. We had been living in our new place for 3 weeks before I let the cats outside and they where only allowed out with us. The day zena went missing I had told my son to come inside and that zena would be fine for a few minutes by herself. We spent the next few hours calling an...Continue reading

04.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Tag I was so thankful and relieved that she found her way home. I had printed flyers from the lostpetfinders website, showed and told my neighbours, put flyers into letter boxes too. As I live in an apartment block, a neighbour recognized Tag straight away (Tag was outside my front door). My neighbour kindly took Tag to her flat then contacted me. I am so grateful to lostpetfinders and everyone for their support. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Tag was gone from 13 February 2021 to 25 March 2021. I had her from a kitten. she is my number 1 furbaby. Every day I hoped and prayed that she would find her way home.... and she did. To those still missing your furbabies, be strong, always have hope, and never give up. - Elaine

03.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Well here is our story in brief The wee cat arrived outside our house crying in the early hours of Monday 24th August. She was in good health, very friendly with a collar but no ID so clearly lost. I took her to our local vet in the hope she had a microchip but she did not. ... I then listed her on the Found section of Lost Pet Finders. This is a wonderful site, a great resource for people with missing and found pets. The flyer that is produced for you is very helpful. On. Tuesday 25th I placed the flyers around the neighbourhood. In the meantime we looked after the little girl. Every day I checked the Lost cats listings. After one week, I checked the new lost listings and there she was! I called the owner and he came to pick her up about an hour later. Put simply without Lost Pet Finders, I doubt we would have reunited them. My advice to people who have lost pets is please ( obviously before they get lost!) get them microchipped, it can make all the difference. Or if they have a collar, add a wee tag with your phone number. List them as lost. Please don’t worry about feeling you are reacting too soon, yes they may soon wander back home but they might be really lost so put the call out there sooner than later. In this case the owner did not list her as lost for 9 or 10 days. Not that he didn’t care or love her, he just kept thinking she’d come home and then he panicked. So thank you Lost Pet Finders. You operate an amazing service. - Judith

02.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Evelyn I got Evie when I first moved out of home 3 years ago. She’s been my companion ever since - it’s always been us against the world! We bought a new house and had been living there for 3 weeks when we went away on holiday for a week. Halfway through the trip the person who was house sitting said she hadn’t seen Evie. The next morning she still hadn’t shown up so we raced home to look for her. We walked around asking all the tradies around our house ...(we are surrounded by incomplete new builds) and left flyers in letterboxes but had no luck. It was so hard to stay positive some days and there were days where I would just constantly cry. The local community were amazing. We had lots of texts and Facebook messages saying people had sighted a cat who could’ve been Evie. We investigated all of these possible sightings to no avail - often finding another ragdoll. After 6 weeks I got a Facebook message asking if this photo could be Evie. As soon as I saw it I knew it was her! The lady said she had been hanging around their house for about 2 weeks but they couldn’t get close enough for a photo. I raced there after work and called her but had no luck. We ended up getting a cat trap later that day and putting some of our worn clothes and some food inside. Evie tried to get the food from the wrong end of the trap but the lady who’s house she had been hanging around managed to sneak up behind her and catch her. Honestly, a designer cat isn’t exactly made for the wild for 6 weeks! But she is home and I couldn’t be happier! STAY POSITIVE! Keep searching! Evie is skinny (she lost 40% of her body weight!) but so happy to be home and has no permanent damage to her organs or anything! - Nicole

02.01.2022 REUNION OF THE DAY: Dari I just wanted to say a Huge thank you to lostpetfinders, your website and resources was so helpful. I’m truly grateful for being able to use your website to ask people to help me find my bird. Sorry it took me a couple of days to reply. My Darri bird needed my attention after her big adventure in the wild. Darri is healing up nicely and very happy to be back home with her family....Continue reading