Your CAT has gone missing | RSPCA Macclesfield, SE Cheshire and Buxton Branch CIO

Contact the microchip company and ask them to flag the cat as ‘missing.’
To find out who to ring, put the chip number into the check-a-chip website
Please ring all vets in your local area
Contact the cat rescues in the area

Pets Located
Animal Search UK – this website is particularly important since any cats that are picked up by a RSPCA Inspector or volunteer are registered on this database (including those that are ill or injured and get taken to Manchester animal hospital.)

Ask neighbours (via a poster / letters through doors) to open all sheds/garages/outbuildings as many cats get locked in because of their inquisitive nature
Scent your garden – put dirty litter / used bedding / contents of the hoover / own used clothes – all in the garden – put used bedding (cat and human) / used clothes on line to blow the scent around but shelter when raining
Go out calling when deadly quiet so you can hear each other – rattle treats / take smelly food / take squeaky toy if they has one – listen carefully especially at outbuildings in case locked in
Give a poster to postman / milkman as they cover large areas every day
Go out calling when deadly quiet so you can hear each other – rattle treats / take smelly food / take squeaky toy if they has one – listen carefully especially at outbuildings in case your pet is locked in

Contact the local County Council as they are responsible for collecting deceased cats off the roads. Cheshire East (who use a subsidiary called ANSA) can be contacted on 0300 123 5011

Put up flyers on lampposts and / or through doors locally
If you’ve just moved to the area but not far from the previous property, there is every chance your cat could’ve made it’s way back to your last house – so please visit the old property just in case.