02/03/2023
I would suggest s**ttering their toys or putting the owner’s clothing in the yard instead
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If you are looking for a lost cat or advising someone else, there is one risky thing you can mark off your list of ideas:
🚫 "Put their litter box outside" 🚫
• The most likely risk of putting out cat litter is inadvertently attracting other cats. If you have an escaped indoor-only cat, then your yard may be within the territory of one or more outdoor-access or stray cats. If you put out your cat’s litter, other cats may see this as a threat to their territory. They may be attracted to the litter box and possibly use it or spray objects around the box. If your cat smells the scent-marks of the resident cats, they may feel too threatened to return home. Worst case, you might attract an aggressive territorial cat into your yard, which might chase your cat away.
• Many wild predators like foxes and bobcats use their f***s to mark their territory. To do this, they place their s**t on prominent locations such as on top of rocks or logs. Domestic cats on the other hand tend to bury their f***s. This may be an instinctive behavior to protect them from detection by other larger predators like coyotes and bobcats. By putting your cat’s dirty litter outside, you risk attracting area predators around your home.
• You are better off investing time and effort in conducting a physical search for your lost cat and using wildlife cameras or a humane trap than you are in putting out dirty cat litter.
*Text from lostpetresearch.com and missinganimalresponse.com