Jo Ann Schmidt’s cat Chow went missing three weeks ago, just as Jo was in the middle of a move from Magnolia to Ballard. Still, Jo says she’s returned to Magnolia every day to look for Chow, and is asking the community for help in finding him.
Chow was last seen around 35th Ave. West and Fort in Magnolia on May 11. He is an 8-year-old long-haired male cat. Jo says he was around 13 to 14 lbs when we went missing, but may have lost weight since.
He is mostly black with longer silver/grey tufts behind his ears, sticking out from between his toes, and along his tummy and chest. His coat is longer and thicker along his backside and his tail is very wide and bushy,” she wrote. “He can look dark brown in direct sunlight, and the fur under his nose can also look dark brown. He has big round gold eyes and a black nose. He won’t keep a collar on but he is microchipped.”
Jo wrote into MagnoliaVoice with a missing cat report a couple of weeks ago, but is worried that Chow has wandered off, possibly into surrounding neighborhoods given that Jo has moved out of the house Chow was familiar with.
“I have been searching for him for three weeks and am very worried about him,” Jo wrote to us. “We lived near the Locks and close to Queen Anne, so he could be in either of those neighborhoods.”
“He may be injured or hiding somewhere nearby, maybe under a porch or in some shrubs in a quiet backyard. He may even have gotten into a basement, shed, vehicle, boat, or house through a cat door and may be trapped. There were some possible sightings along the edge of the ravine too,” she wrote. “Chow is so shy and may be so frightened that hunger and thirst might not bring him out of hiding. He might not meow even if he’s trapped.”
Jo is offering a reward for any information that could help her find Chow and asks anyone who has any information about him (sightings, etc.) to call her at (206) 359-1854. “Please call me anytime, day or night, if you think you’ve seen him. Chow is very shy and will probably run from strangers.”