Pet owner reunited with cat after creating dating profiles for her

Feline frisky! Pet owner is reunited with lost cat Ruby after creating dating profiles for her on Grindr and Tinder

• Erin Johansen’s six-year-old cat went missing last week from home in Brighton
• The 22-year-old used profiles to appeal to users in the area to look out for Ruby 

A relieved pet owner has been reunited with her lost cat after creating dating profiles of the feline on apps Grindr and Tinder.

Erin Johansen’s black-and-white cat Ruby went missing last weekend, resulting in her and her friends sticking up posters and scouring the streets for the six-year-old cat.

A friend then suggested to the 22-year-old that she use his profile on gay dating app Grindr to help find her.

While unsure of the idea at first, Ms Johansen, who lives in Brighton’s Elm Grove area with husband Lorcan, 24, was shocked when users started reporting sightings of Ruby after seeing her photo on the app.

The profile, however, still had a human’s specifications so comically Ruby was described as being a ‘chill, curious and goofy’ 21-year-old who is ‘single’ with an ‘average body build’ and interests in ‘karaoke, movies and reading’, who was ‘looking for dates’.

Erin Johansen was reunited with her lost cat Ruby after creating dating profiles for her 

After posting Ruby’s picture on the Grindr profile, pictured here, was shocked when users started reporting sightings of the cat

Ruby was finally spotted in a neighbour’s garden just a few doors down from her home – much to her owner’s relief.

Ms Johansen, who works at a nursery and a juice bar, said that although a neighbour ended up spotting Ruby, the apps were still a ‘massive help’ and insisted she would employ the method should she run away again.

She said: ‘In the end Ruby was found just a couple of gardens over.

‘Someone saw one of the posters and told me, so I just scooped her up and took her home. Although the apps weren’t the way she was found, I think it was a massive help.

‘People kept their eyes open after seeing the profiles on Grindr and Tinder. It worked quite well, so I think I would do it again if Ruby got lost again.’

She continued: ‘At some point over the weekend, we were looking for her and my friend who already had an active Grindr account said, “Let’s put her on Grindr” – and it was actually quite helpful.’

She explained that along with the photo of Ruby, there was a note attached saying, ‘a bit strange but our house cat has gone missing. If anyone has seen this cat please message me to let me know, it would be great help’.

The Tinder profile, pictured here, included a note appealing to users to look for Ruby

Around eight people contacted her about Ruby – three of whom got in touch via Grindr to say they’d seen her cat.

She added: ‘There’s a huge LGBTQ+ community around Brighton and we were hoping to put the word out to as many people as possible.

‘We didn’t think to change the other bits of the profile, so it said she enjoys karaoke and stuff.

‘I thought we would get messages making fun, but everyone took it really seriously and were just looking to help.’

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