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Shrimp and her brother Red Fish need a patient, loving foster home as they are very shy, so they need help preparing for adoption into a FURR-ever home someday.

December 2025 –  I noticed the other week that SHRIMP had horrible breath!  That can be a sign of mouth infection & bad teeth/gums.  I looked in her mouth & could see she had dental problems.  I got her in to Sound Cat for a dental.  Luckily they had an opening and she went yesterday.

$1,300 later, most of her teeth had been pulled!  She will surely feel better after healing up from the surgery.  Poor thing!

SHRIMP’S brother, RED FISH, also had a dental, with most teeth pulled, about a month ago.  I guess it’s genetic plus bad nutrition before being rescued.

These dental surgeries are necessary not only because of the infection from broken or bad teeth/gums, but also to relieve pain.

Pictures of RED FISH & SHRIMP.  Both siblings still waiting for a home this Christmas!

November 2025 –  Watch this adorable video of Red Fish hoping for a FURR-ever home for Christmas!

September 2025 –  More great photos of Shrimp and Red Fish! They’ll be so happy to have a FURR-ever home.  Learn more about their amazing story below.

May 19, 2025 RED FISH & SHRIMP have come back & are in Room 3. They are doing really well considering & need LOTS of gentle love. SHRIMP will hiss at everyone, but she is just scared & you can pet & love on her. RED FISH is super sweet but scared. These poor cats have been gone TWO years & now back at FURR. I love them both & will see to it that their future WILL be better!

April 23, 2023 A wonderful lady named Chris has been fostering Red Fish & Shrimp. I went by a couple days ago to put their Revolution on them, trim their nails & visit.

Chris has done an amazing job with these 2 cats!  Considering their horrible beginning at the fish place, they are now loved, cared for and safe in a beautiful home! Chris has been great to take my advice and take it very slowly with them.  They have graduated from the large bathroom to include the master bedroom!

These pictures show how great the kitties have progressed.  I am so thankful to Chris for spending this valuable time with them!

Feb. 4, 2022 This tiny but colorful girl is longing for someone to love her! She came from a rough place when she was very young, but she has made huge progress and just needs a little reassurance and love! Read her story in the “Seafood Colony” article. She is so soft and loves to be petted and brushed! She is a gently girl and still shy but ready for the next step in her little life. She gets along great with other non-dominant cats that won’t pick on her. If you want a gorgeous, sweet and quiet little cat to love, she is your girl!

For adoption information or to schedule a visit to the Feline Urgent Rescue & Rehab rescue facility to meet this kitty, please email FURR’s President and Founder, Terry Schultz, at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes.

If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.

Each bold, pink headline below tells another story of the critical work Terry is doing – all by herself! – to help as many kitties as possible in the Hampstead-Wilmington-Topsail Beach communities in North Carolina!

Please Donate, Volunteer to help, Volunteer to Foster or Adopt a cat or kitten today!

Update December 1, 2021

I’ve trapped, fixed and recovered another 20 cats that were all feral adults at the seafood trucking place. One has Feline AIDS and I found a sanctuary and took her there. One has Feline Leukemia and I drove him to Charlotte where Kathleen, a long time FURR Volunteer who also works with an airline, who flew him to a sanctuary in Texas. I also drove 4 Feline Leukemia + to a sanctuary in Charlotte last weekend. Read this article about 3 kittens in a cage together need a temporary Foster while we’re awaiting approval to take them to their new home in Texas.

Found a colony of at least 40-50 cats

Oct. 24, 2021 – Have been trapping every night before it becomes hundreds – recently got 2 more kittens and 1 adult so far. Cannot even imagine how many cats & kittens would be there is I hadn’t stepped in! I have no help and need temporary foster homes to keep kittens alive. Also need funding. Have kept 7 kittens so far and fixed and release out a dozen. Still extremely urgent situation with more kittens in need! Do not want to fix and release at 3 months old but I am overwhelmed!

Also found more cats at the Topsail Island colony

Oct 24, 2021 – I got 4 transported to Virginia. Tragically, the remaining cats in this colony were killed by a coyote, even the caretaker lost on of her pets to the coyote. One female left and got her trapped and spayed only to learn from the spay/neuter clinic that she’s a nursing mom! So we had to release her and pray her kittens are alive!

Finally some good news – Helped another lady in Topsail Beach to trap 3 black feral kittens she had been feeding by the beach. Got hem fixed and thank God the lady’s vet took them in for adoption!

Foster Home(s) urgently needed

Oct 24, 2021 – My Realtor found 3 kittens about 5 weeks old and she is trying her best to foster them, but she has a child, dogs, puppy, busy life and no extra room to put them! So they are in a play pen about about to get out so desperate for a foster home for these three kittens!

Special Needs Kitties

Oct 24, 2021 – Got an FIV+/Felv+ cat into a sanctuary but have kept a bunch of these also …

Hampstead Colony needs continue

Oct 24, 2021 – In my prior Hampstead colony, all cats trapped, fixed and released but I still have 6 that need homes.
Now one is sick that was released! Got to re-trap and get to the vet ASAP! Needs funds and help with all this trapping every night!

Urgent Hampstead injury reported

Oct. 25, 2021 – I got an emergency all from from my original Hampstead colony to catch one of the feral cats there that is injured. Once in a crate, I see he has a horrible problem – his teeth are completely rotten and black!! He must be in so much pain! He has ulcers all over his mouth and tongue. All I can do is pray the infection hasn’t affected his kidneys or liver, but blood work will determine that. So this will be at least $1,000 – Lord help me! He hasn’t been able to groom himself won’t eat at all. He looks about half the size he was when I trapped/neutered/released him. I’ll be rushing him to the vet in the morning.

Oct 26, 2021 Update – I just got the call from the vet. Terrible news. Kitty had masses on his liver (more than likely cancer), rotten teeth, had developed heart work disease, liver damage, weight loss and dehydration. He had IV fluids, antibiotics and pain meds, x-rays, ultra sound, etc., and he gave up just when everyone was working so hard to save him … He passed away. So sad. His caretake was heartbroken. Still, we need a fundraiser for his bill…