Sept. 16, 2025 THALIAN HALL’S CatVideoFest weekend was a HUGE success! A HUGE thank you to Kathy, a FURR Volunteer!
Kathy arranged the whole thing, printed out ALL of the FURR cats’ profiles from Petfinder and helped set up everything! We had a great time and met so many wonderful cat people!
We have some possible adoptions coming up, some potential volunteers and we are invited to come back again next year! FURR also received $553 in donations, greatly needed for urgent rescues recently posted here!
We enjoyed seeing all the people dressed up as cats! We also took turns watching the cat show which was hysterical! Basically the show was a compilation of funny cat videos & boy, were they hilarious!
THANK YOU AGAIN KATHY for this great opportunity for FURR!
Sept 1, 2025 Attend the world-renown CatVideoFest Sept 13-24, 2025 at the Thalian Hall in Wilmington!
A triumph! A spectacle! A fuzzy wuzzy cuddle puddle! The CatVideoFest is all that and more. Everyone’s favorite family-friendly cat-themed film event is back for a limited time.
FURR receives 10% of Thalian Hall Box Office profits!
Sept. 2, 2025 HOORAY! We have another “foster failure”! This is a good thing!
Minnie & Alyssia – Aug 2025
Little rescued kitten, “MINNIE”, has just been adopted by her foster family and our FURR volunteer, Alyssia!
It was love at first sight when Alyssia saved this poor little kitten & brought her in under FURR.
After a week of recovery @ FURR from having spay surgery, MINNIE was missed terribly & Alyssia just had to adopt her!
We are thrilled for this happy ending! We wish MINNIE & Alyssia years of happiness!
Terry
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August 27, 2025 This beautiful little kitten was found by one of our FURR volunteers, Alyssia. She saw the kitten in the marsh and she did whatever it took to catch her!
She was scared and tiny…quite small for her age and very skinny.
After a couple of months, vet work from FURR and lots of love from Alyssia, MINNIE is now ready for adoption!
She is really super sweet, purrrrrs up a storm & has the softest fur! This kitten is fully vetted & gets along well with EVERYONE!
FURR has lots of cute kitty friends that can accompany MINNIE as well!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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 adoptthis 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.
Sept. 17, 2019 A very very sweet young lady stopped by FURR to look at the kitties. Her name was SARAH and she wanted to embark on her first pets as a working professional with her own place! She stayed a LONG time petting the kittens and you could tell she had really put some thought into this. She was full of questions (the right kind!) about how to care for them, etc. I knew right away that Sarah was going to be a wonderful & responsible mom for her new kitties!
Barrington at FURR – Aug 2019
Sarah loved several of the kittens but she immediately fell in love with BARRINGTON! She petted him and listened to him purr and he seemed to like her a lot too! That seemed like a given that Sarah wanted to adopt BARRINGTON, but then she had decided she wanted two kittens so that could keep each other company…..I didn’t even have to persuade her!
Sarah decided to come to visit the FURR rescue facility and visit the kitties again. She had mentioned favoring PIPSQUEAK, but after the lodge visit, she decided definitely……..YES! PIPSQUEAK would be the 2nd kitty adopted! (gray tabby shown above at FURR – Sept 2019)
Barrington & new Mom Sarah – Sept 2019
BARRINGTON & PIPSQUEAK were adopted by Sarah and they will be leaving FURR this coming Wednesday! I am so happy for these two kittens!
BARRINGTON was the kitten I rescued out of a drain pipe after being down there for DAYS!
Pipsqueak & new Mom Sarah – Sept 2019
PIPSQUEAK was a kitten I rescued with his 3 siblings in the back yard woods of a fellow adopter who called me about them. Four kittens were rescued along with their mom, Chatty Cathy. PIPSQUEAK was a teeny tiny little thing and probably the runt of the litter. He finally caught up with the others and turned out to be just adorable & VERY sweet!!!
I am so happy for these rescued kittens! I am grateful to SARAH for giving them a loving home! These 2 kittens will be very happy together!!!
Oct. 20, 2025Woody(right above) is adopted along with Autumn (left above)! Wildflower, Fern and Forrest are still available – please see their stories below.
A really nice couple with 2 sweet little girls came to FURR a couple of times to look at kitties. Over the weekend, they texted me that they had made a decision & wanted AUTUMN & WOODY!!!
I trimmed the 2 kitty’s nails, copied all the paperwork, packed up food & litter & delivered them today. I cried! I’m not so attached to Woody because he is a kitten (and everybody loves kittens) but Autumn was quite special to me. I trapped her as a feral cat & we worked with her for over a year. She turned out to be extremely grateful for her rescue! The lady that fed her (and 2 other cats) left them abandoned & moved away leaving all 3 cats.
I trapped all 3. Two of the cats went to another rescue and I kept Autumn (i was too full already).
Anyway, Autumn turned around & became a hilarious, fun-loving kitty with a BIG personality! She loved to rub on everybody’s face & head. I called her the “hair messer-upper” cat!
I will send more pictures later, but both Autumn & Woody settled right in and I’m so happy for both of them. I wish them a wonderful life from here forward & I am grateful that I could be their beginning!
Autumn loving Elizabeth – FURR Volunteer – Aug 2025
April 15, 2025 Watch this adorable new Video of Autumn showing her very affectionate personality!
October 15, 2024 My name is AUTUMN! I’m the funniest, silliest, shiniest, friendliest, most talkative cat you have ever seen! I am TRULY ONE IN A MILLION! I’m only about a year old and everyone at FURR loves me!!! To say I’m a character is putting it mildly…I’m a nut! I’m just a super “excited to be rescued” kitty! Come visit & see for yourself. I’ll tickle your funny bone!
June 20, 2024 AUTUMN is such an amazing kitty! She continues to crack me up every day! She is nonstop wiggling and nonstop chattering! She can’t be still for 5 minutes so I have to pet and rub her while she is head bunting me or slapping her tail against everything she walks by!
Autumn “reaching out” – Aug 2025
Autumn is getting very sleek and healthy! Her sunburned auburn fur is finally turning black. She loves the kittens but would probably LOVE to be the only queen of the castle!
May 2024 – Autumn’s dental surgery was successful and she’s feeling much better – and happier! We do still need about $1,000 to cover her surgery, so please donate today!
April 12, 2024 Autumn is hilarious! Watch her video! She is so excited to have attention that she can’t stop wiggling! She is doing well, upper respiratory has cleared up from her antibiotics and eating her mushy food well!
Her dental is scheduled for mid May. We are on the waiting list to get in sooner. Her mouth is horrible with rotten teeth and painful red gums.
We need $2,000 to cover her expenses!!! We’ve raised a small amount, but we have a long way to go. Please share with anyone you know that might want to help! Autumn is extremely grateful for the help! Another special rescue cat that would have died left outside on her own.
Also, here (feature photo above) is a cute pic of her peeking out of her little house!
April 5, 2024 Here is Terry’s latest Urgent Rescue & Rehabilitation story about “Autumn”, named after the area where Terry found her. Please click our Donate button on the right today to help us with the veterinary bills (current and upcoming)!
Watch this amazing video of Terry giving Autumn much needed TLC and telling Autumn’s story with more details below.
I got a call from a lady in Wilmington, NC. Her neighbor moved away and left outdoor feral cats to survive on their own. It was a bad and sad situation. The cats were hanging out at this lady’s house (the lady that called me), using her yard as a litter box, getting on their cars and one of the cats scratched their dog and caused a large vet bill. I believe she said her dog killed that one. So she and her husband wanted the cats gone ASAP.
I did the best I could calling and making contacts with Wilmington rescue groups with no luck. No one could help. It’s really not my territory since I’m overwhelmed in my own area. But, once you know of abandoned animals, it’s hard to erase it from your mind.
The lady thought there were 3 cats left. I finally found a place for the cats to go (a long way away) and it was sheer luck that they had only a couple of openings. So I trapped the first 2 cats, took them to the vet (as the rescue requested) and then drove them out to the rescue with updated shots, flea/parasite treatment, etc.
The first 2 cats cost FURR $240.
I went the next day back to trap the final 3rd cat. I got that one and dropped it off at the vet for the same vet work as the other 2. All 3 of these cats were TNR from a prior year, so at least they were already fixed and ear tipped.
BUT, I got a call from the vet saying that this feral cat had a bad Upper Respiratory Infection and a totally infected mouth, gums and teeth! This cat needs at least 2 weeks of meds, syringe feeding before the dental surgery.
Autumn’s initial veterinary exam cost an additional $250.
Autumn’s dental bill will be an additional $1,500.
I put her in my garage so I could care for her. It only took a couple hours to get her purring and making biscuits…unbelievable. I think she has been starving and hurting for a while. This poor kitty, in pain and hungry, had a soft blanket, soft food, sweet voices and rubs. She totally transformed.
Please help us help sweet Autumn via the secure, easy Donate button on the right!
Please pray for this kitty. The soonest dental appointment I could get for her at Sound Cat is a month away. If anyone has time to make phone calls to area vet’s to find one that works with rescues, could charge us less and get “Autumn” in earlier, I would be so grateful!!!
Thank you all so much for well wishes and prayers! I’ve got my work cut out for me….
Terry
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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 adoptthis 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.
When we rescued him, he had a horrible mouth and needed teeth pulled, and so now thankfully had successful dental surgery in July 2024. Salmon has also recovered from a severe UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) earlier this year and spending time in the hospital. He is now on special food now and enjoying life in the FURR adoptable kitties house.
He has come a long way behaviorally as well since his initial rescue has really begun to trust us & now loves scratches and rubs! He blinks his eyes in content especially when getting scratched right in front of his tail!
This BEAUTIFUL buff kitty is ready for adoption! He is only a couple years young and is a kind soul. He loves the other kitties too.
So glad Salmon is improving every day and enjoying his life!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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 adoptthis 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.
September 4, 2025 These poor cats had been adopted before, by another person who loved them, and she returned them when her house was condemned. The house had a bat problem that couldn’t be fixed.
Now, BLUE FISH & BLUE MARLIN are up for adoption again. They are beautiful, soft Russian Blue mix kitties, both with a white spot on their chest.
The two brothers have the same parents, but are a year apart from 2 different litters. They came from the torn down seafood production plant where I rescued 70 cats.
These are the sweetest cats ever and are now, probably, around 5 years old. They have been through so much.
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
Learn how to adoptthis kitty! FURR adopts to the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding area only and to approved homes.
Sept 2025
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. If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
May 19, 2025 Terry has decided it’s best for Perch to remain at FURR, living our Sanctuary with plenty of FURR-friends and all the kitty comforts, so he is no longer available for adoption.
Perch – Aug 2025
October 20, 2024 Watch Blue Marlin’s new video! How could ANYONE “NOT” want this teddy bear and possibly one of his brothers!!! This cat is like BIG pillow and soooo kind and sweet!
July 2024
July 20, 2024 These two handsome brothers are doing great, having recently been returned to FURR, so once again they’re looking for a new home. Terry adopted out Perch & Blue Marlin a couple months ago, however the adopter’s situation recently changed and, sadly, they are no longer able to keep these kitties.
While Terry follows a careful, thorough process to evaluate and approve interested adopters, sometimes things just don’t work out as planned. Fortunately, FURR accepts returns of kitties originally adopted from us to ensure they never again end up where they started – homeless and in need of rescue!
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.
Blue Marlin – Nov 2023
If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.
May 21, 2024 I finally approved of an adopter for my precious boys: PERCH & BLUE MARLIN!
Nov 2023 See how sweet and handsome Blue Marlin is in this latest photo and his new video! His brother, Perch, is not shown but they look just alike!
July 2023 I’m the sweetest boyand just a teensy shy, but OH I’m so soft and I love to be petted!!! I get along great with all the other kitties and everyone at FURR loves me! I am about a year old. I have a brother named Perch (mentioned in our Seafood Colony article) we look just alike! What’s more beautiful than a silvery smooth Russian Blue mix!!!
May 4, 2025 This is a picture of a portion of FURR’s nightly dinners! Yes, we feed about 2 cases a day in canned cat food & dry food is always out for the kitties to nibble on including for our kitties in the feral sanctuary!
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Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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.
Dottie with Terry (middle) and her new family – Sept 2025
Sept. 16, 2025 WONDERFUL NEWS!!! DOTTIE is adopted !!! I am so happy for this beautiful cat! To think that she went from being on the euthanasia list to being adopted is INCREDIBLE!!!
The young couple that adopted her really had compassion for her past abuse. They are determined to love her & be gentle with her “furrever”!
I took her to her new home & she was pretty calm about it. When I asked how she was doing, I received a video of DOTTIE sitting on the couch with soft blankets making biscuits!!! Can u believe that???
It appears to be a wonderful match and I miss Dottie so much at FURR.
DOTTIE started out being scared of everyone and hated all the other cats, but after we worked with her for a few months, she began to feel safe, confident & pretty laid back. I knew she was ready to go.
DOTTIE will be missed, but what a happy ending for this rescued girl!!!
Terry
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FURR saves Dottie – May 2025
May 31, 2025 Meet DOTTIE in her first video with FURR! I rescued her from New Hanover Animal Control on the DAY she was to be euthanized!
Here is a second video of Dottie after she was at FURR for a couple of weeks! This beautiful 5 years young kitty is long haired, very sweet, very talkative and being wonderful at FURR considering all that she has been through!
DOTTIE’S owner left her at Animal Control and told them to euthanize her because she didn’t want her any more!
We have had DOTTIE a few weeks now and she has been “purrfect”! Everybody loves her and she talks to us, rolls around on the floor, always uses her litter box and is a delight to have! She acts as if she has been abused and seems scared at times almost afraid we are going to hit her or yelling at her? We just pet her gently, love her, talk sweet to her and she LOVES that! She rubs all around our legs and let’s us pick her up with no problem! I’m so glad she is with FURR!
She vetted, healthy, clean and is ready to go! Believe me, we will be extremely picky about who gets her. She deserves a great home!
Dottie relaxing – May 2025
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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 adoptthis 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.
July 31, 2025 It is with the heaviest heart that I bring you the sad news that TUX went over the rainbow bridge today. I held him in my arms & soaked his head with tears as Dr. Gervais, (Sound Cat) gently and kindly, helped TUX exit our world.
This truly amazing cat was a FURR favorite. I trapped him on the FURR property. He showed up starving, skinny & very feral. It took me about 2 weeks to get him in a trap.
During his exam, neuter, shots, deworming, etc., it appeared that he had been hit by a car. He had a limp and sat a little sideways. An x-ray showed that he had suffered a broken pelvis (that had healed on its own) and he had kidney damage.
With a lot of love, food & simple vitamins, TUX became SUPER happy and sweet! He gained weight & had several followup visits to the vet to monitor his kidney functions.
Everything was going great until 2 days ago. TUX stopped eating, became very quiet & sat with his head facing away from us.
I knew right away that things had taken a turn for the worst.
This am early I took him to Sound Cat for an emergency visit. His bloodwork showed that his kidneys had completely shut down. His numbers were off the chart. I knew he was feeling bad. The news wasn’t good and there is nothing that can be done for a cat when kidneys give up.
I am so thankful for Dr. Gervais. She eased my pain and said this was the only choice.
I have literally cried all day. I am going to miss this remarkable cat so much. He was extremely special and im so sorry his time on this earth was cut short. I will always love him. He was only 4 or 5 years old.
Bless you all for making him feel loved @ FURR.
Tux’s story, in dated postings below, is a perfect example of what we do at FURR – we see love, beauty and potential in kitties we find in horrible situations, and then make the difference that matters … forever.
May 14, 2025 Tux will be featured in the June Pawprints Magazine! See his latest videos below!
Tux posing Nov 2024
Watch his new videos:
New video in May 2025 showing what a lovebug he is as Terry tells his amazing rescue & rehab story and explains his special needs.
New video in January 2025 showing his very affectionate nature!
New video in December 2024 describing his big improvements!
December 24, 2024 Took sweet TUX to the vet this am. He’s having a rough time. With his broken pelvis and injury to his kidneys, probably from being hit by a car, he is a “special needs kitty” who needs medicine and maintenance for the rest of his life.
The good news is that he doesn’t know there’s anything wrong! He gets around just like all the other kitties and is easy to medicate. His medications help address the kidney damage from his injuries, but the meds are not expensive at all. He takes whatever you need to give him – no problem! What a great sport!
More importantly, TUX is just the sweetest cat you could ever meet! It’s so unfair that he had to begin his young life homeless and injured. He loves to rub on your legs and be petted and held. The vet says he’s around 6 years old and there is every reason to hope that he’ll have a long and happy life just like any other kitty. Best of all, he gives TONS of love in return to the extra care he needs. Everyone wins!
We hope and pray that a caring person will come along and adopt him for his amazing personality, knowing his misfortune, and will love him all the more!
October 17, 2024 Watch his new video! TUX is doing well in his large holding pen at the sanctuary. This poor cat is skin & bones, but for a week now he is eating and drinking everything i put in front of him! He must have been starving.
TUX has been easy to care for & although he is scared and timid, I have been able to pet & stroke him without incident.
This is good and bad! I am completely full at FURR, but i know if I release TUX into the sanctuary, I won’t be able to work with him every day.
He really seems like he wants love and he is a young cat around 2 -4 years old.
Tux after rescue – 10-9-24
October 9, 2024 So a cat has been seen running by my sanctuary in the evenings. I’ve been putting food & water out for it. The cat seemed pretty feral, was VERY skinny and I knew I had to help him.
At first I thought he was black and could be one of my missing ferals! However, when I finally got a good look at him on my outside cameras, I could see that he did not have a tipped ear & he was actually a Tuxedo (white belly, chest & paws).
I was able to humanely trap him last night and I took him to the S/N clinic today.
He is, in fact, a boy (not neutered), very thin, covered in fleas, no collar and no microchip. He hissed at me several times showing his disapproval of the events of the day!
But now, he has settled in his large recovery cage (large chicken coop) and is resting.
Calling him “Tux” since he will be the only tuxedo in the sanctuary…..as bad as that name is!
Tux tested negative for FIV & FeLV & HW and is now neutered, had all his shots, is microchipped, dewormed and treated for fleas.
Welcome to FURR sanctuary TUX!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
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.
