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Crappie (like the type of fish) Adopted!

Crappie in 2026

August 1, 2026 I got a very sad email from CRAPPIE’S mom. Crappie passed away. Crappie (which is the name of a fish….hence one of our rescues from Atlantic Seafood) was adopted about a year ago. She was just a little black cat that no one wanted. She had limited vision or so that’s what the animal eye specialist told me.

A very kind & caring veterinarian adopted her & told me that she thought Crappie was totally blind. She took CRAPPIE in, cared for her for over a year. Crappie did great and even befriended their dog!

I am beyond grateful that Crappie had a most wonderful life even though it wasn’t long enough.

This is what the veterinarian owner had to say & it melted my heart:

“I am heartbroken. Crappie passed away this morning at home. She showed no signs of being sick until 12 hours prior when she started showing respiratory signs in the evening and I was going to get a Convenia injection at work and found her comatose. She did not make it to the clinic. I did a private cremation. If you want to spread her ashes together we can. I will adopt Cuttle, if needed…..I need a few days to talk about it.”

Cuttle Fish was Crappie’s sister. She has also been waiting for adoption at FURR for a long long time. No one wants the little short haired timid females. It’s so sad.

Crappie got that amazing chance to be loved. She was very very special & especially since the vet determined that she could not see. I will “FURR-ever” be grateful for that adoption of Crappie & i know she got her wings to Heaven.

I am hopeful that Cuttle will get a chance as well with this caring adopter, but I’m sure she needs time to grieve. Cuttle is very healthy & has no sight issues. We all love her, like we did Crappie, but she also deserves a chance. She is less shy than Crappie & i know she will be loved also….

April 28, 2025 Wonderful news! CRAPPIE is adopted! Last week I took CRAPPIE to her new home! The adopter is a veterinarian & super sweet! She LOVES our sweet little CRAPPIE! Crappie traveled great in the car looking around & never made a peep.

After CRAPPIE got adopted a few months ago & returned after only a few days, I am thrilled that this home will be so much better for her! The vet is a beautiful petite little lady just like CRAPPIE! She understands that in a new home, you have to be patient with a new kitty! She also has a dog & I loaned her my baby gate to make the intro to the dog go smoothly.

Crappie’s new mom tells me that she is eating, using her litter box & purring up a storm! She will be a little shy for a while, but considering all she has been through, the reports that I am getting sound great!

This poor little kitty was rescued at the Atlantic Seafood production plant along with at least 60+ other cats. Crappie was skin & bones & was already blind in one eye. It’s a miracle that she survived long enough for me to save her!

I’m so happy right now for this special little kitty & for the special lady that adopted her!!!

Crappie Jan 2025

January 24, 2025 My name is CRAPPIE, like the fish! Meet me in this video! I was rescued used by FURR at the Atlantic Seafood plant in Hampstead. That plant was torn down & I was saved along with about 70 other relatives of mine!

I’m just a tiny little girl, a couple years old and I am VERY SPECIAL because I am blind in one eye.

I do just fine with one eye & I never feel sorry for myself! It’s hard for me to understand why I am still up for adoption? I guess folks want “purrfect” cats? BUT, I am so adorable, sweet & tiny. My little upside down smile gives me that funny “Grumpy Cat” look! LOL!

Please come & visit me! I really don’t see how you could meet me & not love me!

Learn more about my rescue and rehabilitation story in May and June 2023 including major dental surgery!

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.
Tigger Adopted!

Tigger with New Mom – Jan 2025

January 1, 2025 Wonderful New Years news! “TIGGER” just got a wonderful home!

I did home visit and paperwork and all was great! I picked up TIGGER from his foster home in Carolina Beach and delivered him to his new home in Hampstead!

So happy for this beautiful abandoned cat!

Wishing him and his new family a wonderful life together and so glad FURR could make it happen!

Tigger posing 12-01-24

December 6, 2024 Meet Tigger, the newest FURR Kitty ready for adoption! Despite being abandoned by his irresponsible owner and left outside to fend for himself, Tigger is a real sweetheart! Fortunately, he was found by a good Samaritan and is being fostered at the moment. So Tigger is safe, but needs immediate adoption! This good hearted foster cannot keep Tigger much longer!

Tigger watching 12-2-24

This beautiful orange tabby just wants love and you can tell by his face that he is all about getting attention! He is about 3-4 years old, now fully vetted and ready to go!

If you’re interested in Tigger, please complete our Adoption Application today! This kitty won’t last long!

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.
FURR’s Valentine’s Day Fundraiser!

They need us, and we are confident that with your help, we’ll save more…

Oscar and Emmy April 2024

Tux Walking – Nov 2024

February 2025 – Show your love for kitties for Valentine’s Day by making a secure and easy donation on FURR’s GIVINGGRID – just click on the blue Donate button!

Why donate to FURR? If we can get enough people to give us a small donation, we can rescue and care for more cats and kittens urgently in need and prepare them for a FURR-ever home, like Oscar & Tony, bonded brothers, and sweet, handsome Tux, one of our special needs kitties!

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!

While we are so grateful to our community of supporters for helping FURR survive this long, we are continuing to struggle and unfortunately moving backwards in terms of our expenses versus our donations due to several rescues this year where the kitties needed expensive veterinary care, such as the kitties rescued from living near an Advance Auto store. We don’t know how much longer we can sustain this trend, but we can’t stop saving the FURR kitties! Our work is too important, so we are asking for your help to make ends meet.

If you’re not in a position to donate, you can also help by sharing FURR’s GIVINGGRID with others you think might want to help too. You can also share FURR’s facebook page!

Somehow, we always find a way to make it through for the benefit of all our precious kitties. Sometimes it almost seems impossible and we look back and wonder how we got by. Then we remember, our miracle is you! Thank you for helping us!

What to know about FURR? Feline Urgent Rescue and Rehab (FURR) was founded in 2009 by Terry Schultz and to this day, 100% of her time is devoted to rescuing and rehabilitating stray and feral cats and kittens. Your donation supports our “no kill” shelter, a cage free facility, the FURR Lodge, which is a safe haven for cats and kittens to temporarily reside, recover and become adorable, loving pets ready for FURRever homes.

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.

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Badger is adopted!

Badger enjoying new home Jan 2025

Badger enjoying new family Jan 2025

January 24, 2025 SWEET update from BADGER’s new family! BADGER (now “Shadow”) is the declawed Russian Blue mix kitty rescued after being abandoned at a junk yard! Still can’t believe that…

These pictures will make your hearts so happy that we are all part of saving these precious lives!!!

Badger with his new family – Nov 2024

November 24, 2024 BADGER’S HAPPY ENDING!!! BADGER, the declawed Russian Blue male cat that was ABANDONED in a carrier with a kitten, has found his happy home!

Badger & Swirls were BOTH left inside a carrier together & left at a scrap yard !!! Thank goodness the carrier was found before they DIED in there and Kristy & other rescue folks contacted me!

Badger went to a wonderful foster home to live until we could get him checked out at the vet & fatten him up. He was VERY skinny & looked pretty rough with an unkept coat, etc.

Once we got healthy & happy, I had a million calls for him, but one family really suited him the best! They have 2 little girls and Badger is getting more love than he knows what to do with! These whole family is thrilled to have this sweet & beautiful cat! The pictures tell it all! My heart is so happy!!! Terry >^,,^<

November 5, 2024 The beautiful declawed male Russian Blue mix has been adopted by a wonderful family! This kitty was left for dead in a carrier in a scrap yard!!! Inside the carrier with him was Swirls!!!

Badger with new family’s daughter – Nov 2024

I would love to prosecute people that abandon animals this way. With more and more camera surveillance going on, people better beware! I take this very seriously and it is now a federal offense to abandoned an animal! Jail time and a fine will be coming your way if caught!

BADGER is the sweetest boy and has been in a wonderful foster home for a few months. He will be going to his new home this weekend! I’m so thrilled the family has 2 young teen girls that are totally smitten with BADGER! Life for him will be great!

Last, but definitely not least is an emotional one for me……EXTREMELY emotional! In fact, I can’t even type this without bawling my eyes out….

Badger watching 10-21-24

October 21, 2024 DECLAWED & GORGEOUS! Young Russian Blue mix needing a “FURRever” home that was DUMPED at a scrap yard! Can u believe it?

“BADGER” is VERY personable, easy going and LOVES attention. He is only 1-2 years old & has been completely vetted by FURR & ready to go! BADGER would prefer to be an only kitty & the center of someone’s world. This amazing cat will NOT last long, so answer our brief adoption questionnaire on catfurr.org SOON!

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.
Addie & Party Adopted!

June 2026 Toto is is going to live happily in the FURR Sanctuary for our feral kitties.

May 19, 2025 PARTY GIRL & ADDIE were both adopted! New volunteer, KATE, took delivery last week!!! It’s a beautiful match & we surely do miss those babies but new mom is fantastic! See picture attached!!!

Addie & Party 10-20-24

October 20, 2024 Meet Addie (shorthair black female shown above) and Party (gray longhair female shown above) in their new video! These sweet sisters are a matched set, full of affection and so happy to finally be safe, snuggly and well fed. Party is the third sibling mentioned in the original story below.

Addie & Toto 9-9-24

September 23, 2024 UPDATE ON MAMA CAT & 2 BABIES RESCUED! The mama cat and 2 babies that I trapped that were living behind Advance Auto in Hampstead are doing OK. They were living in and out of the dumpster. I would see them on my way home from FURR at night and with NO other rescue interested in saving feral cats, I just had to save them, I have so many black shorthair cats.

The cat family was starving and living very close to Hwy. 17! Surely they would die soon from starvation, parasites, disease, cars or coyotes. They really didn’t have a chance to survive there.

Mama (see below) is very feral. I can barely pet her while she is hissing at me. I took her to Sound Cat, our vet, to be spayed, shots, microchipped, etc. She recovered in a cage at FURR for a week and then I moved her out to our sanctuary. She has a slight head tilt, so I can always know which one she is. The vet said this could be from head trauma or from being hit by a car, etc. Who knows, but she is eating and pooping normally.

The 2 kittens went to the vet for exam and 1st shots. They are TERRIFIED. They are 2 little girls about 12 weeks old, but the smaller one, “TOTO” is way underweight and REALLY feral. The larger kitten, “Addie” is a little less scared.

Doc Rockwell informed me that TOTO has cataracts! We don’t know how much she can see which may be part of her fear. I need to schedule an appointment with the animal eye specialist to see if TOTO can be helped at all.

I’m syringe feeding them because they don’t want to eat. Meanwhile, they are safe at FURR and I’m doing my best to care for them.

I’m really scared there may be more siblings, so I’m setting traps every am and pm keeping a close watch just in case.

Little Mama 09-01-24

September 1, 2024 Watch this video of this little kitty mama finally enjoying some good food along with Terry’s encouragement. Here is their story …

I saw a cat and babies a couple weeks ago in a Hampstead store parking lot. You can imagine my thoughts of horrible things happening to them.

I put out food and water and went back every night to feed them, while wondering why I am the ONLY person that sees these things! They seemed to disappear after a couple of days, but I still kept putting food and water out every night.

Yesterday, I joined my husband and friends for dinner before a final check on FURR for the night. It was about 11:30 pm when we were on the way home and the Mom and babies were in the parking lot scrounging around the dumpsters. I went back to FURR to get traps and I waited until I caught mom and 1 baby!

Tonight, I got a second baby and I do believe there is a third. I’ll be back again tomorrow night to try for the last kitten. I feel so bad knowing it’s all alone out there!

Mom is VERY tiny and probably no more than 6 months old. The babies are probably around 3-4 months old. They are all black and otherwise just skin and bones – literally starving. I also managed to get flea/worm medicine on all three.

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.
Remembering sweet, special Tux

Terry comforts Tux 7-31-25

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.
Swirl & Connor Adopted Together!

Connor and Swirl enjoy new home – Dec 2024

December 19, 2024 Update on Swirl & Connor! Kittens have been doing great even after only one day! They are playing, sleeping with Penny and keeping her entertained!

Penny laughed about the cats shredding her newspaper this morning! I’m glad she found it humorous and I’m sure Swirls & Connor (now “Bingo”) enjoyed it!

Here are some pictures in their new home! Makes my heart so happy!!!

Terry

Connor and Swirls at home with their new Mom 12-16-2024

December 16, 2024 CONNOR & SWIRL have arrived in their new home! HAPPY BUT SAD NEWS today saying goodbye to two of the best rescue kitties we’ve ever had!!!

Both left today with their new & wonderful mom, Penny, and made their way to their new VA home! Watch them happily explore!

Wow, I’m really gonna miss those cute kitties and their unbelievable kind nature. We don’t get personalities like that every day. Although all of our cats are amazing in their own ways, these two were just that cream of the crop!

Thanks to Deb & Rick for helping match up this trio (Deb is Penny’s sister) and I look forward to getting updates.

Penny did text me and they arrived safe and sound. She sent me a very short video of the cats chasing each other only moments after being let out of their carriers!!!

Happy tears coming down my face. – Terry

November 5, 2024 CONNOR & SWIRL are being adopted TOGETHER! My heart is so happy, but I will miss those purrrrr motors & sweet faces so much! They will be traveling to VA sometime in Dec. I don’t usually adopt out of town, but this lady is the sister of one of our HUGE supporters and adopters! I trust her explicitly & could not be more excited! I will send pictures later with their new mom!

October 17, 2024 Updated photo (above) of the MOST AMAZING KITTEN IN THE WORLD! Soft, sweet, loves everybody and super cudley! READY FOR ADOPTION!

Swirl with a toy 8-6-24

August 8, 2024 New ADORABLE kitten at FURR with unique “swirl” markings on her fur! Isn’t she a beauty!

Watch her new video at FURR on August 13, 2024!

It is a FELONY to discard an animal like trash and this would be a 2 count offense. Thank GOD someone came along in the late afternoon that saw them!

After this poor little female kitten was abandoned at a scrap yard in ONE carrier with another adult cat, she is lucky to be alive. The extreme heat was enough to kill them both.

Swirl sitting pretty
Aug 8, 2024

The adult cat has been rescued by another group and the kitten came to FURR.

She is the sweetest thing and meows or purrs all the time. She is on her way to getting healthy and gaining weight. She will make a beautiful addition to anyone’s home & she seems to get along fine with all the other FURR kittens!

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.
SUCCESS: Kuranda Matching Campaign (7 Towers still needed!)

Sept 22, 2025 Thanks to Kuranda AND our generous Donors, FURR is receiving 8 Donations + 5 Matching Donations!:

3 Cat Towers (2 Donated, + 1 Matching Donation)

10 Cat Beds (6 Donated + 4 Matching Donations)

Please note: We still need 7 more Cat Towers to finish replacing existing wood/carpet ones deemed unacceptable by our NC State Inspector.

September 1, 2025 – Kuranda will DONATE a MATCHING PRODUCT for each of the NEXT 5 DONATIONS to FURR starting today!

Please click on the Kuranda image on the right to donate today!

These beds and towers are great for FURR kitties:

Easy cleanup vs. carpeted or cloth trees or beds
Multiple cozy nooks for cats in the 7-level style
Save floor space with their stackable design
Durable, strong and great climbing kitties
Longer lasting than wood or carpet/cloth beds

Our kitties would looooove having several more beds and towers. Both products are much more comfortable for the kitties and much easier for us to move and clean than carpeted trees and other types of beds!

You can also Donate from our Wishlist, which includes a wide variety of supplies we use everyday – including household items that fit any budget!

Our FURR Kitties Thank You!!!
See our new sanctuary – “Care & Comfort” Donations still needed
Please Donate from our Wishlist to see all the latest requests for helping happy, healthy kitties in our new sanctuary!

New Gazebo in FURR Facility Yard 10-25-2024

October 29, 2024 Last week I personally paid to have a very large, but very old, gazebo moved from my home to the FURR Ferals’ facility!

New Gazebo kitties love 10-25-2024

I thought they might like it and we rarely used it.

Well, I was right! The FURR FERALS play on it and enjoy it every day! I’m so happy that it gives them another fun thing to do!

New Sanctuary – April 2024

September 2024 Learn how to Donate a Kuranda Bed! We’ve also updated our Wishlist with many things our kitties need that are inexpensive household items!

We appreciate the generous donations we’ve recently received to help supply the new sanctuary’s ongoing needs to feed, vet and house all FURR’s kitties – those ready for adoption (varies between 10-20, sometimes more) and those still in post-rescue rehabilitation (varies between 25-50 kitties).

July 2024 Many thanks again for your continued support for the new sanctuary as detailed below. We’ve come a long way and donations are still much appreciated!

June 28, 2024 We still need to raise funds for vetting and moving ferals into our new sanctuary. In our ongoing efforts to ensure we’re using FURR’s resources as efficiently and effectively as possible, this project has been one of our highest priorities in recent months. Now that all FURR kitties are consolidated into one location, we need to replenish the funds we had for day-to-day care and feeding that were re-directed for this special project. Terry & Team are now able to devote much more time and resources to caring for kitties in the new sanctuary.

Salmon – FURR Feral 06/2024

June 24, 2024 ALL OF THE FURR FERALS HAVE BEEN MOVED into our new sanctuary, shown here! Many thanks to my sister, Fran, for helping me many mornings catching these cats. Many were already trap savvy and she had to help me net them. It was stressful for all of us. We hate upsetting the cats and it was truly a test of our tough love. Every cat was re-vetted and I took one or two cats to Sound Cat every day for almost 3 weeks! Each cat was examined, got updated shots and treatment for fleas/worms. I have a HUGE respect for the Sound Cat vet’s, techs and staff! They were so patient and wonderful to help me with this project. I’m glad it’s over!

Ferals in New Sanctuary – 6-13-24

These FURR FERALS from Atlantic Seafood seem to be settling in to their new sanctuary home pretty well but all still scared and confused after being trapped again (or netted). Ninety-five percent of the Atlantic Seafood cats are black with a white spot on their chest. There are also 5 torties, 1 siamese, 1 orange and 2 gray striped tabbies. All the rest are black and beautiful.

Ferals in New Sanctuary – 6-13-24

This building and property has been my project for over a year now. There is a lot more room for the cats inside the building and outside in a fenced in area. The cats will stay contained in the building (which is cooled and heated) for at least 30 days. After that, hopefully they will understand that this is their new home. I did install security cameras all over the place so I can monitor the cats inside and eventually outside. Even though the cats have a lot more room, they are still cuddling up together in one of the three lofts I made for them up high!

Please know that dropping off cats, or any animals, is a felony. FURR FERALS is at FULL CAPACITY, has NO volunteers (only me 7 days a week and twice a day) and is struggling financially.

4 Successful Dental Surgeries after Generous Donation

Tang Fish – 06/2024

Trigger Fish (formerly Blue Fish) – 06/2024

Algae –
06/2024

Autumn –
04-2024

July 15, 2024 Good news – All 4 dentals are done! Tang’s dental surgery was successful after treating infection, broken teeth (28 teeth removed), abscesses and fire engine red gums! Algae’s dental surgery on July 9 was also successful after treating an infected mouth removing 24 teeth! They will both soon be healed and enjoying pain free mouths! Trigger Fish’s dental was successfully done July 8 and Autumn is also feeling much better after her dental surgery in May.

Salmon, shown in the section above about the new sanctuary, also had a horrible mouth and needed teeth pulled, and so now thankfully has had successful dental surgery on July 16.

June 28, 2024 Wonderful news! Thanks to a very generous donor, we can now plan for the dental surgeries for the 4 feral kitties urgently in need, including Tang Fish! Recently, a family adopted another older FURR kitty that had undergone an urgently needed full mouth dental extraction that FURR paid for when the kitty was rescued. So this kitty’s new family kindly wants to “Pay it Forward“!

This donation pays for these FOUR dental surgeries: TANG FISH, AUTUMN, ALGAE and TRIGGER

June 24, 2024 A kitty named “TANG FISH” (yes, that’s a fish name and yes, he is an orange kitty) BADLY needs a dental!!! TANG is an older feral and his teeth and gums are so bad that we moved him up on the waiting list! Poor cat! He deserves a happy, pain free life! So, that’s gonna be at least $1,000 for a FULL MOUTH removal of teeth.

Original Story about the Sanctuary and Dentals Needed

June 14, 2024 – What’s new at FURR? Two things – Our sanctuary and of course more rescues!

Terry has worked very hard for over a year to complete the new FURR sanctuary, all the while rescuing more kitties! So now while Terry moves kitties in, please help us raise funds for these urgent needs:

Vaccinate and move ferals to our new sanctuary – $200 per kitty / $2,400 total:
- I have re-trapped, or netted, one or two feral cats per day from the holding pen at my house. It has taken nonstop work and two or more trips to the vet every day. Each cat is sedated, given updated shots, full exam and treated for fleas/parasites.
- Two dozen cats have been done so far and moved to their permanent new FURR sanctuary.
- Each cat costs about $200 including sedation.
- TWELVE cats left to be trapped, vetted and moved- total cost approx. $2,400
Multiple dental surgeries needed:
- Three of the cats need dental work:
  - AUTUMN – FURR ADOPTABLE cat and dental has been done for $800, but we never raised enough money, so this came out of our operating budget.
- - TRIGGER FISH – FURR FERAL is scheduled July 8th FULL MOUTH EXTRACTIONS approx. $1,000 – $1,200
  - ALGAE – FURR FERAL is scheduled for July 9th dental with about 2 or 3 extractions approx. $800
Food and Litter:
- We have auto deductions from the checking account every 2 weeks from Chewy for food and litter.
  - Litter: $350 every 2 weeks = $700 per month. Food: Chewy runs $718 every 2 weeks = $1,436 a month.
  - Royal Canin dry food runs us $255 every other month or $128 a month
Ongoing care:
- The other expenses FURR encounters are:
  - Vet bills related to each kitty’s rescue and recovery
  - Supplies – gloves, cleaning supplies, dish washing liquid, paper towels, kitty treats, toys, water filters, carrier pads, disinfectants, mopping pads and solution, toilet paper, Feliway refills, air fresheners, scratcher refills and so on and more.
We currently have $300 in our checking account!

Thank you for helping us get all the FURR kitties moved into our new sanctuary and to care for them after they’ve survived so much during their rescues and recoveries!