Mike, Terry’s husband, holdng 2 rescued kittens – May 2024
May 6, 2024 FURR RESCUES FIVE KITTENS from a HORRIBLE hoarding situation where dozens of cats and kittens were located. A good rescue friend called me about it. Animal Control was involved but the rescue groups stepped in and took what they could.
Terry’s husband (shown above) drove over 2 hours ONE way today to pick up FIVE adorable little kittens!!! Thank you Mike for letting me stay home and care for all the FURR cats!
The 5 kittens are currently at the vet’s office getting checked out, shots and whatever else they need.
These little guys are 3 boys and 2 girls! Soooo LUCKY to be rescued!!!
2 are already spoken for and the other 3 are at Sound Cat for adoption. They are soooo cute, playful and ready for adoption!
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.
September 4, 2023 Some wonderful news happened that I want to share with all of you! Patti (FURR VOLUNTEER & adopter of GABBY!) fell in love with BARE just as I did months ago and has now adopted him!
Bare in recent times, but showing scars from life on his own
Bare’s Rescue & Rehab Story This amazing cat came from a beautiful Castle Hayne estate home. A lovely lady, named Mrs. Barefoot, called me quite upset. She was elderly and living alone in a large estate home with beautiful grounds. Her husband had passed & her children were grown & gone, and Mrs. Barefoot could no longer maintain her property. She knew she had to sell, but she had a HUGE problem that saddened her to her core. You see, Mrs. Barefoot loved cats & had been feeding some feral cats on her property for years. She had done the right thing by trapping & fixing all the cats, releasing them after recovery & letting them live on her estate. The cats were ALL black (probably related) and relied on Mrs. Barefoot for food, water, shelter & love…..but yet they remained feral.
When I received the phone call from Mrs. Barefoot she was quite distraught. I agreed to help her re-trap all the cats, update them on all needed vet care (shots, etc.) and, after what seemed to be an impossible task, I was able to find a beautiful sanctuary for them to live. It was absolutely & positively the LAST cats that the sanctuary would take in. They were so kind to take them for me, but no more cats would be allowed to come in because they were way beyond FULL!
Mrs. Barefoot was so happy her beloved cats were safe and all the cats adjusted well to their new life.
But, after a few weeks, I got a call. ONE more black cat showed up and looked worse for wear. He was a huge male with many battle scars. I was able to trap him and get him immediately to the vet.
I named him “BARE” after Mrs. Barefoot, but seriously thought about naming him Al after AL Pacino’s movie “Scar Face”! BARE was beaten up to a pulp and I decided to keep him at FURR on medications for a while to get him healthy before deciding where he could go.
BARE was VERY FERAL, hissing at us, ears flat back and scared to death we were going to hurt him. Most of the volunteers steered clear of him and I, personally, got swatted several times while medicating him.
Low and behold, as many times before with feral cats, BARE took a good turn. His ears came up, he just buried his head when I came to pet him and stopped swatting at me. Soon, he actually looked forward to seeing me coming and and would blink his eyes.
Bare with new Mom Patti – Sept 2023
The rest is magical. He fattened up, got a beautiful shiny coat (despite the battle scars), became very loving with all of us and the other FURR kitties. Over time, Patti fell in live with him, just as I did, and she took him home on trial. I can’t tell you how many tears I shed when he left, but I knew it was an amazing home for him, plus I was dealing with a couple of very old cats of my own.
So, it is now official and Patti wants to Adopt BARE for life! Congrats Patti! Not sure who is more lucky, you or him!
January 2023 – More details on “Bare” soon! This kitty would love to be adopted with Lea!
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.
September 11, 2023 ASHTON GOT ADOPTED!!! So THRILLED to tell everyone that ASHTON has found her wonderful “furrever” home down off of Carolina Beach Road with a wonderful family!
Mom works part time as a nurse and Dad travels, but both just lost their beloved tortie kitty. They came to meet ASHTON and I told her to put on her best face ad not to be a DIVA, but ASHTON was her normal entertaining self and talked, rubbed, played and swatted a little with some play bites. Personally, I LOVE her tortitude and basically you just have to understand that she is a princess and she calls the shots!
I loved the couple and really thought it would be a GREAT fit for a one-cat household full of love and time to give her! They called me back and wanted her!!! I delivered her yesterday! She explored all around making meowing conversations to herself. Today she is sitting in mom’s lap, eating her food and using the litter box like a champ.
I really miss her at FURR greeting me and demanding treats, but this was meant to be. I’m thrilled!
Terry
August 2023 Learn more about me in my new video with FURR President Terry Schultz!
July 2023 I’m miss personality PLUS! I really LOVE to talk about everything! I’m soooo happy when I get visitors! My coloring is gorgeous because I am a Bengal-looking tabby/tortie! Very unique! I would LOVE to be an only cat, but if you introduce me slowly, other cats grow on me! Everyone loves me at FURR! I am a young adult kitty.
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.
Jan. 18, 2024 KATIE HAS BEEN ADOPTED! OK….I DID IT!
KATIE, the little orange kitten that road home from a guy’s workplace in the engine of his big work truck, has found her new home….at my house! The wife called me when she heard the kitten crying in the truck engine. I told her to put food out for her. Sure enough, she came out of the truck to eat and then quickly ran back up into the engine. This couple lives on a really busy road!
Since Kristy, FURR Volunteer, lived somewhat close, I asked her to loan her trap to catch the baby. It worked (thank goodness) and I went to pick her up! She was feral and quite skittish, but warmed up quickly.
When I took her to the vet, the date that they put down for her birthday was THE DAY my big orange boy, Sebastian, passed away. I couldn’t believe it…I had Sebastian for almost 19 years. Mike and I were so sad when we had to say goodbye to him in August 2023.
Katie at Terry’s home Dec 2023
Katie appeared to have been born for a reason (in my mind) and my saving her was not just coincidental. I have officially adopted her and she is the first cat that I’ve ever adopted that wasn’t sick, injured, feral or just because no one else wanted it!
KATIE will have a good life with Mike & me. She already sleeps with us and our other cats AND she likes our dogs! Woo hoo!
Terry >^,,^<
Nov. 22, 2023 Meet Katie our new kitten! Watch her video! Here is her amazing survival and rescue story!
Please note: FURR ensures all kitties are vaccinated, spayed and microchipped at the earliest appropriate age.
A sweet young lady called me to tell me that there was a kitten inside the MOTOR of her husband’s truck!!! With no cats or animals anywhere around their house, the feeling was that it came from a ride in the truck motor!
This couple lived right on busy Castle Hayne highway. They didn’t know how to save the kitten because it would only come out of the truck for food, then it would go right back inside the truck motor!
I had her call Kristy, on her side of town. Kristy loaned her a trap and showed her how to use it.
The kitten was trapped in a matter of minutes. I asked the lady if she could please put it in the bathroom for the night and that I would try to call around the next day (yesterday) to find a rescue with room (and money) or a foster.
Of course I found NO help.
The lady said her boyfriend would not let her bring the kitten in the house, so it spent the night in the trap with no water or litter box.
She told me she was going to have to let it out of the trap. This poor kitten had already survived getting killed in a truck motor, but with the house being right on the highway, the kitten would surely be killed.
I finished up my chores and headed out to Castle Hayne. The lady said the kitten was scared and she didn’t want to touch or scare it.
When I got there, it was a tiny orange female a couple of months old. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen.
I just grabbed her out of the trap by her scruff, looked her over good and put her in my carrier. The sweet girl wanted to keep her, but she said they couldn’t afford it and the boyfriend said “no”. She was in tears, but she had done the right thing by saving her life until I could get there.
I named the kitten after the lady: “Katie”.
I took Katie to Sound Cat and had her tested, shots, etc. I dewormed her and treated for fleas, etc.
She at at FURR in the ferret cage & needs LOTS of love! She was shaking and scared, but when I held her to my chest, she started purring up a storm! She’s just freakin’ adorable!!!
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.
February 2023: Lea is adopted! Check back soon for this chapter of her story!
Original Story:
You won’t believe what a wonderful kitty I am! I was rescued from a colony of cats in Hampstead! My name is LEA and I am a tiny, young teenage girl. I was supposed to be fixed and turned back out into the colony because there are SO many of us! FURR found out quickly that I fell in love with being loved!!! I am so unique that I would rather be cuddled and petted than EAT! I talk up a storm thanking FURR for saving me and I show my gratitude by rolling over and showing my belly! I definitely need to be someone’s indoor family cat because of my amazingly sweet nature! I get along great with other cats (once I have a moment to get to know them), but my very favorite thing in the world is to be HELD & LOVED! I am fully vetted and ready to go.
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 approved homes in the Wilmington/Hampstead NC and surrounding areas.
If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible!
September 2025 Updated feature photo of handsome Percy above! He’ll be so happy to have a new FURR-ever home.
July 3, 2025 – PERCY, one of the two FURR cats adopted 4 years ago, however we’re very sad to report that his loving owner, Carol, recently died, so it became necessary for his family to return him to FURR. Lucy and Percy need to stay together as they were adopted together as kittens 4 years ago. They are both sweet as can be and need a new FURR-ever home as soon as possible!
Percy with previous Mom, Carol, in 2023
January 2023 – Great news Percy is adopted! The beautiful black & white PERCY boy was adopted by a wonderful couple! This big kitty, although quite shy, has a lot of love to give & has waited WAY too long for his dream to come true!
His new mom, Carol, is extremely patient & spends a lot of time with PERCY giving him love & play time!
PERCY is one of the last Topsail colony rescued cats now with only Charlie & Lucy left to be adopted. Dozens of cats and kittens were rescued from the Topsail colony over the last couple of years & now, all but 2, have “furrever” safe indoor homes. It has been a journey. Al, Sherry, Rick & Deb ALL came together & worked with me to make it all happen.
I am so thrilled for PERCY! Lucy is more than ready for her opportunity and Charlie is still a work in progress but coming along nicely!
Our work is never done!
July 2022 If you want a big laid back boy, I could be the one for you! PERCY is my name and FURR rescued me from a colony of cats living at Topsail Beach! I am about a year old now and what a handsome boy I am! My fur is super soft and I love to be rubbed. I have a very quiet nature and can be a teensy shy, but after petting me for a moment, I can purrrrr to beat the band! My favorite thing is kitty treats and playing with all my buddies! Why don’t you come meet me and see for yourself! I am fully vetted & ready to go!
Percy relaxing July 2022
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.
Percy napping July 2022
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.
February 2023 – Puffer is adopted! Check back soon for details on this part of his story.
January 2023 FURR has rescued this gorgeous feral kitten! Terry trapped at him “seafood colony”. He and his sister, Shells, both need a foster home/homes with someone who can spend a lot of time holding and petting them. They are approximately 4 months old:
Puffer, Shell’s male sibling, has long black hair with an amazing silver mane
Shells is a sweet girl with short hair and lovely dilute gray tortie coloring.
Shells (left) & Puffer (right) – Jan 2023
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.
Sept. 26, 2023 WONDERFUL NEWS! MAMA HOOVER WAS ADOPTED TODAY!!! I delivered her to her new home and the nicest couple has adopted her! Katarina & Jon seem like the “purrfect” couple to give this SWEET kitty lots of love. She totally deserves it & has waited longer than she should have for her special moment!
I was told there was a feral mama cat living at an abandoned house in Hampstead off of Hoover Rd. The person also told me that this cat had little kittens!
I went out to trap and rescue the feral family, but the kittens were no where to be found. I went back there time and time again, leaving food and water for poor mama cat, but the kittens were gone.
I trapped this poor mama kitty and after having all her vet work done and working with her at FURR, she just melted my heart! She became such a sweet and grateful little girl and would just curl up in my arms like a bunny.
Of course I was in tears leaving her today, but hooray and congrats to this wonderful couple that took a tiny, somewhat shy and humble, BLACK CAT!!!
I will miss her every day.
Terry
Original Story I have had it rough & had a litter of kittens in the woods all by myself. Starving myself, I could not feed or save them. Despite my hardships, I am very grateful to FURR for saving me and I am the SWEETEST little kitty ever! I am a young adult kitty who LOVES to be picked up, held, brushed and just ANY contact is appreciated. I was so lonely for so long, I think I’m trying to make up for lost time! Just come spend a little time with me….you’ll be so glad you did!!!
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.
Update #16 July 26, 2024 The good news is that the new FURR sanctuary is now up and running, so these kitties are finally enjoying their purrr-fect place in peace and comfort after Terry recently spent weeks getting all of them vetted as part of the process of moving them from old to new locations.
The sad news is that we lost Atlantic, a beloved member of this community on July 24, 2024. Here is is story a only Terry can tell it…
Atlantic – early July 2024
The kitty, named “Atlantic”, had seemed lethargic for a week or so. I noticed him sleeping a lot. Then I noticed some other tell tell signs of him not feeling well such as his 3rd eyelid up. He seemed to be losing weight although he was eating? Atlantic was sleeping in the same spot for a while and I could see something was wrong. I managed to catch him with my net this morning and take him to Sound Cat.
Dr. Rockwell called me with the bad news that he was in either liver or kidney failure. There was really no hope of helping him and he was becoming jaundice (which I could not tell from a distance). Dr. Rockwell gently and professionally told me the bad news. I know I’ve had Atlantic at least 2 years while waiting to open the new sanctuary.
I’m so sad that he will not get to enjoy living more years there. He surely didn’t deserve to pass so young. He was only a few years old. Please say a prayer for Atlantic. I’m really struggling with why this had to happen to him.
“Seafood facility colony” rescue – Summer 2023
Update #15 July 6, 2023 I’m sitting out at the seafood plant trying to lure the last 2 kitties to my feeding station. I hope to trap them in the next few days, but the fireworks may frighten them to death, so praying that they are still around after tomorrow so I can try to save them.
Really hoping these are, indeed, the LAST two kitties out of DOZENS that I have saved at this horrible place soon to be torn down.
I have about 25 cats in my makeshift pen at my house from the seafood place. ALL are waiting for a better place to be to live out their lives. My pen is small and the shed is small, but at least I know the cats are fed twice a day, litter cleaned twice a day, plenty of clean water provided and I have several fans going in the shed and recently bought a small portable air conditioner. I keep hoping the A/C will not throw a power surge. Although it is NOT working as well as I had hoped, at least it is not 100 degrees in the shed. Most of the cats stay in the loft area up high, but that is the hottest part of the shed. I’m doing everything I can to keep them safe & comfortable.
I built some large building blocks for them to use to get up to the loft.
These cats mean the world to me and I need to get them to a new sanctuary ASAP!
Peeking down at me as I fix their food & fill their water pans,…..such sweet innocent kitties !
Update #14 June 8, 2023 Crappie’s dental surgery in late May was successful! This kitty is undoubtedly feeling MUCH better by now, several days into recovery! More updates soon on other needs previously noted, but for now let’s enjoy this accomplishment!
Update #13 May 7, 2023 Last night was a LONG night & today spent taking cats & helping my niece…
Crappie – May 2023
Caught THREE cats last night at the seafood place!!! Thought there were only a couple cats left & low & behold, I CAUGHT THREE!!! Took all night, but all 3 got fixed today at the WONDERFUL Cape Fear Spay/Neuter Clinic in Castle Hayne, and all 3 tested negative & got all the vet work needed. One of the cats had been trapped & released by me a couple years ago & I was THRILLED she had lived a couple years & still alive to be rescued again!!! Today’s bill for the 3 trapped & rescued kitties from last night was $500+. All 3 kitties tested negative. They got all their shots, blood testing, etc. PLEASE help if u can!!!
I am out here again tonight trying desperately to save the last couple of kitties before this fish production plant is leveled out to become a hotel!!! God help me save the last couple of kitties…..they have no idea what’s coming. Still have mama kitty being monitored with a GPS tracking collar, but cannot find kittens yet & MUST find kittens before re-trapping mama
I am sitting out here again tonight going after a tough catch…..wish me luck!!!..
Here are pics from today. Thanks for prayers & well wishes for these sweeeet babies!!!
Terry
Update #12 May 16, 2023 Poor Crappie has been waiting for weeks to get her dental at Sound Cat. She is in horrible pain & can barely eat. NOW that her appt is about here, ALL of Sound Cat’s dental equip is broken! They have no idea when it will all be replaced! So we’ve scheduled it to be done at Atlantic Animal Hospital (AAH) on May 23rd instead!
Meanwhile, I have another FERAL cat that I trapped named “Salty” and when sedated & updating his shots, etc., I was told that he ALSO needs a dental!!! I’ll schedule his dental while I am at AAH with Crappie.
Update #11 May 13, 2023 Trapped & rescued THREE kitties last week from the seafood place! Got a tortie female (shown left) & a black female (shown right) that have migrated over to behind the attorney’s office !!! Both of these kitties have been trapped before & have tipped ears. I took both of them to the vet to get them updated on their shots, blood testing & flea/worm treatment. They both tested negative & I currently have them in my garage recovering from their trauma.
The other blue/gray Russian blue-looking kitty with a big white spot on his chest (shown left) is the spitting image of Perch! He is definitely a younger sibling & his microchip tells me that his name is “Blue Marlin”! He is one that I trapped & TNR’d before & now trapped again to save him from the seafood place! Blue Marlin was also transported by me to the vet for updating his shots, etc., but he had a special look in his eyes???
He seemed grateful for being rescued & I could just tell he was submitting to me. He blinked at me and didn’t run away when I slowly reached out to pet him…I took him to FURR. I think this one will be adoptable quickly! I offered him some kitty treats. He had NO idea what to do with them. I got this adorable picture of him after sticking 2 treats up under his 💋 lips! What a cutie!!! I just love him already!!!
Well, it’s gonna be a long night….sitting out here alone with traps set. Please pray for me & the kitties! Only 4 or 5 left to save!!!
It’s been a journey!!!
Crappie’s-painful-dental-issues-April-2023
Update #10 May 3, 2023 Crappie’s full mouth dental surgery is in 2 weeks (on waiting list for sooner!). Generous donations have very thankfully come in, but at least half the funds are still needed. She is in pain and the Vet’s bill will be at least $800 – $1,000. The above photo of her shows how she holds her mouth open due to her painful dental issues. She is in a kennel in my garage with her sister (Cuttlefish) to keep her company.
Update #9 April 23, 2023 URGENT!!! “CRAPPIE” (like the fish) is one of the black ferals I trapped, fixed, recovered & put in my small temporary pen in my backyard (shown at the left and top of the page). I noticed that she was staying in a corner & she was holding her head up like she was trying to breathe! I managed to get a net on her & get her in a crate. We went straight to the vet. I was very worried especially since Crappie is one of the FIV+ cats.
The vet said Crappie has Horrible URI! Rotten teeth! Broken teeth! Infected gums! POOR KITTY! She surely would have died had she not been rescued. After sedation, x-rays, antibiotic shot, pain meds, etc., the bill was $300. Now Crappie is on the wait list for FULL MOUTH EXTRACTIONS which will run $800-$1,000! Please help us raise the money for Crappie! These kind of emergencies really wipe out our funds. Please say a prayer that she will be ok & get her dental surgery soon! Bless all of you that care so much!
Update #8 April 25, 2023 Caught 2 cats Sunday night at the seafood place. One was an older orange tabby that looked like he had been ridden hard & put up wet…..poor thing! So happy I got him! He has probably lived at that plant for years. Vet said he was about 5-6 years old; which is REALLY old for a feral kitty. I call him “Tang Fish” (shown left), which yes, is really a fish!
The 2nd cat I trapped was the mama cat, Sunfish (see below) that I have been following on GPS! Darn it! I didn’t want to re-trap her until I found her kittens! I had to release her….
Please help me raise the money for CRAPPIE, the little black feral that needs all her teeth pulled!!! Any fundraising ideas are GREATLY appreciated! See Update #8 below for details.
Update #7 April 15, 2023 You guys are wonderful & FURR could not exist without you!!! It takes a village as my WONDERFUL volunteers look after the FURR Kitties: Fran, Tony, Patti, Kathy, Laura, Kristy and Lynn.
Still looking constantly for the feral mama cat & her babies. The tracking collar we have on her is working, but she is going into the woods, so I can’t find her. Hopefully the kittens will surface soon & I can catch them, use them as bait to re-catch the mama cat.
Update #6 April 8, 2023 Another late night. Trying to find mama kitty with my GPS collar on! Spent hours today hunting for her in the woods, to no avail….but know she & (hopefully) kittens are nearby. Will NOT give up on rescuing them.
MANY HEARTFELT THANKS THE AMAZING FOLKS THAT HAVE SENT DONATIONS!!!! FURR is beyond grateful & YOU ARE HELPING TO SAVE LIVES!!!
The seafood colony is down to probably a dozen or less cats that need to be saved. Each day more & more of the infrastructure is GONE & the cats have less places to hide & be protected. Pray that I can trap the rest if the cats to save them. I’m doing my very best which is never enough.
Update #5 April 6, 2023 It’s been a harrowing few days….
My sister, Fran, generously came to help me get a GPS tracking collar on the feral, Sunfish (shown left) I had fixed yesterday. The vet said she had kittens & that’s the worst news any rescuer can get. She had just been spayed, so we had to give her 24 hours before releasing her.
Tonight she was fighting us big time & she certainly had reason to, but with Fran’s help we got her in a cat bag, managed to get her head popped out & got the collar on her. I am not as brave as I used to be after the deep bite down to the bone in my hand. I was hospitalized for 10 days, had major surgery & was told I might lose my hand. God healed me & I’m 95% back to normal BUT try to get help now rather than doing it all by myself.
My sister feels for my passion for saving these cats in this colony. After a 10 hr daouy at work as a cardiac nurse, she came to help me. We followed mom cat on the GPS after releasing her tonight & she ran straight for some nearby woods & stopped. We will monitor her movement but hope & pray she is with her kittens and that they are still alive. We will hopefully rescue mom & babies soon. Say a prayer for “Sunfish” and her babies.
Got 4 traps set tonight & keep checking on them. Another long one….
Update #4 April 3, 2023 Terry shares good news in this progress to report –
The 12 cats I have rescued from the seafood colony are doing fairly well in my makeshift rescue shed & pen. I’m so worried about the other ones left out there & I am out trying to trap them tonight. I have 6 traps set & hope & pray for them to let me save them.
Most of the containers & equipment that they have lived under for YEARS is all gone. The cats are aimlessly running around the roads & parking lots. There are at least 20 more I need to save, so as wait and watch these traps tonight I pray for more donations to pay for them to be vetted, treated, then cared for until adopted…
Update #3 April 1, 2023
I would like to thank the folks that have given their precious time to help the FURR ferals. I have re-captured twelve FURR feral cats from the seafood colony & have had them in cages in my garage.
With the help of the following people, I have finally been able to move the cats into a small shed & outdoor pen shown on this page. It is small and far from perfect, but at least they can move around, climb up into the loft area & step outside for some fresh air. This was the best that I could do for now.
THANK YOU & BLESS YOU!
Fran (my sister, adopter, volunteer & my right arm!) Tony (my brother-in-law who has helped numerous times with FURR projects!) Jim (adopted one of our FURR cats “Hooters” & volunteered his time & skills to help!) John – (neighbor who volunteered to help!) Kristy & Jimmy (friends, adopters, fosters & volunteers) Robert (who poured the concrete slab & helped!)
Update #2 March 31, 2023 Many heartfelt thanks to all those who have donated so far and helped to make our cozy new shed happen! Because of your generous donations, these kitties are getting the warmth, safety, care, food and love they deserve.
But there are still a dozen more ferals in need of rescue from a dangerous construction/destruction zone, so Terry is working very hard to rescue them while caring for current FURR kitties.
So here are our current most critical needs:
$500 Rent due
$150 Utilities due
$ 75 Insurance due
$850 Mama Hoover needs a teeth cleaning
$2,400 needed for final dozen feral cats that need to be trapped, rescued and vetted!
We needs lots of food:
Currently feeding 2 cases of canned food a day
Fancy Feast SEAFOOD
Friskees SEAFOOD
Bless you all & Thank you for helping the kitties!
Terry >^,,^<
Update #1 March 8, 2023 Money is trickling in and I am GRATEFUL! We still don’t have enough to catch up or to sustain us, but I was able to pay the rent & other bills that were behind plus continuing, as money comes in, to trap the kitties at the colony.
I have spent night after night trying to re-catch those kitties and it is quite frustrating! I had trapped them all before, got them completely vetted, and put them back in their safe environment with a caretaker feeding them.
Now, they are so “trap savvy” that they do NOT want to go back in the traps! Time is CRITICAL at the moment because of the business leaving, tearing down buildings, taking away all of the containers that the cats have called home for many years. Please say a prayer that I can catch the remaining dozen or so QUICKLY!!!
In total desperation of what to do with all of these cats (over a dozen in small cages in my garage) I purchased a small shed, had it insulated and will use that for the cats to stay protected. At least they can move around a little bit and much better than small cages.
Pouring slab for outdoor space for kitties March 2023
I also bought 2 large chicken pens (see image at the top) and put them together to give them an small outside run. A good friend is pouring a slab for me today to help attach the chicken pens to (see left). I’m doing the best I can and don’t have a lot of money to spend. It has been an ongoing project &and worry for months after learning back in November that the cats were being abandoned.
Wish me luck as I continue to look for the light at the end of the tunnel.
(Still working on a land situation…….will be called “FURR FERALS” & will be the last thing on my bucket list! If I accomplish that, I can die happy!)
Bless you all, Terry
March 1, 2023THIS IS URGENT!!! I have asked for money, donations, food, etc., for years, but now I AM BEGGING FOR HELP!!! There are two major issues going on with FURR that could completely wipe us out. I have a VISION and it could happen, but right now I AM DESPERATE FOR HELP! I feel all alone and that I am failing. I am quickly going down.
FURR ADOPTABLE KITTIES:
We have been lucky in the past and blessed that I had a building I could off the FURR cats up for adoption. I do not have that luxury now and am having to rent a place for the cats to stay. My dear friend (bless her!!!) has given me a commercial office space to house the kitties, but FURR is having trouble making ends meet. We have never had these additional expenses before and now the few donations we get on a monthly basis are gone before I can even buy food. We have vet bills, food bills, litter bills, supply bills, etc., and ALL of that is before these monthly additions:
RENT $500 (1/2 price!)
UTILITIES $150
INSURANCE $75
INTERNET (needed for security) $59
SECURITY (needed in the area where we are) $111
FURR IS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP! WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE REGULAR MONTHLY DONATIONS TO HELP!!! THIS IS ALL FOR THE KITTIES’ SAKES!!! WE HAVE ABOUT 25 CATS READY FOR ADOPTION AND THEY NEED OUR HELP!
In the last few years here in the Hampstead (north of Wilmington) I have trapped, fixed and released HUNDREDS of cats. One of the biggest colonies has about 40-50 cats. A man has been feeding them & giving them fresh water, but I single handedly trapped ALL of these cats and had them taken care of. This is one of several colonies that I have saved and many of the colony cats (as many as I could take in within limits) were brought to FURR and adopted out.
NOW, THIS LARGE COLONY IN HAMPSTEAD IS LOSING ITS HOME! The property has been SOLD! THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING TORN DOWN, THE PLACES WHERE THESE CATS HAVE BEEN SAFE FOR YEARS ARE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING! ALL OF THE CATS ARE IN DANGER & SOME HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OFF & HAVE DISAPPEARED!
FURR put hundreds of dollars into helping these cats. Many have disappeared.
I am trapping almost every night trying to save them before they run away or get killed in the highway. The colony is directly in the middle of two MAJOR HIGHWAYS….. The cats are NOT wanting to get back into the traps, but I have managed to capture about a dozen so far (over the last 2-3 months), but THESE CATS ARE IN SMALL CAGES IN MY GARAGE! THEY ARE DESPERATE TO GET OUT!!!
I have spent thousands of my own money, to the extent that I can, and I bought a shed with a dog pen to go around the shed. I NEED TO GET THESE CATS OUT OF THEIR SMALL CAGES & PUT THEM IN THIS PEN!!!
I NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP! I AM OUT OF MONEY! FURR IS OUT OF MONEY!
ELECTRICIAN came and did not finish. Now doesn’t have time to come back and finish! I need electrician ASAP!!!
THE CONTRACTOR came out and did not finish. Now doesn’t have time to come back and finish. I need a CONTRACTOR ASAP to help me attach the pen to the building and to help me with wire and other things to make it safe for the cats & so they cannot escape.
There doesn’t seem to be anyone that wants to help by donating their time. All of these things cost money and I need VOLUNTEER HELP.
PLEASE, I AM AT THE END OF MY HOPE. I HAVE A VISION FOR THESE CATS, BUT I CANNOT DO IT ALONE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 25 MORE CATS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COLONY LOCATION BEFORE ALL OF THE CATS ARE DEAD. MY GARAGE IS PACKED. I NEED THE PEN TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM SAFETY AND A LITTLE ROOM TO MOVE AROUND.
I have another project I am working on to get a little land. A very kind doctor is talking with me about it. He is also a cat lover and I have trapped and fixed HIS entire colony of cats behind his office. If I do get use of the land, ALL of these misplaced ferals can live there.
I HAVE A VISION! I JUST NEED TO GET THERE!
THANK YOU ALL AND BLESS ANYONE WILLING TO SEND:
VOLUNTEER HELP
MONEY (WE ARE OUT OF MONEY AS OF TODAY)
DONATED MATERIALS
CONTRACTOR HELP
ELECTRICAL HELP
DONATIONS OF FOOD!!!
LITTER DONATIONS
GIFT CARDS: PETSMART, ACE HARDWARE, WALMART, AMAZON
In between working on these LARGE ISSUES day and night, I have had a few adoptions which are the blessings and light I need to see at the end of the tunnel. As soon as I can sit down at the computer again, I will update you all on those. Wonderful, wonderful homes for our adoptable FURR kitties.
PLEASE POST, FORWARD AND TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE 2 SITUATIONS TO HELP FURR! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
