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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
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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!
