Category: Adoption Success Stories

Dec. 4, 2025 Bonnie and June kittens adopted together!

I’m trilled to share the picture of the wonderful & cat-loving couple that adopted BONNIE & JUNE!!!  The kittens are doing great and they have such an amazing home with their new adopters!

Many thanks to our FURR volunteers, the Lazours, who fostered the kittens for FURR due to space constraints.  I believe that Laura & Jim cared for & loved these little kitties so much that it helped them transition beautifully into a new home.

Also thanks to Marc & Sarah who alerted me to the kittens needing rescue.  It was so satisfying to get them trapped & out of the woods where they were living.

It takes a village!  Thanks to all who helped with these beautiful kittens!

Oct. 31, 2025 Major update and good news! BONNIE (Siamese mix) & JUNE (Russian Blue mix), the 2 kittens that I trapped & rescued from Rocky Point, NC, are doing great! I can’t thank Laura & Jim enough for fostering these 2 babies! FURR was completely overwhelmed!

Both are SUPER sweet, loving kittens! They love to play together & are healthy & happy sisters! They are now spayed, shots, tested, etc., and ready to go! They are still learning about humans, but coming along quickly! They would probably do best in a quieter home &, of course, priority given to adopters that are willing to keep them together!

BONNIE & JUNE certainly are GORGEOUS kittens with really soft fur! They will not last long, so text FURR soon if you want to squeeze them! Contact Terry Schultz, FURR’s President, at 864-483-2444.

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.

Dec. 26, 2025 Tough day today but for a good reason!

BLOSSOM was adopted today by a wonderful family!  They fell in love with BLOSSOM & the couple has 3 little kids!  There aren’t many cats that I would want to go to such a busy household with children, but BLOSSOM is all about it!

I took BLOSSOM today & she just had a ball looking out all the big windows & running around the master bedroom where she will stay for a while to get acclimated.  The 3 little kids didn’t bother her a bit & I think it was more exciting for her!

I cried all the way home after saying goodbye to this amazing cat.  We are all going to miss BLOSSOM, the “purrfect” cat!

I do think she will be much happier with no other cats around.  She never realized that “she” was a cat, & she didn’t really like other felines to take away attention from her!

This was a wonderful match & a great adoption!  Im so happy & so sad at the same time.  It tears out your heart strings to say goodbye.

Be happy BLOSSOM!!!

Nov. 29, 2025 See how sweet and affectionate she is in her new video!

Oct. 27, 2025 Meet Blossom, a young Tuxedo female!  She is an “in your face”  kinda girl!  BLOSSOM never met a stranger! Watch her videos: Blossom-1 and Blossom-2

This beautiful Tuxedo girl was surrendered by her owner, who could not care for her properly any more.  

BLOSSOM has been completely vetted by FURR & is in excellent health.  She LOVES to eat, so the sound of a can opening brings her sprinting!!!  

BLOSSOM would probably love to be an only kitty & get all the love for herself, but really, she will fit well in any household.  This one’s a keeper!!!

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.

Nov. 1, 2025 I’ve made the difficult decision today to move these 2 cats from the FURR adoption center out to the sanctuary.

It is heartbreaking for me to have to face the reality that I could not get these cats ready for adoption.

I have spent THREE years working with these 2 cats & I still cannot put Revolution on them, trim their nails or pick them up without an act of Congress!

Learn more about Perch’s amazing story.

No one wants these cats & I love them both so much.  I have gotten so close to them….but usually at a distance.  I’m the only one that can pet them, but that’s about it.

Both PERCH & SPOT were trapped & rescued at the Atlantic Seafood place that closed down.

I have no idea what there life was like before I saved them, but I imagine it was survival of the fittest.

It’s difficult to accept that there will be a few feral cats that have been so traumatized by humans that they cannot recover.

I know they will be ok at the sanctuary, but today would be their last Revolution treatment, their last personal “hands on” by me and the last time they will see their close siblings.

PERCH was crying in his temporary cage at the sanctuary & my heart just broke.  When I added SPOT to join him, he quieted down.

I know this is only a temporary transition period, but I hate it for them.  They don’t understand what’s happening to them.

Please say a prayer for PERCH, SPOT & for me.  It’s tough love at Its max.

Thank you.

Terry Schultz

January 14, 2026 The little black cat that I trapped going through the garbage at Food Lion HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!!

This adorable tiny cat with a BIG personality went to an amazing family today!  Dad + 6 older kids was “purrfect” for Lioness!  No doubt, Lioness will entertain them as much as they will entertain her!

I could not be happier with this great match!  We will all miss Lioness at FURR and her sweet & playful nature, but this is what it’s all about folks!

Trash dump kitty hits the lottery! My heart is so happy right now!

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November 1, 2025 Watch her affectionate, playful nature new video!

September 22, 2025 Last week I was going by Food Lion in Hampstead late one night when I saw a little black kitten rummaging through some trash!

I quickly ran to FURR, got a trap & within about 3 milaseconds, I had her in my trap….she was TINY.  She was quiet as a mouse.

Back at FURR, all I had left was our “people” bathroom & that’s where she would have to go.

I reached into the trap to scruff her & bring her out and she started making air biscuits while I held her by the neck!  

Well, this is good news!  She was actually thrilled that I was holding her & when I put her down, she started rubbing my legs.  

She voraciously ate a can of kitten food & I began treating her for fleas & worms, etc.

I named her “Lioness” since she came from Food Lion & looked like a little black panther.

Needless to say, she is precious, adorable, sweeeet & only a teensy shy.

Someone will be VERY blessed to have this baby in their home!!!

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!

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

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.

November 26, 2025 The sweet little kitten found crying in the blackberry bushes has a new home!

From the very beginning, this sweet & beautifully semetrical tuxedo boy, was a JOY!

BERRY was super playful, loved life & anyone that would pay him any attention!

His new home is wonderful with a family, 2 other cats & a sweet doggie!

We already miss him @ FURR, but sooo happy for him!!!

October 27, 2025 This ADORABLE little boy, “BERRY”, is ready to go!  Watch his new video!

He is a gorgeous Tuxedo with the softest fur & best personality ever! This little guy was rescued by FURR when he was in a BERRY patch crying for help!  Anyone would be lucky to have him.  His colors are so symmetrical!  Berry is available to be seen @ FURR any time by appointment.  Better hurry….he wont last long!!!

August 29, 2025 A new little one ready for adoption at FURR named “BERRY”!

This little kitten was all alone in the blackberry bushes crying for help!  It was late at night and FURR volunteer, Elizabeth was out walking her dog.  She heard the kitten crying in the bushes and she came and got me.  After a few minutes of the kitten alluding capture, I was finally able to grab him!

BERRY has been amazing!  He loves everybody and is being fostered by Elizabeth.  BERRY loves to cuddle and loves the dog (big golden retriever)! He is truly amazing, happy and playful.  BERRY is fully vetted & 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 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. 2, 2025 HOORAY!  We have another “foster failure”!  This is a good thing!

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 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. 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!

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 & 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 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!!!

They will be missed very very much……..

Oct. 20, 2025 Woody (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!

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 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 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. 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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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!

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.