Category: Adoption Success Stories

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

December 16, 2024 CONNOR & SWIRL have arrived at 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 unbelievably 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 & 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 and 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 & adopters!!!  I trust her explicitly & could not be more excited!  I will send pictures later with their new mom!  

October 17, 2024 Updated photo of ADORABLE CONNOR!!! He is such a sweet kitty & READY FOR ADOPTION!!!

Sept. 7, 2024 Meet adorable me in my new video!

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June 22, 2024 How could anyone resist this adorable little face!!! 

CONNOR is just the sweetest little guy you’ll ever meet. 

He is waiting for someone to sweep him off of his paws. 

This cutie pie Tuxedo kitten was rescued by FURR and although we quickly fell in love with him, we have a waiting list of kittens needing to be saved. 

She’s an orange tabby girl kitten with white paws!  They make a nice couple!

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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June 3, 2024 We have a new little fellow at FURR!  His name is “Connor” and he is about 6 weeks old. He is an adorable, happy and tiny little tuxedo boy. He is totally precious!!!

The kind mother and daughter that saved him drove him all the way to FURR from Charlotte after getting my OK.  They trusted FURR to take great care of him and find him the right home.

Our sweet little kitten Wendy will be leaving soon (gosh the kittens go fast) so now Bridgett will have a playmate.

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.

July 26, 2024 Sometimes FURR wishes do come true!!!

I HATE separating siblings or attached pairs of kitties, but sometimes I just don’t have a choice. A couple weeks ago our little orange fluffy kitten, “Wendy” got adopted by a wonderful couple!  They already had a teenage fluffy orange male, so I understood why they decided on just one kitten. Bridgett was left behind and I was so sad for her.  The 2 kittens had a ball together.  I know eventually it will all be OK, but doesn’t help in “that” moment!

The owner of Wendy met me at the vet last week and I brought Bridgett.  It was the last vet visit for the kittens and they got fixed, final shots, microchipped, blood tested, etc. During the day, while I was waiting for the kittens to be ready to go, I got a call that Wendy’s new family decided that they wanted Bridgett too!  That just rarely happens and I was THRILLED!!!

I delivered the 2 kittens, together, to their new home after 5 days of recovery at FURR and now they are one big happy threesome! This is what makes the kitty world go round! Hooray for the sisters and new brother, Freddy!!!

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June 24, 2024 This “purrfect” kitten won’t last long!  BRIDGETT is just the sweetest, cutest, funniest, purringest kitten ever!  She loves to race around and play, play, play!  As soon as she sees someone coming, she runs up to them for pets!  BRIDGETT loves to be held & rubbed, she’s a good eater & uses her litter box religiously! What more could you want???

BRIDGETT does have a little BFF named CONNOR!  They make an adorable pair, but can be adopted separately!

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.

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June 1, 2024 Bridgett (with white feet, chest shown here) is still available, so we added a few more recent photos of her! Please see the May 22, 2024 chapter below to read her amazing rescue story!

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June 19, 2024 “WENDY” is doing great in her new home!  She has made friends with her look-a-like big teen brother!  It seems that she may have the upper hand most of the time, but obviously, her brother is fine with that! 

What a beautiful sight after only a couple weeks! Soooo happy for this gorgeous little girl!!! Happy endings make rescue work all worthwhile!!!

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May 22, 2024 FURR rescued 10 kittens born to a couple of outdoor female cats.  They were all in north Hampstead.

Little “WENDY” has been adopted by a great family!  They have a teenage long haired orange boy & WENDY will be an adorable look-a-like little sister! THANK YOU JEFF to you & your family for adopting a FURR rescued kitten!!!

The owner that called me PROMISED to get the females fixed.  I will follow up with her soon, especially since mama cats CAN get pregnant while nursing!!!

Anyway, I was able to get 4 kittens to a fellow rescue and 2 kittens to another fellow rescue and FURR kept 2 of the kittens. The owner kept 2 of the kittens.

BUT, “Wendy” and “Bridgett” are at FURR and just freakin’ ADORABLE! Watch their hilarious video! They are both orange tabby girls! Wendy is more of a solid fluff of orange and will be long haired! Bridgett is short haired with white points!

Both kittens are ready for adoption but will live at FURR until fixed (a few more weeks!). Come meet these happy, silly and playful sisters!  Better be first in line because they will go fast! Preferential consideration given to an adopter that wants BOTH!!!

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!!!

May 21,2024 The 5 kittens FURR rescued from a Charlotte hoarding situation are at our vet’s, The Sound Cat Veterinary Hospital!

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.

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.

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 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 2, 2025 Our tiny little fluff ball, CHARLIE, went to her new home yesterday! A very nice fella took this little stuffed animal kitty!  He just loves her and you can see that she loves him too!  It’s adorable!

This gorgeous kitty has been overlooked for way too long because she is shy!  But this is a match made in Heaven and her new owner just thinks she’s great!  It really was meant to be.

CHARLIE (is a girl) and she is the LAST cat to be finally placed out of a colony at a former Seafood facility that I rescued at Surf City!  It took two years, lots of taming time and lots of funding to support and care for all these cats.  Now, the last one has been adopted and I’m so happy for her!

The couple that alerted me to all if these feral cats named all of them.  Charlie was thought to be a boy, but was not! I think her owner likes the name anyway!

Blessings to Charlie and her future with Ryan!  She’s one of the most adorable cats I have ever rescued!

Terry

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January 16, 2025 Watch her new Video to meet this beautiful, shy girl!

July 16, 2024 Good news! Charlie is recovering from successful dental surgery today! BLESS her heart!  Her mouth was WAY worse than I thought and she had EVERY tooth pulled!!!  I am sure this will make her so much happier and pain free!  Poor little thing! She’ll soon be healed and feeling much better about eating and life in general!

Nov. 12, 2023 Meet Charlie in her new video! She is the LAST kitty left from my colony rescue at Topsail Beach.  She was completely traumatized when rescued and I was told by the caretakers that she witnessed her brother killed by a coyote.

Charlie is such a petite little girl and just needs LOVE!!!  barely weighing 5 lbs., she’s like a fuzzy stuffed animal that you just want to cuddle!

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. 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.

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.