Category: Adoption Success Stories

December 2022 – Good News! Payton is adopted! Check back soon for the story!

July 2022 I am a STUNNING chatty girl that loves to play and be adventurous! I think my markings are precious like me! Please come meet me and see! I am fully vetted and ready for my new humans to take me home!  You won’t find a prettier girl with all of my stripes & white!  I have really cool siblings too and we all play together and have a really great time!  I was born at the rescue because my mama was pregnant with us when saved from Bojangles!

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.

October 2022 Carbon is adopted again to a wonderful FURR family!

When Mike saw a black cat walking around in our back yard, 1+ years ago, he yelled to me that our “Johnny Cash” had gotten out ! Mike flew out the door (it was dark outside) and went to scoop him up.

Once the kitty was in the house & it was obviously a really laid back cat, but he wasn’t our Johnny Cash.

Of course I rescued this “carbon copy” of our cat, and named him Carbon.

He was underweight, no collar, covered in fleas & NOT neutered! BUT, he was quite laid back & seemed to be looking for love & food. I’m not sure which he preferred more.

I checked all around the neighborhood, asked tons of people, posted him on Nextdoor, but to no avail. No one seemed to know how this cat landed in MY backyard. I do have a few guesses…..hmmmm…..cat lady’s house…..good place to discard a cat, right?

It wasn’t long before Carbon got adopted to a retired couple. After all, this was one AMAZING cat! He was beautiful, had a personality to die for and loved to be held. The couple also took another FURR kitty that I had also, so Carbon & Blaze went together! These were two amazingly wonderful cats.

A year later it was now April 2022. The couple called me to tell me they were selling their house & moving out of the country. They wanted to return Carbon & BLAZE! Of course I had a total meltdown & couldn’t believe it. Not only was I already overwhelmed with cats, these were two of the best cats we had ever had. Now they are a year older & homeless! What part of “adoption for life” or “your pet is a family member” don’t they understand! I was furious, disappointed & sad for the cats.

Thank goodness the couple’s daughter stepped up and took Blaze. Of course, I interviewed her fully. She already had cats & said she could only take in one more. She also actually agreed with me about her parents dumping the cats & leaving the country as being CRAZY! She lived in Florida, so poor Blaze had to be transported all the way to her house. It did work out well and she filled out all the necessary paperwork. Her house is beautiful and she updates me often on how Blaze is doing.

Carbon, bless his heart, had to come back to FURR & be uprooted & thrown back into a room full of cats he didn’t know.

He cried a lot in the first couple of weeks due to sadness, confusion & probably missing Blaze. I did notice that as long as someone was with him, petting him & talking to him, he was fine.

Carbon actually turned out to be everyone’s favorite cat to visit at FURR and my husband & me were no exception.

Low & behold, it didn’t take long for him to get a new and wonderful home! Carbon went to a family that I know all too well. They already have 2 FURR cats and another black cat! I knew this would be a huge blessing for Carbon and I knew this new family would NEVER abandon him!!!

Mike and I were both in tears when Carbon left. I know for a fact that we both wanted to keep him, but with 4 geriatric cats & 1 youngster that almost died, we had our hands (and finances) full.

Remarkably, Carbon adjusted to his new home with no problems whatsoever! He just blended right in and never missed a beat! The family already loves him to pieces and he gets along great with their other 3 cats!

I suppose it was just meant to be. I thank God for that. He is such an amazing cat!

We all miss him at FURR. He was one special kitty who would give u kisses if you scratched his back!

(Blaze is doing well also & his new family loves him too!)

June 2022 Carbon is once again safe and sound a FURR, eagerly awaiting his next FURRever home!

The Story of Carbon and Blaze

CARBON showed up at my house (go figure) as a VERY sweet UN-Neutered all black male, covered in fleas and begging to come inside.  He looked just like my personal cat, Johnny Cash, so I thought somehow Johnny Cash had gotten out, only to find it wasn’t him.  So, I named this new arrival Carbon because he was the carbon copy of our kitty!

I tried to find out who owned him, with no luck. I had planned on fixing him anyway before turning him back over to the owners, but no one ever claimed him.  Carbon was super sweet and fit in with the overloaded number of FURR cats just fine.

BLAZE was one of the kittens that I rescued behind a medical building in Hampstead.  I had found a colony of about 25 cats living back there and worked all summer to trap all of them, including several kittens.  All of them were fixed, I kept as many as I could (I kept all the kittens) and returned about 12 to the site.  The caretaker had been feeding them and making shelters, but needed my help in trapping and fixing all of them.  It was a huge job.  Blaze was tiny, with no mom, along with his siblings  I kept the kittens in my bathroom until they could be fixed and adopted out.

April 2022 previous owners notify FURR they are moving

Not quite a year ago I adopted out two AMAZING rescued kitties, CARBON and BLAZE.  This couple lived on the water and the cats had a beautiful view with a large house to run around in and play. 

The couple called me recently to say they had sold their house and were moving out of the country and so could not take the kitties with them. Their daughter, who lives in Florida, agreed to take Blaze.  However she cannot take both kitties, which is why Carbon desperately needs a temporary foster home!

Carbon is a lovely, sweet kitty, about 2 years old, very personable and I really have no where to put him.  Please ask anyone you know about fostering for a few months while I try to find him another home.  I think he is stressed about all the packing and moving, so I would love to find a foster home for him where he can be in a quiet and loving place.  He is well worth it!  If I had not had my Johnny Cash kitty, I would have kept him for myself.

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.

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on our Petfinder page!

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

If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.

June 2022 – Sand Fiddler, Bossie and Mouse are adopted! Check back soon for their adoption stories.

April 2022 Sand Fiddler (shown above) is an adorable VERY unique colored gray tortie female, a young teenager who is EXTREMELY playful and sweet! She is a teensy shy at first, but it doesn’t last long if you shake the cookie box! This silly little girl loves other kitties and wants to run and play all day!

April 2022 In Bossie’s “own words” – I came to FURR already named but no one can figure out why! I’m completely adorable and as friendly as can be! I was an inoor kitty with my brother, Mouse, and our family was evicted. Everyone left us alone and FURR found us outside and hiding underneath the house! I ran up to the nice lady at FURR and she took us in! I am only years young and QUITE beautiful with my stripes, tri-colors, and white feet! You won’t find a better people kitty than me! I come fully vetted and full of love to give… and I promise I’m not bossy at all!

April 2022 In Mouse’s “own words” – I am a talker! I get SOOO excited when somebody wants to pet me! I am a teensy shy, but as soon as you start talking sweet to me I express my joy with loud meows! I am as friendly as can be especially considering what I have been through, as you can read in my sister Bossie’s story above.

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.

June 2022 – Good News! Gracie survived FIP (see her story below) and now Terry, FURR’s President and Founder, is adopting her!

March 2022 – Please go to our Go Fund Me page to help meet several urgent needs described below!

The little rescued kitten named “GRACIE” who came from a colony I saved at Topsail Beach has been sick. I took her to the vet in December for just being lethargic and she was running a low grade fever. Her fever, despite antibiotics and other treatments, stayed for several weeks. I had to medicate her, give her fluids, monitor her, hand feed her, weigh her often and spent many hours taking her back and forth to the vet with no resolution in site.

After about a month of nonstop care (I had put her in my personal bathroom to care for her round the clock), she was no better. I took her in to be euthanized since I could not stand to see her suffer any further, losing weight, not wanting to eat and becoming neurologically unsound in her back end.

Before I took her in to be euthanized, someone reached out to me and gave me a phone number to call suspecting that Gracie had FIP – Feline Infectious Peritonitis, a rare disease that is very difficult to diagnosis and treat. I called the person and rushed Gracie to see the person at 10 pm one night. The medicine that I purchased is not approved by the FDA and cannot be obtained by a vet. The medicine has been proven to cure FIP in China, but not in the US. I didn’t have anything to lose, since she was dying, so I bought the medicine.

Within one day of getting the medicine, GRACIE’s fever broke. She immediately started eating. Within a week, she was walking normally and feeling a whole lot better. With a long way to go still, I needed to continue the medicine every day for 84 days. I have managed to buy the medicine with just barely enough in the FURR account to keep her going……….

However, she needs 2 more weeks of medicine and we have run out of money. The medicine runs about $1,000 every two weeks, so you can imagine how this has but a huge strain on FURR.

I thank the people who have given to help save her: my parents, her caretakers when she was living in the woods (before FURR was able to rescue her), and other donors who have given recently. Without those funds, she would have died.

Please pass along the word that FURR is desperate for funding for Gracie, Mama Google and other expenses. Thank you all for caring and prayers always help!

Learn how to adopt this kitty! FURR adopts to the Hampstead/Wilmington, 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.

2022 Emmit is adopted!

Feb. 4, 2022 This gorgeous teen boy is breath taking! he is as sweet as he is beautiful! Emmit has long, super soft fur and although he is shy at first, he is very loving, kind and laid back. Emmitt gets long great with other cats, and just doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body. Emmit is completely vetted and ready to go. He has lots of kitty friends at FURR is anyone would like to adopt him with a friend!

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.

April 2022 – Hooters is adopted! Check back soon for her adoption story!

BIG yellow green eyes are an amazing feature on this adorable sweet, petite kitty!! Hooters looks like an owl with those peepers!! She is a tiny girl, about 2 years old, and just LOVES to be pet, held, and doted on. Hooters is completely vetted and just the sweetest little girl! 

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 Hampstead/Wilmington, 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.

Sun Oct 24, 2021 – Good news! Chucky is successfully flown to his new foster home in Texas! Check back soon for more updates on his story.

Sept 22, 2021 Chucky is a rescued cat with no where to go! We urgently need a temporary foster home for him! He is a 9 month old, neutered male and overall healthy, but he is FeLV+ (Feline Leukemia positive), and so may need to be kept away from other cats inside the home.

The foster home is temporary because there is a FURR-ever home that will be available for him in a few weeks. In the meantime he’s living in a small space, so moving to a foster home would enable him to live much more comfortably in a larger space.

Please let FURR know if you have a place in your heart & home for this sweet boy! You can reach Terry Schultz at 864-843-2444.

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 Charlotte 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.

December 1, 2021 Peas and Pod are adopted! Details soon!

August 17, 2021 I rescued 2 kittens living underneath a trailer that were scared, tiny and covered in fleas!  Thank goodness, my dear friend and realtor, called me about them AND found a foster to keep them for FURR! Our facility is totally full right now and there was nowhere to put 2 more kittens, but a wonderful foster home took them in.
 

The kittens are both adorable little boys, about 3-4 months old.  The foster has done a wonderful job with them and I have gone to visit many times.  The kittens have had all there vet work done except for their neuter surgery which will be next week.  They will be READY to go by the end of next week!

PEAS and POD kittens are totally attached at the hip and I do not want to separate them!
> PEAS is a little adorable Domestic Short Hair gray striped tabby with white face & paws!
> POD is a little bigger than PEAS, and he is a Domestic Short Hair black & white kitty!

They are playful, healthy and funny! PEAS can be a teensy shy, but comes out to play after he gets to know you a little bit.  BOTH kittens love the foster’s dogs, so that’s a plus! How could anyone resist these little fellas! 

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.

Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on our Petfinder page!

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

If you are not ready to adopt a kitty, please consider fostering or sponsoring. All donations are tax deductible.

Feb. 2026 Lucy is adopted ! Check back soon for her adoption story!

Sept. 22, 2025 – New photos of beautiful Lucy, cozy in her bed at FURR!

July 3, 2025 – LUCY, one of the two FURR cats adopted 4 years ago, however we’re very sad to report that her loving owner, Carol, recently died, so it became necessary for her family to return her and her best friend, Percy, to FURR. If possible, 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!

2024 Lucy is Adopted! We’re so happy that Carol Dubin, one of FURR’s most generous supporters, has given this sweet girl her FURR-ever home!

January 2023 – See Lucy’s updated photo above! She’s grown up and gorgeous!

July 2, 2021 Gray Lady’s 2nd tiny kitten (Willy’s sibling), LUCY is fairly good weight and she is adorable.  She is very laid back, tamed up easily and she is a beautiful spotted gray tabby short haired.  She is doing well and only a teensy shy.  You can pick her up and handle her.  She was touch and go for a few weeks, but she seems fine now and the vet says she is healthy.  LUCY is not fixed yet, but going through her series of shots and vet visits.  She tested negative and should be spayed within the next couple of weeks.

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 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.