August 2025 New photo above! Ready and looking forward to her FURR-ever home!
July 3, 2025 Meet Sue and read her amazing rescue story! Watch her video to see how beautiful and friendly she is!
A local vet called me & asked for my help in working with a feral family of cats that she was fostering.
She had a feral rescued mom & 4 babies in her garage. The kittens were coming around but the mama was hissing & swatting at her.
I went over and assessed the mama & could quickly see that she had great potential to be adopted. I gave the vet some instructions & pointers, but she called me a week or so later to tell me some news.
The kittens were taken in by a rescue but the mama kitty would be euthanized because she was feral.
Of course the mama cat had already pulled on my heart strings, so I took her to keep her alive.
At FURR, the mama cat, named “SUE”, tamed up beautifully and quickly! She has become sweet as pie, loves pets & talks to us all the time with her “thank you for saving me” conversations!
To top it off, SUE is absolutely gorgeous, healthy & loves the other cats!
SUE is spayed, had all her shots, blood tested & ready to go!
FURR is extremely full right now, so please visit SOON!!!
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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 adoptthis 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 2025 New photos! Cocoa and Rocky are now full grown and full of life and love! They’re more than ready for their FURR-ever home! Arrange to meet them today by contacting FURR at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.
Rocky relaxing – Aug 2025
December 12, 2024 Both “Cocoa”, a 6-8 month old black female, and “Rocky”, a 2 year old gray tabby male, are now fixed, microchipped, shots, blood tested, etc. Now all they need is time and patience to get them ready for an indoor homes. Watch their video!
Cocoa and Rocky 12-12-2024
We would GREATLY appreciate anyone foster home for these two since we have no where to put them but in a small cage. Both are healthy, beautiful and progressing nicely.
We did receive a donation to cover their cost (thank GOD!), so their current vet bills have been paid!!!
November 28, 2024 I successfully caught 2 feral cats early Tues am in Holly Ridge! My realtor called me because she was moving and had been feeding them. She didn’t want to just leave them behind.
I took traps to her and showed her how to set them up. The traps were left open for about a week and she fed them inside the traps to get them used to it. Tues morning early I caught them, just as planned and took them to the S/N clinic in Castle Hayne.
FURR now has “Cocoa”, a 6-8 month old black female, and “Rocky”, a 2 year old gray tabby male who has a raccoon-looking tail like the cartoon character “Rocky Racoon”.
Rocky is rescued 11-26-24Cocoa is rescued 11-26-24
My realtor had hoped to keep them at her house for recovery and I loaned her a cage, but trying to take care of these kitties and moving at the same time understandably became overwhelming! So these cats are now at the FURR Sanctuary recovering from their surgery and traumatic day! They are both beautiful and I’m at least relieved that they are safe.
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 adoptthis 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 1, 2025 New FURR rescue! Davis is an adorable 3 to 4 month old silver tabby male kitten! Watch his video! FUN, FUN, FUN!
My niece found this little guy almost dead in the bushes of her front yard! Anemic from hundreds of fleas, skin & bones from starvation and FULL of worms, this kitten was on his way out.
My niece’s husband wrapped him in a towel and brought him inside. I got a call and we all went to work!
After a couple weeks of meds, food and a flea bath, this little boy kitten is doing great! He is the sweetest and happiest fella!
His name is “Davis” and he is ready now for his neuter surgery!
What a great rescue!!!
Meet all FURR kitties available for adoption on PetFinder!
Learn how to adoptthis 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.
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 adoptthis 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.
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 adoptthis 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 22, 2025 Thanks to Kuranda AND our generous Donors, FURR is receiving 8 Donations + 5 Matching Donations!:
3 Cat Towers (2 Donated, + 1 Matching Donation)
10 Cat Beds (6 Donated + 4 Matching Donations)
Please note: We still need 7 more Cat Towers to finish replacing existing wood/carpet ones deemed unacceptable by our NC State Inspector.
September 1, 2025 – Kuranda will DONATE a MATCHING PRODUCT for each of the NEXT 5 DONATIONS to FURR starting today!
Please click on the Kuranda image on the right to donate today!
These beds and towers are great for FURR kitties:
Easy cleanup vs. carpeted or cloth trees or beds Multiple cozy nooks for cats in the 7-level style Save floor space with their stackable design Durable, strong and great climbing kitties Longer lasting than wood or carpet/cloth beds
Our kitties would looooove having several more beds and towers. Both products are much more comfortable for the kitties and much easier for us to move and clean than carpeted trees and other types of beds!
You can also Donate from our Wishlist, which includes a wide variety of supplies we use everyday – including household items that fit any budget!
Sept. 16, 2025 THALIAN HALL’S CatVideoFest weekend was a HUGE success! A HUGE thank you to Kathy, a FURR Volunteer!
Kathy arranged the whole thing, printed out ALL of the FURR cats’ profiles from Petfinder and helped set up everything! We had a great time and met so many wonderful cat people!
We have some possible adoptions coming up, some potential volunteers and we are invited to come back again next year! FURR also received $553 in donations, greatly needed for urgent rescues recently posted here!
We enjoyed seeing all the people dressed up as cats! We also took turns watching the cat show which was hysterical! Basically the show was a compilation of funny cat videos & boy, were they hilarious!
THANK YOU AGAIN KATHY for this great opportunity for FURR!
Sept 1, 2025 Attend the world-renown CatVideoFest Sept 13-24, 2025 at the Thalian Hall in Wilmington!
A triumph! A spectacle! A fuzzy wuzzy cuddle puddle! The CatVideoFest is all that and more. Everyone’s favorite family-friendly cat-themed film event is back for a limited time.
FURR receives 10% of Thalian Hall Box Office profits!
Autumn loving Elizabeth – FURR Volunteer – Aug 2025
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 “reaching out” – Aug 2025
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
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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 adoptthis 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.
When we rescued him, he had a horrible mouth and needed teeth pulled, and so now thankfully had successful dental surgery in July 2024. Salmon has also recovered from a severe UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) earlier this year and spending time in the hospital. He is now on special food now and enjoying life in the FURR adoptable kitties house.
He has come a long way behaviorally as well since his initial rescue has really begun to trust us & now loves scratches and rubs! He blinks his eyes in content especially when getting scratched right in front of his tail!
This BEAUTIFUL buff kitty is ready for adoption! He is only a couple years young and is a kind soul. He loves the other kitties too.
So glad Salmon is improving every day and enjoying his life!
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 adoptthis 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.
