Category: Latest News

December 2025 –  I noticed the other week that SHRIMP had horrible breath!  That can be a sign of mouth infection & bad teeth/gums.  I looked in her mouth & could see she had dental problems.  I got her in to Sound Cat for a dental.  Luckily they had an opening and she went yesterday.

$1,300 later, most of her teeth had been pulled!  She will surely feel better after healing up from the surgery.  Poor thing!

SHRIMP’S brother, RED FISH, also had a dental, with most teeth pulled, about a month ago.  I guess it’s genetic plus bad nutrition before being rescued.

These dental surgeries are necessary not only because of the infection from broken or bad teeth/gums, but also to relieve pain.

Pictures of RED FISH & SHRIMP.  Both siblings still waiting for a home this Christmas!

November 2025 –  Watch this adorable video of Red Fish hoping for a FURR-ever home for Christmas!

September 2025 –  More great photos of Shrimp and Red Fish! They’ll be so happy to have a FURR-ever home.  Learn more about their amazing story below.

May 19, 2025 RED FISH & SHRIMP have come back & are in Room 3. They are doing really well considering & need LOTS of gentle love. SHRIMP will hiss at everyone, but she is just scared & you can pet & love on her. RED FISH is super sweet but scared. These poor cats have been gone TWO years & now back at FURR. I love them both & will see to it that their future WILL be better!

April 23, 2023 A wonderful lady named Chris has been fostering Red Fish & Shrimp. I went by a couple days ago to put their Revolution on them, trim their nails & visit.

Chris has done an amazing job with these 2 cats!  Considering their horrible beginning at the fish place, they are now loved, cared for and safe in a beautiful home! Chris has been great to take my advice and take it very slowly with them.  They have graduated from the large bathroom to include the master bedroom!

These pictures show how great the kitties have progressed.  I am so thankful to Chris for spending this valuable time with them!

Feb. 4, 2022 This tiny but colorful girl is longing for someone to love her! She came from a rough place when she was very young, but she has made huge progress and just needs a little reassurance and love! Read her story in the “Seafood Colony” article. She is so soft and loves to be petted and brushed! She is a gently girl and still shy but ready for the next step in her little life. She gets along great with other non-dominant cats that won’t pick on her. If you want a gorgeous, sweet and quiet little cat to love, she is your 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 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.

December 2025 Adorable new video of Sue! Shows her sweet nature!

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!!!

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.

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.

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!

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”.

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 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.

November 9, 2025 See handsome Davis growing up (above)!

Watch Davis’s new video showing his sweet nature and handsome silver tabby fur!

September 1, 2025 New FURR rescue! Davis is an adorable 3 to 4 month old silver tabby male kitten! 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 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.

Dec. 6, 2025 – Adorable Wildflower (right) is still available! more on her wonderful story below.

Dec. 6, 2025 – Our silly little FERN (shown left with new Mom) now has a new & wonderful home!  Her new adopters have a SWEET older kitty & wanted a 2nd!

FERN has hit the jackpot with this couple and I’m confident that she will be loved & cared for!!!  The older kitty is super friendly & curious about everything (just like FERN!)

I’m soooo happy for this kitten that was trapped with 3 siblings living in the woods before FURR came to the rescue!

Hooray!

Nov. 13, 2025 Beautiful Wildflower and Fern are still available! See the September updates below for new photos of these sweet girls!

Nov. 7, 2025 Forrest is adopted! It didn’t take long for this BEAUTIFUL kitten to get adopted!  I delivered him today after interviews, meetings, home visit & application!  This couple has another BEAUTIFUL young 3 yr old cat that is really sweet & needed a friend!  I think it’s a great match & im so happy for my kitten trapped from the woods in Rocky Point!

It’s so hard to say goodbye to these kitties, but I know i have to.  Adoptions give homes to former homeless cats and opens a space to save another one!

Im looking forward to seeing pictures of FORREST & his new future girlfriend kitty playing together!

He will be missed at FURR!!!

Oct. 20, 2025 Woody is adopted along with Autumn! 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!

Sept. 22, 2025 Adorable updated photos of these kittens – now youngsters! In order from left to right in the photo above:

WILDFLOWER – Long haired girl gray tabby colored
WOODY – Short haired boy light orange/buff colored
FERN – Short haired girl gray tabby colored
FORREST– Long haired boy bright orange tabby colored

August 26, 2025 It turns out that Kathy & her granddaughter,  Maxine, we’re RIGHT when they told me that little Wildflower sounded like she was having trouble breathing.

After a couple days of sounding funny, Wildflower got a LOT worse & sounded like she was struggling to breathe.  

I rushed her to Sound Cat & they sedated her & examined her throat saying she needed to be scoped with an endoscope to really see what’s going on.

NC State told me that I could come up, but would be on a waiting list to get her scoped.  No thanks @ $1,000 a day!  The Wilmington Animal ER said that their doc that does the endoscopic exams was booked this week & on vacation next week!

My sister & I worked quickly to fine a vet with a scope & thank goodness, Needham Animal Hospital had one & a very well known vet named Dr. Batts that said he could see Wildflower the NEXT day!

I took her to Dr. Batts & he did surgery on her!  She had a lump in her throat that he had to remove.  Luckily, after worrying about it, she came out of surgery fine!  The lump was biopsied & was not cancer & was not a polyp.  It was caused by some sort of trauma to her throat & could be from her spay surgery.  We will never know, but she is doing great now!

WHEWWW!

The growth is not expected to return according to Dr. Batts.

What a blessing!!! This beautiful little angel is ready for adoption!

July 3, 2025 – Rescued kittens are ready for adoption! Watch them play in their video! Shown above from left to right are:

FURR took in FOUR KITTENS trapped in the woods in Rocky Point, NC!  A really wonderful Samaritan followed my exact instructions and trapped 4 little kittens and their mama.  This family was starving and homeless!

FURR took in the kittens after a couple of weeks and the lady that rescued them kept the mama kitty.

These 4 kittens are now healthy and happy!

We have:

2 orange ones!

2 gray ones!

2 short haired!

2 long haired!

2 girls!

2 boys!

So, you see, we have a great variety to choose from!

ADORABLE, GREAT PURR MOTORS & VERY PLAYFUL!!!

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 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!

Our FURR Kitties Thank You!!!

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!

Click here for Tickets and Details

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!

August 31, 2025 New photo above! Salmon is doing great now after recovering from a few health issues in the past year or so.

Watch his new video!

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 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 4, 2025 These poor cats had been adopted before, by another person who loved them, and she returned them when her house was condemned.  The house had a bat problem that couldn’t be fixed.

Now, BLUE FISH & BLUE MARLIN are up for adoption again.  They are beautiful, soft Russian Blue mix kitties, both with a white spot on their chest.

The two brothers have the same parents, but are a year apart from 2 different litters.  They came from the torn down seafood production plant where I rescued 70 cats.

These are the sweetest cats ever and are now, probably, around 5 years old.  They have been through so much.

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.

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May 19, 2025 Terry has decided it’s best for Perch to remain at FURR, living our Sanctuary with plenty of FURR-friends and all the kitty comforts, so he is no longer available for adoption.

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October 20, 2024 Watch Blue Marlin’s new video! How could ANYONE “NOT” want this teddy bear and possibly one of his brothers!!!  This cat is like BIG pillow and soooo kind and sweet!

July 20, 2024 These two handsome brothers are doing great, having recently been returned to FURR, so once again they’re looking for a new home.   Terry adopted out Perch & Blue Marlin a couple months ago, however the adopter’s situation recently changed and, sadly, they are no longer able to keep these kitties.

While Terry follows a careful, thorough process to evaluate and approve interested adopters, sometimes things just don’t work out as planned. Fortunately, FURR accepts returns of kitties originally adopted from us to ensure they never again end up where they started – homeless and in need of rescue!

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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May 21, 2024 I finally approved of an adopter for my precious boys: PERCH & BLUE MARLIN!

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Nov 2023 See how sweet and handsome Blue Marlin is in this latest photo and his new video! His brother, Perch, is not shown but they look just alike!

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July 2023 I’m the sweetest boy and just a teensy shy, but OH I’m so soft and I love to be petted!!!  I get along great with all the other kitties and everyone at FURR loves me!  I am about a year old. I have a brother named Perch (mentioned in our Seafood Colony article) we look just alike!  What’s more beautiful than a silvery smooth Russian Blue mix!!!