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Sept 7, 2026 This extremely feral cat has made HUGE progress after only a few months.  Watch this month’s video!

It’s amazing to compare his Sept. 2026 video above with this mid-February 2026 video from shortly after he was captured.

When FURR trapped “TREASURE” in mid-February 2026, he was feral, had badly matted fur, thin, dirty and angry and had a mouthful of dental issues.

Here is a video from early March 2026 right after his dental surgery. He had 3 broken canine teeth pulled and 1 canine was gone!  Luckily, he did not have any other problems, such as stomatitis or gingivitis. I’m sure those broken canines were quite painful. After the surgery, but while he was still somewhat sedated, I was able to pet him a little without my bite glove on. This is one gorgeous cat. 

It took me weeks to be able to pet him (with bite gloves on), but I spent hours & hours with him.  I brushed him & got all the mats out of his fur.  I talked to him, gave him treats and discovered that he is extremely food motivated.

The difference in his beginning and where he is now is truly amazing!

I was very reluctant to take in another feral cat at the moment.  Ive been overwhelmed with too many cats, but I took him in and it is an amazing story.

TREASURE still needs more work before adoption, but he is very close!  Look at this BEAUTIFUL cat now!!!

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 2026 Meet Honey & Cinnemon! This sweet sweet sweet mama kitty and daughter are ready to go go go! 

Honey BEGs for love, attention & pets! She is beautiful, soft, fully vetted & would LOVE to be an only cat. She has raised 4 babies (details below) before she was even a year old & she was the best mama ever! She is playful, funny, talkative & just amazingly sweet! (No dogs please or other cats!) HONEY is a people cat all the way! 

Honey’s beautiful daughter Cinnemon is super sweet, playful and full of affection!

Come visit these wonderful kitties!  The will melt your heart!

Available :

Mom: HONEY – Mom
Kitten: CINNEMON – female calico

Adopted:

FLOUR – 07/26 female siamese
SUGAR – 08/26 – male  – white flame point
BUNS – 08/26 with Sugar  – Male – black 

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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August 20, 2026 SUGAR & BUNS ADOPTED!!!

Wonderful news!!!  SUGAR & BUNS (2 of Honey’s boy kittens) are being adopted by our very own FURR volunteers & foster couple:  LAURA & JIM!!!

We are so excited that the kittens have the best home ever & LAURA & JIM already have FOUR FURR kitties!!!  Now, they have 6 FURR kitties!  Before them, the winning number was 5 FURR cats adopted into one family.  Now, the most FURR adoptions in one family is SIX!  WOW!

CORAL
DADDY BATTS
MONA
LILAC
SUGAR
BUNS

CONGRATULATIONS to Jim & Laura!  Their house is like Disneyland for kitties!  They also have 2 adorable dogs & this picture of Ziggy shows his approval!

HONEY – Available
CINNEMON – Available

FLOUR – Adopted
SUGAR – Adopted
BUNS – Adopted

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April 16, 2026 URGENTLY NEED A FOSTER HOME FOR A SWEET, LOVING MAMA AND 4 BEAUTIFUL KITTENS! Last week a lady dropped off a stray cat at Sound Cat Veterinary Hospital. The lady said the kitty was having problems (but wasn’t her kitty. She was having kittens!

Sound Cat called me & said they don’t keep moms & babies! I went & got them & unfortunate, since I’m out of room at the rescue, the mom & FOUR kittens are at my house!

I promised my husband i would NOT bring any more cats & kittens home if i opened a rescue

The cat is SUPER friendly & the 4 kittens are adorable. I don’t have any room at FURR, but I do want them at FURR as soon as possible because this mama THRIVES on attention & love!

I don’t have time or space to give her what she needs! Thanks!

Fosters and Adopters

July 2026 – As a result of our announcement that FURR is Indefinitely Closed to New Intakes“, we need Foster and Adopter homes!

Meet all FURR kitties available for foster or adoption on Petfinder!

We have so many wonderful cats – too many for our facility, so we’re eager to find foster and adoptive homes for them.

How to Become a Foster or Adopter:

1. Learn more about FURR’s Foster & Adoption Process.
2. Complete our Foster or Adoption Application.

FURR fosters and adopts to approved homes only in the Hampstead/Wilmington and surrounding area.

Fosters and Adopters should be prepared to spend time with the cat(s) and able to keep them in a totally separate room. This timeframe is unique to each kitty. Sometimes it only takes a few days, but it may take a few weeks for a kitty to become relaxed and comfortable in your home.

For our Fosters:

• FURR covers a fostered kitty’s food, litter, supplies and any needed vet costs for as long as they are in the foster’s care
• We also ask our Fosters to please also be prepared to notify Terry at Adoptafurrcat@gmail.com at least 2 weeks in advance if you’re no longer able to continue to fostering.

If you are not ready to foster or adopt a kitty, please consider sponsoring.

All donations are tax deductible.

FURR’s Sept. 2026 CatVideoFest was a great success!

FURR was invited to attend for the second year in a row and once again we had a great presentation, dedicated volunteers to staff our location, generous donations, a coffee bar and even an adoption – our boy Fury (attached photo of the black kitty and Fury with his new family)! 

Terry brought a few other special kitty friends – Bumble Bee, Honey & Cinnemon and Ringo.

In addition to $322 in donations in our jar, FURR will receive 10% of the overall event’s proceeds! 

Here’s a special thank you to Kathy & Laura for volunteering their time on Saturday and Sunday and to everyone one who was there to support us or stopped by to say hello. 

We also had some visitors interested in volunteering and hopefully additional adoptions.

August 11, 2026 Buddy needs a fundraiser to reimburse FURR for his recent $1,500 dental surgery where he needed 17 teeth pulled!

Donate today via FURR’s secure, easy PayPal page!

Watch his most recent video where Terry shows what a sweet boy he is and how he deserves to be the next kitty who finds a foster or FURR-ever home!

Buddy needs a patient, loving foster home as he is very shy, so he needs help preparing for adoption into a FURR-ever home someday.

He is happy, healthy and loves to be around other cats! He would love to meet you! 

Watch his video! Buddy is improving every day learning to trust and be loved!  He is purring & making biscuits!  Could you be his new angel?  He surely deserves it!  Buddy was rescued underneath the pier at Topsail Beach at Buddy’s restaurant.  A good person called me to come save him!

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.

August 20, 2026 Terry shares that Thomasina’s surgery went well! She lost most all of her teeth and 1 of her canines that was cracked. Thomasina was purring this evening when Terry was petting her. Updated fundraiser – we need $1,900 to cover the cost of this surgery and her brother, Thomas’s, vet checkup as well.

Please donate securely via the QR code to the right or donate via FURR’s PayPal page!

August 15, 2026 I noticed that THOMASINA was not responding to my petting her and had her head tucked down between her front paws!  I knew something was wrong.

Our veterinarian, the Sound Cat Veterinary Hospital, worked her in for me on Aug. 14th and we learned that she needs FULL MOUTH EXTRACTIONS!

We need to raise $2,000 for her surgery this Thursday, August 20, 2026!

Please donate securely via FURR’s PayPal page!

THOMASINA is one of the sweetest cats we have ever rescued!  We want her to be healthy & happy so we have to do this for her!

Thank you and please pray for her swift recovery.  As we await her surgery date, I’m keeping her more comfortable with pain medications.

June 2026 -FURR is changing it’s focus due to Terry’s recent health concerns.

FURR has a 2-page ad in the July issue of PawPrints magazine announcing we are closing Indefinitely.*

What does this mean for FURR Supporters, Fosters, Adopters and Volunteers?

In short, it means two things:

• No new kitties – We’re “Closing Indefinitely for New Intakes”
• Need Your Help – Our Supporters are as critical as ever! 

*See our Ad on pages 27 (left) and 29 (above).

Each of you is critical to ensure that our transition through the 2 Phases outlined below runs as smoothly as possible for the sake of people and kitties!:

• Phase 1 is complete when all kitties that are ready for adoption are adopted or living with a foster:
  • No further intake of new kitties effective immediately
  • FURR continues to need support from all volunteers and donors in caring for available kitties on Petfinder while they await fostering or adoption
  • FURR continues to need Fosters and Adopters to approved homes in the Hampstead/Wilmington area as per our current process and Application
  • FURR covers a fostered kitty’s food, litter, supplies and any needed vet costs for as long as they are in the foster’s care
  • Ferals remain in the Sanctuary – no changes for now
  • Timeline TBD, but we’re hoping this is complete by the end of 2026
• Phase 2 is complete when Terry decides the long-term plan for the Feral Sanctuary:
  • No further intake of new kitties effective immediately
  • Future plans depend in part on Terry’s health recovery 
  • Final arrangements for the Feral Sanctuary and the FURR Properties is TBD

None of this is going to happen overnight. In fact, we’re not in control of the timeline on accomplishing each Phase. So please continue to do the wonderful work each of you are doing to care for our kitties as Terry leads FURR in this new approach during the months to come. 

Thank you so much for your understanding and for all you do for FURR! 

Please let Terry and I know if you have any questions or concerns at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com. 

Best regards, 

Terry Schultz – President and Founder

Michelle Rivers – Vice President
www.catfurr.org

Guppy and his brother Orange Roughy need a patient, loving foster home as they are very shy, so they need help preparing for adoption into a FURR-ever home someday.

They were rescued when they were just kittens. I trapped & saved them from a seafood production plant that was closing down.

The kittens had been traumatized, starved & constantly dodging massive tractor trailer trucks & equipment. They were pitiful & barely alive when I finally caught them.

These 2 brothers have come through a tremendous journey. They are both now healthy & kind, but still very very cautious especially around someone new.

We have worked hard to help them gain confidence and feel safe, but no one will adopt them or give them a chance. Most adopters are looking for a “purrfect” cat that will make themselves happy. Im looking for that selfless adopter that wants to save a life or two because that is what paying it forward & rescue work is all about.

These two beautiful sweet boys need time & love. If you think you have patience & a big heart for the not-so-purrfect cats, give me a call! As soon as you meet these precious souls, your heart will tell you what to do.

I feel so sorry for these cats after so many rescues have come & gone and they still wait for a chance of a home.

“Orange Roughy” is the big, beautiful long haired orange boy and “Guppy” is his gorgeous orange & white brother.

Guppy has another sweet friend, Shrimp, shown together at the left.

I pray for them every day. I know their angel adopter is out there somewhere!

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.

August 2025 New photo above! This sweet, pretty kitty is full of life and love! She’s more than ready for their FURR-ever home! Arrange to meet her today by contacting FURR at adoptafurrcat@gmail.com.

February 2023 Shells is still available and Puffer is adopted in Feb 2023!

January 2023 FURR has rescued this gorgeous feral kitten! Terry trapped at her “seafood colony”. She and her brother, Puffer, both need a foster home/homes with someone who can spend a lot of time holding and petting them. They are approximately 4 months old:

Shells is a sweet girl with short hair and lovely dilute gray tortie coloring.

Puffer, Shell’s male sibling, has long hair black kitten with an amazing silver mane!

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.