May 4, 2025 This is a picture of a portion of FURR’s nightly dinners! Yes, we feed about 2 cases a day in canned cat food & dry food is always out for the kitties to nibble on including for our kitties in the feral sanctuary!
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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.
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!
March 31, 2025Our Yard sale yesterday was a great success, raising much needed funds to help care for FURR Kitties! We had a great crowd and many people found multiple treasures and extreme value!
Thank you so much to all those who donated so much – great clothes, furniture, housewares, books, decorative items, outdoor gear and more! Many thanks as well to all our customers who stood in long lines to collect their treasures. Thanks as well to all the FURR Volunteers who worked VERY hard on the day of the event and of course for many long days and late nights for weeks on end ahead of this event to deliver, clean and organize everything!
March 20, 2025 FURR is having a HUGE Indoor Yard Sale on Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2025!
We’ll have a wide selection of gently used items including small furniture, clothing, toys, books & much more!
Enter a Raffle to win one of several donated gift baskets!
July 31, 2025 It is with the heaviest heart that I bring you the sad news that TUX went over the rainbow bridge today. I held him in my arms & soaked his head with tears as Dr. Gervais, (Sound Cat) gently and kindly, helped TUX exit our world.
This truly amazing cat was a FURR favorite. I trapped him on the FURR property. He showed up starving, skinny & very feral. It took me about 2 weeks to get him in a trap.
During his exam, neuter, shots, deworming, etc., it appeared that he had been hit by a car. He had a limp and sat a little sideways. An x-ray showed that he had suffered a broken pelvis (that had healed on its own) and he had kidney damage.
With a lot of love, food & simple vitamins, TUX became SUPER happy and sweet! He gained weight & had several followup visits to the vet to monitor his kidney functions.
Everything was going great until 2 days ago. TUX stopped eating, became very quiet & sat with his head facing away from us.
I knew right away that things had taken a turn for the worst.
This am early I took him to Sound Cat for an emergency visit. His bloodwork showed that his kidneys had completely shut down. His numbers were off the chart. I knew he was feeling bad. The news wasn’t good and there is nothing that can be done for a cat when kidneys give up.
I am so thankful for Dr. Gervais. She eased my pain and said this was the only choice.
I have literally cried all day. I am going to miss this remarkable cat so much. He was extremely special and im so sorry his time on this earth was cut short. I will always love him. He was only 4 or 5 years old.
Bless you all for making him feel loved @ FURR.
Tux’s story, in dated postings below, is a perfect example of what we do at FURR – we see love, beauty and potential in kitties we find in horrible situations, and then make the difference that matters … forever.
May 14, 2025 Tux will be featured in the June Pawprints Magazine! See his latest videos below!
Tux posing Nov 2024
Watch his new videos:
New video in May 2025 showing what a lovebug he is as Terry tells his amazing rescue & rehab story and explains his special needs.
New video in January 2025 showing his very affectionate nature!
New video in December 2024 describing his big improvements!
December 24, 2024 Took sweet TUX to the vet this am. He’s having a rough time. With his broken pelvis and injury to his kidneys, probably from being hit by a car, he is a “special needs kitty” who needs medicine and maintenance for the rest of his life.
The good news is that he doesn’t know there’s anything wrong! He gets around just like all the other kitties and is easy to medicate. His medications help address the kidney damage from his injuries, but the meds are not expensive at all. He takes whatever you need to give him – no problem! What a great sport!
More importantly, TUX is just the sweetest cat you could ever meet! It’s so unfair that he had to begin his young life homeless and injured. He loves to rub on your legs and be petted and held. The vet says he’s around 6 years old and there is every reason to hope that he’ll have a long and happy life just like any other kitty. Best of all, he gives TONS of love in return to the extra care he needs. Everyone wins!
We hope and pray that a caring person will come along and adopt him for his amazing personality, knowing his misfortune, and will love him all the more!
October 17, 2024 Watch his new video! TUX is doing well in his large holding pen at the sanctuary. This poor cat is skin & bones, but for a week now he is eating and drinking everything i put in front of him! He must have been starving.
TUX has been easy to care for & although he is scared and timid, I have been able to pet & stroke him without incident.
This is good and bad! I am completely full at FURR, but i know if I release TUX into the sanctuary, I won’t be able to work with him every day.
He really seems like he wants love and he is a young cat around 2 -4 years old.
Tux after rescue – 10-9-24
October 9, 2024 So a cat has been seen running by my sanctuary in the evenings. I’ve been putting food & water out for it. The cat seemed pretty feral, was VERY skinny and I knew I had to help him.
At first I thought he was black and could be one of my missing ferals! However, when I finally got a good look at him on my outside cameras, I could see that he did not have a tipped ear & he was actually a Tuxedo (white belly, chest & paws).
I was able to humanely trap him last night and I took him to the S/N clinic today.
He is, in fact, a boy (not neutered), very thin, covered in fleas, no collar and no microchip. He hissed at me several times showing his disapproval of the events of the day!
But now, he has settled in his large recovery cage (large chicken coop) and is resting.
Calling him “Tux” since he will be the only tuxedo in the sanctuary…..as bad as that name is!
Tux tested negative for FIV & FeLV & HW and is now neutered, had all his shots, is microchipped, dewormed and treated for fleas.
Welcome to FURR sanctuary TUX!
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.
Bumble Bee posing – Aug 2025 (Photo By Lindsay Kappius)
August 2025 See her new feature photo above! Video below! 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.
April 13, 2024 My name is “BUMBLE BEE” and FURR rescued me from a terrible situation! My BIG bright eyes look just like a bee and my colors too! I am no bigger than a football and have quite a silly/sassy personality! After I get to know someone who is sweet and gentle with me, I follow them all around meowing and sticking my tail straight up in the air!
I’m only between 1 and 2 years old and I love belly rubs. They tell me that I’ve probably had a litter of kittens before! I wonder what happened to them? All I need is a little patience and love to become your little friend! Come visit me soon. I would probably prefer no dogs or loud children, but I do just fine with other cats. If they bother me, I just give them a pop with my paw, but no claws! Call me “Bee” for short!!!
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.
August 2025 See Buddy’s new feature photo! Sweet boy eagerly awaiting his FURR-ever family!
April 2025 Buddy is still waiting for his FURR-ever home! He is happy, healthy and now loves to be around other cats! He would love to meet you!
October 2023 Watch his video! Buddy is improving every day learning to trust and be loved! He is purring & making biscuits! This gorgeous youngster would LOVE to be an only cat because the other kitties scare him! He is the sweetest fella, but needs a little time and patience to adjust to a new environment! 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!
Buddy
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 New photo to the left of her relaxing! Mama Batts is a 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.
Emmy & Bubbles with Adopting Family 1-9-2025
January 30, 2025 EMMY & BUBBLES, two of our adorable and well loved black cats have been adopted! I am just ecstatic with joy but did shed quite a few tears too!
Emmy was born at FURR and I always felt like I birthed her and the other “Battlet” kittens myself! Read the amazing Battlet family’s story below, including Mama Batts (available) and Daddy Batts (adopted also). Watching them grow up and having no one want them because they were black, was heart breaking.
Bubbles was one of the kittens I rescued from the Atlantic Seafood place along with 70+ other cats. Bubbles was always so shy and so sweet! He never had a mean bone in his body and just loved everyone! He will be missed too!
Emmy & Bubbles play in new home 1-9-2025
The wonderful couple, that saw how special these cats were, had a hard time deciding which 2 black ones they wanted! I think they got a great pair!
The night before they left, Emmy & Bubbles were playing and wrestling which made me feel extra good about the pair going together! I’m so relieved that they are in a great home. Their first night went well and Emmy is purring all over the place & Bubbles is being his quiet sweet self.
Feb. 12, 2024 Watch these kitties playing in this new video!
Jan. 13, 2024 update:
– Bubbles, the male kitty, is still available for adoption – Beaches and Mermaid, the 2 females, are not yet ready for adoption, but we’re working with them!
Emmy & Bubbles at FURR – Adopted Jan 2025
Nov. 20, 2023 update My name is Bubbles and I’m a BEAUTIFUL little boy that FURR saved! My best traits are my silky smooth fur and my adorable personality! I have the sweetest little meow and I love to tell everybody what I’m thinking! You just won’t find a calmer, more laid back kinda kitty than me! I’m totally vetted and ready to move on with my life. FURR has prepared me well! I also have 2 sisters: Beaches (meet her below), who looks just like me and Mermaid (meet her below) who is a tortoise shell. We all three had a rough start in life. Are you the one to change all that for me?
Bubbles Oct 2023
August 7, 2023 – 3 Kittens Urgently still need a Foster Home!!
August 3, 2023 – The 3 little kittens that I rescued from the seafood place (Mama Sunfish’s kittens) were all fixed today. They went to the S/N clinic and had their surgery, shots, blood tests and microchips. The bill was just under $400. They are doing well! Please donate to help!
Original Post – Early August 2023 – Do you love cats? Do you work from home or stay home a lot? Why not volunteer to foster kittens and make a huge difference in their lives?! Three kittens need a temporary foster home where they can get lots of pets and love throughout the day!
Mermaid – pretty girl – Aug 2023
These 3 little kittens that I rescued from the seafood place NEED LOVE! These little guys are still really shy and I just haven’t had enough time to spend with them. We need someone who can spend a lot of time with them, loving & petting them, to help them progress!!!
Please let me know if you are interested SOON! Maybe check with friends, neighbors, family and co-workers!
“MERMAID” – young female “BUBBLES” – young male “BEACHES” – young female
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.
Beaches – pretty girl – Aug 2023
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.
Update #16 July 26, 2024 The good news is that the new FURR sanctuary is now up and running, so these kitties are finally enjoying their purrr-fect place in peace and comfort after Terry recently spent weeks getting all of them vetted as part of the process of moving them from old to new locations.
The sad news is that we lost Atlantic, a beloved member of this community on July 24, 2024. Here is is story a only Terry can tell it…
Atlantic – early July 2024
The kitty, named “Atlantic”, had seemed lethargic for a week or so. I noticed him sleeping a lot. Then I noticed some other tell tell signs of him not feeling well such as his 3rd eyelid up. He seemed to be losing weight although he was eating? Atlantic was sleeping in the same spot for a while and I could see something was wrong. I managed to catch him with my net this morning and take him to Sound Cat.
Dr. Rockwell called me with the bad news that he was in either liver or kidney failure. There was really no hope of helping him and he was becoming jaundice (which I could not tell from a distance). Dr. Rockwell gently and professionally told me the bad news. I know I’ve had Atlantic at least 2 years while waiting to open the new sanctuary.
I’m so sad that he will not get to enjoy living more years there. He surely didn’t deserve to pass so young. He was only a few years old. Please say a prayer for Atlantic. I’m really struggling with why this had to happen to him.
“Seafood facility colony” rescue – Summer 2023
Update #15 July 6, 2023 I’m sitting out at the seafood plant trying to lure the last 2 kitties to my feeding station. I hope to trap them in the next few days, but the fireworks may frighten them to death, so praying that they are still around after tomorrow so I can try to save them.
Really hoping these are, indeed, the LAST two kitties out of DOZENS that I have saved at this horrible place soon to be torn down.
I have about 25 cats in my makeshift pen at my house from the seafood place. ALL are waiting for a better place to be to live out their lives. My pen is small and the shed is small, but at least I know the cats are fed twice a day, litter cleaned twice a day, plenty of clean water provided and I have several fans going in the shed and recently bought a small portable air conditioner. I keep hoping the A/C will not throw a power surge. Although it is NOT working as well as I had hoped, at least it is not 100 degrees in the shed. Most of the cats stay in the loft area up high, but that is the hottest part of the shed. I’m doing everything I can to keep them safe & comfortable.
I built some large building blocks for them to use to get up to the loft.
These cats mean the world to me and I need to get them to a new sanctuary ASAP!
Peeking down at me as I fix their food & fill their water pans,…..such sweet innocent kitties !
Update #14 June 8, 2023 Crappie’s dental surgery in late May was successful! This kitty is undoubtedly feeling MUCH better by now, several days into recovery! More updates soon on other needs previously noted, but for now let’s enjoy this accomplishment!
Update #13 May 7, 2023 Last night was a LONG night & today spent taking cats & helping my niece…
Crappie – May 2023
Caught THREE cats last night at the seafood place!!! Thought there were only a couple cats left & low & behold, I CAUGHT THREE!!! Took all night, but all 3 got fixed today at the WONDERFUL Cape Fear Spay/Neuter Clinic in Castle Hayne, and all 3 tested negative & got all the vet work needed. One of the cats had been trapped & released by me a couple years ago & I was THRILLED she had lived a couple years & still alive to be rescued again!!! Today’s bill for the 3 trapped & rescued kitties from last night was $500+. All 3 kitties tested negative. They got all their shots, blood testing, etc. PLEASE help if u can!!!
I am out here again tonight trying desperately to save the last couple of kitties before this fish production plant is leveled out to become a hotel!!! God help me save the last couple of kitties…..they have no idea what’s coming. Still have mama kitty being monitored with a GPS tracking collar, but cannot find kittens yet & MUST find kittens before re-trapping mama
I am sitting out here again tonight going after a tough catch…..wish me luck!!!..
Here are pics from today. Thanks for prayers & well wishes for these sweeeet babies!!!
Terry
Update #12 May 16, 2023 Poor Crappie has been waiting for weeks to get her dental at Sound Cat. She is in horrible pain & can barely eat. NOW that her appt is about here, ALL of Sound Cat’s dental equip is broken! They have no idea when it will all be replaced! So we’ve scheduled it to be done at Atlantic Animal Hospital (AAH) on May 23rd instead!
Meanwhile, I have another FERAL cat that I trapped named “Salty” and when sedated & updating his shots, etc., I was told that he ALSO needs a dental!!! I’ll schedule his dental while I am at AAH with Crappie.
Update #11 May 13, 2023 Trapped & rescued THREE kitties last week from the seafood place! Got a tortie female (shown left) & a black female (shown right) that have migrated over to behind the attorney’s office !!! Both of these kitties have been trapped before & have tipped ears. I took both of them to the vet to get them updated on their shots, blood testing & flea/worm treatment. They both tested negative & I currently have them in my garage recovering from their trauma.
The other blue/gray Russian blue-looking kitty with a big white spot on his chest (shown left) is the spitting image of Perch! He is definitely a younger sibling & his microchip tells me that his name is “Blue Marlin”! He is one that I trapped & TNR’d before & now trapped again to save him from the seafood place! Blue Marlin was also transported by me to the vet for updating his shots, etc., but he had a special look in his eyes???
He seemed grateful for being rescued & I could just tell he was submitting to me. He blinked at me and didn’t run away when I slowly reached out to pet him…I took him to FURR. I think this one will be adoptable quickly! I offered him some kitty treats. He had NO idea what to do with them. I got this adorable picture of him after sticking 2 treats up under his 💋 lips! What a cutie!!! I just love him already!!!
Well, it’s gonna be a long night….sitting out here alone with traps set. Please pray for me & the kitties! Only 4 or 5 left to save!!!
It’s been a journey!!!
Crappie’s-painful-dental-issues-April-2023
Update #10 May 3, 2023 Crappie’s full mouth dental surgery is in 2 weeks (on waiting list for sooner!). Generous donations have very thankfully come in, but at least half the funds are still needed. She is in pain and the Vet’s bill will be at least $800 – $1,000. The above photo of her shows how she holds her mouth open due to her painful dental issues. She is in a kennel in my garage with her sister (Cuttlefish) to keep her company.
Update #9 April 23, 2023 URGENT!!! “CRAPPIE” (like the fish) is one of the black ferals I trapped, fixed, recovered & put in my small temporary pen in my backyard (shown at the left and top of the page). I noticed that she was staying in a corner & she was holding her head up like she was trying to breathe! I managed to get a net on her & get her in a crate. We went straight to the vet. I was very worried especially since Crappie is one of the FIV+ cats.
The vet said Crappie has Horrible URI! Rotten teeth! Broken teeth! Infected gums! POOR KITTY! She surely would have died had she not been rescued. After sedation, x-rays, antibiotic shot, pain meds, etc., the bill was $300. Now Crappie is on the wait list for FULL MOUTH EXTRACTIONS which will run $800-$1,000! Please help us raise the money for Crappie! These kind of emergencies really wipe out our funds. Please say a prayer that she will be ok & get her dental surgery soon! Bless all of you that care so much!
Update #8 April 25, 2023 Caught 2 cats Sunday night at the seafood place. One was an older orange tabby that looked like he had been ridden hard & put up wet…..poor thing! So happy I got him! He has probably lived at that plant for years. Vet said he was about 5-6 years old; which is REALLY old for a feral kitty. I call him “Tang Fish” (shown left), which yes, is really a fish!
The 2nd cat I trapped was the mama cat, Sunfish (see below) that I have been following on GPS! Darn it! I didn’t want to re-trap her until I found her kittens! I had to release her….
Please help me raise the money for CRAPPIE, the little black feral that needs all her teeth pulled!!! Any fundraising ideas are GREATLY appreciated! See Update #8 below for details.
Update #7 April 15, 2023 You guys are wonderful & FURR could not exist without you!!! It takes a village as my WONDERFUL volunteers look after the FURR Kitties: Fran, Tony, Patti, Kathy, Laura, Kristy and Lynn.
Still looking constantly for the feral mama cat & her babies. The tracking collar we have on her is working, but she is going into the woods, so I can’t find her. Hopefully the kittens will surface soon & I can catch them, use them as bait to re-catch the mama cat.
Update #6 April 8, 2023 Another late night. Trying to find mama kitty with my GPS collar on! Spent hours today hunting for her in the woods, to no avail….but know she & (hopefully) kittens are nearby. Will NOT give up on rescuing them.
MANY HEARTFELT THANKS THE AMAZING FOLKS THAT HAVE SENT DONATIONS!!!! FURR is beyond grateful & YOU ARE HELPING TO SAVE LIVES!!!
The seafood colony is down to probably a dozen or less cats that need to be saved. Each day more & more of the infrastructure is GONE & the cats have less places to hide & be protected. Pray that I can trap the rest if the cats to save them. I’m doing my very best which is never enough.
Update #5 April 6, 2023 It’s been a harrowing few days….
My sister, Fran, generously came to help me get a GPS tracking collar on the feral, Sunfish (shown left) I had fixed yesterday. The vet said she had kittens & that’s the worst news any rescuer can get. She had just been spayed, so we had to give her 24 hours before releasing her.
Tonight she was fighting us big time & she certainly had reason to, but with Fran’s help we got her in a cat bag, managed to get her head popped out & got the collar on her. I am not as brave as I used to be after the deep bite down to the bone in my hand. I was hospitalized for 10 days, had major surgery & was told I might lose my hand. God healed me & I’m 95% back to normal BUT try to get help now rather than doing it all by myself.
My sister feels for my passion for saving these cats in this colony. After a 10 hr daouy at work as a cardiac nurse, she came to help me. We followed mom cat on the GPS after releasing her tonight & she ran straight for some nearby woods & stopped. We will monitor her movement but hope & pray she is with her kittens and that they are still alive. We will hopefully rescue mom & babies soon. Say a prayer for “Sunfish” and her babies.
Got 4 traps set tonight & keep checking on them. Another long one….
Update #4 April 3, 2023 Terry shares good news in this progress to report –
The 12 cats I have rescued from the seafood colony are doing fairly well in my makeshift rescue shed & pen. I’m so worried about the other ones left out there & I am out trying to trap them tonight. I have 6 traps set & hope & pray for them to let me save them.
Most of the containers & equipment that they have lived under for YEARS is all gone. The cats are aimlessly running around the roads & parking lots. There are at least 20 more I need to save, so as wait and watch these traps tonight I pray for more donations to pay for them to be vetted, treated, then cared for until adopted…
Update #3 April 1, 2023
I would like to thank the folks that have given their precious time to help the FURR ferals. I have re-captured twelve FURR feral cats from the seafood colony & have had them in cages in my garage.
With the help of the following people, I have finally been able to move the cats into a small shed & outdoor pen shown on this page. It is small and far from perfect, but at least they can move around, climb up into the loft area & step outside for some fresh air. This was the best that I could do for now.
THANK YOU & BLESS YOU!
Fran (my sister, adopter, volunteer & my right arm!) Tony (my brother-in-law who has helped numerous times with FURR projects!) Jim (adopted one of our FURR cats “Hooters” & volunteered his time & skills to help!) John – (neighbor who volunteered to help!) Kristy & Jimmy (friends, adopters, fosters & volunteers) Robert (who poured the concrete slab & helped!)
Update #2 March 31, 2023 Many heartfelt thanks to all those who have donated so far and helped to make our cozy new shed happen! Because of your generous donations, these kitties are getting the warmth, safety, care, food and love they deserve.
But there are still a dozen more ferals in need of rescue from a dangerous construction/destruction zone, so Terry is working very hard to rescue them while caring for current FURR kitties.
So here are our current most critical needs:
$500 Rent due
$150 Utilities due
$ 75 Insurance due
$850 Mama Hoover needs a teeth cleaning
$2,400 needed for final dozen feral cats that need to be trapped, rescued and vetted!
We needs lots of food:
Currently feeding 2 cases of canned food a day
Fancy Feast SEAFOOD
Friskees SEAFOOD
Bless you all & Thank you for helping the kitties!
Terry >^,,^<
Update #1 March 8, 2023 Money is trickling in and I am GRATEFUL! We still don’t have enough to catch up or to sustain us, but I was able to pay the rent & other bills that were behind plus continuing, as money comes in, to trap the kitties at the colony.
I have spent night after night trying to re-catch those kitties and it is quite frustrating! I had trapped them all before, got them completely vetted, and put them back in their safe environment with a caretaker feeding them.
Now, they are so “trap savvy” that they do NOT want to go back in the traps! Time is CRITICAL at the moment because of the business leaving, tearing down buildings, taking away all of the containers that the cats have called home for many years. Please say a prayer that I can catch the remaining dozen or so QUICKLY!!!
In total desperation of what to do with all of these cats (over a dozen in small cages in my garage) I purchased a small shed, had it insulated and will use that for the cats to stay protected. At least they can move around a little bit and much better than small cages.
Pouring slab for outdoor space for kitties March 2023
I also bought 2 large chicken pens (see image at the top) and put them together to give them an small outside run. A good friend is pouring a slab for me today to help attach the chicken pens to (see left). I’m doing the best I can and don’t have a lot of money to spend. It has been an ongoing project &and worry for months after learning back in November that the cats were being abandoned.
Wish me luck as I continue to look for the light at the end of the tunnel.
(Still working on a land situation…….will be called “FURR FERALS” & will be the last thing on my bucket list! If I accomplish that, I can die happy!)
Bless you all, Terry
March 1, 2023THIS IS URGENT!!! I have asked for money, donations, food, etc., for years, but now I AM BEGGING FOR HELP!!! There are two major issues going on with FURR that could completely wipe us out. I have a VISION and it could happen, but right now I AM DESPERATE FOR HELP! I feel all alone and that I am failing. I am quickly going down.
FURR ADOPTABLE KITTIES:
We have been lucky in the past and blessed that I had a building I could off the FURR cats up for adoption. I do not have that luxury now and am having to rent a place for the cats to stay. My dear friend (bless her!!!) has given me a commercial office space to house the kitties, but FURR is having trouble making ends meet. We have never had these additional expenses before and now the few donations we get on a monthly basis are gone before I can even buy food. We have vet bills, food bills, litter bills, supply bills, etc., and ALL of that is before these monthly additions:
RENT $500 (1/2 price!)
UTILITIES $150
INSURANCE $75
INTERNET (needed for security) $59
SECURITY (needed in the area where we are) $111
FURR IS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP! WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE REGULAR MONTHLY DONATIONS TO HELP!!! THIS IS ALL FOR THE KITTIES’ SAKES!!! WE HAVE ABOUT 25 CATS READY FOR ADOPTION AND THEY NEED OUR HELP!
In the last few years here in the Hampstead (north of Wilmington) I have trapped, fixed and released HUNDREDS of cats. One of the biggest colonies has about 40-50 cats. A man has been feeding them & giving them fresh water, but I single handedly trapped ALL of these cats and had them taken care of. This is one of several colonies that I have saved and many of the colony cats (as many as I could take in within limits) were brought to FURR and adopted out.
NOW, THIS LARGE COLONY IN HAMPSTEAD IS LOSING ITS HOME! The property has been SOLD! THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING TORN DOWN, THE PLACES WHERE THESE CATS HAVE BEEN SAFE FOR YEARS ARE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING! ALL OF THE CATS ARE IN DANGER & SOME HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OFF & HAVE DISAPPEARED!
FURR put hundreds of dollars into helping these cats. Many have disappeared.
I am trapping almost every night trying to save them before they run away or get killed in the highway. The colony is directly in the middle of two MAJOR HIGHWAYS….. The cats are NOT wanting to get back into the traps, but I have managed to capture about a dozen so far (over the last 2-3 months), but THESE CATS ARE IN SMALL CAGES IN MY GARAGE! THEY ARE DESPERATE TO GET OUT!!!
I have spent thousands of my own money, to the extent that I can, and I bought a shed with a dog pen to go around the shed. I NEED TO GET THESE CATS OUT OF THEIR SMALL CAGES & PUT THEM IN THIS PEN!!!
I NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP! I AM OUT OF MONEY! FURR IS OUT OF MONEY!
ELECTRICIAN came and did not finish. Now doesn’t have time to come back and finish! I need electrician ASAP!!!
THE CONTRACTOR came out and did not finish. Now doesn’t have time to come back and finish. I need a CONTRACTOR ASAP to help me attach the pen to the building and to help me with wire and other things to make it safe for the cats & so they cannot escape.
There doesn’t seem to be anyone that wants to help by donating their time. All of these things cost money and I need VOLUNTEER HELP.
PLEASE, I AM AT THE END OF MY HOPE. I HAVE A VISION FOR THESE CATS, BUT I CANNOT DO IT ALONE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 25 MORE CATS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COLONY LOCATION BEFORE ALL OF THE CATS ARE DEAD. MY GARAGE IS PACKED. I NEED THE PEN TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM SAFETY AND A LITTLE ROOM TO MOVE AROUND.
I have another project I am working on to get a little land. A very kind doctor is talking with me about it. He is also a cat lover and I have trapped and fixed HIS entire colony of cats behind his office. If I do get use of the land, ALL of these misplaced ferals can live there.
I HAVE A VISION! I JUST NEED TO GET THERE!
THANK YOU ALL AND BLESS ANYONE WILLING TO SEND:
VOLUNTEER HELP
MONEY (WE ARE OUT OF MONEY AS OF TODAY)
DONATED MATERIALS
CONTRACTOR HELP
ELECTRICAL HELP
DONATIONS OF FOOD!!!
LITTER DONATIONS
GIFT CARDS: PETSMART, ACE HARDWARE, WALMART, AMAZON
In between working on these LARGE ISSUES day and night, I have had a few adoptions which are the blessings and light I need to see at the end of the tunnel. As soon as I can sit down at the computer again, I will update you all on those. Wonderful, wonderful homes for our adoptable FURR kitties.
PLEASE POST, FORWARD AND TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE 2 SITUATIONS TO HELP FURR! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
January 13, 2024 – Will go into the FURR FERALS COLONY as soon as it is complete. FURR’s new feral colony has everything Sardine needs to continue living a secure, healthy happy life including ongoing veterinary care, food, water, a heated/cooled shelter and indoor/outdoor areas to roam with other FURR friends. He’ll be here with Sardine and others!
Sawyer in a cat tree Jan 2023
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.
