8 days ago, this sweet little guy showed up to my house, he had a pretty nasty respiratory infection, so I made up a spot for him in my garage, gave him some food and water along with an old litterbox with the intention of taking him to my local Humane Society the next day so he could get better care.

The Humane Society informed me they were at capacity and asked me to care for him until the had space to take him, which I was more than happy to do.

Over the next 8 days, I'd give him fresh food and water, let him wander around the garage and snuggle up with me while I sat on the floor and gave him tons of love.

What I didn't expect was how emotional the day I had to give him over to the Humane Society would be. I couldn't hold back my tears despite my best efforts while I filled out the paperwork

But I know in my heart he's in the best place for him to get the care I can't provide for him and I know wherever he ends up, he's going to make a special person/people very happy with all the love and cuddles he has.

But there's a very somber part of me that can't help but wish that I was still sitting on the floor of my garage, petting his head while he makes biscuits on my jeans. I'm gonna miss that more than anything.

The first 6 pictures are mine, the last 3 are the Humane Society's

Im from Karachi, which is a city in Pakistan. And yeah we do have a whole lot of strays roaming around the streets, around chicken shops and local restaurants. The ppl here do take care of them, but I just wish i could be there for those cats who are not taken care of.

We’re hoping to raise a little help for three community cats who need some medical care. ❤️ We’re a small, grassroots effort of just two people caring for a lot of cats in the community, so any support would mean a lot to us.

The first kitten was dumped at the public market fairly recently. He has mange and a respiratory infection and needs treatment for both. One of the kind shopkeepers there has been looking after him, but we’d really like to help get him treated as well.

The second cat is Conan. He’s been around for a while and has been very feral this whole time. He badly needs a dental and neutering, as he’s been struggling with his teeth for a while and can’t groom himself properly. He’s almost always dirty and prone to recurring skin issues because of it. Thankfully, he’s recently started eating out in the open instead of underneath cars, so it will be a lot easier to trap him now and start his rehabilitation.

The third is Ollie, one of our community cats who lives inside our apartment building. He’s also been struggling to eat for the past few days and has been pawing at his mouth. 😔 He needs a dental as well, and we’re hoping to bring him in alongside Conan if funds allow, since we’ll be traveling to another city for their dental care.

Estimated expenses:
- Kitten: consult, blood work, take-home meds + mange treatment: $47
- Conan: dental, neuter + rabies vaccine: $177
- Ollie: dental: $160

We don’t expect to raise all of this at once given the amount, but anything would help us get them the care they need. We can only keep helping community cats like these with your support, and we’re truly grateful for it.

To donate:
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Thank you! We'll share updates in the comments and in a separate post.

Hi, I really need advice. I have read so much about this but can’t figure out what to do. These cats are about 6 months old, I think, I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and I haven’t seen the mom since before I started seeing the kittens.

There are three stray kittens living in the abandoned lot next to my apartment building. They are pretty skittish, although I have only tried to approach twice. I think they’re around 6 months old. I already have two cats, which is the max allowed according to my lease, and I could be evicted if I bring more inside (but I’m considering it anyway).

I have contacted 6 shelters in the area (I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Only one might have room (the rest either didn’t reply to emails, or straight up told me no). The one who might have room needs a picture of each cat being held, so I have to earn the kittens trust to get those pictures. I understand why, but I think that will take a while.

Unfortunately, I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and there is a freeze warning tomorrow night. I really don’t want them to freeze. My apartment is on the third floor, and the lot is fenced off, so I am feeding them in the area between my parking lot and the adjacent abandoned lot. This is technically illegal, and I think I could get in trouble with the management company. I definitely think if I build a shelter in this basically industrial area, I will get in trouble (or it will just get taken down). I can’t figure out anywhere to hide it, except maybe in the abandoned lot? But the lot is fenced off, the kittens can only get in through a small hole near the ground.

There is someone else taking care of these cats as well. I have left notes for them, and even run into one of them once. He said he got my notes, and that him + his girlfriend will text me, but I haven’t heard from them. He said they want to adopt one of them. That is why I haven’t been trying to interact with the kittens, because he said that they will get good pictures of the cats and send to me. And I read that interacting with them at the same time every day, which is what this guy was doing, was the best way to build trust. But when I fed them right before he got there, they wouldn’t come out for him. So I think it is just that they only want to eat 1x at night. I do think that him and his girlfriend have been feeding the cats, but I haven’t heard from him, I don’t have good pictures, and no one will help me.

I posted about these cats on NextDoor, and everyone went crazy in the comments telling me not to feed them. That is the sentiment here.

I have talked to someone about TNR. But I feel awful doing that when I really do think that they are friendly and just need a few days to get used to people. Because I was reading about how if we do TNR, they will clip their ear, and then no shelter will take them, even if someone has room. And even TNR won’t change the fact that it is about to be winter in Iowa (got to -40 here last year).

I have thought about posting on FB, asking if anyone wants to adopt them, but I keep reading about malicious people getting cats through there.

There is an “Animal Care and Control Center“, but they euthanize a lot of the animals that they come into contact with. So better to stay outside than to do that.

I cry about these cats every single day since finding them! (Except for a brief period when I thought the other people would help). I feel so bad for these kittens and I feel like I have no good options and I don’t know what to do. I’m like willing to help financially but I really am scared to bring them into my small apartment, around my own cats. But I would rather that then have them freeze? The real issue is that I could get evicted if they find I have more than 2 cats in here. And I already have 2.

Please if you have any advice for what I should do, let me know.

Lady Edith is now a full-time house cat! Since she came inside February, she has gotten more confidence and is doing great. She has gained weight, and I have removed all the mats she had. Her fur is now shiny, and her whiskers are not breaking. She is a big cuddly love bug. It's been great seeing our friendship grow since she came into my yard 2 years ago.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our rescue work so far. Thanks to your help, many injured cats have been able to recover.

I look after more than 60 stray cats here in Morocco. Most of them have special needs — some are blind, some have permanent injuries, and others are still recovering from sickness. One of them is a mother cat we found while she was expecting kittens; her little family still needs wet food every day to stay healthy and grow strong.

Just food and cat litter cost us about 1 200 USD each month, and our stock is almost empty. We also need other essential items: eye drops for blind cats, diapers for cats that cannot walk, bandages and wound‑care supplies.

As a solo independent rescuer, I depend fully on support from people around the world. If you can help, our donation links are below:

PayPal: https://paypal.me/BHANANE62

https://ko-fi.com/hana338787

Every small contribution helps us keep caring for these vulnerable cats. Thank you for your kindness.

I'm Portuguese, living in a village in Poland. Strays have always turned up in the garden and I've always fed them — but this one was different. She was about two weeks old and too small to run from anything.

Bottle every three hours, including through the night. A warm towel. A lot of patience and no idea what I was doing.

She made it. She's now in charge of the house, and the other cats who live outside have never let me touch them — they know me, they know what time I show up with food, and they bolt if I get within five metres. She's the only one who ever came close.

Her name is Tuga. It's short for "saudade" in a roundabout way — the Portuguese word for missing something you love.

I started putting a bowl of food outside my house (Appartment). I don't see which cats come to eat but this one cat is always outside and just wants to cuddle.

Naturally, I've become attached to her and feel like she might enjoy a home. However, my cat is really hostile towards her and doesn't allow her inside the house. She's also pretty happy outside and has alot of cat friends.

I thought of letting her into the house to cuddle and maybe play and letting her leave when she wants to. But my cat isn't getting to used to her and her scent and the only way to make them get used to each other is by keeping her inside the house. I would prefer for her to be able to leave, so maybe keeping her inside for 2 weeks until they get used to each other and then let her roam free. But my sister thinks she might become terretorial towards the house and not want to leave anymore. We don't want to keep her inside permanently because she seems happy outside. There are of course other considerations, like not sure if we want to commit etc.. that would make that a better option.

What should we do?

💔 We saved Tuffy from paralysis, and now he is fighting for his life again.😭
Tuffy suffered fractures in both his back legs, which left him paralyzed. We fought for him, and he underwent surgery with rods to repair his broken legs. Slowly, he began to recover, and the day he started walking again was a moment of pure happiness for us. 🥹❤️
We thought he was finally getting his chance to live the happy life he deserved. But now, Tuffy has been attacked by FPV, and we are terrified and heartbroken. After everything he has endured, seeing him suffer again is devastating.
Please, keep Tuffy in your prayers. 🙏💔 We desperately want him to survive this battle, regain his strength, and finally enjoy the beautiful life we fought so hard to give him.
We also need help with his treatment. Every contribution, no matter how small, can make a difference in his fight.
**Please don’t give up on Tuffy. He has fought so hard to walk again. Please pray that he makes it through this too.**

**Paypal ( account is under our longtime rescue friends name as we don’t have PP in Pakistan)**

**https://www.paypal.me/slater1969\*\*

**Go fund me ( this fundraiser is for our FIP cases if you would like to donate)**

https://gofund.me/b7c543149

Hi everyone,

I adopted a very friendly street cat 2 weeks ago. He is very friendly to me, but not so much to my other two cats. Forunately, both my boys are friendly and want to be his friend, but he is hissy and has chased them a few times. Does anyone have any tips on getting the street cat to chill? He has lived on the streets for almost a year, and although he is friendly to most humans, I am sure that he has had to fend off other street cats to protect his food, and so he is also food aggressive. Both my cats are grazers, but my new boy gobbles up his food and then goes for the other cats food. I have a large studio and I feed him in the bathroom, but I don't want to leave him in their all day while I am at work. Should I just feed them once a day at night so I can make sure the new boy doesn't eat everyone's food? I currently feed them raw 2x a day. Also, any tips on acclimating the street cat to my boys?

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This cat is too smart to be trapped, but I know she is very interested in coming inside. This evening she was all the way in the door frame. She knew I wanted to come out so she turned around.

I was thinking I could block off a path from the back door to the basement for the cat to adjust down there. That's kinda my man cave area, I spend a lot of time down there.

We already have a cat so I am worried about flees and flee eggs or whatever.

Do you think the house cat will get infected if I bring the stray in, but keep them separated?

Of course I will take her to the vet, but I'm having the hardest time trapping her.

I'm thinking maybe I should just bring her inside and try to get her acclimated. Maybe I'll have better luck trapping her or picking her up inside.

Any thoughts or things I should be aware of?

Reposting because I accidentally added my cousin's friend picture earlier.

Can someone please help us boost and reach people to help us out?

I am humbly asking for help and in need of cat food and supplies for 24 rescued cats, 2 dogs and 30+ stray cats that I feed everyday.

To keep this short, A rescued kitty recently had a surgery because of prolapse,I had to pay his bills and medicines. He also need to go to the vet on the 18th to ger checked if he's okay.

With this, I am humbly reaching out for help to buy food and supplies for our angels please 🙏🏼🐾

Any amount will do 🙏🏼 Thank you.

I also tried creating my amazon list again, I don't really know if they will ship it to the Philippines but here's the link of our wishlist :

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3BN7V1SG699Y6?ref\\_=wl\\_share

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Hello on Peachtree Street next to Sugar factory in Atlanta, Georgia I found a kitten with a homeless guy that appeared to be on drugs. The kitten was in a basket that was open, and the guy had wiped it, but it started to bleed the guy almost let it wander into road and would’ve let it if I did not swoop it up I left food for the kitten because I could not take it in because I have two resident cat and that’s a maximum I can have in my building and the security guard gave the food to the kitten and said this two month old kitten gobbled up one whole can. He was so hungry.What should I do

i woke up this morning to hearing meowing outside, we have a few local strays so i didn’t think much but then it kept going. i opened my front door to an unfamiliar face curled on my welcome mat soaked in rain. it just kept meowing, i mean like practically yelling “girl let me tf in don’t you see this rain???” it came right in and curled into my arms. made a local post but nothing. has not left my lap and wants nothing but to give kisses and love. no collar or anything but we did find a tick that we removed. so what do i do with it, i knew that the cat distribution system existed but i did not know they participated in door delivery LMAO. i assume i take it to the vet first before we get too comfy but i have no idea how to go about this sweet baby. any advice welcome.

Note: We can travel up to 2–2.5 hours to bring them to their new home.

Posting again because today is our last chance to find a home for Mama Monica, Walter, and Jolene together. 💔

We received two applications for all three. One didn’t pass the vet reference check, and the other family backed out.

Jolene has adoption applications and is set to leave in two days, but I’m still hoping someone will open their heart and home to all three so this little family can stay together.

Mama Monica and her babies need a forever home.The babies look bigger in the photo, but they’re still little.🥲

Petfinder: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/monica-the-mom-walter-and-jolene-babies-e42f0ef2-ae32-413e-9ba9-eead55597a58/nc/charlotte/sunkissed-acres-rescue-nc1270/details/

Website: http://www.sunkissedkitties.org

Monica is 2 years old, and her babies, Walter (boy) and Jolene (girl), are 5 months old. We would love for this little family to stay together. If that isn’t possible, Walter and Jolene need to be adopted together.

Their story breaks our hearts.❤️‍🩹💔

When someone moved away, they left Monica and her two tiny babies outside on the property. They sometimes went three or four days without food. Monica kept showing up at a neighbor’s door, asking for something to eat. The lady fed them when she could, but it wasn’t consistent.

They were skin and bones and had severe upper respiratory infections. Still, Monica kept going back and forth, trying to care for her babies.

The lady called us several times. We were already completely full, caring for severely sick cats, with each foster looking after more than ten cats. We couldn’t take in another family, but we went there with food.

When we gave Monica wet pate, she grabbed a mouthful and ran into the bushes to bring it to her babies. Even when she was starving, she was thinking of them. 💔

We brought them in for TNR, hoping we could arrange twice-daily feeding and a heated shelter where they had been living. But the location was too far for us to manage, no one nearby could commit to feeding them consistently, and there were coyotes in the area.

We also learned that she stood up to a coyote not once, but twice, to protect her babies. 🥺🩷🐾

We contacted other rescues, but everyone was full and facing the same struggle.

Thankfully, a kind foster agreed to bring the family inside. They are safe now, but she cannot keep them much longer, and we don’t have the space or resources for a long-term placement, as much as we wish we did.Please come forward to adopt them. They deserve a chance to stay together in a loving home. 🥺

All three are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, dewormed, treated for fleas, and combo-test negative.

Adoption requirements:

• Adoption application

https://form.jotform.com/221983264497165

• Adoption agreement
• Vet reference
• Indoor-only home

Adoption fees:

• $250 for Walter and Jolene together
• $300 for all three..we’re keeping the family’s fee low to help Monica stay with her babies

If you can give this little family a loving home, please contact me. If you can’t adopt, please share. Monica worked so hard to keep her babies alive. Now they deserve a home where they will always be safe and fed. 🩷🐾

💔 Lakita came to us fighting wet FIP. Will you help her fight for her life? 🥺❤️‍🩹
Lakita comes from Jalalpur Jattan, an underserved area where access to proper FIP treatment and reliable medical guidance is limited. Sadly, the family was told that FIP treatment requires only two weeks, putting Lakita’s life at serious risk.
Her family loves her dearly. Despite being extremely poor, they were doing everything within their means to save her life. Their love and determination touched our hearts, and they deserve so much appreciation for never giving up on their precious girl. ❤️
We started helping them by sending vials to their city, but knowing that Lakita needed proper, continued care, we brought her to our shelter so her treatment could continue under our supervision.
Thankfully, we have already seen some improvement in her fluid, but her battle against wet FIP is far from over.
Now we need your support to continue her treatment. Please stand with Lakita and her loving family during this difficult time. Every donation, no matter how small, can help give this precious girl a chance at life. 🙏🏻❤️‍🩹
Please donate for Lakita’s treatment. She deserves to live, and her family deserves the chance to have her home, healthy and happy again.

Paypal ( account is under our longtime rescue friends name as we don’t have PP in Pakistan)

https://www.paypal.me/slater1969

Go fund me ( this fundraiser is for our FIP cases if you would like to donate)

https://gofund.me/b7c543149

This is where your help goes..

Thank you so much

14 Kls of cats food for 90 rescued cats,

Good for 2 days

6 pack of littersand

Thank you so much

This sweet guy has been at my workplace for some time now. Unfortunately, the people who were regularly feeding him aren't around in the company anymore. So naturally, I took on the responsibility.

He is incredibly loving and friendly – comes right up to you when you say "ps-ps-psss"

I have three questions:

1) How old does he look? ChatGPT estimated between 7-10 years old – but figured the seasoned rescuers here could give me a better idea.

2) Am I feeding him enough? I've been feeding him 3oz cans of Fancy Feast 2x per day, and I want to start leaving him dry food in case he's hungry mid-day.

3) How do I give him water? I live in South Florida where we reach 90°F+, even in fall months. But I have no idea how to go about this.

THIS IS NOT FOR REHOMING if you guys see a black kitten with a homeless guy that looks like he might be on drugs in a basket please tell me where you saw him and call animal rescue. I saw him today on Peachtree Street next to Sugar factory and the kitten was in a basket and wiped his butt and it started to bleed. I didn’t know what to do, but I dropped off food. He also let it almost wandered into the street but I saved it. The kitten was about 4 to 6 weeks old and small smaller than a football please tell me where you see this guy and call rescue organizations. He says he found it on the side of the road and Florida and drove it here. I’m just worried about this kitten and I understand that he is a homeless guy and we should not take away from him but also the animal has its own well-being. if you live in Atlanta Midtown, please when you’re walking around keep your eyes out and also what should I do? I did drop off food, but I wanna help this kitten because I understand he could be the homeless guy, security blanket, but animals are their own person

This thread is for updates and wins - big or small! 🥳

If advice or resources from this sub helped you or someone else take action, share it here, superheroes 😇

Examples:

• You got a cat to a vet or low-cost clinic

• You used the pinned resources to decide next steps

• You helped someone find rescue, foster, or surrender options

• You successfully TNR’d or stabilized a situation

• You helped someone feel confident doing the right thing

Wins don’t have to be dramatic or finished. If something moved in the right direction, it counts.😇

Short updates are alsp welcome 😺