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We are a kitten rescue group based in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney, specialising in orphaned, neonatal kittens in need.

02/05/2024

3/4 of these little angels are still looking for a home! From left to right: Betty, Lavender and August are available for adoption and ready to meet you any day now. Marjorie on the far right has already found her forever home, as have their brothers Archer and Achilles - could you give one of our little loves a place to call home? 🫶🏻

08/04/2024

simba sent me a little gift I guess!

30/03/2024

archer & achilles ✨

14/03/2024

these cheeky boys sure have come a looong way 🫶🏻 Archer & Achilles are nearly ready for adoption! 🥲 They’re booked in for desexing and will be taking adoption applications from tomorrow. Could you be one of their forever homes? 💗

30/01/2024

so we’ve been a little quiet here… I’ve been taking a well needed break from rescue the past nearly 6 months, aside from some emergency care here and there. but we have six tiny little friends that you’ll be seeing a whole lot more of now! 🫶🏻 Thanks to the kids at for helping me pick a theme for their names - what do you think I went with? 👱🏼‍♀️

09/01/2024

Today’s the day! 📝🐾💞Future Vets Kids Camp Australia, you’ve got my bestie Quinn & I coming to chat to you about all things animal rescue - our organisation, how and why we started it, neonatal animal care, and more. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. We’re so looking forward to being back and we’re beyond lucky to get to be apart of your journey, future vets! We’ll be presenting to the Wombats and Kookaburras group today & next Wednesday - and of course, we’ll be bringing some furry little friends along with us 🐱 See you soon!

31/07/2023

How is it that this sweet girl has no applications?! 😮 head to our website to check out Millie’s profile and hopefully give her a loving home! She’s ready to be yours ❤️

26/07/2023

I spy with my little eye… some adoptable kittens on our website, looking for homes! 🏡🐾

30/03/2023

missing what we do best! who’s ready for the next ? 💞

29/03/2023

Help us find Burrata a home!

Resident sweetheart Burrata is made up entirely of divine purrs and gorgeous fluffiness. She can be a little shy with strangers, but warms up quickly and wants nothing more than to cozy up to you all day long. She’d love to be your work from home pal or companion to your existing cat that maybe needs a mini-me to follow in their footsteps! She’d make a great addition to any family, as she loves kids, cats, dogs, as long as she’s getting plenty of attention she’s more than happy and she’ll reward you with all the purrs in the world. This gorgeous little girl is so ready to be loved by you!

Her brother Bocconcini is also up on our website 💓

https://www.thekittensanctuary.org/adoptable-kittens

15/01/2023

who’s looking to bring home an adorable new addition? 🙋🏼‍♀️ Our girl Wednesday here is itching to join your family - she’s ridiculously sweet, loves affection like no other and will spend most of her time cuddled up to you (especially at bedtime!). So if you’re looking for a gentle lil companion that’s utterly obsessed with you Wednesday is your girl. Come and meet her any day this week! 💓 head to the link in our bio or send us a message.

12/01/2023

only one more sleep until our day at ! 🚑🐾who’s coming to see us? I can’t believe this will be our THIRD year at camp. We’re beyond excited to see some old faces, and hopefully some new ones too!

I’ll be talking to the Kookaburras (12-14) group at 9am, and the Wombats (9-11) group at 10:45am. As usual, we’ll be chatting all things neonatal care, discussing the work the rescue does, and how it came to be. I’ll also have more than a handful of feline friends accompanying me, of all different sizes 😉🐈‍⬛ This week is fully sold out, but I believe next week still has spots available for Kookaburras - get in quick and drop our name for a cheeky discount! 🐱 We’ll be there next Friday too!

13/12/2022

okay i know I’ve been slack with posting when these babies are grown and in for desexing today…. oops 😵‍💫 I swear it’s been non-stop here, but I promise to up my game and deliver all the cute kitten content you deserve! keep your eyes peeled for some adoption listings shortly 👀 ?

24/11/2022

officially introducing my newest little love - you all know I’m a sucker for a singleton, so meet Rabi. 🖤
He was tragically dumped outside a vet clinic overnight all by his lonesome, so I have no further backstory on this little dude. We’re on day six of being besties and he’s already doing so well - he came in at only 141g and absolutely starving, clearly aspirated and with severe conjunctivitis. you wouldn’t recognise him then, compared to the spirited, happy little soul he is nearly a week on. I’ve already had so much love, interest and support shown from you guys in just a few stories over these past few days, and I so appreciate that but i also want to gently remind everybody that Rabi is no more than two weeks old and not even close to pre-adoption. Like all of our kittens, he will be in the future, but in the meantime send him all of your good vibes and once he’s a lot bigger and stronger, he sure will be 🫶🏼

04/11/2022

who’s coming to see us at The Pet Show this weekend? 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋

We’ve very graciously been provided with a stall so we can share the work we do, meet some supporters and hopefully raise some funds for this kitten season. We’ll have 9 little feline friends accompanying us tomorrow, some big and some small! 🐱 I’ll be doing some bottle feeding demonstrations throughout the day, and you’ll have the opportunity to meet and cuddle some of our upcoming adoptable kittens 🥰 it’s bound to be a great weekend, and I can’t wait to meet everybody there - so please come say hi! 💛 I’ll be hosting a chat in Cat Town on the Cat Show little stage, Sunday at 11am also and I’d love for you to join me there. I’m beyond excited to meet some of the other presenters and see all that the first Pet Show has to offer!

If you haven’t secured tickets yet, jump online now http://bit.ly/3Qv0Y4M and use our code UPH8RGG for 10% off! See you there!

The Pet Show
5-6th November 2022 | 9am-4pm
Sydney Showground

01/11/2022

a big day for miss Cornelia & little Oni! First vaccinations done and dusted ✓

i can’t believe it’s only the very beginning of kitten season and we already have nearly 20 high need kittens in care - and it’s only going to get worse from here. I’ll post updates as they come, but a case we took in last week is one of the worst I’ve ever seen. Think eight kittens, utter neglect, flea infested, anaemic, riddled with worms, fungal infections, and exploding eyeballs to top it all off. 🍒 More info, photos and a fundraiser to come - these little ones need all the help they can get. 💔

25/10/2022

it’s about time we had another halloween themed litter… name ideas? 👻⬇️

19/10/2022

We really need your help friends - Bok Choy has declined multiple times this past week and required hospitalisation and ongoing supportive care. We thought he was on the mend, but last night he entirely lost his appetite again and began to struggle breathing - he’s now in an oxygen box at the vet receiving full time care, but it’s not looking great. If you can, please donate to cover his vet bills thus far and beyond - we’ll keep you updated. A huge thank you to Charlotte and Pamela for juggling his supportive care while we’re busy with the other little ones. 🙁🤍

If you can contribute: https://www.gofundme.com/f/raising-funds-for-the-kitten-sanctuary?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

12/10/2022

like this photo if you would also die for Augustine because I absolutely would

12/10/2022

PSA: If Augustine’s sister doesn’t get just as much love as he did, I will riot 😌🫶🏼

kidding.
maybe.

06/10/2022

what a difference one week of TLC can make 🫶🏼

30/09/2022

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29/09/2022

i hate making these posts. we lost spring onion early this morning.

despite around-the-clock supportive care, great weight gain, and improving daily, little miss crashed hard in the early hours of the morning today and was rushed to the emergency vet, where she unfortunately lost her battle by 5am. The vets believe she had an underlying/congenital issue. She thankfully went quickly and peacefully, and didn’t suffer.

From day one it’s been a pleasure to raise you Spring, you were absolute sunshine and had so much love to give. All the sleepless, caffeine fuelled long nights spent bottle feeding and tube feeding were all worth it for the love and joy you brought those who were lucky enough to love you. I know you and Lettuce are snuggling away again, like you always would. I’m so sorry I couldn’t save you both.

A huge thank you to her other parents, B & K, for showering this little one with so much love and making sure her last moments/days were happy ones. She was warm, safe, fed, and content beyond belief, and she has you guys to thank for that. This little gal knew more love in eight short weeks than most know in a lifetime.

We love you lil spring. so much. 🌼☀️🫶🏼⭐️🌝🌻🌙💐

(Please refrain from diagnosing her through a screen, I promise it’s not productive nor kind right now. Thank you for all of the support 🖤)

26/09/2022

Hi friends,
this photo of Spring Onion is from her vaccination last week - unfortunately she’s not looking quite so bright currently. Not long after we devastatingly lost Lettuce this weekend, his sister Spring Onion began to decline - despite thriving thus far, and all of a sudden showed signs of lethargy, lacked appetite, experienced explosive diarrhoea/incontinence and experienced lameness in her hind legs. Despite our best supportive care, she was hospitalised today - a huge thank you to our wonderful vets for squeezing her in and looking after her. Thankfully, she’s now making slight improvements and is hopefully on the mend. She’ll continue to receive supportive care and ongoing fluid therapy, while we undergo further diagnostics and get to the root of the problem. As of yet we’re not sure what caused this, but what’s important is that she’s now stabilised and feeling a lot better already. This gal sure has Lettuce’s fighting spirit and I know he’s rooting for her from the rainbow bridge. Right now, the other siblings are doing just fine and showing no symptoms but we will be monitoring them closely too and they’ll be receiving another check up this week regardless.

We need your help to cover essential vet/hospitalisation bills up until this point and from here on - with Lettuce’s passing, and Spring Onion’s decline, we aren’t in a position to help more kittens right now. I just had to turn down helping five orphaned kittens which breaks my heart, but until all is okay with our current bunch and our bills are paid our doors are unfortunately closed. Alternatively, if you can assist with food, litter or other essential items from our Amazon Wishlist, the link is also below.

Lots of love from Spring Onion and I, and i’ll post updates on her as they come. 🌼🧅💜

Amazon Wishlist > https://www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/ls/VS7OL8S97INV?ref_=wl_share

Fundraiser > https://gofund.me/92bc4f1a

25/09/2022

i lost my littlest buddy lettuce, yesterday.
this kid was such a little fighter, he really wanted to live. i’m so devastated he didn’t make it through. we spent many, long, sleepless nights together while he was fading, and he would always pull through, until yesterday. I guess his little body had been through too much and he was ready to let go; that’s how I’m trying to see it. Thank you to everyone that’s sent me so many kind messages of love & support already - this is the kind of update that I hate making, but little lettuce had such an impact and was loved by so many people close to me. I know I’ve been MIA on our socials as of late, but I’m working on getting through all of the messages I’ve received and if you’re waiting to hear back on an enquiry you will in the next couple of days. Thanks for the love, always. 🥗🖤
- Amy

14/08/2022

my face…. when a lonely, singleton kitten gets dropped off at a local vet clinic with ringworm 🥺😭😢

We couldn’t say no to taking this sweet gal Cleo (named by her foster carer Ari!) into care. She’s currently in strict isolation undergoing treatment for ringworm, which is definitely not the death sentence that it sometimes seems but IS highly contagious especially around young vulnerable kittens - I really hope she recovers nice and quickly so she can soon befriend our other little ones. Update photo coming shortly - they’re beyond cute! Despite their health struggles so far, my babies are doing SO well. and I’m running solely on caffeine. 🫠🤩

In the meantime, please donate if you can towards the cost of Cleo and other kitten’s care. With vet bills already piling up, and these angels going through bucket loads of formula, baby wipes and now wet food (just this week!), we could really use your help. Until our current vet bills are paid off our intakes are closed for the moment 🙁 Thank you for your wonderful support, as always. 🤍 https://gofund.me/5c19e3c4

29/07/2022

another photo of our sweet boy I rescued yesterday - before we cleaned him up 💛 I can’t even tell you how fluffy he is, he’s so much smaller than he looks because of all the floof! His first night went well 💓 a huge thank you to one of my best friends Monique for dropping everything to help me two days in a row with kitten drama - I appreciate you so much.

28/07/2022

what a day - i think this little man got to us just in time 💛

I was fully prepared for this incoming kitten to be extra spicy and probably hate me - but it’s only day one and this sweet boy is SO grateful to have been saved, and spend his first night in a warm bed. He’s spent the past few weeks outside on his own in the cold, terrified, as a lovely lady tried her best to capture him and get him somewhere safe. Turns out today was the day and luckily she was able to trap him! He’s absolutely packed full of worms, suffering from a horrid case of flu, his p**p absolutely reeks of illness and his fur is matted in every way possible - stay tuned for the major glow up he’s about to have! Can I get some name suggestions for this little trooper? 💝

If you’d like to contribute towards this little man’s care (and that of the other kittens we currently have) please head to https://gofund.me/a87e51d1 💗 unfortunately, until we’re able to pay off our existing vet bills, find homes for our last few adoptable kittens, and raise more funds for necessary supplies, we won’t be able to help many more kittens - I just couldn’t say no to this lonely little dude. Every little bit counts. Thank you 💓

24/07/2022

thankful for my friends that help out with the 28392nd lot of baths and blowdries this week 💝

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in desperate need of names for this little trio - any ideas? the grey and the tabby are lil gals, and the ginger is a boy!

Yesterday, I received a call from @vsos_vets about three orphaned, neonatal kittens that had been brought in and were in need of rescue. Underage, not eating independently, and super sickly with awful flu, I just couldn’t say no and I had to make room for this little trio. So I thought I’d bring you along for the journey! 🌻 give a big welcome to our three newest sanctuary members 💛

Crescent, Orbit and Gamora are absolutely loving their new crib! They spent all of last night bounding around, exploring, and making a huge mess, naturally! 😂💛

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Good morning from some very hungry lil babies! This is Bambi’s litter (and her two additional orphans) having their second breakfast - big appetites in these little guys! 😋🍴

Sunday arvo antics with flower 🌸

Happy Sunday from some content little babies 🧡

Biggie & Beanie ☺️ look at those baby blues!

what is this thing?! - Spooky 👻

oh my itty bitty babies! I wonder if there’s a ginger girl in there 🤔🧡 it’s a bit hard to tell right now with one of them, so we’ll know for sure sometime in the next week!

Sunday funday with Annie & Arla 🐾

biiiiig stretch this morning 🤎 I just adore this colouring!

Ohhh Spooky - you really are the most precious little thing in the world 🌎💓 So while Spooky is thriving, we’ve discovered he is also a particularly fussy eater - right now he’ll ONLY eat trilogy tuna in broth kitten food from @petstock_australia or @petbarn - it’s a little pricey and we are running super low, so if anybody would like to send some Spooky’s way we would both very much appreciate it! 👻🧡

what a throwback to three of my favourite bottle babies from last year - cinnamon, cocoa, and nutmeg! 🥺🥺 look how teeny tiny they were. They were each adopted into such beautiful families, and we’re lucky enough to be able to watch nutmeg grow up over at @ava.and.nutmeg 💗 we’re actually currently working on a pet portrait of darling little Cocoa! I can already tell it’s going to be stunning. I can’t wait to see my current bottle babies looking this healthy and happy 💕

Self-care Sunday with Sushi! 🧼💕

This gorgeous boy has an adoption interview lined up for Saturday! 😋 what better way to celebrate than with his favourite creamy tube treats 🍤🤍 A huge thank you to everybody that has applied for Sushi - he was certainly very popular! I’ve spent today reading through over 100 lovely applications 😳 unfortunately we only have one Sushi! We’ll post updates here as soon as anything is certain with his adoption. Please remember that we’re getting closer to kitten season everyday, and we’ll have so many little kittens in need of loving homes - we’ll need your support then more than ever! 💜

now for some brighter news… this muffin came in the night before last, dehydrated, aspirated and super sad - he’s perked up a lot now and went NUTS for his bottle on intake, so I can only guess how long he was alone for! He was left behind when mum moved the babies, and after nearly a whole day of waiting for her to come back, the finder intervened and brought him to us. 💛 you’re safe now little one!