The Cats Sass Rescue

06/24/2025

Hello, my lovely supporters! I apologize that every post recently has been asking for something, but the medical costs are extremely draining right now. Two more dentals needed for stomatitis disease. Pearl and Emma. They came to us 6 weeks ago with their sister Prudence, and brother Farrow. You’ll remember Farrow as the sweet older guy who had untreated diabetes? (He’s doing fabulous now just FYI). Now these sweet girls are running a course of antibiotics and will need extractions within a month. Poor Pearl has the worst of it. Her gums were actually bleeding when the vet was doing the exam. He fears we may need a whole mouth dental, but we are hoping the antibiotics help with the gums a bit. Pearl is at a body scale index of 3/10 (5-6 is ideal) because it’s painful to eat. She will be eating kitten food the next while to get her weight up but the dental needs to happen soon (within a month is ideal). Emma will need an extraction but thankfully her mouth is not as bad as Pearls, but it definitely is not good. This is our fourth dental this year, and it has drained our bank account (at this point we can’t even purchase food or litter at the moment). Our fundraiser booked for last weekend was cancelled due to the rain. We have an auction happening now (please check out the amazing items up for grabs!-all proceeds help with vet bills). Please consider donating toward these sweet peas dentals, additionally check out our amazing wishlist for much needed supplies, and make sure to share our posts to family and friends.

Hi! Take a look at this List I created on Amazon. https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3MCL0QF5T8SNH?ref_=wl_share

*Pictures of the sweet girls in the comments*

06/19/2025

06/19/2025

People often tell me “you should post on social media more, then you’d get more followers”. Yes, you bet we would. Unlike the larger rescues in the community, The Cats Sass Rescue does not have a team of people. We don’t have a board of directors, a whole bunch of volunteers, and thousands of followers that donate. We have 2 women. 2 women and a few very committed friends who help in anyway they can. We both have full time fairly demanding jobs, a family, pets of our own, and responsibilities. We also have 65 cats in our care. Cats that demand and deserve our full attention and care. So we don’t have time to put in to our social media presence. We are the trappers, the feeders, the medication givers, the drivers, the foster and adoption team, the fundraisers…we are everything. There is no one else. We put our sweat and tears into this rescue, and we are exhausted. We need committed volunteers willing to put in the time to help with the rescue.
We do have some wonderful committed volunteers now that honestly we would be so lost without, you guys know who you are ❤️ Steph and I are so grateful for you guys and wish we could do more to show you how grateful the kitties and us are.
If you love kitties, and want to help but don’t know how, please shoot us a message. We need fosters, adopters, volunteers for The Catty Shack (even just a couple hours a week), volunteers for fundraisers. You got a niche, we can find you someway to help!
We need you guys! It takes a village to run this rescue.
A special thank you to the rescues all around Southern Alberta who have been a huge inspiration to us, and has helped us in more ways then they know ❤️ The kitties thank you too ❤️

06/17/2025

Meet Aurora. She came to us with two brand new babies a few months ago. The babies passed shortly after they arrived and she was so tired just kitten herself. BUT since then she has healed up, been spayed and is free to just relax for the rest of her life 🙂 she came to us as a “barn cat” but I’d say she was always meant to be a house cat. She is gentle and cuddly and when she gets the zoomies her playful little waddle is just the sweetest thing to watch. From the moment she came to stay she has been 100% all sugar and sweets. Aurora never makes a peep, always waits patiently for food and like to cuddle next to my legs every night for evening snuggles.

She is available for adoption, has been fixed and vacinated and vet checked. She calm and chill and willing to go with the flow with other cats who want to be the alpha. She just wants to sleep and feel safe :)

06/17/2025

06/17/2025

These two… I cant even. Timmy (the grey boy) it a big brother to all always up for a cat cuddle puddle.

06/15/2025

I am saddened today by the news of a dear friends passing. Elizabeth Ginn passed this morning after her long battle with Cancer. Elizabeth is the reason I started the rescue and was an incredible source of support, encouragement and inspiration. She founded the Last Chance Cat Ranch and her love for cats and her determination to create a safe place for all cats in need allowed thousands of cats to be rescued who otherwise would have perished or live a harsh, brutal life on the streets.
We are so thankful for the wonderful work she had done and we will continue to advocate for the animals and continue to do the work with Elizabeth guiding us from above.
Rest in Peace Elizabeth 😿

06/15/2025

One of our regular go-to resource websites for cats and kittens is www.kittenlady.org.

If you haven’t heard of Hannah Shaw, the Kitten Lady, and you’re even the tiniest bit interested in learning more about kittens, this website is a one stop shop for all the info you could ever need. Of course none of it replaces a Veterinarian’s advice, but it’s a great supplement to your knowledge base.

As we are deep into kitten season, we occasionally have a lot of well-meaning people finding kittens and wanting to help, which is amazing! But we want everyone armed with the best information to ensure that we’re not separating families, whenever possible, and ensuring we’re not getting in over our heads.

Always reach out to your local rescue for advice, it’s ok to not know what you’re doing, they will do their best to give you all the advice they can, and since you’re already in rescue-mode, they may even take you on as a foster for those animals, supplying everything you need to ensure success.

A good visual guide on how to assess whether kittens need help, is attached to this post.

On the flip-side, if you find a mother cat wandering around, she’s out there looking for food, so make sure not to take her away from her babies! Keep an eye on her from a distance and she may lead you back to them, then you can assess if they need your immediate intervention.

Remember that kitten life on the street is very hard, many don’t make it to 6 months of age. Rescuing kittens is their best opportunity, but we always want to bring in mom with them. Mom might not want to stay indoors, but rescues can help with getting her vetted so that she can carry on in her outdoor community (with supports), and never have to worry about the challenges of giving birth outdoors again.

www.bhars.org

06/14/2025

We got Farrow, Prudence, Emma and Pearl from the same house. They lived with a gentleman who loved the cats very much (you can tell they were loved), but was unable to provide for them so unfortunately they went without the proper vet care for all of their lives. If you really loved your pet, you would want the best for them, and the best would be getting them proper vet care.
Sweet Farrow had an infection in his teeth, and needed 7 teeth out AND had untreated diabetes. All 3 females were unfixed and were experiencing heat cycles which are uncomfortable enough, but poor Pearl had fluid in her uterus which could have been an underlying symptom of stomatitis that was causing discomfort and will require a dental extraction of at least half (or more) of her teeth. Her sister Emma also requires a dental extraction to prevent any further worsening of dental disease. These girls are only 2 and already need extensive dental work. So 3/4 cats needed dental work. It has become an extremely expensive rescue and a lot of it could have been prevented if proper care was given before everything got so bad.
There are programs available for low income pet owners to get help with vet care. Love is unfortunately not enough for pets.
If you are able to donate towards ongoing vet care for these sweet peas, e transfers can be sent to [email protected] .
❤️❤️

06/09/2025

I have mentioned it before, but I will mention it again. Please do not tag rescues in posts about pets needing help. We all monitor the pages, we see the post and it hurts us that we cannot help them all. Unless people are going to step up and foster/adopt/volunteer there time to these animals, we cannot help. We are three times OVER capacity, we have zero room for anymore intakes. We need adopters. We need fosters. We need donations.
If you want to help, take in that stray cat that’s hanging around your yard. Get them vetted and give them a loving home. You have a dog? Cool, I have 3. Your husbands allergic? We are in 2025, there are absolutely ways to deal with that. You already have 2 cats? Awesome, I bet they would love a new friend. People feel like they are helping by “rescuing a cat” then making it someone else’s responsibility. If you want to rescue a cat, then rescue the cat.
Sincerely,
A very extremely overwhelmed rescue