Villa Kitty Foundation

Villa Kitty Foundation PLEASE NO PRIVATE MESSAGES. A refuge for abandoned cats, we rehabilitate, immunise, sterilise Robert is still our major donor.
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Villa Kitty was established in March 2011 BUT our beginnings were a small section in a local dog shelter as their 'Cats and Kittens section' which I opened after I was approached to care for three tiny kittens who needed 24 hour hand feeding, in December 2009. Bali's feline population weren't getting much support back then so I ask

ed a good friend in Australia, Robert Elliot, who agreed to pay the wages of two young men to care for the tiny kittens that started to arrive when it became known that we were taking care of them. Robert agreed to pay, not only the wages, but all food, equipment, medical supplies and cleaning products. My niece, Selena Steiner, and her husband, Seungho Kim, both vets supported our work. Our first vet assistants worked tirelessly but, before we knew it, three kittens became sixty and two staff became two vets, five vet assistants and a cook. In October 2010, a generous Melbourne lady and fellow cat lover, Rosemary Fry, saw the work we were doing and, as we were already too big for the shelter, Rosemary agreed to pay for the building of Villa Kitty on a beautiful block of land in Lodtunduh near Ubud. Friends of SCARS, the Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge Society, in Australia, visited as we were setting up and paid for all our white goods, computer and printer, and so much more. Robert covered the lease of the land for ten years and pledged to continue his support. On March 17, 2011, when we picked up our ever-growing family and relocated to this beautiful house, purpose built to shelter and care for Bali’s abandoned cats and kittens. In December, 2011, Robert again paid the lease of the land adjacent to Villa Kitty, this time to build a separate quarantine wing and hospital. The hospital would be divided into two sides one for cats with respiratory problems such as catflu and the other side to care for our cats with intestinal illnesses. With a generous donation from the Parr family, and Robert, we built a truly functional quarantine building. And for our hospital we held our first ever fund raiser in March 2012 at Janet DeNeefe’s INDUS restaurant where we raised half what we needed to build the hospital and Robert paid the remaining costs. From two vet assistants in 2009 and myself, we now have twenty three full time staff and nine part time, including 6 children who come after school to help socialise our kittens and to groom them. Our vet team includes Drh Eka who manages Villa Kitty, Drh Karnata who is our consulting vet and who does all our sterilising, and two junior vets who are still in training. Our nine vet assistants care for our cats and kittens 24 hours a day. Our other staff, includes, our famous cook, Ibu Eka, and her offsider, Bu Jero, six cleaners, a litter tray cleaner, who needs a medal for this tough job, and our two smiley security guards who also do part time work in our garden. One of the nicest parts of the day is when six of the local school children come in, after school, to cuddle our cats and groom them. It is such an important job to socialise the cats so they are ready for adoption. We always hope people will choose the most needy kittens and cats but this is not too often so we believe these young children are worth their weight in gold and are on our payroll. Villa Kitty's staff is dedicated to making a difference to the lives of Bali’s own cats but we need your support to continue to do the good work that we are doing. And don't forget our Sunday lunches under the Mango Tree 12.30pm. We'd love you to join us and your payment.... cuddle our Villa Kitty cats and kittens. Please email [email protected] for further information on how you can help. Thank you again

Elizabeth Henzell
Founder & Director
Villa Kitty Bali

Today we share heartbreaking news about our very special Skitters 💔.Skitters arrived THREE years ago, after his carers w...
02/07/2025

Today we share heartbreaking news about our very special Skitters 💔.

Skitters arrived THREE years ago, after his carers were able to leave Bali after a long Covid capture. They had called him Kitty, and it was obvious he was very much loved.

Two weeks after they had left him with us, they contacted us and asked if he had bitten or scratched anyone? YES! Was my immediate reply! YES, ALL of us. But as it turned out, by a technique I employed, grabbing him under his tummy and quickly holding him tightly to my shoulder, I never had any issue with his swift paws, claws extended.

Skitters was unpredictable, but he wasn’t malicious. Skitters had a neurological disorder, diagnosed by a cat vet specialist from Australia.

Skitters lived well and was healthy for two years until he contracted cat flu. Due to his condition, we were unable to nebulize him and put him on oral medication, which worked well. However, months later he showed symptoms of FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), and our vets started him on the Molnupiravir program, and again he rallied.

Sadly two months ago, Skitters again showed signs of ill health and he was again put on the Molnupiravir program. As my home is next door to the Special Needs area, there was never a night I did not spend some time with Skitters. It became a ritual.

The second lot of Molnupiravir was not having any effect on Skitter's health. His body was ravaged by this miserable disease and he was dying. All the staff knew he was my special one of the Special Needs. They were looking to me to make the call.

On Saturday afternoon, I called our vets still on duty to confirm this was the correct decision and to allow him peace from his suffering.

At 17.35 Saturday 28 June Skitters suffered no more. We will miss this boy dreadfully. Thank you to all those who sponsored him and helped us give him the care and love he deserved.

In Memory of Skitters, acknowledging our fight to care for the feline citizens of Bali 💚.

Found in a cage under some bamboo, these 6 kittens were living in filthy conditions 💔. Conditions that no animal should ...
01/07/2025

Found in a cage under some bamboo, these 6 kittens were living in filthy conditions 💔. Conditions that no animal should ever endure.

Rushed to Sunset Vet in Kuta, they tested positive to the feline panleukopenia virus on arrival and they are now fighting for their lives, with the best medical care possible. One of them also has an infected eye, which hopefully will not require enucleation surgery. We hope these little ones were rescued in time for a second chance .

This story is a stark reminder of how important vaccination and sterilisation are to create a safer and better world for all cats, stray and owned. 🐈 🩺.

To help these kittens fight and to help us continue our life-saving work, please click here: https://www.villakitty.com/donate 💚

Join us for our fabulous Sunday Lunch 😻🍛 - a vegan feast with lovely company!Message our admin at the number on the imag...
27/06/2025

Join us for our fabulous Sunday Lunch 😻🍛 - a vegan feast with lovely company!

Message our admin at the number on the image to book. 🗺 Scroll to the bottom of this page for our location: https://www.villakitty.com/contactus

See you there 💚🐈

✨ Look who it is… Georgette in her forever home! 🏡💕You might remember this brave little girl - when a rescuer first spot...
27/06/2025

✨ Look who it is… Georgette in her forever home! 🏡💕

You might remember this brave little girl - when a rescuer first spotted her, she bolted into the woods and disappeared. We were so worried... but we never gave up.

Our Pak Made searched for hours in thick brushwood until he finally brought her to safety. With love and care, she slowly blossomed and moved into a foster home.

After growing strong and healthy, she returned to us — and that’s when she met the family of her dreams with another one of our rescue kittens, Cosmo. 💘

Now Georgette is living every rescue cat’s dream: safe, adored and cherished.

Thank you to everyone who helped along the way, and to her amazing adopters who gave her the chance of a lifetime 🙏

🐱 Want to change a life like Georgette’s? Send us a message on WhatsApp to meet our adoptable cats: +6281237024930

The numbers speak for themselves… 840 arrivals since January 1st - and it is only June. In March this year we had around...
24/06/2025

The numbers speak for themselves… 840 arrivals since January 1st - and it is only June. In March this year we had around 300 arrivals, but in the last three months we’ve simply been inundated! 😰😰

Our Nursery is suffering the most. With 47 kittens currently in our care and one Vet Assistant, we are stretched beyond belief.

Just yesterday we received a call from a couple on holiday who had witnessed three little kittens being tossed off in a field! 💔 Thankfully, they ran to their rescue and the kittens are now safe in our care. If it hadn’t been for them, they wouldn’t be alive today.

We will never say no to an animal in need and we won’t stop taking cats and kittens in. But soon we’ll reach a breaking point. ❗️We need funds to pay our dedicated staff, and we need funds to continue to save lives❗️

Will you please stand by our side with a small gift? 👉 Donate here: https://www.villakitty.com/donate

Did you know you can sponsor one of our resident cats at Villa Kitty? 💓🐈Sponsoring a cat truly is the most wonderful way...
22/06/2025

Did you know you can sponsor one of our resident cats at Villa Kitty? 💓🐈

Sponsoring a cat truly is the most wonderful way to make a difference to the lives of our resident cats and kittens, especially those with little chance of adoption.

Meet some of our sponsor cats at these links and see what sponsorship truly is about:
💚Livia: https://www.villakitty.com/livia
💚Jazmina: https://www.villakitty.com/jazmina
💚GingerRogers: https://www.villakitty.com/gingerrogers

By becoming a sponsor, you will not only help your sponsor cat receive all the care they need for as long as they need, but you’ll also help us provide ALL the other cats at Villa Kitty with medical care, nutritious food, cuddles and enrichment. Sponsorship truly is the gift that keeps on giving!

Learn more here: https://www.villakitty.com/sponsor-a-cat 🥰

Have you ever felt like you are a child again and under the Christmas tree with all the gifts?! 😍I think Ibu Ayu, Ibu Er...
20/06/2025

Have you ever felt like you are a child again and under the Christmas tree with all the gifts?! 😍

I think Ibu Ayu, Ibu Era, Pasek and I felt just like this as we emptied the bags brought to Villa Kitty filled with every possible gift for the 680 cats and kittens in our care!

Thank you, Vicki, from all of us. This just gave us all so much joy and then seeing each of the cats and kittens love the toys, snuggle up on the blankets AND into the knitted beanies AND the snuggle down on the soft cushions. It was just heartwarm! 💖

Thank you, Vicki. Thank you from all of us, the carers, on behalf of the very happy cats and kittens.

Oh and THANK YOU from the staff who shared the T-shirts!

THANK YOU from the depths of our grateful hearts 💚

🐾 Meet Ibu Wedelia - one of the bravest mothers we've ever rescued. Heavily pregnant and in distress, when she arrived a...
19/06/2025

🐾 Meet Ibu Wedelia - one of the bravest mothers we've ever rescued.

Heavily pregnant and in distress, when she arrived at Sunset Vet the vets found that she was due to give birth soon, but she couldn’t deliver her kittens naturally.

Without emergency surgery, she and her babies would not have survived.

After the operation, her four tiny kittens were silent... not crying, not suckling. We feared the worst. But thanks to the incredible vets at Sunest Vet and your support, they slowly found their strength.

Today, this little family is safe and growing strong at Villa Kitty. 🐱💖

Without you, this wouldn’t have been possible. With nearly 700 cats and kittens in our care, we desperately need you by our side to continue our life-saving work.

🙏 Please, help us save more lives like Ibu Wedelia’s - 👉 Donate here: https://www.villakitty.com/donate

Did you know that sterilisation and vaccination are crucial to improving the welfare of Bali’s feline citizens?🩺💉To this...
18/06/2025

Did you know that sterilisation and vaccination are crucial to improving the welfare of Bali’s feline citizens?🩺💉

To this date this year Villa Kitty has sterilised 807 and vaccinated 929 cats and kittens, many of these were vulnerable stray cats who had no one else to care for them. ✨One simple procedure transformed their lives✨.

Thanks to a generous donor who made an incredibly kind donation to support our sterilisation programme, we’ve been able to reach a new record of felines in need and change their lives forever. Thank you Fay for this generous donation in memory of James who cared so deeply about cats in need 💚.

Your support has been and continues to be instrumental in ensuring vulnerable stray cats and kittens have the chance of a brighter and safer future.

Thank you for helping to make an everlasting impact on the lives of Bali’s feline citizens.

👉 To read more about our sterilisation programme and support our work, please click here: https://www.villakitty.com/ourwork

🚨 We’ve hit a critical milestone — and we need you more than ever. 🚨Thanks to your amazing support, our New Clinic & Ope...
17/06/2025

🚨 We’ve hit a critical milestone — and we need you more than ever. 🚨

Thanks to your amazing support, our New Clinic & Operating Complex officially opened in May 2025! This is a huge step forward, easing the load on our main building and helping more animals every day.

But to make this space fully operational, we urgently need essential medical equipment. 👉 At the top of the list: a much-needed IDEXX Blood Analyser valued at $40,000 AUD.

Currently, we spend up to $15,000 AUD per month on external clinics for various procedures, including blood tests.

With our own analyser, we’ll be able to provide blood tests for ALL the animals who come through our gates - lower costs, faster diagnoses and more lives saved.

With nearly 700 cats and kittens in our care, we simply can’t wait any longer❗
🐾 Donate here to be part of this vital next step:https://www.villakitty.com/equipment

Every donation means more lives saved 💚

Can you believe these adorable cats are still looking for a forever home? We can’t! 🏡When these cats were rescued from t...
16/06/2025

Can you believe these adorable cats are still looking for a forever home? We can’t! 🏡

When these cats were rescued from the streets of Bali, they were given a second chance thanks to people like you. Now, after months of proper care, love and nutritious food, they are ready to find a forever home - a family that will open their hearts to them. 💕

📩 Will you be the one to give them the greatest gift of all?

Message our admin on Whatsapp at ‪+6281237024930 to come meet our adoptable cats and kittens and maybe leave with one or two of them!

At just four months old, Willis had been struggling to survive on the streets, bullied by other cats his kind foster fam...
13/06/2025

At just four months old, Willis had been struggling to survive on the streets, bullied by other cats his kind foster family were feeding. Wanting to protect him, they took him in and gave him a safe space 🏡.

One day, Willis climbed their fence and became stuck, too afraid to come down. His foster mum, Linda, tried to rescue him—but tragically fell and badly injured her knee. Despite her crutches and months of recovery, Linda and her husband lovingly cared for Willis. With no adoption requests coming in, she contacted Villa Kitty for help.

As we are struggling with arrivals of unvaccinated kittens, we asked that Willis be fully vaccinated before arriving. Now, he’s happily settling into the Villa Kitty office, sharing the space with little Oliver. These two sweet boys are already making hearts melt 💚🐾.

Your kindness enables us to welcome cats like Willis and care for them. 💕 To help more cats and kittens in need, please donate here: https://www.villakitty.com/donate 🙏

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Villa Kitty Foundation Jalan RAYA TEGAL BINGIN MAS
Ubud
80571

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 16:00
Thursday 10:00 - 15:00
Friday 10:00 - 15:00
Saturday 10:00 - 15:00
Sunday 10:00 - 16:00

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