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Caring for Cats & Kittens in the Bay of Plenty alongside community support and desexing. Registered Charity CC62355. Everyone can make a difference to someone.
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If you’d like to help us please consider donating to Moggies via 01-0475-0269871-00.

13/11/2025

Check out this handsome lad one week post his dental!

Once sedated and x-rayed it was clear the problem was greater than a couple of damaged canines and the call was made to remove all of his remaining teeth 🦷

We’re pleased to say he’s recovering well and a big fan of his current wet food diet 🤣

Mr Gee is all gums but he’s still got a million dollar smile - All going well with his check up next week, he’ll be charming the pants off a new family in no time 😎

A MASSIVE thank you to Jo tepukevets for acing the surgery and everyone who contributed towards his care 🙌

09/11/2025

And …. Kitten season is officially in full swing!

Those tiny, vulnerable faces are everywhere - and with the best intentions, it’s easy to feel like scooping them up will give them a better chance at life.

But rescuing an animal isn’t just a kind act - it’s a commitment to their future, and your role can either be helpful or harmful.

Before you step in as a rescuer, ask yourself:
✅ Am I able to give them age-appropriate care?
✅ Can I afford vet bills, food, and a safe space for them to adjust?
✅ Do I have a plan for when I go away?
✅ Can I afford to desex them and keep them healthy?
✅ How will they get along with other animals in my care?

👉 A helpful rescuer has a plan, resources, and a connection with someone who can meet these needs - or to keep/responsibly rehome the animal when ready.

☝️A harmful rescue is when there’s no long term plan, budget for food or vet care, or housing that doesn’t allow pets.

Even with the best intentions, this can move an animal from one unstable situation to another.

✨ Before you step in to rescue, pause and ask: is it helpful or harmful?

07/11/2025

Three little lives joined us yesterday after being found in a rubbish bin in Pyes Pa and brought to the after-hours vet clinic.

It’s always a heavy moment when we get calls like this, and we’re forced to navigate the most immediate questions that come to mind –

Do we have a foster?
Are there others?
Where’s mumma cat?
And perhaps the most defeating – how did this happen?

They were one of three separate cases who came under our care that day due to circumstances they should never have been exposed to.

And this is just the beginning.

As posts offering ‘free’ underage kittens ramp up on buy/swap/sell pages, the calls to collect cats no longer wanted by family members increase by the day, and a disconnected number is the answer we get when we try to contact the registered guardian of a microchip – it becomes more important than ever to share this reminder:

Rescues can’t carry the weight of a society’s transactional commitment to their animals.

These three have fallen into a safety net, but the reality is that they are the lucky ones.

Nothing will change in the bigger picture unless there is change in the culture that paints it.

PLEASE:

📍 Don’t promote or give away ‘free’ kittens
📍 Desex your pets before breeding age
📍 Don’t leave rehoming until the last minute or assume a rescue will take on that responsibility for you
📍 Don’t adopt unless you can commit to a lifetime
📍 If your circumstances change – act before the situation is dire

We know there are incredible pet parents out there, and we’re so grateful to our vets, fosters, adopters and rescue community for playing their part - for those listening, please also consider sharing this message and giving a voice to our animals ♥️

03/11/2025

Neonatal kittens - love them or leave them be?

It’s that time of year when neonatal flood into rescues, but often good intentions clash with the physical and mental demands of raising kittens younger than 4 weeks, and in reality their best chance of survival is with their mum.

Before taking action, consider these checks ☝️

🚨 Step 1: Look closer - If the kittens are clean, warm, in a sheltered spot, and quietly sleeping, mum is likely nearby.

👉 Keep your distance and watch for a few hours - most mums return once it’s safe.

🚨 Step 2: assess whether to intervene:

Check if:
☑️ Kittens aren’t being cared for (cold, crying constantly, sick, or dirty)
☑️ They’re orphaned (mum hasn’t returned in 4-8 hours, especially in bad weather)
☑️ They’re in immediate danger (near roads, dogs, machinery, or flood risk)

🚨 Step 3: Step in when needed!

If any of the above apply, and you don’t have experience with neonatal kittens - ask for help or contact a rescue!

02/11/2025

It’s heartwarming to see such a positive response to adoption through rescues but important to recognise that rescues exist because we face a crisis of unwanted animals - not to meet a demand for pets.

When animals come into care, our fosters make sure they’re given the best possible start. All rescues are:

📌 Monitored for any health concerns and treated where needed
📌 Placed on a high-quality diet
📌 Socialised in foster homes before being considered for adoption

In the bigger picture, we’re playing a small part in building a responsible future - for both the animals in our care and the families who adopt them.

As a general guide:

📍 Most adoptions are for animals aged 10 weeks and older
📍 All animals are desexed, microchipped, and vaccinated
📍 We match each rescue to the home where we believe they’ll thrive best

To everyone who’s expressed interest and is understanding of the process - thank you!🧡

Adoption is a lifeline not only for these animals, but also for the next ones who’ll take their place in foster care.

31/10/2025

On Thursday a local workshop discovered some unexpected stowaways 🐈‍⬛

In thanks to their quick action, mum and her four babies were in foster care by afternoon smoko!

The message: please don’t wait to reach out.

The team made contact when they heard meowing in one of their shelving units, located mum, lined the family up to come into the rescue, and secured them in a carrier when we were on our way.

Should they had waited, the outcome could have been very different.

At 4–5 weeks old, the kittens are at a perfect age to begin socialising and will soon start their journey from milk to solids - with high-quality mousse and their first wormer onboard.

They’ll stay with mum for the next couple of weeks, wean, then she’ll be desexed and her days of fending off toms and raising litters will finally be behind her.

A big shoutout to the team at NZ Manufacturing for making a real difference in their lives 👏👌

29/10/2025

Meet Mr G 💛

Mr G was brought to our attention as a dishevelled stray in danger of being hit in a busy carpark.

Slowly we’ve been working through his health issues and are pleased to see he is growing stronger every day, so with the all-clear on his bloodwork, our next focus is his dental work.

We’ve been quoted between $1,000–$1,700 to extract two damaged canines.

While we’re grateful to be in a position to help him, we feel the pinch with our medical cases as the journey to get him here, and to where he needs to be, is a big draw on our rescue funds.

If you’d like to help us give strays like Mr G a second chance, please consider donating to support his care and others like him.

MOGGIES – Homes for Cats and Kittens

💛 Account: 01-0475-0269871-00
💛 Registered charity – receipts available on request.

Over his time with us, Mr G has shown us what a true gentle giant he is. Whatever love he gave his previous family, he’s more than ready to give again - he may not be as fresh as the faces of the kittens you see, but he is just as deserving 🐾

27/10/2025

Eight tiny sets of toe beans joined us at Moggies HQ yesterday 🐾

Thanks to the kindness and quick action of a stranger, the cardboard box they were found in was swapped for a warm bed and the promise of a brighter future 💛

While we’re grateful they’re safe, it’s important to acknowledge how close they came to a very different outcome - every box left by the roadside has the potential to be the beginning, or the end, of a story like theirs.

If you ever see a box in a strange or unsafe place, and it’s safe for you to stop - please take a moment to check. You could save a life 🙏

And if you’ve been here before, are feeling overwhelmed with your animals, or unsure what to do with an unexpected litter - please know that Rescues are here to help where we can.

No judgment - just support to find a better way forward.

14/10/2025

Not all kittens enjoy the spotlight so before taking her adoption photos we gave Brie the chance to get used to the camera being in her space and sneaked a few videos. Her response? She’s deliciously awkward 😂 Her quirk is whenever in doubt, to literally roll with it 💕

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