Dalis to the Rescue

11/20/2025

This little girl was also found outside where she’s been diagnosed with CH (cerebellar hyperplasia) which is a congenital neurological condition affecting coordination and balance. Symptoms can be very mild to very severe. Wobbling, tremors, uncoordinated gait and falling over. This little girl has a pretty severe case unfortunately.

The disabled animals have my heart. I personally have 12 cats with disabilities but if I can find them homes, homes that they can thrive in, then that’s my goal but until then, they will live with me.

If interested in adapting, please fill out the pre-adoption application at www.dalistotherescue.com. For any questions, please call the Rescue at 989-463-9797.

11/20/2025

This precious little kitten was found outside by some Good Samaritans. They took her to the vet where they found that she is blind. She does run into things right now but once she gets used to her environment she will get around just fine. Blind kitties typically stick with me because they don’t find homes quickly but if you are looking to adopt a disabled kitty, this sweetheart is waiting but until then, she will stay with me. The vet says she will never regain her sight back either.

I’m very particular where ALL my animals are places into new homes BUT my disabled ones? I make sure it’s a PURRFECT home from THEM!

If interested in adapting, please fill out the pre-adoption application at www.dalistotherescue.com. For any questions, please call Rescue at 989-463-9797.

11/19/2025

Omg! We did it! We got Lily and Rosie adopted TOGETHER by this amazing woman!! We were in tears!! Yay!!!

11/19/2025

Remember that mama kitty who had a lot of trauma and was fearful of hands coming at her? Well this amazing gentleman came in and adopted her where he will give her all the time and patience to trust again. My heart is so happy ❤️

11/19/2025

Thank you so very much for everyone who adopts from us… but these ones are always the special ones 🥰 When a classmate of my children’s grows all up super fast and come in as an adult to adopt 🥹 I watched all of the kids grow up from tiny toys to now amazing adults. Thank you for choosing one of my kitties to adopt Hunter and his beautiful significant other 🥰

11/18/2025

You would think I would learn by now…

Had to jump out of the bus real quick to take a phone call because when you ride with do , you obviously can’t talk on the phone without screaming “WHAT?! SPEAK UP! I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE DOGS!” So I jumped out and by the time I turned back around, Dennis had my pop in a billion pieces….i don’t know if The Menace needs to go back to the vet to up his meds, or if he needs a therapists…or I need a therapist. Yea, I need a therapist 😩🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I’m destined to have nothing. That’s why Dennis came into my life 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

11/18/2025

I don’t typically look at the messages on messenger because I just don’t have enough time but this morning my phone glitched out and started to open the messages and since I had a couple grooming dogs reschedule this morning I was able to read a few. Here’s a really sweet message and the reality of people not spaying and neutering. This is a remarkable young woman that I’m going to help get some fixed for her since she’s going above and beyond. Unfortunately I can’t help every call that comes my way which always breaks my heart. Teamwork makes the dream work 🥰

Hi Dalis,
I called you a few weeks ago looking for help. I'm the caller that was trying to help an older gentleman who started feeding strays and ended up with batch after batch of kittens. I want to say thank you for taking my call that day. Of all the places I called, your rescue was the only one that answered and spoke with me. I know how busy you are so the fact that I even got a live person is amazing. When I called I knew you were overloaded with cats and probably wouldn't be able to help, you told me no and gave me some other places to try. I've always said I wish I could be more like you and if I had the time or money I would do more. I decided to take that no as an opportunity to be like you. My bathroom became a cat hotel where I could take in a few at a time to combat fleas, ear mites and goopy eyes, and find loving homes (with people I know or someone I know could vouch for them). I did keep a few kitty's myself but 10 cats are now off the street and in loving homes. There are still 6 males, 1 fixed females and 2 older feral kittens left but I have the males all on the waiting list for the community cats program through capital area humane society to get fixed and released. I wanted to give you an update since I know you think about the animals you have to say no to and in a strange way I want to thank you for saying no and giving me a chance to be a little like you for a short amount of time.
if you post this I would like to be anonymous.
As always thank you for all you do.

11/18/2025

When you wake up to a group chat from your kids and their significant others…yes, this is from my son’s 23 year old girlfriend. Their neighbor moved and left their cats behind, running the neighborhood and instead of the owner taking responsibility for their cats in any way, my son and his girlfriend caught the cat and are fixing it at the least so the neighborhood won’t become a hundred cat neighborhood. So when people are complaining about our “20 some year old” generation, I complain about the older generations that aren’t very good role models for the younger generation and for some odd reason they are doing great things and wanting to do better than our generations.

So thank you younger generations. Thank you for your compassion and willing to pick up the wrong doings that others have left behind ❤️

Did I mention my whole rescue crew is in their 20s as well? We can learn a lot from them as well.

Thank you Alex and Grace for doing something that you didn’t have to do. People say it to me all day long “well it’s not my cat” instead of just doing a little act of kindness by getting a neighborhood stray cat spayed or neutered 🥰

Teamwork makes the dream work. Spay and neuter a stray cat 🐱

11/18/2025

I had tears from this message. I remember this specific cat. I adopted him out to someone who had kids at first and he hated that life unbeknownst to me until they called a year later saying he hadn’t come from under the bed once in a year. Before that, he came to me from a terrible home who didn’t treat him well. My heart broke for him and told them to bring him back. The trauma he had was hard to watch him process. I spent many days and nights trying to console him. He couldn’t understand. I didn’t know if I could ever find someone to adopt a cat who had trauma. Some people don’t understand cats. They just expect them to act like a playful, purring cat. Well cats are individuals just like humans. They feel pain and confusion. They can experience trauma and will literally die of past trauma. It’s hard to find heroes who truly think about rescuing a cat that has severe issues from their past. This proves that cats can heal and overcome in the right home. This is why I’m such a stickler with my adoptions. These aren’t just cats to me that you want to throw outside because you have a rodent problem. These are living, breathing creatures that deserve more dignity than humans give them. I have many cats up for adoption with traumatic stories like this that hide when people come in to meet them. They’ve been here for years because nobody will take a chance on them. This caring guy made my whole day…I also posted the cat’s original adoption post that I made a couple years ago that this nice guy seen and came to adopt Sterling from. This. Is. Rescue…

Hi Dalis,

My name is Jacob Sheber — a couple years ago I adopted a very scared little male cat from your rescue. It took some time, but he has since come out of his shell, and he’s become one of the brightest pieces of my life.

I wanted to reach out because the whole experience — your kindness, his transformation — inspired a poem I wrote that recently became a song. I put together a short music video featuring Sterling and some images from your page, along with your logo, as a small gesture of appreciation.

If using the images or logo was over the line in any way, please let me know and I will remove the video immediately. My intention is only to honor the wonderful work you do.

If you’d like to see it, here’s the YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/QE8utXBSwn8?si=gC9_aWIHCSXcSEjW

Thank you again for bringing Sterling into my life — you truly make a difference.

Warmly,
Jacob Sheber

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11/18/2025

These two kitties got adopted by this amazing family who drove over three hours to come adopt. Thank you so very much for choosing our kitties to adopt ❤️❤️

11/18/2025

Oh they are so cute…and wiggly 😂

Here’s your chance for one of those cute little small breeds 🥰

We have five 8 week old Shih Tzu mix puppies that we are looking for foster to adopt homes.

If interested please fill out the foster to adopt application at www.dalistotherescue.com. For any questions please call the rescue at 989-463-9797.