Lisa's Home For Criminally Insane Kittens

11/17/2025

Del Norte, Colorado! I'll be in town on this Friday trapping feral cats for their fix. This is a TNR operation, so cats will be trapped, neutered, and returned. They'll also get a their vaccines and an eartip. FREE!

IF YOU HAVE A PET CAT THAT ROAMS, please be sure it has a collar on or keeps inside Friday morning to Saturday morning.

If you have a colony you'd like me to help out, you can message me or text me at 719-657-7115, even if your colony isn't right in Del Norte.

If you'd like to make a donation to help us afford to do this work, you can sponsor a surgery for $50/cat or chip in for gas $ for drivers! We also could use donations of cat food (wet and dry), towels and sheets, cardboard trap liners (9" x 22"). If you have traps or experience trapping, we'd love your help on Friday!

More information on TNR:

Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) saves lives Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only humane and effective approach to community cats, or unowned cats who live outdoors. Scientific studies show that TNR effectively addresses the community cat population by ending the breeding cycle, meaning no new kittens are b...

11/16/2025

Cuties! One of these babies could be your bestie for the next 20 years, if you're a lucky person.

11/11/2025

PLEASE take care of your local area before importing/exporting. Never mind the HIGH risk of moving diseases such as heartworm.

Are Things Really ‘That Good’ Here?

I had a conversation today that really made me think. Someone mentioned a rescue whose main focus is bringing animals into our state from areas that are “in worse shape” than we are. They said they’re thankful that things are “so good” here that we can help so many out-of-state animals.

And while I absolutely believe every animal deserves a chance- no matter where they’re from- I think it’s important to talk about what’s really happening right here in our own communities.

Because the truth is, things here aren’t as “good” as people think. Every single day, there are countless messages from people begging for help- for sick strays, dumped pets, and kittens being born outside. And more often than not, those cries for help are met with, “I’m sorry, we’re full.”

Just today, while that conversation was taking place, I had four 2lb kittens who had just been spayed and ear-tipped, and were about to be released back outside with their colony. I reached out to multiple local rescues, and every one of them said the same thing: “We’re full.” And truthfully, so was I. But I couldn’t look the other way when they were right in front of me.

Our local shelters may not be euthanizing for space, and that’s something to be grateful for- but it doesn’t mean animals here aren’t in crisis. It simply means they’re being turned away instead of being taken in. The suffering still exists; it just happens quietly, outside the shelter walls.

Helping out-of-state animals isn’t wrong. It comes from a place of compassion, and we need that. But I also think we need to be honest about the growing need right here at home. If we continue overlooking the local animals who are struggling- the ones right in our own neighborhoods- we risk heading down the same path as the places we believe we’re “better off” than.

Our shelters and rescues are doing the best they can with limited resources. But awareness matters. Change starts when people realize that behind every “we’re full” are animals who never got their chance- not because they weren’t adoptable, but because there simply wasn’t space.

If we want to prevent crisis, we have to start caring as much about the animals here as we do about those elsewhere. They all deserve help. But so do the ones in our own backyard.

10/31/2025

Still looking for that dreamy indoor/outdoor hunting gig.

10/31/2025

Gorgeous tabby friends!

10/29/2025

Such lovely kitties!

10/25/2025

Miss T and Miss E are looking for hunting opportunites. They are close friends and both have weaned their kittens. They love to play and hunt anything that moves. They were trapped outside with their kittens, but they seem perfectly content and well mannered indoors. But they miss the hunt. I suspect they started as indoor kitties and escaped when they went into heat.

They are about a year old, proven stellar hunters, tame but not clingy. You have to win them over if you want purrs. I recommend treats and a laser pointer. They've been fixed, vaccinated, treated for any parasites, and I'll chip them before they head out for a permanent home.

I'm willing to drive anywhere in southern Colorado, from Cortez to Trinidad to find them a good safe home. You must provide safe indoor heated accommodations as well as daily food and water. Bonus if you're interested in making friends with them and have some patience. They're good kitties!

10/16/2025

These little beauties!

10/16/2025

I'd work for them in a heartbeat!

10/16/2025

Today is National Feral Cat Day and also the day I say goodbye to my failing kitten. The combination is a meaningful one. Many people in my area believe it's just fine to have a breeding colony and constantly give away excess kittens, despite offers to help get the mom cats fixed. They believe that because people will take kittens from them, it's great that they have excess breeding going on. But this kitten came from one of those colonies, and no doubt is not the first kitten from there to suffer and die needlessly. It's a hardass policy, but I will not be helping anyone who doesn't also allow me to fix the mother cat(s). If you have kittens to give up, that mom needs to stop having kittens.

10/15/2025

I haven't lost a kitten in quite a while, but this is another one who's really trying to go. She's lethargic this morning and severely dehydrated. Without the ability to nurse, that's not a surprise. So we're going to go with subq lactated ringers solution. I hate poking a little kitten with needles, and dehydrated ones are especially tricky. Sorry for the very blurry photo, she's not into selfies at the moment.

10/14/2025

I often underestimate the age of a set of kittens I take into my care. They're usually sad and desperate creatures, underfed, cold, dehydrated, and thus less active and a little hunched up. After a few days of deluxe treatment, they're head up, ears forward, playful, demanding. In short, all new kittens. These at first sight I thought 10-12 days. That would make them two weeks old now. Based on dentition, facial shape, and behavior, I now think three weeks, maybe tiny bit less. This is typical of me.

Two of them are in great shape and I am confident of them. The third is unable to nurse properly and aspirates every time, even when I let her just chew on the bottle slowly. She's really struggling. Based on the updated age estimate and her special needs, I'm going to start offering slurry that she hopefully will be able to swallow instead of breathe.

This latest set of kittens have a terrible backstory, and not an uncommon one either. Bad enough that I'll put it in comments.