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The Ranch Cat Rescue in Bloomington Indiana provides a safe environment to foundling kittens and cats looking for loving forever families.

12/10/2025

This is Arnie, one of the kings of our feline leukemia room, and today he’s showing off his two greatest loves: his fancy scratcher pad and his cat tree. Both of these gently used treasures were donated by Monroe County residents and we are so grateful to give them a second life. Arnie especially!

If you have household or pet items you’re not using anymore, our Holiday Donation Drive is this Saturday 12/13. Since we don’t have a public location, we bring The Ranch to you! Our volunteer team spends the morning crisscrossing the county, scooping up donations right from your doorstep so all you have to do is set your items outside. To sign up and see the full list of items we take visit theranchcatrescue.org/donate

12/05/2025

Bloomington Indiana! We're picking up for our Holiday Donation Drive next Saturday 12/13! If you have new or gently used cat supplies to donate we would love to collect them from you.

Visit theranchcatrescue.org/donate for more details and to get signed up!

12/04/2025

Y'all the Market Experiments have been SO much fun this year! Join us 12/6 for the last one of the season and check out all the great artists, musicians, food/drink, and merriment.

We'll be set up inside Badknees showcasing adoptable cats and slinging catnip. Come check out our standard fare and get your paws on our newest catnip ornaments while supplies last!

If you're out of town you can visit our online store, but locals you won't wanna miss this!!

12/03/2025

For those of you following along on the soap opera that is our dryer we have updates!

We picked up a new machine from ReStore today for $150 and dragged it home. The good news, it runs!! The bad news, it doesn't stop running! As in when you open the door before the cycle ends the tumbler keeps tumbling and kind of barfs out its contents.

At this point all I can do is laugh! So not the end of the world, we can get a new latch sensor dealie for it, but the fact that the new dryer already needs a repair is very on brand for The Ranch appliances these days. Bless.

Hopefully this is the last you hear of this for a while and we can return to our regularly scheduled cat content!

12/01/2025

We had a visit from Gordon & Cornelius Appliance Repair LLC and they said the following - Well ma'am, the problem here seems to be that we don’t have thumbs. Or possession of the brain cell today. So it looks like you’re gonna need a new dryer.

Ugh. They may just be cats, but they’re not wrong. The recently repaired dryer worked beautifully for a few days, then the heating system failed again. I did some more diagnostic work at the direction of our repair guru pal Rich, but no dice. Unless we want to keep fixing the same problem over and over again (which we don’t) it’s time for a new machine.

I need some time to research and source a solid commercial set that can accommodate our industrial use. But for now we need a quick fix. Does anyone have a spare electric dryer that is maybe taking up space in your garage that you would be willing to donate to us? Please reach out and we can make arrangements to pick it up from you ASAP! Spread the word!!

11/26/2025

She's aliiiiive!!! Huge shoutout to our friend Rich for taking our dryer apart and successfully putting it back together. Suuuper glad I didn't try to tackle that solo, there would have been a lot of crying. The heating element is replaced and we'll be working overtime to get caught back up. Shoutout in advance to The Ranch's many laundry folding volunteers! Go team! 🙌🔥🧺

11/25/2025

Synchronized Sh*****ng 🍤🍤🥹

11/25/2025

Well, the part for the dryer didn't come today, but you know what did? ONE TON of litter! Delivered right to the house and unloaded just steps away from the door. This is a huge convenience and I'm so grateful! Thanks to you all for donating towards this bulk purchase and to our buddy Chad for the pickup and delivery! 💪❤️💩

11/23/2025

** UPDATE - Help found, part ordered, standby for more updates tomorrow evening!! **

Well if it's not one thing around here, it's another! Our washer and dryer are the hardest working appliances on the property. If I am awake, they are cycling laundry.

Last month, the pump went out on the washing machine. I looked up a YouTube video, ordered a new part, and within 48 hours she was back in business. Yesterday, the heating element went out on the dryer. I got all excited, armed with my new repair skills and still riding the coattails of my last victory, and looked up how to change it out. Welp. It's not as easy and I'm not comfortable essentially disassembling the entire machine.

So here I am, asking you all if there is anyone who would be willing/able to donate their time to repair it. After the furnace bill a couple weeks ago we absolutely don't have the funds to pay for the work. I'll be honest, donations have been down and any money coming in needs to go to caring for the cats and keeping the lights on.

If you can help, please let us know!

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Bloomington, IN

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http://theranchcatrescue.org/

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