Neighborhood Cat Advocates

08/02/2025

Head on down to the Chico Cat Cafe TOMORROW for a kitten explosion!

Okay, maybe not an explosion ... that sounds terrible.

A kitten extravaganza!
A kitten bonanza!
A kitten party!
A kitten exhibition of explosive cuteness!

Should be a blast. 😝

🐾💥 Cuteness Crisis Alert! 💥🐾

What does a cat café do when kittens are POPPIN’ like popcorn?
We throw a Kitten PAWP-UP ADOPTION FAIRE, of course!

📍 WHERE: Chico Cat Café – 1725 Esplanade, Chico
📅 WHEN: Saturday, August 2nd | ⏰ 10am–2pm
🎉 WHY: Because kitten season hit us like a tidal wave of toe beans… and we’re not mad about it.

We’re teaming up with the incredible Neighborhood Cat Advocates—your friendly, feline-loving neighbors on a mission to care for Butte County’s free-roaming cats through TNR, adoptions, and community education.

With their help, over 70 cats have been adopted through our café—and just last week, we reached an amazing milestone: our 300th adoption! 🎉

Come celebrate with us!
🍪 Grab a complimentary sweet treat
💖 Say thank you to the heroes behind the rescue
😻 Snuggle a few potential new family members
🛋️ And meet the next generation of adoptable snugglers—ready to find homes like yours.

🐱 Expect:
✨ Kittens galore (plus a few charming adult cats!)
✨ Cozy cat lounge cuddles with 12+ resident floofs
✨ Light refreshments, toe beans, and purring symphonies
✨ A celebration of rescue, community, and cat-itude

🎟 Entry: $10 per purrson (includes one hour of kitty time + snacks!)
Walk-ins only during this special event—no lounge reservations required!

🔍 HOW IT WORKS:
💌 Want to adopt?

Pre-approve! Stop by Chico Cat Café to grab and return your application ASAP so we can get it to NCA before the event.
Or apply on-site! NCA will review apps the following week. (No same-day adoptions, sorry!)

Meet-n-Greet Time: Available kittens will be showcased in secure kitten playpens inside. Café residents will be freely roaming.

Snuggle Etiquette: Please ask before holding any adoptable cat or kitten, sanitize between cuddles, and keep kittens off the café floor. Let’s keep everyone happy and healthy. 💖

✨ Adoption fees: $150 for a single kitten | $225 for a perfect pair
✨ All cats are: spayed/neutered, vaccinated (first round), dewormed, deflea-ed, and microchipped!

🐾 Pro tip: Check out bios and photos of all the kittens (coming soon!) at www.chicocatcafe.com or on our page—this post will be pinned to the top!

Whether you’re a seasoned cat whisperer or a first-time kitten smoocher, this is your purr-fect chance to find your next furry soulmate. Come for the kittens, stay for the whiskers, and leave with a full heart.

💫 So don’t be shy—PAWP-ON IN Saturday, August 2nd and help us turn kitten season into adoption celebration!

🎉 Let’s toast to 300 lives changed—and hundreds more to come. 🥂

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06/16/2025

BREAKING BREAKING NEWS: Buddy has been adopted!!!!

06/10/2025

We would love to have you foster for us!

Fostering is great for:
- Families with kids
- People that work from home
- Anyone interested in helping us save more cats and kittens!

If you're interested, please fill out our foster application here:

https://www.ncachico.org/fosterapplication.html

MEOW!

05/27/2025

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

Last week, volunteer trapper Sarah (who also happens to be the person behind this page) became aware of a injured and unwell cat in Chico. I went to scope out the location and see if I could see the cat and I saw him right away. I approached him slowly and eventually was able to lean down and give him some head scritches. I left to go get some trapping supplies (E-Z Nabber Cat Catcher Net, a regular net, a transfer cage, and a regular trap) and returned to the location within 15 minutes. The kitty was still there.

I placed the transfer cage around the corner of the house but near where he was laying. The plan was to scruff the cat and drop him into the transfer cage, but plans don't always go ... to plan, so that's why I brought all the extras. I approached him again, gave him some head scritches, and started to rub the back of his neck. Then, when he relaxed a little, I scruffed him and dropped him into the transfer cage. He was very clearly sick and in pain and had nothing left to fight.

He was seen at PawPrints Spay/Neuter Clinic the next day. His foot was worse than I imagined. It was very infected, necrotic, and the skin was no longer attached. We also ran a triple test on him while he was sedated and sadly, he came up positive for FIV. We made the decision to end his suffering.

That same day, we had another cat with an injured foot that also came up positive for FIV (from a different town entirely), so he too was euthanized.

And then, just as the dust was settling, we discovered a mama cat had given birth in her trap! This has happened only one other time in our history of doing this work, and has never happened at our clinic! After such a sad and heavy day, we were delighted (albeit slightly frustrated) to see a mama give birth and take care of her four little babies.

This work is HARD. We never know what we will encounter day to day, but at the end of the day, preventing suffering and unwanted litters is our mission. But, if a litter magically makes it just under the wire, we're not going to be angry about it. 😻

Mama and babies are safely in foster care right now, and mama is doing THE BEST JOB taking care of her littles.

05/20/2025

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Packages may be started during our vaccination walk in clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 AM to 11:30 AM or 1 PM to 2:30 PM.

Spay/neuter is included. Remember spaying and neutering saves lives.✨

We hope to see your babies soon!

05/16/2025

Our spay/neuter clinic is hiring! Please share!

Current Job Openings: We are always looking for more dedicated people to join our team! ​We are only open on the weekends so weekend availability is a must. Sorry, we do not offer full-time...

05/16/2025

FOSTER FOUND!

Urgent foster needed! These four little ones were pulled out of a pipe at a property that is currently being cleared.

If you're interested in fostering them, we need from you:

1. Do not put them in a room, closet, bathroom, etc. and not spend time with them. They need socialization right now before they get too old. They are at the perfect age!
2. Please communicate if anything seems amiss; runny poops, sneezing, etc.
3. Please respond if we reach out to schedule vaccines, appointments, etc. We are not fans of being ghosted!

We will provide:
Food, all supplies (toys, litter, litter boxes, cubbies, whatever!), and all medical care. You need to provide snuggles, playtime, and love!

Fostering kittens is really easy and SUPER fun! Especially a batch of four!

If you have the time and space to help these littles grow up to be loving kittens, we want to hear from you! We will adopt them out so you don't need to worry about finding homes (although we will gladly accept applications from friends and family members!)

Please DM us or email [email protected].

Meow!

05/11/2025

To all the cat moms: We see you, we love you, and we thank you.

05/03/2025

How is Loki not adopted yet?! He is the sweetest, lovingest (is that a word?), most loyalest (okay now we know that is not a word), most amazing, wonderful, playful boy, but best of all .... he's BLACK! Black cats are characters and should always be the FIRST cats to be adopted but they are always the LAST! Why?!

Loki is so deserving and 100% needs to find his forever home, stat! Faster than we can make up a new word, even!

Visit the Chico Cat Cafe to meet Loki and tell him that we promise not to make up any more new words. Today. No new words ... today.

05/03/2025

Thank you North State Public Radio!!

For this Chico nonprofit, fixing feral cats isn’t just a cause, it’s a daily mission.

05/02/2025

What a loving tribute!



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04/29/2025

Not only do we help other organizations with spays and neuters, we also help with fundraising, too! Pictured here is CAWA Board President Sarah Downs and Vice President Armeda Ferrini answering calls during KZFR'S pledge drive yesterday. We had a great time and were very grateful for the on-air time to promote our beloved organization. Thank you, KZFR 90.1 FM!

We have the best volunteers! Thank you to Armeda & Sarah of Neighborhood Cat Advocates for volunteering during our Pledge To Protect Community Radio.