Ron and Wendy’s Kitty Cat Adventures

06/26/2024

06/25/2024

Wendy and I celebrated our 21st anniversary recently by going out to dinner. I don’t ever look good in pictures because my face always tends to be in the picture “BUT” these are the faces of two people who love all animals and have rescued hundreds of cats over the last 6+ years. We’ve actually been together for 33 years total. I love this woman. She’s kind, loyal, giving, and sweet. Watching her with the kittens warms my heart. ❤️

06/25/2024

HOW DID I BECOME A CAT LOVER YOU ASK?

Well, I’m going to be totally honest and tell you I wasn’t always a cat lover. In fact I didn’t become a cat lover until about 6 years ago. When Wendy and I decided to trap and rescue some cats that were in a, soon to be, bulldozed area I actually was doing it more for Wendy because she was a cat lover. One thing from that experience changed my mind, my heart and literally my world. When we started trapping them I saw first hand the suffering that was taking place in the feral cat community. Especially the sick kittens. Dying. Eye infections so bad that blindness was destined to follow. Fleas and ticks sucking the blood out of them. Hunger, injuries, worms, eaten by other animals and all because “people” were dumping their pets. Having empathy and a caring heart seeing this completely changed me. And I soon became aware of the staggering number of cats and kittens there were around the city and county I just couldn’t turn away. Wendy and I have done pretty much everything and anything we could to start saving them. Turning our home into a sanctuary. Draining our savings, putting off retirement indefinitely (I’m 68) and having people we thought cared for us turn on us like we were contagious. Thank goodness for the good people, most of whom we have never met, that stepped up to help us out. We love “all” animals but have chosen to rescue cats and kittens.
SO FOR ME IT CAME DOWN TO TWO THINGS.
1. Having an empathetic caring heart.
2. Seeing the desperate condition of these little creatures.
Unfortunately, most people don’t care about the suffering of them. Rescuing turned my heart on but I’ve come to realize that most people just don’t have the heart to play a part in the saving of animals. Humanity can be disgusting and saving animals brings out the true colors of people.

06/21/2024

We’ve got kittens everywhere. ❤️

06/19/2024

06/19/2024

Updated photos of the newbies

06/16/2024

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06/16/2024

A few more newbies.
For sure one girl and one boy (larger black kitten). The smaller black kitten I think is a boy, but not positive yet. Around 6 weeks old. They had a good mom, very clean and healthy. Mom has now been fixed.

06/16/2024

We have some new intakes. This very young momma is Missy. She has 2 baby girl kittens, we think around 6 weeks. One of the kittens has watery eyes, so we will get momma tested and do what we need to hold off URI’s.

06/06/2024

Reasons why are cats/ kittens are indoor only!

06/01/2024

Please share. We need help finding a forever home for Brinx.
He is so so so loving with people, and is good with kids, however, does not get along with other animals.
He is almost 5 years old. Long hair solid black. Testing , neutered, and all vaccines are current. Please PM if interested.

05/29/2024

This beautiful boy is Ziggy. He’s a big sweet boy. Sweet to humans and other cats. ❤️

05/29/2024

I need some help with my page. I could also use some help setting up a website and forming a 501c3. I’m willing to compensate you if you can help. Meet at Starbucks over a beverage? On me?

05/23/2024

At the vet with gray and her babies.
Getting her some vaccinations and a kitten check up.
Gray and her tongue 😛 ❤️

05/23/2024

Please share. We need to find them a special home.
Meet Turtle (F-Tortoiseshell) and Ziggy (M-LH Orange Tabby)Not siblings
Turtle is very petite, and Ziggy is petite under his hair 🙂
They were both rescued as kittens but had feral moms.
They didn’t come around like the rest of their litters, so they were not adopted. With an extended socialization process, Ziggy will run up to us and cry to be petted, he will sleep next to us, and let us brush him, but doesn’t want us to pick him up yet.
Turtle will come up to us for head pets, especially if you have food, and will sleep on the bed but is not 100% trusting yet.
She is a character. She digs in things to find little treasures and takes them to her stash. She will quickly lay on a toy she’s playing with to hide it from an approaching cat.
In the processes of socialization, these two sweet babies became bonded.
They need a forever home together. Both are great with other cats. They have never been around dogs.
PM if interested for application process.

05/23/2024

Our sweet Molly, Milo and Melvin

05/22/2024

Just over 6 years ago there was a couple who saw several cats living outside in a small wooded area. They saw that someone had placed some bowls around which were filled occasionally with food or water. The couple immediately felt moved to help feed these cats as well. So, several days a week they would put out not only dry cat food but some tasty we food as well. Then the couple realized that the food in the bowls was getting wet when it rained and they made feeding boxes big enough that the cats could go inside of them to eat and they and their food would be protected from the weather. Then, as temperatures began to get colder the couple started making insulated houses with straw in them to keep them warm and dry. These houses made great places for momma kitten to have her babies out of the weather and hidden from predators. Only a few of the cats were wildly feral but those had to be handled carefully. Once one of the wildest ferals escaped from his cage and in the process of catch it the husband was badly bitten and almost waited too long to get to a doctor and was hospitalizes with a regime of antibiotics to stop the disease that was now flowing through his veins and finally well enou to leave the hospital on day 3. When the news came down that this area the cats called home was about to be destroyed the couple reached out to The Clarksville Montgomery County Humane Society to locate someone or a group that could live trap them so they could gotten well and spayed/ eutered. The couple was told there was no one that did that. So, the couple, fearing the death of many cats and kittens, chose to learn the trapping themselves. So this couple. A man and woman determined they would save them by catching them and getting their medical care as well as getting them all spayed/neutered. After ordering two traps and two large dog cages they began cat them a few at a time until they got them all out of danger.it was estimated to be around 14. After the was finally finished the total came to 45. The couples greatest concern was getting them well and getting the older ones spayed and neutered and hoping to find them homes. The couple didn’t know what a 501c3 was and just carried then a vet where they paid full price for.over$20,000 at one vet
Office. Over $12,000 from April- December 2018 the couple spent a fortune rescuing, feeding, deworming, flea and tick treatments, f***l tests. The cats took priority over everything else. One day he was badly bitten by a feral and spent 3 days recuperating from the poison running through his veins.
OF COURSE I AM SPEAKING OF RON ANDWENDYS KITTY CAT ADVENTURES.
Six years later and were still rescuing but not as much as we have in past years. We have reached a cross roads. Although we still take in some rescues we are forced to make some changes.we currently have someone about to move into our home to begin renovations and repairs caused directly from our number of rescues. If we are to continue we definitely want to form a 501c3 but we’ll need a separate facility to continue as well. Our work is done strictly for the well being of these little babies who die by the thousands from starvation, infection and other diseases. Our hearts are in constant pain because of what we see.
Anyone who can look at a small kitten and not feel it in their heart to help in some way are simply cold dead people with hearts of stone. That seem to be the way of the world now. And people who attend church and are supposed to be caring loving people who absolutely couldn’t care less? The church is failing you or you’re not grasping how to treat others including animals that need you. Told by a family member, “We have our causes already” and has turned his back on us, his daughter and son in law thinking we may ask for a donation.This man can afford anything in life he wants so it’s not about the people. Our love for our cats makes us very sensitive to the haters and there a lot of them out there. 🥵💔🐈‍⬛

05/20/2024

If you prayed for our sweet Izzy. THANK YOU ❤️
If you wished the best for Izzy. THANK YOU ❤️
If you just thought about Izzy and hoped she would be ok. THANK YOU ❤️
If you donated to us for Izzy. THANK YOU❤️
It means a lot to us to know that so many people care. Gives us hope for humanity.

Even though we lost our sweet Izzy she made two visits to the vets offices and all that anyone knew to do was done to save her. Unfortunately, kittens born in the wild can have multiple issues especially with heart and other organs due to disease and inbreeding. Those things can’t easily be detected and their chances of living with many of those issues are not good.
PLEASE HAVE YOUR PETS SPAYED/NEURTED SO SO MANY KITTENS DONT SUFFER AND DIE.

05/20/2024

We worked on our landscaping in front of our house today. We leave no doubt about our love of cats. The loss of Izza has left us heartbroken and grasping for answers that will never come. 💔

05/16/2024

You can now subscribe to our page. That will allow you to set up recurring donations for our rescue efforts. Also, by subscribing you’ll receive information about issues and news surrounding cats and rescues. Cancel at anytime. It’s something new we added. Let us know what you think.

05/14/2024

I HAVE A WISH LIST:

I wish that before I die I see a large indoor cat sanctuary. One that has an area for moms and babies. One that has a huge playground for the cats that have been spayed/neutered to run to their heart’s content. Where people come in to play with and adopt a cat or kitten. One with a veterinarian on staff to care for the sick and injured and do spay and neutering. One with a separate area where the ones healing have a safe and cozy place to recover. Even an area where any and all cats can be looked after instead of having to live outside where they are subjected to disease, injury and hunger. Where they won’t ever have worms, fleas, ticks, infections or starvation. One where several volunteers see after and take care of them all with a kind loving heart. One where smiles abound. Where people who love cats can sip on their favorite beverage while they intermingle with the cats.
A place like this would cost a lot of money to open and run but I can dream can’t I?

05/09/2024

Final update:
It is with a broken heart that I have to say we lost Izzy last night. She was struggling to breathe yesterday and Ron took her to the vet. She actually perked up and was better most of the day. It is believed she had a heart condition from inbreeding in the area she came from. Just 2 days ago she would come running when I said her name. We will miss you so much little Izzy. 😭💔

Update: Izzy started eating wet food on her own today. Almost at a pound. Also saw her scratching on a scratcher toy. She loves to be held.

Haven’t updated in a few days. Izzy is coming along. Gaining weight slowly. She has finally gone to the bathroom 2x. Had nothing in her to come out when we first got her. She walks around checking things out a bit, and cries out when she wants attention. Added a few new pictures.

DAY 1 UPDATE: Izzy made it through the night. Formula and squeeze ups every 2 hours. She seemed to not have the energy to swallow at first, but she took a little more each time. This morning eyes are open and she’s moving around a little. I have to go teach 7th graders, so Ron is on feeding duty. Added a picture with her banana buddy.

We went by PetSmart to get litter tonight. We were almost at checkout and we see someone rushing by with what looked a very little kitten in distress, cupped in his hands.
We turned around and followed them.
An employee was helping him find KMR. He was asking how to give it, how much to give it, will it help the kitten…he was scared for the kitten.
We asked about it, and a stray had just had her 5th litter, but only 2. He said they were covered in fleas so he took them to the vet, but today, this one went downhill. He had given it a bath because there were a lot of fleas but now it wouldn’t eat.
I asked to hold her. Skin and bones, cold, dehydrated. After talking he let us take her and we exchanged information.
Immediately wrapped her up and held her close to warm her up. Gave her Karo syrup. Gave warm subquetaneous fluids, and got a little bit of a squeeze up in her.
Checked her over good…no more fleas.
She is resting in a carrier, with a heating pad, on our bed between us. Warming up some KMR and will try that with a syringe.
Don’t know if she’ll pull through but we are going to try. We’ll get her to the vet tomorrow.
He had named her Izzy, so we’ll keep it. Young man said he didn’t know what he was doing but had to try.
Please keep Izzy in your thoughts.
Thank you for all of your support.

05/04/2024

Our new rescue Grey and her 7 kittens are a perfect example of the suffering of cats in the wild. They are not suffering but as Grey takes care of her 7 babies she has babies taking form inside of her. Unspayed cats can get pregnant even while they are nursing. We will not get mom spayed until her new litter is weaned because getting her spayed while she’s pregnant would mean aborting the babies and we will never purposely do that. The ultimate cause of cat suffering is people (humans) that dump and abandon their own cat that hasn’t been spayed/neutered. For the record, that is a crime. Because of those people cats and kittens are euthanized by the hundreds. Donations to cat rescues help. Adoptions help. Reporting people who mistreat, abandon or dump pets helps, volunteering helps and fostering helps. PLEASE HELP. In some small way. The struggle to save these innocent creatures is real and the people and places that do it deserve your kindness.

05/02/2024

Some of the goings on at our house.

05/02/2024

In need of dry food and litter

05/02/2024

New pictures. Their personalities are slowly coming out. One runs to me when I open the kitten room, one runs from me. Another is social and calm, and there is also a loner in the group. This weekend I will do a little photo shoot, and post pics with names and personalities.

Just an update on the kittens. Grey is such a good mom. A few pics of kittens. I’ll get some good individual pictures soon.

04/27/2024

UPDATE: WE HAVE THE LAST 3. PICTURE BELOW. (Grey female and 2 black females)
Meet Grey. She was a young feral cat that had 2 kittens about 5 months ago. The home owner reached out to us once they were weaned and when they were finally trapped, we got them vetted, socialized, and found them a home (you may remember Ollie and Otis).
We were unsuccessful trapping her. The owner had been trying for about 6 months, and has still been trying the last 4 months. After feeding her twice a day, talking to her, and earning her trust, Grey would finally let her pet her. She also showed her that she had 7 new babies under a neighbors house. They are about 4 weeks old.
This is her second litter that we know about but may actually be her third.
Grey taught them well to hide 😂It has been a daily attempt to get the kittens.
We got one grey male yesterday.
One grey girl, and two black males today.
There are still three more.
About to go over and try again. Wish us luck and we will update you.
BTW…mom is so sweet. She follows me and lets me pick her up. She will be fixed after these are weaned, and we will find her a forever home as well.

04/23/2024

Walter continues to improve from his FIP. As he’s gaining weight he gets stronger and his medication will be adjusted upwards to allow for his weight. He’s a very sweet boy and we’re still working closely with him to get him used to being held and loved on. His original fear of us has made getting him friendly and sweet a mission. We currently desperately need more dry food and litter. We have four taking antibiotics as well. Wendy and I continue to do the best job we can to take care of them all. We currently have about 35 rescues and most of those will be getting a new home. When we have one that is semi feral we attempt to bring it around rather than just dumping it back outside and after some time and effort we usually can domesticate them. ❤️