Ron and Wendy’s Kitty Cat Adventures

03/14/2025

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03/14/2025

Well, we have another baby that is starting FIP treatment. This is peanut. He is 4 years old. He suddenly started having a lot of intestinal issues. He got multiple fecals done, parasite meds, dewormers, probiotics…everything. No other symptoms. Eyes are great, no URI, but then we noticed weight loss and his fur started looking disheveled.
So, we took him in for all the blood panels and an X-ray to be sure there were no obstructions.
$800 later it was confirmed to be FIP.
Lot of vet bills this month.
He is on day 5 out of 84 in his treatment. Praying it was discovered in time for this to work.

03/13/2025

This is our boy Bullet. He is very sick. He’s lost weight and after an almost $700 visit to the vet he’s on medication and we’re trying to get the very special food he needs. I cannot add it to our Amazon list because it is prescription only.
His intestine walls are 5X thicker than they should be which makes it virtually impossible to absorb any of the nutrients in his food. We are very hopeful that he starts improving soon because the vet said the next step would be to get a sample from the intestine walls and testing for cancer. 💔

03/13/2025

We finally got all of the kitties together for a group photo. We still had 8 of them that didn’t get in the picture. ❤️🤣🐈

02/28/2025

Why we aren’t good rescuers. Meet Penny. Penny was a feral and had her babies with us. Even after being around us while her babies grew up she remained quite feral, thus the clipped ear. After getting her spayed our hearts just wouldn’t let us take her back to the outdoors where we first trapped her. She had been in our house being fed and taken care of for a couple of months. That was close to a year ago and this is her now. She’s very close to being that loving lap cat we knew she could be. When you TNR (Tap, Neuter, Return) and you don’t “R” (return) you end up with more cats than you know what to do with. We love them all but it’s very costly to take care of them. We have one on FIP medicine, one awaiting surgery, two with bad upper respiratory infections that we are treating and they all eat and p**p. Food and litter. We fostered kittens for another rescue here in town and probably will again as kitten season kicks in full force. Thank You to everyone who continues to follow us and support us. We love you all ❤️

02/21/2025

Today. February 21st 2025 I’m celebrating my 69th birthday by taking a nap. But seriously I can’t think of any place I’d rather be than at home with my sweet wife and our many rescues.

This is Pixie. One of the sweetest cats we ever rescued. The first time I saw Pixie Wendy and I were in two separate cars headed to an area with a large colony of cats to put out insulated houses for them. Going down a dirt road I saw Pixie standing in the woods not too far from the road. I stopped and got out of the car hoping she would come to me. She ran. So, I put one of the insulated houses in the area along with a bowl of dry food. A few weeks later a good man contacted me to tell me about a new cat that showed up at his home. He sent me a picture. It was Pixie. We were able to catch her and got her fully vetted. She’s been with us ever since and she’s a very loving girl.

02/12/2025

I dream of a large facility where all cats can take refuge and has a large outdoor area for them to sleep and play with an indoor area with climate control with plenty of space and comfy places for them to sleep and play where they will never know hunger, disease or pain. I envision a courtyard type area with a large fountain and benches all around so people can sit and play with and watch the cats. Inside the facility would be a mom and kittens area where each mom is separated from the other’s to take care of her babies. Also inside will be a veterinary clinic where medication and needed care will be given with a full time vet that can do spays and neutering. Instead of people dumping their pet cat they can surrender it to the facility where it will be cared for. Adoptions would be available to approved adopters. Also inside the facility would be a cat museum where people could see thousands of cat objects from throughout the years. And then a viewing area where people can sit and watch the cats while enjoying a cold drink, pastry or ice cream cone. ❤️🐈‍⬛🐈❤️

02/12/2025

LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT:
I haven’t put this together yet but I love the thought of kids playing vet with it. ❤️🐈‍⬛

02/12/2025

This lady and her helpers do amazing things in Maryland to rescue cats and kittens. I think most rescues including us feel this way to some extent. Attempting to save these helpless animals is often met with dismay from society and many times the true cruelty in the hearts of many. If I thought prayer or anything would change these people I would do it in a heartbeat but I think it just comes down to good vs evil. 💔

My heart is breaking. I don't know how much more I can endure or how much longer I can go on in the world of rescue... I cannot understand why people are so cruel to innocent animals. Do you believe in karma? Is there any justice for these animals? We try so very hard every single day. Every single morning we get up. We worry about all the cats we have fixed and care for and all the ones that are still out there waiting to be helped but this week has really broken me. The cruelty is just so overwhelming and maybe there is karma for the company who I begged and pleaded with and left notes on the company vehicles to please call me about my colony and no one did. They just went ahead and plowed the feeding station and their shelters into the ground, to the person who thought it was okay to bash a cat to death with a shovel because he thought she was sick, to the director who says that the kittens are the cockroaches of the shelter, to the lady that called to complain that two cats walked through her yard and stopped to eat her bird feed as they were starving so she set antifreeze out... This will be my 46th year in the world of rescue and I'm not sure how much longer I can go on. Nothing changes for these cats. We fix 30 to 40 cats a week and yet the calls still come in, I simply cannot keep up. Nobody wants to help. Nobody wants to foster the mom and kittens until we have room for them. Everybody just calls us to solve their problem and then they wash their hands of it as we struggle to care for that mom and kittens. I try to post positive things and to try to educate people about the power and benefits of TNR. Nothing changes! The laws do not help these cats. We fix the cats. We ear tip them to show that they are fixed and yet animal control comes right out and traps that same cat because it walked through somebody's yard and says the law is the law and they must respond. I have given my life for these cats and I'm not sure how well it was worth it!

02/06/2025

After being at the vets office for 3 days they couldn’t get a stool sample enough for test. We finally got enough of a sample to take to the vet. He has had diarrhea for awhile now and he was found to have a hard to detect intestinal parasite. He also has FIP. We’ve saved 3 cats over time with FIP and hopefully will be able to get him through it and well. He’s a sweet boy and hopefully he’ll be ok after he goes through his treatments❤️

02/04/2025

Well it looks like most recent rescue River is definitely going to need surgery. He’s now occasionally lifting his right rear leg as he walks. He’s currently on pain meds and we’ll get him in for surgery as soon as we can. It’s going to be very costly and we’re not prepared for that currently but hopefully will be soon. We feel certain his condition was due to his previous owners treatment of him before he was thrown out of the house. Good neighbors took him in and contacted us to help him. ❤️
If you would like to help you can contact the vets office directly and tell them it’s for Rivers surgery c/o Wendy Matheney (see picture below). Tap on the picture of vets office for phone number and hours. Thank You ❤️

02/04/2025

02/04/2025

I was glad to donate a new wheelchair to an elderly gentleman who needed it. I have another one as well as a walker, a knee roller and a transfer chair available for someone who needs them.

02/02/2025

I know that many people who follow us and people that see our posts don’t know us and are Leary of supporting someone they don’t know. Just a reminder. Supporting us isn’t just about donations. Most of our ability to continue is because of people that love cats and get to know us. If you simply “SHARE” it can help us. When people think support is just donating it’s much easier to turn your back on the animals. Owning an animal, loving an animal, and of course donating your time and money is support. And so is sharing. Thank You ❤️. This is us. Ron and Wendy. We love them all. ❤️

02/02/2025

I held my cat in my arms and to my chest
Her fur was clean and soft
She was warm and I could feel her as she breathed in and out
When I put my ear to her I could hear her heart beating

I could feel her warm breath on my skin
I could hear and feel her purrs
Purrs that told me she was happy and content
Purrs that made me Happy and Content

An animal is a living breathing and feeling creature. It feels hunger, sickness, pain and joy. It’s not simply for humans to ignore or mistreat anymore than you would a person. The way humans treat animals says a lot about us. Mistreating an animal is not ok. That includes dumping them when you don’t want them. Most of the humans I used to love I find hard to love anymore. They don’t share my feelings about animals. It’s not easy caring so much about animals. It’s heartbreaking and carries responsibility. So why do we do it? Because we love the animals and love the way they love us. ❤️🐈‍⬛🐈

01/29/2025

When it rains it pours, or so they say. Our old boy Miles had an obvious limp. Took him to the vet today and dropped him off. They are keeping him overnight and he has two punctures in his right front paw pad. ❤️