Carlton County Animal Rescue

11/18/2024

MISS MARTINA MARGARITA is ready to start her search for her forever home. On September 5th she had her first of 84 daily injections and we would love to have her in a HOME of her own before Christmas.

Martina Margarita THEN: lethargic, underweight, distended abdomen, diarrhea, lack of appetite, and the weakest saddest cry/meow you’ve ever heard.

Martina Margarita NOW: A bubbly personality that will light up a room, a joyful voice you can hear clearly from across the hall. She loves to cuddle and play, loves to chase, and will play FETCH for as long as you’re willing to toss the toy for her to bring back. She is an overall beautiful and energetic teenager kitten! Her only true drawback: her flatulence (you were going to find out if you took her home, so no sense in trying to hide it). She has made her mark on two foster families in her time with us.

Background story:
Martina, is one of 4 kittens who came to us with their mama Dolly this summer. She appeared to be healthy and active and loved to eat and play with her siblings. When she was spayed the doctor noticed some abnormal fluid build up in her abdomen and recommended follow up with primary vet. She started to get a bloated belly and became more lethargic. After 3-4 vet visits, with some blood work, a f***l exam, and a sedated X-ray, Dr Wickenheiser was able to rule out many other potential causes and diagnose FIP.

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a viral disease of cats caused by certain strains of a virus called the feline coronavirus. Most strains of feline coronavirus are found in the gastrointestinal tract and do not cause significant disease. 5-6 years ago this would have been a death sentence for little Martina.
Today there are treatment options, although not FDA approved at this time, that have a lot of research and positive results. Our team has put in a lot of hours researching and doing what we can to give her this best chance at recovery. However, this means a daily injection for an expected 84 days (12 weeks) with several check ups and blood work labs.

We are so appreciative of the team at Cloquet Animal Hospital and consultation and support from Ask Vet Christine to help us help them.

Help us continue to fundraise this week to help more local animals like Martina, as we work toward a building for a local animal shelter. Give to the MAX: Early Giving Matched Donation up to 10k for CCAR

11/18/2024

Hey all! We’re launching a new private Facebook group for CCAR adopters to share photos and updates of their CCAR alumni. This will be a place to reconnect with your dog’s or cat’s foster, see updates on littermates, share dna results, training tips, and support.

If you have adopted through CCAR and would like to join this community please reach out via messenger or comment below.

11/17/2024

Over the next four days we are looking for any local businesses, organizations, clubs, or individuals who might like to sponsor an hour of our 24 hour Give to the MAX day fundraising event on 11/21.

What does this mean? We would feature your business in a post during that hour- we would tag your business/group page on social media, do a shout out in our outreach materials, share an image or images of your team, and/or share a challenge or match from your business.

This could be anything from an offer to donate up to $200 if we raise $200 from private donors in that hour, or that your business will donate $500 if we can get ten donations in that hour, or that your business will match dollar for dollar up to ### during that hour.

Not only are these financial contributions critical for CCAR as we work towards building capacity with a building, but the increased awareness and community support is critical for our success.

If you own a business, have a friend who owns a business, or think your employer and/or coworkers might be willing to step up and say "WE SUPPORT A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER HERE IN CARLTON COUNTY"

Help us raise funds and awareness while also sharing more about your business or organization this coming Thursday as we join with non profit rescues across the state of Minnesota. If you're interested in partnering with us this thursday, or for other fundraising and outreach efforts over the next couple of months, reach out now to: [email protected]

11/17/2024

Who’s ready for a trip to Sam’s club or Costco to make box castles for cats?! 🖐️👋

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11/17/2024

This big guy was very much craving human attention. Proof of ownership required to claim. If not he will enter our foster program, receive vetting and be neutered.

Although the video is dark you can clearly see how excited this guy was to be picked up and brought in. 🧡

Thank you for our volunteers and fosters for allowing us to say yes.

Give to the MAX: Early Giving Matched Donation up to 10k for CCAR

11/17/2024

Our Space Litter has been getting a lot of attention, especially little Moon and Pluto. They were at their first adoption event a week ago and now they've all (except for little Lyra) been spayed/neutered and ready for their forever homes, with a few meet and greets getting scheduled with potential adopters.

We are not accepting more applications for Moon or Pluto at this time, and Lyra, the smallest of the bunch.. isn't quite ready for adoption yet, but the rest of the crew is! Get your application in today.

Milkyway is an upfront little guy who loves playing and ALL the kitten things. He is a little protective of his brother Orion. Orion is a little more softspoken, but loves to play and cuddle as well. Both are very happy kittens! They are inseparable! Although they are young and likely could do okay in a home with other kittens/cats, given their special bond we are hopeful to find a home for them together at this time. If that can't be found, then we will explore other options for them.

Moon is very gentle. She is fine whether she is by herself or playing with all of our cats. She plays at full kitten strength but may need a little more coaxing initially. Pluto is a lover. He loves being petted and attention. He is a little ball of energy and will keep you entertained with his antics.

Nebula is a diva. Sometimes she likes cats and dogs and sometimes she wants to be alone! When she wants attention she is thorough in seeking it out! She is very gentle but plays hard.

Luna is very curious. He doesn't come running for attention very often. He is fine with whatever situation he is in!

Lyra is very soft and gentle. He isn't big with playing and most of the time prefers to be alone or cuddling with a human. He craves attention!

11/16/2024

A quick update for you all with applications in waiting: Here are some of our kittens who are waiting for the right adopter as soon as possible!

Charlie- tabby male medium hair- handsome and loves other cats, scared of new people at first but will warm up with time- 5-6 months old.

Meg- black female short hair- sweet and playful, loves a good nap as much as she loves being pet, hesitant about getting picked up or held by new people. 10-12 months old.

Boo- female tabby 4 months old, loves attention and having someone to play with.

Froggy & Stymie- brothers from Little Rascals Litter- 18 weeks.

Nacho & Steve- last two brothers who have been waiting about a month to find their forever homes! Would prefer to be in a home with other cats or kittens or be adopted together- 18 weeks.

Harold & George- older brothers Domestic short hair male kittens approx 6-7 months old. They are so loving and friendly!

Mama Freya- she's s a wonderful girl with the most beautiful eyes. She is a bit shy and does take a little bit to warm up to new people. Once she trusts you she loves to be pet and brushed. She will roll over on her back with all purrs.

Fiona - Very relaxed but independent girl. Enjoys being with people but a bit uncertain of being picked up.

Haddie - Very playful black short hair female. Also enjoys being with people

Ivan- DSH black male- lots of fun kitten energy and well socialized

Jayla- a very talkative and playful kitten. She loves chasing feather toys and carrying them around.

Strawberry- adorable female orange kitten full of energy and curiosity.

Boogers- unique black and white tuxedo who is super social and friendly and likes everyone!

Please reach out via email or messenger regarding existing applications if you haven't heard back in 4-5 days. We are doing our best to review and process as quickly as we can and try to match each animal up with the home that best fits for them.

11/16/2024

There's 5.5 days remaining of early giving for our Give to the MAX: Early Giving Matched Donation up to 10k for CCAR.

2023 was our first year participating in Give to the Max day. CCAR raised roughly $800 during early giving and just over $4000 in total including a $1000 golden ticket!

This year, we launched Monday morning for 10 days of early giving with a 1 to 1 match campaign, and thank you to 38 donors contributing $2,225 so far, we have a total of $4500. We know there are some checks in the mail and that we've got the momentum and determination to keep pushing towards our big goals! We've already surpassed last year's fundraising with 5.5 days to spare before the official 24 hour statewide GIVE to the MAX day.

Help us make good use of this matched donation opportunity. Word of mouth is the best way to reach people- challenge a friend, family member, neighbor, or colleague to donate $5, $10, $20... and help us DOUBLE each donation.

Can we make it to 10k by 11/20? 25k by 11/22? and 50k by 12/31?! We need to GO BIG or have no place to call HOME!

11/16/2024

Welcome to the CCAR family to Curtis (and his foster who is new to CCAR!). We do not know what breeds Curtis is, who is parents were, or how old he is, although we believe he's about 2 years of age based on information received.

We were working to line up a foster home for this young adult dog for about a week. His previous owner became unable to take care of him and extended family had to step in as a temporary plan. It's our understanding he had spent much of his life tied up outside with little socialization around other dogs, and had never received any vetting.

With a shelter building, we would have greater capacity to intake and assess surrendered and stray animals. In this case we were very appreciative of the individual who was caring for the dog and working with us to gather needed information and a plan to get him into our care. We were able get him in through our intake process, start his vaccines, and get him neutered on the same day and placed into a foster home. He was very timid and scared and we anticipate it will take him a week or two to be able to start showing his true character and temperament. We are hopeful we can help him learn some basic routine and structure and build trust with humans, so he'll be ready to find a forever home that will give him love and the care he needs and deserves.

We believe Curtis is full grown as a medium sized dog and will make someone a great companion when he's ready.

Every donation helps us get closer to our phase one goal for a shelter building. Give to the MAX: Early Giving Matched Donation up to 10k for CCAR

11/15/2024

Another day, and another dozen reminders of how urgent we need a local animal shelter / building in our community.

A kitten found in rural Wrenshall, on a relatives property with no mom or other kittens to be found. Appears to have upper respiratory infection with green goopy eyes, dirty ears, and overall not feeling the best, estimated at 5 weeks old. Taken in by a recent adopter who reached out to one of our fosters who helped get connected to our intake team- entering a foster home in isolation from other kittens for special care.

Another small kitten, reported to Missing Pets In The Northland as found in the Pinehurst area of Cloquet. CCAR connected with finder and was informed it was found in their garage on Tuesday and they could not keep it. CCAR intaked same day and started vetting and placed in foster home.

TWO more kittens, showed up on someone's property in Kerrick area, appeared to have been very comfortable around humans and possibly dumped.

We'd like to take this as an opportunity to remind you that this weekend we are wrapping up our two week push for CCAR’s End of Kitten Season Kitten Shower / Donation Drive with several local drop off locations for donations and a link to our amazon wish list.

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We're on day 5 of our early giving launch for our Give to the MAX: Early Giving Matched Donation up to 10k for CCAR. We are working to get the offline donations added in to see where we are as we work toward our matched goal before Give to the Max day. Our building committee is actively seeking out land or building opportunities as we know we can not keep up with the needs across our county and surrounding areas.

11/15/2024

We always appreciate the expert advice and guidance from Ask Vet Christine. Consider a monthly or annual membership to have access to after hours consultation and guidance.

11/14/2024

Every day, more and more requests coming in. Our team has been working with a senior in rural Barnum who reports that cats just keep showing up on her property and needs help. We were able to bring her some cat food to help with feeding them and making sure they have access to shelter. Two males had injuries and were taken into a foster home.

Tsunami (orange and white large male) had previously been neutered and ear tipped however kept getting injuries or picked on. Usaine Bolt (white male with 3 legs) seems to have survived an attack by a predator that took his leg over the summer. We were able to get him neutered vaccinated and an antibiotic injection yesterday, however he will need more vet care for injuries in the days ahead.

We encourage people to fill our our stray form on our website and our volunteers reach out to connect with resources and to coordinate placement if/when we have capacity.

Reminder of an amazing opportunity that CCAR has for up to 10 THOUSAND matched donation!

Every day we have someone ask us, do you have a shelter building yet? The only way this is going to happen is if we make it happen!
You have shown up for CCAR and this has allowed us to continue to do the work that is so desperately needed. It's AMAZING to see what we've accomplished with a very small all volunteer team in such a short amount of time with no shelter/building space. No matter how many volunteers and fosters who are committed to helping, we know the next step is for us to have a building space.

The time is NOW! 11/11-11/20 is our 10 day match drive as part of the early giving for Give to the Max Day.

We have an anonymous donor who believes in the work and mission of CCAR and has come forward offering to match donations specifically for long term planning- whether we buy land and build or find an existing building that can meet our needs. Every dollar that comes in via GiveMN (or offline donations noting BUILDING) up to TEN THOUSAND dollars, will be matched one to one. Join us in following this example and challenge a friend to match your donation.

https://www.givemn.org/story/Ccar2024

11/14/2024

A shout out of thanks to a local business in cloquet that is also collecting donations for CCAR. We are so greatful for the community support coming in. CCAR’s End of Kitten Season Kitten Shower / Donation Drive

🐾 Donation Drive for Carlton County Animal Rescue! 🐾

We’ve set up a special donation box here at Salute to give back to the amazing animals at Carlton County Animal Rescue! 🐱🐶 Our furry friends at the shelter could really use some extra love, and we’d love for you to help out!

📦 What We’re Collecting:

Cat Litter
Cat Food (wet & dry)
Dog Food (wet & dry)
Toys 🧸
Storage Bins
Leashes & Collars

💻 Want to Donate Money Instead?
You can also visit Carlton County Animal Rescue’s website to make a direct donation.
Amazon Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3Q5VJLX2LIIR1?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwY2xjawGJFKZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWz1zQsMxIMFUaI22ZNxYkX7OfqJJIGKLrRI53dJ5CqIMmUr36MWMpYJHQ_aem_fGO16qLEgZgVeFUDHWWCxA
Stop by Salute to drop off a donation, and let’s surprise these animals with the supplies they need! Every bit helps make a difference for cats and dogs waiting for their forever homes. 🐾

11/13/2024

Our little rascal's litter had 2 males and 2 females. Darla and Maryann are both adopted and the two boys are still waiting for their forever homes!

Froggy is a cuddly tuxedo mail kitten about 3.5 months old who is looking for a new pad to hop to! He like other cats and humans, and likely would warm up to having dog buddies as well. He does all the kitten things - He's either sleeping on your lap (75% of the time) or zooming around the house (25% of the time). He's obsessed with the fuzzy mouse toys, and will carry it around and wrestle with one whenever I'm awake. He like being carried around, but I'll either flip over and let you carry me like a baby or climb up on your shoulder to see things from your point of view.

Meet Stymie, Froggy's brother who is tabby and white DSH, 3.5 months old male. He like other cats and humans, and likely would warm up to having dog buddies as well. He does all the kitten things - He's either sleeping on your lap (75% of the time) or zooming around the house (25% of the time). He's obsessed with the plastic spring toys, and also loves to be carried around or playing with his buddy.

We would love to find these boys a home together, however they could be adopted separately into different homes, preferably with other young cat or kitten playmates for socialization.

We have SO MANY cats/kittens needing homes right now and are working our best to process the many apps that are coming in for the newest additions and the crew that just left Wired Whisker. We thank you for your patience as we process as quickly as we can.

11/13/2024

TOMORROW is only a day away, and we will have a great group of fosters and volunteers at PetSmart with so many cats/kittens. If you’ve already got an application in, this is a great way to meet several kittens at one space and talk to our team a bit more about them and the process. We will be working on listing names and sharing photos of kittens we expect to be there today as we update who is pending adoption from the large number of applications that have been pouring in the last 10 days!

11/12/2024

Taking care of your winter cat shelter- please read if you have one or are getting one.

11/12/2024

Yesterday afternoon we took in a surrendered senior Cavalier King Charles. Often times people have life or health changes that no longer allow them to be able to care for a pet any longer.

We are blessed with some amazing and skilled fosters and volunteers who stepped up to help us get this guy set up in the best home with experience needed to help him. Upon intake he was able to get an exam to see where he’s at and what he needs to live his best life. He is overweight which is taxing on his body. He has a heart murmur, 2 torn ACLs and arthritis in the knees and luxating patella’s in the knees. His a**l glands were giant so those were expressed and likely helped him feel a bit better already. He also has an ear infection and diarrhea and is on his path to better overall health and wellness.

Every stray or surrender animal we say “yes!” to comes with unknown potential expenses, which is why fundraising is so important to support our work.

With offline donations we have hit the first $1,000 mark for give to the max early giving- which we kicked off a 10 day matched donation challenge yesterday.

This little guy is NOT available for adoption at this time, and our fosters have the first opportunity to adopt if they choose when the time comes.

11/12/2024

We’ve had over 250 new followers in the last couple of days… so welcome! We’re so glad you’re here to be a part of our journey.

Every day is a good day to rescue animals!

Today we’d like to feature two older female kittens who have been overlooked with so many cute fluffy littles. Getting an older kitten is great for someone who only wants one pet, as they’ve had a bit longer to have some socialization with littermates already. Turns out, all those little kittens grown and turn into bigger kittens sooner than later regardless. 😄

Boo is a female tabby, who is almost 4 months old and is extremely affectionate, loves attention and to play. She gets along well with other cats, children and large breed dog in her foster home. She has an amazing purr and loves the sun. She will make a wonderful addition to any family.

Meg is a sleek female black cat, approximately 9-12 months old, who has spent her last month in the lounge warming up to all different kinds of humans. She’d love a chill home to call her own.

Another reminder that we will continue to make is that early giving for give to the max day is happening now and we have up to a 10k match offer available to CCAR! We almost hit the first one thousand on day one… let’s keep the momentum going all week!