Catman2 Shelter

12/11/2024

THIS and only THIS is why we encourage visitors to take photos of the kitties.

Biff, we love you buddy but you creepy af sometimes 😂😂🫣

📸: Coralie

12/11/2024

We have so enjoyed having the open Stress Relief hours for the WCU students’ final exam week. The cats have gotten LOTS of attention and playtime. And lots of people have discovered our organization and how Catman2 serves our community.

We will be closed tomorrow but our Stress Relief hours for the rest of the week are: Thursday Dec 12th 1-3pm and Friday Dec 13th 12-2pm. During those hours you don’t need an appointment and can just show up and chill with the kitties. You don’t have to be a student - you just have to really like cats 😎

🥰 Here’s Kendall and Teri snuggling and being interrupted by Alex, who found himself a new home earlier this week!

12/07/2024

Today is the big day! The 2nd annual red carpet kitty show is happening today at the WNC Cat Museum!

12/06/2024

Doesn’t Domino look so cute with this bow tie breakaway collar? She’s been spending a lot of time “helping” me in the office, which she likes because a) we’re besties, and b) she doesn’t like other cats.

It is my wish that someone without any other cats who likes girls with crooked bobbed tails with a lil spice about em’ will come give my favorite girl a chance at a real home. She’s wonderful when she trusts you! And she’s great at arranging papers and typing on the computer 😹

Make Kaleb’s Christmas wish come true and gain a new best friend! 🎶 all we are saaaayiiinnng… is give Domino a chaaaance 🖤🤵🏻‍♀️🤍… 🎶

Tell her about yourself here: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154

12/06/2024

Edit to add: Angel has found a new home. Please consider one of our other deserving feline friends 🙂

Edit to add: WOW, there’s been SO much interest and applications in for Angel. I’m gonna have to disappoint a LOT of people because she’s only one Angel! We will stop taking applications for her so I can try to match her with the best fit.

Meet 👼 ANGEL 👼, a beautiful 3 year old Turkish Van mix. Angel is a sweet girl who was very attached to her human whose health issues necessitated her surrender to rescue. She has even been toilet trained! She’s currently using a litter box here but was happy to use the people potty at her previous home. Angel gets along with other cats, but like many of us, she’s uncertain and uncomfortable with change. She is not a high energy cat, but she likes to be involved in all the daily activities of the home. Angel is a strictly indoor kitty and is accustomed to being brushed at least once a day, as her fur is incredibly soft and easily mats.

Angel is fully vetted and her adoption fee is $60. She’s just started to come out of her shell and is ready to meet some potential suitors! Angel would love to hear all about you here: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154

12/03/2024

Hey WCU students, faculty, staff, and other community members! Come by the Catman2 Shelter for Stress Relief Hours, when you can just show up without an appointment and pet kitties and chill out for a while! Shake those end of semester stressors off and give our cats some attention - a win-win!

Carpooling is encouraged for groups. Please try to park in front of the shelter gate or by the garage/car port. The two cabins are private residences and we don’t want to take up or block their parking if at all possible.

POSTED HOURS:
Friday Dec 6th: 1-5pm
Sunday Dec 8th: 1-5pm
Monday Dec 9th: 1-3pm
Tuesday Dec 10th: 3-5pm
Thursday Dec 12th: 1-3pm
Friday Dec 13th: 12-2pm

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12/03/2024

Remember that STRAW is better, warmer bedding than blankets, which can retain moisture and freeze, making it colder for the animal.

In Western North Carolina we're experiencing dangerously cold temperatures.

Near or below-freezing temperatures can be very dangerous for animals chained, penned, or otherwise simply living outdoors.

Proper shelter can help, but in subfreezing temperatures, it's of little comfort and all animals outdoors are at risk of cold-related health issues and should be brought inside.

Just because animals have fur doesn't mean that they are equipped to handle all temperature ranges.

Below 45°F, some dogs can start to feel uncomfortable outdoors. When temperatures fall below 32°F, small breed dogs, dogs with thin coats, and/or very young, old, or sick dogs should be brought indoors. Once temperatures drop below 20°F, all dogs living outdoors could potentially develop cold-related health issues, like hypothermia and frostbite.

The same is true for cats and other animals.

The best and safest option by far is bringing animals indoors in cold temperatures.

If you know of animals outside that are suffering please BE THEIR VOICE and reach out to animal control or a local animal rescue to do a wellness check.

You can also call us at 828-400-0223 and we'll be happy to either go ourselves or, if the location is out of our service area, we’ll try to find someone who can.

We usually have some doghouses and straw bales on hand that we can deliver to dogs in need.

If you would like to build a community cat shelter for your outdoor cats in need, please check out our detailed plans for building them here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.159259595451040&type=3

Below is a list by county of animal control, police or sheriff's departments and rescue orgs who can assist with animals left outdoors in cold weather.

Buncombe County:
Asheville Animal Services, (828) 252-1110
Sheriff's Office, (828) 250-6670

Burke County:
Animal Services, (828) 764-9588

Haywood County:
Animal Services, (828) 456-5338

Henderson County:
Sheriff's Office, (828) 697-4912

Jackson County:
Animal Control, (828) 586-6138
(after-hours emergencies, (828) 586-1911)

Madison County:
Animal Services, (828) 649-3190

McDowell County:
Mercy Fund Animal Rescue, (828) 652-7980
McDowell County Sheriff's Office, (828) 652-2235

Mitchell County:
Mitchell County Animal Rescue, (828) 765-6952
(after-hours emergencies, (828) 766-7348)

Polk County:
Polk County Sheriff's Office, (828) 894-3001

Rutherford County:
Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue, (828) 287-7338
Animal Control Enforcement Office, (828) 288-4041

Swain County:
Sheriff's Office Dispatch, (828) 488-2196

Transylvania County:
Animal Services, (828) 883-3713

Yancey County:
Animal Control, (828) 682-2124

12/03/2024

Today we celebrate the spirit of giving on . At Catman2, we know how vital donors are to keeping our mission alive. We receive no government funding so we are run solely on donations. This year we have taken in over 160 cats and found homes for over 140 cats, all while having only one staff member and a small but mighty crew of volunteers. We took on lots of heavy medical cases, shared lots of laughs with you all, and tears as well.

And we couldn’t do any of that or all the other things we do to help kitties and our community without *you*.

This , can you spare $5 (or more!) to help us continue saving and improving the lives of cats in WNC?

Donate here or at www.catman2.org/donate 💚

12/02/2024

The WNC Cat Museum is looking for volunteers to help out for the Red Carpet Kitty Show this coming Saturday. Students who need volunteer hours before the end of the semester, check this out!

12/01/2024

Good news! In accordance with my new motto (“Better late than never!”), our annual newsletters will be mailed out tomorrow!

Volunteer Sean is prepping the newsletters to be stuffed in the envelopes and several cats are supervising the process or attempting to “help” in their own way.

If you’re not on our snail-mail list and would like to receive a copy of our newsletter, please PM our FB page with your mailing address and we’ll add you to the pile!

11/29/2024

TURRY! says we ate too much yesterday so we will be closed today and see you back on Sunday!

11/28/2024

On this day of gratitude, I am thrilled to introduce Soot (L) and Cinder (R), a brother-sister pair who would love to find a home together! These two have been through a lot together: their human had to go into a memory care facility, then they survived Hurricane Helene devastating WNC… now they’re at Catman2 and finally decompressed enough to begin coming out of hiding and seeking out food and attention. We are so thankful that Soot and Cinder had each other during the hard times, and we insist that they have each other for the rest of their lives! For the right home, we will waive the second adoption fee for this beautiful silky pair of 7 year old siblings, making it just $60 to take home two fully vetted sweeties. We can’t get enough of their lil toe hairs and floofy bibs 😻😻.

Apply today to give this amazing duo a loving indoor home: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154

We are so grateful for all of our followers and supporters, and for so many kind words and gestures during a difficult time since Harold’s passing. We hope you all can reflect on what you’re grateful for today and that everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving no matter what you’re doing! 🫶🏻

11/26/2024

Here’s Nina with her cookie gut hanging out 😂 She came from one of the many feral colonies we have worked with this year and luckily had someone who looked out for her until she and her baby (another ginger gal Niecy) could come to Catman2. Nina is quite friendly now and loves to be petted and is desperate to find a loving indoor home where she can escape me saying weird things to her all day like “The Neenty, the Peenty, and the Santa Mareenty” 🙄🥺

Help a girl out and apply to adopt her here: https://form.jotform.us/93037105972154

Can’t adopt? Share this post! Or donate $5 to Catman2 to help care for the many other kitties like Nina who have come through our doors this year: www.catman2.org/donate

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11/25/2024

Hi friends, I apologize for being quiet. It’s been a week since Harold passed and it just kind of feels like my life has been turned upside down. It brings me great comfort to see him get the recognition he deserves in the local paper, The NY Times, etc, but I sure wish he was here to see it. 💔 I’ve been going through old photos and thought I’d share some.

Love yall ❤️‍🩹🩶

11/24/2024

Check out Harold in The NY Times! He would love this. ❤️‍🩹🩶

He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed several thousand people a year.