Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation

09/11/2025

Congratulations to Gideon and his new mama! This sweet boy has endured a lot in his young life, but this weekend he hit the jackpot! If you’re looking for a handsome boy like this to be your new best friend, his handsome spotted brother Geno is patiently waiting his chance at our Calico Cat Cafe ❤️

09/10/2025

Congratulations to barn kitties Will and Grace for landing themselves at the perfect barn home!! This pair of semi feral kittens could not be released back where they were trapped because all of the cats were being eaten by coyotes, but they refused to be completely tame, indoor cats. They preferred to have the opportunity to be semi social and continue there lives outdoors, but in a very protected environment, where they will be very loved and cared for. If you have a barn, shed, greenhouse, chicken, coop, or any situation where environmentally friendly pest control would be in advantage, please reach out to us… We have so many wonderful cats that we’re waiting patiently for their chance at a wonderful outdoor home.
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09/10/2025

Huge shout out to SiteOne Landscape Supply siteonesupply (Jim Stone) and Cathy and her crew at for helping us out with some much needed stone for our paths to several animal enclosures…and for helping us hand load in the rain!!! True team spirit among animal lovers! We completed the walk to the dog area…need more stone to finish Kitty Park! If you would like to chip in to help us purchase the rest of stone from the nice folks to finish this project, we would be most grateful!! Over the years, the grass and ground has eroded and there are large areas of exposed roots and just plane slop when it rains. These stone paths are a game changer for our team not having to walk through wet mud to feed and clean!! Thanks again to all who have helped, and will help with this project!

09/09/2025

Low cost, high level care, feline spay/neuter…we have a few slots left for Wednesday, September 17th. All surgeries include pain medication and antibiotics. Discounts on vaccinations, microchips, flea prevention and wormer all available at time of service. TEXT 985-796-4494 for more info or to secure your slot! We accept parish vouchers…no limit.

09/03/2025

All of our cats have been safely delivered to our partners in Colorado, and our weary team is making their way back home. Please chip in and help us cover at least the $1,000 we spend on gas and vehicle maintenance each trip. These trips are so costly to our organization and we helped so many shelters and individuals in our community by providing the medical care needed for these animals, and then getting them quickly and safely to our partners to get wonderful loving homes. We really need your help to support our Transport program. If you want to see thousands of animals, healthy, and in forever, loving homes, rather than sick & injured on the street, or stacked up in shelters, waiting to die, please chip in. Any little bit helps! If everyone would just give a few dollars we could easily reach our goals!

09/03/2025

Is this the best our community can offer? Less than $200 in donations? If compassionate care for animals is not important to our community, then the message is being heard…
We will not be around much longer if community members cannot support us. Donate, share, volunteer, educate! Grants and donations to support our efforts are hard to come by these days. It is up to our collective community to prove that improving animal welfare and promoting education about animals in our area are a priority.

Also, TODAY is the last day to receive a free tshirt if you donate $50 or more through the ShelterLuv link in our original post. PM size and address.

08/31/2025

Another transport successfully en route to Colorado! We faced and overcame so many obstacles to make this transport happen, and now 59 lucky kitties are on their way to their new homes!!!
We worked with 5 other rescues, pulling cats in need and completing their medical requirements to be eligible for transport, including vaccines, microchips, spay/neuter, FIV/FeLV combo tests, flea/dewormer, and more! This included helping with 2 separate hoarding cases!
In addition to helping other rescue organizations, we take in countless animals from desperate situations. On this transport alone, we have THREE different cats who needed enucleation surgery (removal of an eye) that would not have been able to receive the medical care they needed elsewhere. One of these cases was little ChaCha, who was attacked by a dog, causing her eye to rupture when she was only about 4 weeks old. And the other 2 kittens were friendly strays suffering from upper respiratory infections. Despite living in a busy, public area, no one stepped up to take these kitties to the vet until one of our regular clients became aware of the situation. When she was finally able to bring them in, each already had a ruptured eye that could not be saved.
We also took in a litter of 8 kittens who were living under an elderly lady’s trailer. They came in extremely thin, with upper respiratory infections, suffering from chronic diarrhea AND they tested positive for Giardia- a highly contagious protozoa that causes diarrhea- which they had to be quarantined and treated for.
Also on this transport is our sweet momma cat Stella, who was rushed to us with a pr*****ed uterus. She initially struggled to fight off an infection, but with lots of TLC and medical care, she has recovered phenomenally! Stella and her 4 healthy babies are on their way to a new beginning 😻
These stories are just a small glimpse of the dire and terrible situations we have pulled cats from. Our very small team works tirelessly every single day to provide access to affordable veterinary care to ill and injured animals from any and all situations. We help as many as our resources allow, stretching those limited resources as far as possible. Every transport costs THOUSANDS of dollars, with the large majority of that being medical costs. Every cat that comes in needs full medical intake, and many come in sick or injured, requiring additional surgeries, medications, or hospitalization. A completely healthy cat might cost $200 minimum x 60 cats = $12,000 😱
Plus there is the cost of housing the cats and taking care of them everyday, plus food, litter, etc. for weeks until transport departs. And let’s not forget the costs to maintain our transport van, including insurance, oil changes, and new tires, all on top of the $1,000+ in gas per trip.
Transport is a huge and expensive undertaking, but it is so WORTH IT to deliver these kitties to their new homes! Who can help us recover from the massive expenses of this transport?? Who can support our unrelenting dedication to continue to help animals in desperate and dangerous situations? We cannot bear the burden of these expenses alone!! We need our community to stand with us!!

‼️Like our tshirts? BElieve THEir is GOOD in the world!
We will mail a T-shirt to anyone who donates $50 or more between now and Tuesday 9/2 using this link: https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/BSKY
Just drop your size in the comments 👇

Other ways to donate:
- Venmo
- Checks can be mailed to 82060 Hwy 25, Folsom, LA 70437

08/29/2025

Show us your cult!!😻

08/25/2025

BE the good! There are opportunities EVERYWHERE!

In a quiet corner of the world, hidden beneath ivy and shadows, a life came to an end.

No one noticed at first. The world kept moving. Cars rushed by, people scrolled through phones, laughter echoed from open windows. But beneath a patch of green, near an old stone fountain, a tiny heartbeat had stopped.

She was just a stray cat to most—dirty, unnoticed, forgotten. No name, no collar. No home.

But she had once known love.

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Not long ago, she used to wait at the park’s edge every morning. Her fur, though matted, had a shimmer under the morning sun. Children sometimes threw her scraps, and old men spoke gently to her. But there was one boy—just one—who saw her not as a stray, but as a soul.

He named her **Mimi**.

He brought her milk in a paper cup, food wrapped in napkins, and stories whispered under trees. He told her about school, about being lonely, about dreams he didn't dare say out loud to anyone else. And Mimi listened—always there, her little body curled beside him, her purrs louder than the silence of his life.

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But seasons change. And life, cruel as it is, does not always wait for goodbyes.

One winter, the boy stopped coming.

Maybe his family moved. Maybe school took him somewhere far. No one ever knew. But Mimi waited—day after day, in the cold, in the rain, in the wind that cut through her thinning fur.

Her eyes grew dim.

Her steps slower.

But still, she waited.

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Until one day, she couldn’t wait anymore.

She lay down near the bushes, where the grass met the soil, in the only place that had ever felt like hers. With the last warmth of the earth beneath her body and the distant scent of the boy still lingering in memory, she closed her eyes.

She was not found by someone who would weep, nor buried by someone who knew her name. She was seen only later—by someone who took a picture, maybe in sorrow, maybe in shock.

But that moment—the image of her lying still beneath the ivy—tells a story louder than any scream.

A story of how even the smallest lives can carry oceans of love.

A story of how the world moves too fast to notice a final breath.

A story of how every creature, no matter how forgotten, deserves a goodgoodby

If you’re reading this now, pause.

Think of Mimi.

Not just as a cat, but as every lost, voiceless being who ever waited for someone who didn’t return. Think of how much love exists in silence. Think of how many lives pass without a witness.

Then go outside.

Look around.

And if you see a stray—feed her.

Pet him.

Name them.

Be the one who notices.

Because sometimes, one human heart is all a creature ever has.