Soft Landing Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, Inc.

04/22/2025

Moon says thank you for the cat food donations!! We all appreciate all of our supporters. Without you guys, we wouldn’t be able to continue to keep going. 💕

04/22/2025

More of our red foot rescues.

04/22/2025

Remember Fortune? The big yellow foot tortoise who was egg bound. (She had 5 eggs stuck inside her)…..
She’s doing great !! 😃😃😃
At the time, we were desperate to find her the medical help she needed. The reptile specialist who was recommended to us, never returned our phone calls. I contacted numerous zoos and asked for help. No one would touch this tortoise. We had a long conversation with Dr Speek asking her for help, to do the best she could, with the understanding that she didn’t specialize in tortoises/reptiles. We said what do we have to lose. This tortoise was going to die without help. And we were aware that Fortune could have died from the procedures to remove the eggs. One egg was extracted every week or two until they were all removed. Without Dr Speek doing her research to extract the eggs, to prescribe her the antibiotics to ward off the infection from eggs breaking inside her, this tortoise would not have survived. It was a tag team effort with several other vets. And they did a wonderful job!! Fortune has cost us a small fortune, but we are so happy that she is with us. Her personality is really coming out.

04/21/2025

Today we welcome a new addition to our rescue. She is an African Sulcata Tortoise. Although we don’t know the reason for this surrender, often times people don’t realize how large these tortoises get and how much care and space they need. Accommodations need to be made for indoor housing during the winter months in the colder states.

04/17/2025

Bella is one of our semi feral sanctuary cats. She came to us about two years ago after being trapped to be spayed. She couldn’t be released where she was trapped due to being an unsafe area. We agreed to take her from another rescue. (We like to work together with other rescues when we have space). Bella spent some time in the cathouse/catio until she developed a URI and needed antibiotics. She was brought iin and placed in an XL dog crate to be monitored Being too sick to fight me, she allowed me to give her antibiotics which turned into allowing chin scratches. Bella has found her place in a room with other rescue lkitties. Since then, Bella greets me everyday on the cat tree. She reaches for my forehead to give me butterfly kisses with her whiskers.
Bella says thank you for your donations to help care for her and all of her rescue friends. 💕

04/15/2025

Feeling it….

The Emotional Impact of Rescue – What People Don’t Always See 💔🐾

Rescue work is often portrayed as inspiring—and it is. But behind every rescue is a weight that’s rarely spoken about.

Rescuers and carers often suffer quietly:

🌧️Compassion fatigue – constant exposure to suffering wears you down.

🌧️Burnout – the emotional cost of always being needed, of never being able to do enough.

🌧️ Witnessing trauma – seeing neglect, cruelty, abandonment.

🌧️Making impossible decisions – when you can’t save them all.

🌧️ No support system – many carers work alone, with no therapy, no backup, no rest.

And still—they show up. Every. Single. Day.

Some rescuers carry multiple responsibilities and that in itself is taxing.

A full-time job, household responsibilities, family obligations, owned pets - not including fosters. Rescue comes with many hats and there are many that don't just juggle one role.

We need to talk about the emotional toll of caring.
Because the truth is: saving animals often breaks the people doing the saving.

If you know someone doing rescue work—check on them. Help them. Listen.

They carry more than you realize. 🐾💕

In honor of National Animal Care & Control Appreciation Week and to all of the individuals involved in Animal Welfare, doing far more than anyone truly understands.

We see you... 💓

04/15/2025

Thank you for the cat food donations!! Each bag gets us through another couple of days to feed the cats. We appreciate you !! Peach also says thank you !! 💕

04/14/2025

Victoria has made more progress with her sass as she has decided that she wanted to sit on my lap and be pet.
Vicky would make someone a wonderful lap cat in a quieter environment. She continues to be overwhelmed by so many felines around her. She wants attention. She purrs and makes biscuits when she is being pet.
Vicky requires thyroid pills twice a day. That’s easy with her. She loves her wet food. All you have to do is crush a pill twice a day and put it in her wet food. She eats it no problem !
Vicky lived in a church sanctuary where her owner preached. She is use to the quieter environment. When her owner passed away, Vicky found herself in a rescue. She became quite spicy and seemingly cage aggressive. When she came to us from another rescue, she spent time in a large crate so I could make sure she was eating and drinking. She settled down and is now in a room with a bunch of other rescue kitties. I’m sure she would be ok with one or two other cats as long as she has her space.
We would love to see Vicky find her own human to love her and to give her a chance. As long as her new owner is dedicated to making sure she gets her meds. I will iron out the details on prescription refills when that time comes.
If anyone would like to foster Vicky, please contact me. She really is a sweet girl !

04/14/2025

The FDA has announced a groundbreaking shift in drug development: phasing out animal testing in favor of cutting-edge alternatives like AI-driven models and lab-grown human organ systems. This move not only promises to enhance drug safety and reduce costs but also marks a significant ethical advancement in medical research. 🧬

Contact your representatives and urge them to support and co-sponsor this legislation!

Read more about the bill here: https://open.substack.com/pub/animalpolitics/p/fda-declares-endgame-for-animal-testing?r=p7khb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

04/14/2025

Houser is doing great with recovering from wet AND neurological FIP. He is now back to jumping on and off the cat tree, rubbing in and out of our legs.
He tolerates his daily FIP injection. We have many more injections to go. If anyone would like to donate towards his expense, we would greatly appreciate it !! Each vial costs $35. We can get two infections from one vial. Please consider a donation either for Houser or towards our bills for animal supplies.

04/12/2025

Sadie says thank you for the donations!! We all appreciate your support.

04/07/2025

04/07/2025

Updated Amazon wish list for our rescue

04/07/2025

It’s a new month and our cat food closet is dwindling down again. Not to mention our skid of cat litter has two bags of cat litter left. It has been so long since our cat litter skid has been even half way full for the month that it is now being used to store other stuff. There is NO help in sight from the donation warehouse. It has been 4 months since we had their help, and it’s killing us financially. We are spending $200 a week on cat food and cat litter. Not to mention the food for the other animals that we don’t ask for help with.
By spending out money for cat food and litter, it is even harder to keep up with flea meds, dewormer, and antibiotics for the cats.
We also have the expense of Houser’s FIP meds at $35/vial Each vial gives us two injections. Houser is walking although he is still very unsteady. We are happy that he is on the mend
We have a Red Robin fundraiser coming up in May. I will post that as soon as I pick a date.
Please consider sending a donation from our Amazon or Chewy wish list. Our rescue kitties appreciate your support!!

04/03/2025

Houser is now standing to eat 😻. And NOT falling over. Small steps turn into bigger steps. Keep going Houser. He also ate all of his dry food (which he hadn’t touched in over a week) and all of his wet food (his fav is Sheba pate cups). He is the most tolerant cat we have ever had to not fight when giving the injections for FIP. His wet FIP belly is pretty well gone. And now his neuro FIP is slowly going away. I’m so relieved he continues to improve.

EDIT: He is in a dog crate for his own safety at this time. He loves to lay on the top bed of the cat tree. I don’t want him falling off while trying to get down and hurting himself.

04/02/2025

“Hi there, we took in a female bengal cat from friends after they were allergic to her. Unfortunately she is terrorizing our female cat and one of our dogs is terrified of her. She is very sweet, beautiful, purrs a lot, and really liked our dogs and male cat. We just can’t keep going and making our current cat live in hiding and our dog trembles. We gave it 3 months and it’s not getting better. I was hoping you could assist in finding her a good home. We can keep her until a home is found. She is now 10 months old, spayed, and fully vetted.”

Her name is Lainey.
Looking for an adopter with Bengal knowledge and experience.

Pet Search will be handling the applications and screening people to ensure that Lainey is going to the right person or family.

https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/PAPS/Cat