AChance4Cats

07/28/2024

For anyone visiting this page, and somehow finding my phone number online, I am sorry, but AChance4Cats is CLOSED for all intakes, as I just had surgery on Wednesday. I am not returni g calls while I focus on my healing. I do not anticipate being able to help with stray cats or surrenders for the next several months as I struggle to care for the residents of the rescue already in my care.
Yes, everyone is full, but if you are able to offer to those you contact, to foster temporarily, it may get the cat you are trying to help in the door, if the cat needs medical help, try the larger rescues, shelters, and even other towns, maybe asking neighbors if they would chip in for vet care, start a gofund me to aid the rescue that helps, or possibly one of them could help the animal, but please keep asking, calling, emailing, posting on lost channels, so that no animal suffers and dies alone.
It is all I can do financially and physically to care for the ones I have already committed to save. I'm sorry.

04/15/2024

Prayers please for our Thomas the Train. He can't keep food down and is having labored breathing. I'm pretty in tune with the cats I care for, and it's obvious he doesn't feel good, so he is getting exray's now.

UPDATE: He has fluid build up around his lungs and heart. I've given the go for a fluid analysis, to try to determine if it is something treatable. He is only 4, and such a nice, sweet boy. Today's visit is coming at a really tough time for keeping everyone fed, and their litter fresh, and basic needs met. I anticipate it will run over $400, any help would be most welcome.
I am lucky everyone has been so healthy, and that I was able to send 6 others off to adoption agencies.

02/13/2024

I have a large ask of my followers. I need your help. My dad passed away two weeks ago after a lengthy and hard fought battle with COPD. My mom is 81, and they were married 47 years. Their anniversary is February 18th. They managed, with combined SSI, but have no savings. The next few months will be incredibly hard, emotionally, financially, even with her family, and freinds support.
I am taking one of thier cats into Pioneer Veterinary Clinic to Dr. Meiers on Wednesday, for what I am afraid is a cracked or broken tooth. He is in considerable pain, when eating, and running away from his food. Because he is semi feral, we didn't know what was going on with him, just that he appeared to have lost weight, and seemed more skittish the past month. I am preparing a side room at the rescue, so I can medicate, and contain him safely for whatever treatment he needs. He is only around 6 years old.
They especially love this little cat, and have cared for him, his momma (totally feral) and a number of other fixed feral cats ( 4 now plus neighborhood visitors) the 20+ years where they live, I helped spay and neuter them, and they doted on them like children. Two passed away in 2022, at 15+ years old. They also lost their two inside cats during Covid, they were 21 &15, and their senior dog who was 15.
Feeding this little pack was going to be a struggle until her adjusted SSI comes through, which we are told could be several months, but I am dedicating myself to relieve her of that worry, by making sure she has the food and care she needs for them for now. The reality is though, it is while I am feeding 25 rescues here, some with their own medical issues, and I will probably be facing surgery on both hands within the next several months.
I know you believe in what I do, and know the lives I have saved through the years. My folks have always been a huge part of that from day one. Until Dad's health failed, they were my biggest supporters, transporting hundreds of cats to safety, feeding, fostering, bottle feeding, and now I am asking for your help with food, and medical care for Stripes while my mom (and I) get life settled into a new normal . I don't know how much it will be, I am praying it is just an abcess, or one tooth, but I am just really in deep, and could use a couple lifelines here.
I will be adding an Amazon wish list just for Mom's pack, they pretty much eat just Friskies dry, and canned. Because most of the others are 10+ years old, she has fed them canned every night. I will be eternally grateful for any help you can send. Links for Paypal and Venmo are in the comments, and I will add the wish list as soon as it's finished.
Donations for Stripes upcoming visit can be also made directly to Pioneer Veterinary Clinic by phone at 509-765-6794 under AChance4Cats.

01/12/2024

ASSISTANCE NEEDED
I know it is just after Christmas, but can anyone possibly help (anything helps)towards a couple of indoor safe propane heaters? I'm going to put on my Lowes card but it is nearly maxed.
We are facing temps as low as 20 below until Sunday, and I am really worried about power loss. Our radiators are barely able to hold room temps above 50 right now, and I will be checking every 2 hours tonight to see if I have to boost with one of these, I have 2 buildings. Paypal is in the comments, I also have a Venmo account.
I bought over $200 worth of food and litter last night, and that will hold us until next week, but the heat is just neccesary, because I cannot let these guys get sick. Thank you as always, for helping me help keep them safe and warm!

12/23/2023

UPDATE: Remi is living the dream, and I am grateful to his forever family for driving through almost 2 hours of foggy roads to meet him. It was going to be a meet and greet, we thought, they had no kitty supplies yet, but after just 15 minutes with him, they asked where the nearest store was, so they could stock up, and come back to take him home. When you know, you know! 🥰 Sometimes when you love something you have to let it go, but I am glad we could offer hope to not only one family, but to two, and that everything came together for him and his new family.

Remi, DUDE! Who WOULDN'T love you (besides me, because I'm owned already by too many misfit cats ) but seriously. I knew the moment I saw you, and your people's plight you were destined to be cherished by someone special. Someone who would just love you to pieces.
I might have even had an idea who that someone was....and I knew I had to try. Because they deserve you, and because the people who loved you first (and always) deserved to know you would be in a safe, and loving home forever.
I think I am a pretty good matchmaker, or at least I used to be, until parts of my life got in the way of being able to adopt the cats I rescued into the homes I chose. I have a few locally past the 12 year mark now ❤ Maybe the stars are in my favor, and today I will see if I am right......If I still have the touch...I hope I do.

12/22/2023

Someone got their Christmas wish today....
Remington!!❤❤❤ ADOPTED!

12/22/2023

Remi: What?! You won't tell me who's coming to visit? Not even a hint?

Me: Its a surprise....

Remi: Is it Santa Paws?

Me: No, not Santa Paws. Someone BETTER, but you will just have to wait and see....

Might be a Christmas miracle if the stars align. Stay tuned!

10/15/2023

Please share!

10/04/2023

Love the Law and Order music with it. This is a very lucky cat to have such humans.

09/13/2023

Who knew?

08/17/2023

Amazing couple. Cats do give undeniable, and unbiased love. They just want to be loved in return. They don't care about the mistakes you make or what other people think about you. They are so special.

Meet Leonardo and Elise Vazquez, a couple who really loves cats — and decided to give seven of them a home! The Vazquez’s adopted seven shelter cats. To find an adoptable cat near you, download the WeRescue App from the WeRescue.pet website. You don’t have to adopt seven, but maybe you’ll fi...

07/11/2023

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
Keehlala Kee has been with us since the beguinning of our rescue efforts in 2007, and is a much loved ambassador for the past 16 years.
She has been showing some worrisome changes, and despite having been examined several times with our vet, and bloodwork (normal) in December, no diagnosis has really been found for her continuing sneezing spells, scratching, and daily little vomits of the hair she has injested. Her weight has been steady, even gaining 6 oz to 6 #13 oz.
However, a recent worsening lethargy and depression, I thought maybe over Crooks decline from kidney failure could be contributing. Until today. Yesterday, I had made an appointment because she had not been eating normally, and was unsteady and weak on her feet. Her tummy appeared distended, so I brought her up to Pioneer Veterinary Clinic for another examination.
It was then that I heard her tummy crackle. Immedietly googled it, and there can be several causes, some are very serious.
She is back now getting blood & urine taken, exray's (to look for any masses) and an ultrasound for free fluid outside her tummy.
I am so scared for her, but this will also be our largest bill yet this year, we have been so lucky, all of the cats have been unusually healthy, but my heart tells me she may be very sick, I am praying it isn't so!

If anyone wants to help with our oldest and most devoted resident, please contact the clinic at 509-765-6794 and ask for the Achance4cats account. NO donation is too small! I will post bill and diagnosis as well as bloodwork tomorrow when it comes back. I expect this barrage of tests will run close to $400, but she deserves to never suffer, but also not to be given up on if whatever this is can be treated.

06/14/2023

Crazy it has taken literally decades, for a govener to finally recognize that preventing MORE homeless cats is better than just killing the ones they catch, and having the rest breed unchecked. Still, the bird people have to weigh in, and say that cats kill more birds than humans do. Bologna.

Animal advocates are deeply divided over whether so-called TNR policies are a good idea. A bill signed by the governor last weekend gives them legal protection statewide.

04/08/2023

03/21/2023

Please cast a FREE vote for Team Keebo, she is in the FINAL ROUND and is currently in SECOND PLACE. Voting ends in two days. I have followed this special little cat and her people for the past three years, as they share her surpluss gifts with rescues and shelters all around them. Thank you!

Keebo has Radial Aplasia and Radial Hypoplasia. These cat's are called 'squittens'. She is the most amazing cat I have ever had

02/13/2023

Please share with your friends and families!

Lilies are DEADLY to cats. Even a little bit of pollen, which may fall from the flowers onto a table, be walked on by the cat, and subsequently licked off of the paw, can be fatal! Please do not purchase flower arrangements with lilies in them if they will be in a home with kitties.
(House Pet Vet Visits)

02/12/2023

I'll say more later, but for now, please send help if you can.
I am struggling to keep the rescue safe, and myself in one piece. I'm losing with a $900 increase in my mortgage payment and a $600 power bill. I need supplies, I'm not asking for money, but any sent to my paypal will go immedietly to buy supplies. There are 25 rescue cats depending on me to find help among our followers to help me keep them fed, and their boxes clean, I will manage the rest of my crisis somehow. These cats currently have nowhere to go, I'm trying to reduce my numbers, everyone and everywhere is full.
This is what I have found affordable, usually available, and that doesn't seem to set off too many exploding cat box nightmares. Please share. PM for shipping address, our local walmart is continuously our of every supply I need, but seems to ship quickly. We, I will love you forever for even one bag to lessen the burden. Thank you.

12/15/2022

Different looking cats can be the BEST!

12/03/2022

Cha-Cha-Cha Chia!
Getting even one decent head shot of this silly girl is just about impossible. She is such a playful and energetic sweetheart, and her favorite thing is a nose rub, open mouthed against your palm. (See video in comments!) Chia came from a feral colony I manage, and has been fully vetted, and vaccinated, spayed, and is ready to find her new life with a family who has room for her to play. She is a little butterball of a turkey, we actually thought she was pregnant when she was rushed in for a spay (prevent any more homeless lives when we can!) but she wasn't, just was just a little fattie at 10 #. Now she is 12 #, and needs more interaction to keep her weight from climbing. She does not seem to be bothered by other friendly cats, and actually lays visits with the two younger cats I have in my office with her, who are corralled in the walk in closet.
She has been the ultimate and gentle houseguest. Let's find her a home before Christmas! I am hoping that ARFS or 9ne of my other Seattle partners will handle her actual adoption for me, and microchipping will be included in their fee.
Gia is estimated to be about 3 years old, and her only quirk I have seen is she is very wary if tall dark haired men. Everyone else is an instant freind to this beauty queen, and I am sure she would come to love even a tall dark and handsome man once she got to know them!

10/31/2022

The hope is someone took them in, please share locally, this would be in Base housing area MOSES LAKE WASHINGTON, anywhere near or between Patton, Craw, or pretty much the entire base. They may have taken refuge in car engine to keep warm. Please share on your page to help family get them back. I'll take this down if something changes.

10/30/2022

How many lives have been lost because of lies a hundred or more years ago!

10/26/2022

I am definitely owning the cat whisperer status. lol I am sitting this far away from the clinic where I dropped 7 cats off this morning, ( half for other people!) and saw this orange cat over by there, I said out my window, hello pretty kitty, and a few minutes later I heard a meow, and he was under my window. I opened my door to pet him, but he ran back where he came from, guess he just wanted to say hi back! lol I believe he has a local owner if it's the same one I asked about last time. Maybe he remembered me! lol

10/20/2022

So many thanks to those who have helped these beautiful cats in the past. It may be tough at times, but the gift is the lives that are saved because of us.
As my divorce continues to suck the life out of me financially and emotionally (18 months now) and costs continue to rise, I am sadly unable to help new cats, other than an occasional TNR, or approved rescue transfer. I cannot commit to any that would remain here, or with medical issues. But there are still those who have already been saved, and rehabilitated, stranded here still because of the long reaching effects of Covid-19 and all of the shutdowns of rescue transfers. I could really use some influx of help with litter and dry food, vaccines, I appriciate you all keeping us going the past 10 years. So many helped because of this village! God Bless you and your kitties! (and doggies!)
My paypal link is below, or to send chewy or amazon supplies please pm me for address.

09/01/2022

Most of you have seen the posts of what I am struggling with this past year. I'm not done yet. Thanks to a few monthly contributors who have sent litter, and occasionally food, my rescue has been able to remain 8ntact, and we have been able to even help a handful of kitties like Gia, though I have had to turn away most needing me this year.
Two of my litter donors had emergencies this month, and so we will not be getting that help for the time being. I also exhausted a donation that has helped with dry food the past few months. This is being used against me in my divorce, saying my rescue takes all my money. No, this divorce, and paying bills until I can refinance is taking all my money, but it will be worth it soon I hope.
To file for 501-c3 status I will also have to show ongoing outside support, to be considered charitable, and so I HUMBLY ask those who still love and admire what I do, to kindly send a bag of food, LITTER (which is really killing me right now) amazon gift card, Paypal, Zenmo, you can PM me for my new address if you don't have it. Every little bit helps.
This basket was $177, bought on Tuesday, and I'll be out of litter again by Monday. The litter in this cart is what I use WEEKLY.😟🐈‍⬛
Thank you from the kitties, even if you can only share. ❤❤❤❤🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛❤❤❤

08/31/2022

Pretty Girl Gia, lucky enough to get in for an emergency spay down in Benton City at Prevent Homeless Pets. So I drove down this morning, nearly falling asleep several times, 😴 and have sat in the car mostly since 9am. Thank God my folks A/C is cold, and she will be done at 2:30. Everything is costing so much, but the work still needs to be done. At least there will be a few less kittens born because of my sacrifices. I just wish I was already home for my nap!

08/21/2022

This is everything TRUE!
Please share everywhere.