Ollie's Place

08/01/2024

Anyone have some Royal Canin Gastro wet and/or dry we can sample on a picky kitty who needs it before purchasing?

07/16/2024

Think of us on Prime day! 💙
-paper towels!
-new cat trees! (have you seen ours? 😩)
-crate cushions!
-etc!
(all on our wish list!!)

If you see any great deals or products to add let us know!

05/01/2024

SECOND CHANCE FOR OUR NEW RESIDENT BUDDY!

**Attention Fans and Followers!** Please help us reach this goal for our sweet, deserving, Buddy in the next 2 weeks. If everyone chips in just a little bit we will easily have him on his way to a better life after over 6 years of no life at all.

Our newest shy guy resident, Buddy, a 6+ year old former stray, … Mighty Mutts needs your support for Help Ollie's Place resident, Buddy! Eye Surgery Needed!

04/09/2024

****Former Ferals in their Natural Habitat!****
(i.e., soft blankets, surrounded by toys, basking in adoration….naturally!)

👏🏽👏🏽for all the Ollie’s adoptions we forgot to announce so far in 2024!

For those of you who met this batch of kitties you probably saw them when they had seen better days and had lost some of their spark. Hope was barely a glimmer amidst goopy eyes, rough fur, infected ears, bout after bout of stomatitis, countlese dentals, pills, syringes, and more pills 😩, bite gloves and screaming during meds 🩸 (you know who you are 🤠, 🧡🤎), nail biter health emergencies, hiding, and shelter fatigue/depression. Their journies have been long and exhausting (these are not spring chickens)- for them and everyone involved.

We will always be completely incredulous at the transformations these brave creatures make partially under our care and then fully with their forever humans. Here are the moments we live for, enjoy!!




(we are tired!)

04/09/2024

This is exactly how lives are saved- a moment of blind compassion followed by support from NYC’s incredible cat loving community! 💪🏼💰

❤️🐞Please help one of our volunteers who spur of the moment snatched up this sad angel, Ladybug a few weeks ago. 🐞❤️

Thanks to her selfless rescuer and her loving foster, Ladybug’s rehabilitation has been incredible- coming out of her broken shell a little bit? ☑️ earmites treated? ☑️ years of suffering on the cold, mean streets, completely behind her? ☑️ bloodwork and vetting? ☑️

But she needs a serious dental ASAP for this glow up to be complete and the first $800 raised was used up in her initial transports, care, and vetting 😿. Imagine how long her mouth has been full of rotting, infected teeth- and the answer would for years to come had she not been rescued! 😖

Any little bit you can contribute will take her one step closer to forever home life!!

Thank-you!!

Update 4/3: thank you to everyone who helped get this girl (officially con… Jolene Levesque needs your support for (Update: Dental Surgery) Help Me Rescue Cat

03/21/2024

My friends Brett and Ray have gone to extraordinary lengths to save the lives of these rabbits. Please Donate any amount you can, and Please Share This Post. Thank you on behalf of these precious creatures.

Our bunny rescue went from 2 to 12! Unexpectedly, one of our two rescued rabbits immedia… Brett Verlen needs your support for From 2 to 12 Rescue Rabbits

03/20/2024

Thanks to everyone who donated to save Pumpkin’s life a few weeks ago (it worked!) but the initial $2600 raised was all used up on him. Purple, the sweet heart murmur kitty still needs our help and her rescuers are starting from zero now 😿. The cardiologist has cleared her for a spay 🎉 but her $600 echocardiogram bill is unpaid and that needs to be addressed before they will do any more work. She is MISERABLE in heat (and so is her hero of a foster mom)- can we meet the goal or at least get to the $4,500 mark on the GFM ASAP? She needs an experienced spay because of her heart and will be on our foster payroll for awhile because special needs homes are few and far between! The minute they hit $4K the appointment will be made! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Meet Purple and Pumpkin, two remarkable cats whose journeys have … Christine Galotti needs your support for Help Purple and Pumpkin: Providing Love and Health

02/28/2024

Prescription Food Donations Needed, Wet & Dry! Send your rejects our way! 🥣🍽️🍗🍖

Royal Canin Gastrointestinal
Royal Canin Select Protein P/R
Hill’s i/d
Purina EN Gastroenteric
Royal Canin HP
Hill’s Biome
Royal Canin Renal
Hill's k/d

contact [email protected] to arrange!

02/26/2024

*****Calling All Blind Cat Homes in NYC!!!*****
🙏🏽Squeeks Needs You! 🙏🏽

And Welcome Back to Ollie’s Place Squeeks😿

Through NO fault of her own, our blind angel Squeeks is back with us after a short stay with a potential adopter. Squeeks was described as the perfect house guest- immaculate litter box habits, great appetite, quiet at night (and polite in the mornings), very affectionate and relaxed, no hiding or shyness! Even seeking affection!! Content in a small apartment as long as she has ample cat trees and beds! She was a complete natural at lounging in the lap of luxury which makes this even more devastating. 😿

We are looking for a seasoned and committed home- ideally with blind kitty experience. Squeeks like many blind cats and frankly most rescues, panics when her feet are off the ground, in a carrier or at the vet. She is gentle but squirmy, strong, and vocal at nail trimming and pill time (needs gabapentin for vet visits). A piece of cake for real cat people but perhaps intimidating to others. She will be easy once she builds trust and is a piece of cake for us volunteers.

Sharing photos of her in a home- relaxed, blissed out, confident. You will only get to see her this way at Ollie’s if you stay after hours when the lights are out ☺️. So please take a leap of faith and commit to giving this incredible former feral the cozy life she deserves. She has been so depressed since she is back. Let’s do this!!!

contact [email protected] or text/call 718-968-5042

-middle aged (6-7 yrs?) female
-spayed, vaxxed, FIV/FeLV neg
-coexists well with other beta, gentle cats
-loves to answer back with a little squeak when you call her name

02/26/2024

Our 2024 has been made! Spike finally found his forever lap!! It’s been 3 weeks and still crying 😭😭

Our former feral tough guy has gone soft and this is just the reminder we needed: there is a perfect someone out there for every cat, so never give up!!

02/14/2024

Happy Valentines Day to our fans and followers!

💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

We are feeling so fortunate to have another year in the East Village, thanks to all of you who shared and answered our pleas for funding, donated, and rallied!!

Come find your furry forever valentine- follow us on Insatgram

pictured here: volunteer Audrey + Lola 👯‍♀️ (the sweetest and most incredible, intuitive kitty!)

02/13/2024

https://gofund.me/7806ec19
FUNDRAISER!!!

PUMPKIN NEEDS US URGENTLY! HELP US RESTORE THIS GLORIOUS CREATURE BACK TO HEALTH!! 🧡🤍

He has become very sick in the past 48 hours and cannot keep any food or meds down. He is nauseated and miserable. This is very bad news as he is not part of any group- and the kind souls who pulled him from the streets a few weeks ago are in a huge bind. In addition to the neuter and vaccines which are complete, they are out $500 from a vet appt yesterday and have a critical sedated exam with x-rays tomorrow which all said and done will be over $1K not including cabs 😭. And that could be just the beginning! Unfortunately, $2K-$5K is now the price of admission to the rescue/rehabilitation game in NYC (per cat!) yet that doesn’t make any of these angels less deserving. It just means we need more collective power 🧿🪬

Manifest this baby’s glow up and support small rescues who are always in over their heads but doing the city’s essential work! 🙏🏽

Will introduce you to Miss Purple soon, but first let’s save this precious, highly adoptable boy who could have such a bright future!

PS- need a new foster for Pumkin by Thursday, see separate post :(

Meet Purple and Pumpkin, two remarkable cats whose journeys have … Christine Galotti necesita tu apoyo para Help Purple and Pumpkin: Providing Love and Health

02/12/2024

*Courtesy Post* Help!! Urgent Foster Needed! Pumpkin is too friendly for TNR! 🧡🤍🧡🤍

By providing a safe haven (a mere room!) for just a few weeks/months you could be the hero that allows this sweet, chatty boy a path to a forever home instead of a short, sad life outdoors in the cold Brooklyn streets.

Two weeks ago, friends of our group picked up this adorable stray who had been begging for help for months- surely a dumped house cat. He has now been successfully neutered, vaxxed, is FIV/FeLV negative, and estimated to be just a few years old if that. But all fosters have vanished, leaving his rescuers with a hard decision if they don’t find help today. They just need to buy a few weeks while they continue to look for his forever home! If you have cat experience, no other pets, or a quarantine/foster room please help! Adopters welcome too! Pumpkin can pair with chill cats/dog once his quarantine is up and open to ‘foster to adopt’ with the right situation!

Contact [email protected] and [email protected] for more details or to inquire about fostering!

*Reminder that good samaritans who take these huge financial and emotional risks to save NYC’s suffering cats have careers, families, their own rescue animals, travel….they are not paid, the city doesn’t lift a finger. They are doing these things on their lunch breaks or late at night instead of eating dinner with their families. They can do the brunt of the work but they cant bring them all into their homes. Everyone can assist with the current cat crisis by fostering even once a year. 🙏🏽

01/16/2024

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01/16/2024

Meet Pal! This charming one year old cattle mix rescue from Texas has found himself in the NY/NJ area bouncing around from one foster to the next. We are stepping in to help find him his perfect forever match once and for all- a person with ample time to provide this charismatic boy with exercise, play, and LOVE! Pal has a joyful spirt and zest for life. He just wants to spend his days frolicking and adventuring with his trusted human.

Reach out to Mighty Mutts for more information/to apply to adopt:

[email protected]
856-625-4774

01/10/2024

01/07/2024

**COURTESY POST- SWEET HAZEL NEEDS A HOME!***

Hazel was an unwanted 'gift kitten' about to fall into the dark world of online animal sales- destined to be a baby making machine for life. That is until some good samaritans joined forces to buy her instead! Just like that, this sweet kitty was safe and sound, and has been enjoying life in her fun foster room as she recovers from her spay! Now she is ready to find her forever family!

Hazel is a dainty, timid, kitty who takes time to warm up to new people but true to her breed, she is very social and affectionate with HER human, which is currently her foster mom. She loves to play and be silly, especially at night, and is a total purr monster! She has a little squeaky meow and is starting to communicate via chirps, so assume that she will develop into a highly vocal cat as most Siamese do.

Siamese cats are intelligent, curious, social animals who require enrichment and attention, and are known to be one of the neediest breeds. We are looking for humans that have plenty of time to devote to Hazel. She is doing moderately well with a slow introduction to the resident female cat, and we anticipate that with an experienced adopter she will be able to coexist fine with other cats. She may or may not be playmate material.

-Approx 9 months old spayed, vaxxed female
-FIV/FeLV neg
-Siamese experience prefered
-open to households with other cats that have the space and experience to properly introduce
-contact [email protected] for more information, to schedule a meet and greet, or apply to adopt
-NYC area

01/02/2024

To whoever has been following our shy Gingerbread’s journey, she is now out and about, feeling good, and loving life! 🫚🍞🧡

She is a gentle little marshmallow that is so ready to go home (coexists great with other kitties and may even crush on the boys… 🥰)

Contact [email protected]

01/02/2024

Seeking a loving home with feral experience (and bagels! 🥯) for this sweet and majestic gal! Someone who will let Flopper be herself with no expectations, and allow her to complete her transformation to total mush on her own timeline.🖤

She has waited 7 years 🥹
Contact [email protected] to meet and apply for the queen of headbutts! She coexists fine with other kitties!

01/02/2024

Give a spicy older gal a loving home and watch her blossom! 🌦️🪷

contact [email protected]

12/19/2023

Courtesy Post:
Fundraiser to rescue and neuter this kitty by Thursday! 💪🏼

Another day, another unwanted, unfixed cat about to be let out into the streets. Help us r… Jocelyn Amon needs your support for Let’s Rescue and Neuter Loki!

12/19/2023

COURTESY POST: Urgent!!! Staten Island Cat Mom with cancer desperately needs a place for 2 year old male kitty to land by this weekend to avoid the ACC kill shelter! She is being admitted to the hospital and is frantic. Even a few weeks will buy us time and SAVE A LIFE!!! 🙏🏽

Sukkar the kitty: Neutered,vaxxed,FIV/FeLV neg, good with other animals including her service dog.

[email protected] or 718-968-5042 for more info

12/19/2023

Courtesy Post: Urgent post-neuter 2-3 week foster needed for this handsome boy starting ideally Thursday evening 12/21! Friends of the group are springing him from the home where he is unwanted/unsafe but he needs refuge until the holidays are over. 1 years old, Manhattan! 🎁🎁✨✨

[email protected] or 718-968-5042 for more info

12/14/2023

We MUST come through for Miss Lily!! There must be someone out that who wants to save a life? To adopt for the right reason? To make all the difference in an innocent creature’s world?

Her life has not been fair and you can put an end to that once and for all 😿

*fyi Lily needs to be an only pet

12/09/2023

12/05/2023

**Courtesy Post** CAN WE GET DAVINCI HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS?? 🎄🧑‍🎄😸

It has been a crazy year and sweet ginger chonk Davinci has been in foster way too long. We know someone out there wants to spend their holidays spoiling this angel and ring in a new year and a new, more optimistic decade for an older boy that has had a tough life. We promise that gift giving will be more fun this year with DaVinci on the receiving end! 🙂

DaVinci's rescuers and foster have meticulously cared for his health and helped him adjust to a normal life since June and he is thriving. Perfectly clean bill of health, recent bloodwork/urinalysis, and just had a dental! He is ready to GO! After a hard life of being bounced around, neglect, and even being separated from his feline brother buddy, we want to make it up to him. DaVinci needs you, and many cats in urgent situations need his foster home. So save 2 lives with one click...

DaVinci is a chill, mushy, content dude, who loves to eat and lounge, but has been making great weight loss progress in his foster home. Looking for a cat experienced home since he is middle aged and may need some patience with the confusion of moving to a new home yet again (or maybe not, as this foster has been known to produce the most well adjusted cats!). 🥇

- Almost 10 yr old male
- Neutered, vaccinated, FIV/FeLV neg
-Recent and perfect bloodwork/urinalysis and dental!
-NYC area adopters
-Open to homes with beta boy cats if there is proper space to introduce
-Reach out to apply to adopt and schedule a meet and greet! Text/call 718-968-5042 or email [email protected].

12/05/2023

OLLIE'S PLACE CAT ADOPTION CENTER CLOSING ITS DOORS: IN IMMEDIATE NEED OF DONORS, GRANTS AND LARGE SCALE FUNDING!

Mighty Mutts Inc., a 501(c)(3) animal rescue group is in urgent need of $78K by the end of December to prevent this NYC community staple from closing its doors for good at the end of January 2024. For 20 years, Ollie's Place has been mobilizing an army of volunteers (completely volunteer run!) to rehabilitate, socialize, nurture, and find forever homes for hundreds of former ferals. It is a place where the community can come interact with happy, free roam cats, learn about how to care for these amazing creatures, destress and donate, or look for their next furry companion. Our rescue cats (mostly adults and seniors) can take all the time they need to become adoptable under the wings of our patient and loving volunteers. It is a truly one-of-a-kind operation. Please spread the word to protect this peaceful enclave so our resident kitties have a place to live their best lives until their humans come along and so we can continue to offer shelter to more cats that so desperately need care.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, to present grant opportunities or become a donor.

PayPal: https://bit.ly/MightyMuttsDonate

Love,
the Mighty Mutts Team

12/01/2023

**Courtesy Post**: Bonded Pair of 5 Year Old Brothers Facing the ACC (owner placed in nursing home). Forever home or urgent foster needed for these good boys! Located in Queens but family can arrange transport if needed. The nurse aid is feeding them but that is ending 😿

Get in the holiday spirit and give the ultimate gift- save some lives! The shelters are full.

-Scooter and Bandit 👯‍♂️
-Neutered, vaxxed, micro-chipped
-Contact (412) 298-0448 or [email protected]

12/01/2023

Mighty Mutts annual holiday card, from our founder!

11/21/2023

This we are thinking about all that our followers have given to our flock this year. Towels, cozy blankets, beds, medicine, food and treats galore, cat trees schlepped across town just to brighten the day of one of our babies. Monetary donations big and small, all essential. And most importantly the gift of time- our biggest fans (over 50 of them!) sacrifice many hours EVERY WEEK physically being there for the quiet angels under our care, week rain or shine. Lots of p**p, lots of meds, lots of sweat and pulled muscles, plenty of sadness, and sometimes some blood (not looking at you Jerry and Sophia 😼🩸💊).

We could not do it without all of you! THANK YOU.

Here is just a glimpse of whats on the docket the rest of the year and what we would like to achieve. 😿

-Dental for Sophia
-Sinusitis consult at AMC for Big Boi
-AMC consult for Paul
-Exploratory imaging for Ginger
-Fospice home for our dear senior Brie (and her sister Butter too!)
-Arthritis injections for Butter

Visit this single link to access all of our donation links (and Instagram account) whenever you would like to support. 😽

linktr.ee/OlliesPlaceCats

-Paypal (including recurring donations!)
-Venmo
-Chewy Wishlist: gift cards and cases of wet food are ALWAYS needed
-Amazon Wishlist: paper towels, scratchers, trash bags, cleaning supplies, etc!



PS- Why is Jove still here?????