Cats Pawjamas Rescue Society

12/22/2025

📢 Petfinder Update: What’s Happening & Why It Matters ❤️‍🩹

Most of you know that Petfinder has been a lifeline for rescue pets — including here at Cats Pawjamas. It has been the primary driver for our adoptions for the past 5 years, responsible for over 80% of our successful adoptions.

Around December 3rd, Petfinder (owned by Purina/Nestlé) deployed a major site update — right in the middle of the busiest adoption season of the year.

Since that update, rescues nationwide are reporting serious listing issues:

📌 Photos missing
📌 Pets mixed into incorrect rescue listings
📌 Many animals are missing entirely
📌 Pets adopted months ago are still displayed
📌 Adoption applications linked to outdated listings

These aren’t small bugs — they are preventing adoptable animals from being seen and adopted, and rescues across the country are having to close intake due to lack of adoptions.

We have not had a single adoption since Dec. 4th, and we were not able to save the two kittens below simply because we have no room — which is directly tied to adoption traffic that should have come from Petfinder.

We have repeatedly asked Petfinder and Purina for answers, fixes, and regular communication, including:

• Why the update wasn’t rolled back
• How they plan to fix broken data
• Why this wasn’t tested before launch
• What timeline rescues can expect

So far — almost three weeks later — we have received only generic, unhelpful responses.
This is not just frustrating — it’s tragic for animals in crisis.

🆘 Call to Action
We need more voices to be heard:

👉 If you care about rescue pets finding homes, please contact Petfinder/Purina:

Email: [email protected] (Petfinder support)
Email: [email protected] (Purina consumer affairs)
📞 1-800-778-7462 (Purina consumer line)

👉 You can also message or tag them here (@) Petfinder.com - Petfinder Pro - Purina on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter — respectful, consistent requests for transparency and fixes help.

We’re not asking for special treatment — just a functional platform that actually shows adoptable pets and connects them to loving homes.

📣 Please SHARE this post so more people and rescues can raise their voices too.
📣 Please comment if you’ve seen similar issues — your experience adds weight.

Our goal is simple:
Fix the listings. Get pets seen. Save lives.

— Cats Pawjamas Rescue

12/20/2025

We have lots of kittens, juveniles and adults looking for their best friends (and Petfinder is still a disaster), so pass it along!

12/09/2025

Purina/Petfinder chose the busiest adoption weeks of the entire year to roll out a major Petfinder update.
They appear to have considered testing optional.

Since December 3rd, the platform has been a broken:
• Animals missing from listings
• Animals adopted months (or a year) ago suddenly “available” again
• Animals from other rescues showing up under the wrong group
• Website integrations broken completely
• But, on the "you have to laugh" list, many groups had 2 rats from a rat rescue as their only adoptables

But seriously, the results are that cats and kittens are losing adoption opportunities, and rescues are getting hammered financially during a time that already makes or breaks us.

1. If you—or anyone you know—are looking for a cat or kitten, please submit an application and tell us what you’re looking for. Do not trust Petfinder’s listings right now.
2. Does anyone here use Adopt-a-Pet? With zero ETA from Petfinder/Purina, I’m evaluating whether Cats Pawjamas Rescue Society should spin up a presence there.

Your input helps more than you know.

Our website is www.catspawjamas.org

This is a kitten we saved from euthanasia last week. Without adoptions and donations, we won't be here to do this.

12/06/2025

Come see our adoptable cats and kittens at Craft Putt in Overland Park tomorrow (Sunday) during Benefit Bingo, noon - 2pm. These kitties need to find their Best Friends before the Holidays!

12/06/2025

Petfinder dropped a major release this week—right in peak-adoption season—and the whole thing dropped alright!

Listings are wrong, old cats have resurrected from the archives, photos aren’t loading, and our website lost the ability to show adoptables entirely.

My personal favorite: half the rescues in the Midwest are now proudly advertising two rats named Poe and Edgar as their entire inventory. Honestly, those boys are probably getting adopted before anyone else.

So ignore Petfinder for now.

If you want to meet actual, real, non-imaginary cats and kittens (but not rats) this weekend, we’ll be at Craft Putt in Overland Park on Sunday, Noon–2 p.m.
11440 W 135th St, Overland Park.
Brunch starts at 11.

12/04/2025

Well, we all knew that!

New analyses of feline biology suggest that cats are built with near-perfect efficiency, from their precision balance to their remarkable night vision. Scientists say their agility, sensory abilities, and even healing-related purring make them some of the most finely tuned animals in nature.

11/26/2025

What everyone will look like after Thanksgiving dinner

11/22/2025

We have a new furry face at Cats Pawjamas Rescue Society . She has Cerebellar Hypoplasia.

CH is a neurological condition kittens may be born with if mom had the very dangerous virus panleukopenia during the course of the pregnancy. The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination doesn’t fully develop.

They’re wobbly, shaky, and unsteady—but they’re not in pain, it’s not contagious, and they can live long, happy, perfectly spoiled lives. They are also called Wobbly Cats and Drunken Sailor cats.

This one is named. She's very sweet, and is very adept at getting the house, both upstairs and down. She'll go pretty much anywhere she wants to. I'll get video soon.

Visit our website and complete an application (put her name in any free form field). www.catspawjamas.org

11/20/2025

Hey! We need your clean, old, usable towels.

Please share!

We use a lot of towels. Particularly when we have kittens. Of course we wash them, but sometimes they are beyond saving. And all those washings take their toll.

Please bring your donations of items listed below (or money, money is always a good) to our adoption event this Sunday (Nov 23) at the Olathe PetSmart at 15255 W 119th St, Olathe between 12:30 and 3:00.

We need:

bath towels
bath sheets
larger hand towel
flat sheets (not fitted)
light bedspreads or blankets

We do NOT NEED:

Washcloths
Heavily worn items (holes, thin fabric, heavily stainedcats items
Items already used by animals

If in doubt, do NOT Bring

This might save you a trip to Good Will! Thank you!

Venmo - -Pawjamas
PayPal - .
CashApp - $CatsPawjamas

11/20/2025

We have some BIG kittens that find it imperative toe nurse on my own (male) cat Goose. He's a very laid mane back guy and let's them do what they want.

However, Cats Pawjamas Rescue Society has had 2 rather pricey injuries that were the result of kittens suckling on each other. Oh, and yeah, I CANNOT STAND the sound!

So this gives me the opportunity to shop for and dress Goose up in recovery suits. See below. And how about those eyes! One blue and one yellow. This Romance. Just complete the application and free form his name. He has 2 other siblings that are siblings as well.