Tip My Ear TNR & Rescue

03/06/2025

03/04/2025

We will be at this event this weekend to help raise funds and give out lots of needed information on how to TNR, where TNR clinics are available, where food pantries that offer pet food are, how to get help with vet bills in times of need, and where Low Cost Spay and Neuter Clinics are. We will have many of the donated items we got to raise funds available for purchase with a donation at the booth. Hopefully this event will help us get squared away and caught back up on on all we owe and get us back on track! This is the first of 2 events we will be at. The next one we will share closer to that event. 🐾❤️

02/22/2025

Facts ⬇️

Why didn't I end up with a colony in my backyard?

It's interesting, I've lived in my little cabin for 40 years. It's a very rural area, a previous recreational development,and over those 40 years I've seen cats show up in my backyard. As soon as they showed up I would get out my trap, catch that little cat and get him neutered (99% of the time it was a boy). I released them, but they rarely stayed around – they had been boys roaming around looking for the girls I'm sure. A few did stay, and I worked on socializing them outside. And once they got to the point of liking to be touched and picked up, I worked on finding them homes. But I never ended up with a colony.

I thought about this today because I'm getting ready to help a nearby neighbor TNR the 30 cats and kittens in her area. She lives about a quarter mile away from me but within the same development. 30 cats and kittens.

Last year I helped a neighbor who found a litter of 4 kittens in his garage. I retrieved the litter, trapped the mama – and using my cameras found the daddy and the sister and… A total of 7 adult cats and 4 older kittens. I TNR'd the whole colony, put all the kittens into foster, and was able to get the people to take on feeding and providing shelter for this very sweet colony. They live a half a mile away in the other direction. 15 cats and kittens.

Two years ago I helped a man in our development TNR 20 cats and kittens. The kittens were all fostered and went to homes, several of the adults were actually fairly friendly and they ended up getting homes. Only a few needed to be returned to his site. They live on yet another road in this development, a quarter mile away from me. 20 cats and kittens.

So why did these neighbors end up with all these cats, and why didn't I? One simple reason. I didn't wait. I didn't wait to see if the cat would stay around. I didn't wait to see if it was a boy or a girl. I didn't wait thinking "this isn't my cat, it's not my responsibility" – and I didn't think "this isn't my cat, I can't get it fixed". Plain and simple, I didn't wait. I saw a stray cat on my property, I arranged an appointment to get it neutered and I trapped that cat. Quick and easy and definitely less stress than ending up with 30 cats!

So that's the lesson for today – don't wait! Because if we all take care of the cats in our own backyard, if we all make a plan and take action as soon as we see the cats in our own backyard, pretty soon there will not be a problem.

02/21/2025

The Verdict is IN on Domingo Rodriguez who Beheaded the dog Dexter last may and Dumped his body in Fort Desoto park.

GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!
Now to get Dexter's LAW passed!

A verdict has been reached in the trial of a man accused of animal cruelty after his dog was found decapitated at Fort De Soto Park. Pinellas County Sheriff'...

02/09/2025

This is a great way showing how the "Water Bottle Trick" can help target a specific cat and even make a trap that the trip plate won't work still be a useful trap.

Great work 👏 to the original poster of this video.

02/08/2025

So after King got his check up and different antibiotics which should have him feeling 1000xs better SOON, Mercedes had another emergency.

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ when will it stop.

While getting her prescribed medicated bath she lost a toe nail. Like the whole thing came out. 😬
So, we were advised to get her back into the vet and we did!
She is now on different meds and will hopefully be back to her active loving self in no time.

For everyone who I haven't been able to reply to, just know this I don't have time to respond to msgs right now. I am busy caring for sick animals, socializing animals, and CLEANING UP after these animals. If I haven't responded to you it is because IM TOO BUSY taking care of the ANIMALS.

02/07/2025

UPDATE ON KING!

So, King is ok... not 100% but not blocked either. He has a vet appt with the PAWSOME Dr.Kerri at Hays Towne Veterinary Hospital today at 2:30 because he still is having pretty bad spazzums in the rear BUT he is PEEING large amounts. I will update everyone once I know more. We are BROKE and still negative in funds which isnt helping anyone. This Vet visit will be covered by one of our directors personal care credit account so we don't owe more money to the vet and can make payments for his care to the care credit acct.

On this $5.00 Feline Friday can you help us?
To make it more worth the while we will be happy to ADD a name of someone you don't like or an X to the bottom of our kitties litter boxes for the week!

If you'd like to help and have a name you'd like us to put in a box send us a msg with:
Donated - And the name you'd like in the box.
$5.00 per name for the week in the Box. An extra $2.00 for pics of the name in the box.😉

Cash app: $tipmyear
Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]

02/06/2025

DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025 TIME: 2:00-4:00PM EDT. So many cats, so few trappers… and veterinarians… and holding space… and transporters. If you live in a well populated urban or suburban area and you’re trying to use TNR to address your city or town’s entire free-roaming cat population, you.....

02/06/2025

We just spoke to Austin's "adopter" ......

He is NOW a PERMANENT resident of TME.

He is NOT feral and he should have NEVER been sent as a barn cat!!!
He was FAILED enough now in his life that he has earned staying with us so he NEVER is dumped outside again!
I am FURIOUS about how he got where he did but I am sooooooo happy we were on his chip as a fail safe for him!

02/05/2025

We got the roosters! 🐓😅
They are fed, watered, and SAFE! 🙌
Ty Jo Wines for the Feed, treats and dewormer for them!

And,
To whoever dumped Austin the cat and these 2 roosters at that industrial park in Tampa:
Just know they are all 3 SAFE with US.
🐾🐈🐓❤️

Back story for this rescue:

Austin the cat was sent out for adoption after we TNRd him in November 2023 at HSTB.
We were alerted yesterday he was found meowing his head off at a fully TNRd colony at this industrial park office building. He was chipped to us as a fail safe back stop because he was failed previously and if failed again we would know about it and have yet another chance to save him. And we did.

As we were there for Austin, we were told about these 2 "chickens" and how they were dumped also. We knew we couldn't just turn our backs on them, cause they needed help too.
So, we coordinated help and went back for them and thanks to Stormie and Hailey's help we were able to wrangle them!
Yes Austin being chipped did have a phone number for his "adopter" we have called and left VMs. No calls back for him to be returned.😞

He's so sweet and were so happy the kind lady who alerted us to him checked him for a chip and kept him safe till we could go get him from south Tampa today.

Everyone please Welcome Austin (the cat), Pepsi (brown rooster) , and Cola (black rooster) to the TME fur-feather family. ❤️🐓🐓🐈🐾

02/03/2025

Hehe hehe 😅😅💯🐾🐈‍⬛🐈

02/02/2025

Who knows how to edit videos and post on YouTube so we can have a channel?
I'm not that tech savvy. 🤦‍♀️ BUT I am willing to learn! .....
Also does anyone have any filming experience, who wants to be part of a camera crew? please let us know. We will be filming educational information, animal rescues, and some entertainment. --- NOT about cats. 😅

We're about to start something new to help us and shine a spot light on some unsung heros in Pasco county 😅.

It's gonna be interesting to say the least. 😅

Teens this is also an opportunity to help us and get volunteer hours. If you can help please let us know! 🙏 🐾❤️

02/01/2025

Tucker STILL hasn't returned home. Please keep your eyes 👀 on the look out for him. 😭 we miss him and need him to come home.

⚠️ALERT!!!! PLEASE BE ON THE LOOK OUT⚠️

ONE OF OUR CATS NAMED TUCKER GOT OUT!!
HE IS NEUTERED AND MICROCHIPPED!
HE LOVES CAR RIDES SO HE MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN SOMEONES CAR! HE DOES HAVE A RED BREAK AWAY COLLAR ON!

HE HAS GONE MISSING FROM HARDING DR AND BUCHANAN DR IN PORT RICHEY!

WE ARE OFFERING A CASH REWARD FOR HIS SAFE RETURN (OUR FAMILY IS OFFERING THIS)! PLEASE HELP US FIND HIM! HE IS ON MEDS AND NEEDS HIS MEDICATION!

HIS CHIP NUMBER IS 991001911108349

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

02/01/2025

➡️ EVENT IS FULL⬅️

Our pals at Rescue Pink have put this PAWSOME Spay/Neuter Event together!❤️🐾

Hope this can help some folks get their pets fixed!

➡️Please DO NOT call Harmony- please see Registration information for details!⬅️

⭐️This event is one day for people needing help fixing their personal animals. This event is not for free-roaming cat colonies.

Link to Registration Info is below:⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://form.jotform.com/250274247613959

02/01/2025

Everyone meet Oliver / Cinnabon 🐰🐇

He is NOT the kind of babe we usually help but we're happy we CAN! I mean who can say no to a cute face like that! 😅🐇🐾❤️

A few weeks ago we were told about a super sweet super cute classroom Bunny that needed a safe place to go. We sent out some msgs to folks we know and we were blessed with an AMAZING foster home for this adorable boy! It took some time but we finally got him last night.🐇

He is settling in nicely in his new foster home and will be scheduled for his neuter soon. And then he will be AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!
We are accepting pre-adoption apps now for him.

If your interested in adopting this adorable boy please send us a msg and we'll send you an app.
❤️🐾🐇