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Rescue and Relax

A Pittsburgh Cat Lounge
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We rescue homeless cats in the Pittsburgh area an
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11/02/2024

Hi everyone, we’re going to be unexpectedly closed today. Cats are all great and look forward to getting more pets and snuggles when we reopen. Apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you for understanding!

10/24/2024

The kitties are resting up for our purrrrfectly haunted Halloween party tonight! We’re excited to see everyone from 6-10pm and get into the spooky season spirit! 🎃👻

We’ve been saving up kitty costumes all year and can’t wait to see how long the kitties keep them on this time! 👀🐈‍⬛

Come on out for a scary fun night of drinks, treats, games, and kitties in costumes. Free to attend. BYOB or grab a drink and donate to help us grow our rescue and save even more cats! 😻

10/17/2024

Let’s get spooky! Our annual Halloween party is Thursday, October 24! We’ll have drinks, treats, games, and SO. MANY. CATS! 🎃🦇👻

Join us from 6-10pm for a night of family friendly fun! The party is, as always, free to attend. You can BYOB or grab a drink and donate to help us fundraise as we continue our mission to save even more cats. 😸🥰

Swipe to see one of our lounge kitties already getting into the Halloween spirit 👀🐱

09/23/2024

📆New Cat Yoga dates just added!

🐱Come cozy up with our kitties this fall as you take some time to relax with some gentle yoga!

🎟️Make sure you grab your ticket for one of our fall cat yoga dates at the link below 👇

RescueAndRelax.com/cat-yoga

09/18/2024

‼️URGENT REQUEST FOR DONATIONS‼️

We have 3 kitties at today for different issues and we were already carrying a balance on our account of over $1700 😞 Financial donations have been at an all time low this year and especially the last month. We get it - everyone is hurting to even afford groceries and housing right now! But PLEASE, if you're able, help us to cover the medical care for our cats.

On the left is Gambit from Turtle Creek, who is back at Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care after being treated a week ago for an ear infection. Dr. Niehaus had noticed her stomach was distended but we hoped it was just from a big meal. Unfortunately, Gambit's foster mom has seen the distention worsen so we're getting X-rays.

In the middle is Wilson, a 13-week-old kitten from Plum who is sweet as can be. This little guy has been receiving special care with us at the cat lounge since he was a month old. He is not able to p**p properly on his own. At his last visit, Dr. Dutra feared that he may have nerve damage affecting his a**l tone. Wilson cries in pain when he tries to p**p and he frequently experiences constipation. We've had him on laxatives and give him warm baths almost daily. Lately we've noticed some grey-colored stool so we brought him back in to see if he may have other systemic issues contributing to his strain.

And on the right is Osprey, a 6-month-old boy from a large colony in North Braddock. Osprey has so much energy and love, but when we integrated him into the cat lounge, we noticed that he gets winded easily and even pants with an open mouth after playing. We're having him checked for heart conditions or asthma today.

Please send a donation to help us cover these bills. If you can't donate then please share!

Call Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care at 412-998-9030 and leave a payment on our account under Rescue and Relax.

Send a donation through Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi

Or thru Zelle to [email protected]

Send cash or checks to Rescue and Relax, 104 East Swissvale Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

09/04/2024

Can you believe it’s already been 3 years of Rescue & Relax?!? 🙀 Come celebrate our third anniversary with us on Sept. 12 from 6-9 p.m. as we look back on the past three years of cats and community 💙

Check out some amazing pieces of artwork from local artists featuring none other than our very own cats! You can peruse or purchase - and all art proceeds go to the care of our kitties.🐱💕We’ll also have plenty of drinks, snacks and cat cuddles to go around! Hope to see you there! 🫶

08/30/2024

Come support Girl Scout Troop 52139 for their Silver Award Project where they'll host a workshop to teach the community about the importance of spaying and neutering, helpful tips on how to care for pet cats, and DIY cat toy crafts! 🧶🪶🐈‍⬛

Rescue and Relax will host the workshop this Sunday, September 1st, at our cat lounge in Edgewood. Attendees can stop in to visit the Girl Scouts and make some cat toys from 3:30-5:00pm, then hang out with our adoptable kitties and even share your new toys with them until we close at 8:00pm 😺

See yinz this weekend!

08/29/2024

Cozy up for fall with cat yoga! 🐱🎃We’ve got THREE opportunities to practice some gentle yoga with the kitties of Rescue and Relax this September - but tickets go fast, so grab yours soon at the link below! 👇

🎟️RescueAndRelax.com/cat-yoga

08/20/2024

😽💕 Some late season bean sprouts joined us last week.

These little ones are from a colony we've been TNRing for the past couple years. If you've visited our cat lounge, you may remember Navani, Jasnah, Shallan, and Dal, who all found their forever homes. And Syl who is currently at our cat lounge 🥰 Well they all came from the same colony as these beans. We actually have several other kitties in foster homes right now that came from this colony, which is the result of a hoarding case in Plum. The human responsible had refused to fix her cats, and enjoyed watching the kittens be born but would put them outside once they began eating on their own. This practice led to a huge population of scared, under-socialized, young cats -- many with long fur that gets matted horribly. The hoarder passed away recently, but we're still dealing with the consequences of her carelessness.

We tried for several days to reunite these little guys with their mother. But with no signs of her, we've sent them to one of our fosters who is an experienced bottle feeder. We will have to attempt to trap mom without her babies to lure her. Hopefully these are the last kittens to be born to this area 🤞 but it's probably too much to hope for just yet.

Fortunately these three wee kittens will grow up spoiled and cared for by humans, unlike so many of the ones that came before them.

‼️Time for our ask... It's never too late in the season for kitten food donations! Check out our Chewy and Amazon wishlists with links at rescueandrelax.com/donate

08/13/2024

[DONATIONS STILL NEEDED]

Purple, one of our kittens is hanging in after 5 days of a persistent, high fever. He was sent home from where he received some anti-inflammatory meds to help bring down his fever of 105.1. Purple is being treated for "a fever of unknown origin". After the anti-inflammatory injection, he went back to playing with his siblings and acting like himself for a couple hours ♥️ But then his fever spiked again rising to 105.7!! 😿

He went to first thing in the morning and received antibiotics. He's back with us and we have been continuing supportive care. His fever has remained under 105 today but we're still so anxious for him and we'll continue to monitor his temperature in case he needs to go back to the clinic.

We did finally observe some congestion in his breathing and some infrequent coughing. The lack of other symptoms and the fact he still has his appetite was perplexing us. With the newly noted congestion we may bring him back in for chest X-rays in case he's developing pneumonia.

Unfortunately, we were already carrying our highest balance ever at Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care BEFORE sending Purple in... approximately $1500. We've received a handful of donations towards his vet bill and we're so grateful! But we haven't raised enough to offset his care the past couple of days and we anticipate he'll have more vet bills by the time he's past this 😞

If you would like to donate directly to the vet office, call Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care at 412-998-9030 and leave a payment on our account under Rescue and Relax.

Or....

Send a donation through Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi

Send cash or checks to Rescue and Relax, 117 Edgewood Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Visit rescueandrelax.com/donate for more ways to contribute.

Again, every little bit helps! Keep Purple in your thoughts ♥️

08/12/2024

[URGENT REQUEST FOR DONATIONS!!]

One of our Kennywood kittens is at the Emergency Vet - - with a persistent high fever 😿

Purple, as we've affectionately called him, was the first kitten that Randi found when she searched the bushes at the back in May.

Purple's caregivers noticed he wasn't quite himself on Wednesday night. He has been eating and littering normally but seemed less energetic than usual. Sure enough, he had a temperature of 104.6 (normal range for a cat is 100.5-102.5). We started daily fluids to help him stay cool and hydrated while we monitored his fever. His temperature went down to 103-104 the next couple of days but shot up again last night.

All through this episode, Purple still purrs and cuddles with us and runs to the dish when wet food is served, and aside from his low energy and not always greeting us at the door as we enter, he's shown few other signs of being sick.

Despite our best efforts to keep him comfortable, his fever has been over 105 since this morning. Clearly his body isn't able to fight this on his own so we decided to check in at the emergency vet to see what can be done to help him get through this🤞🥺

Please donate if you can. Our finances have been drained after such a rough summer of kitten season and so many medical cases that have come up recently. We really hoped we were in the final stretch and could focus on adoptions this month. ♥️ But there's never a dull moment and kittens especially know how to keep us on our toes.

Send a donation to help us cover Purple's vet bills and treatments he may need...

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Zelle: [email protected]

Cash or checks: Rescue and Relax, 117 Edgewood Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Or visit rescueandrelax.com/donate for other ways to donate.

Every little bit helps!!! Keep Purple in your thoughts tonight ♥️

07/31/2024

The first batch of Kittens are getting big! Their mom (second pic) is slowly getting more comfortable around people. This group has 3 girls and 2 boys who we have yet to name. We'll make a post soon to gather name submissions 😻 For now we've been referring to them by the color of their collars.

We'll start inviting folks to meet them and apply to adopt once they've been fixed and vaccinated!

In the meantime, please help us support them and our other kittens by sending in more kitten wet and dry food! Our favorites right now are Fancy Feast Wet Kitten Food and PurinaOne Healthy Kitten Dry Food. You can find these and other options on our and wishlists.

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Rescue and Relax
106 E. Swissvale Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15218

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Stay tuned for more adorable updates on these cuties 🥰

07/24/2024

[UPDATE] (Watch video with sound on)
We've named this sweet kitty Lego! We thought you'd enjoy hearing the voicemail we received from the vet who cared for her the morning after surgery ♥️

Lego is being cared for by one of our fosters who is a vet tech at South Side Flats Animal Hospital. They were able to do her initial bloodwork and x-rays so that when Paw Prints Veterinary Center in West Virginia confirmed they could squeeze her in for surgery on Saturday she was all set to go!

She's home now and on crate rest. Her leg had to be amputated to the shoulder, since without a healthy paw pad to walk on, leaving any of the leg remaining ran a high chance of her injuring it by attempting to support weight on it.

Fortunately cats adjust amazingly well after amputations and Lego is already walking around with a good degree of confidence.

Thank you to all who sent in donations and offered words of support and encouragement.

We don't know how someone let this happen to her and could let her go so long without care. The vet believes her paw had been in such a state for at least several weeks to be in the condition it was. We're shocked she didn't get an infection or at least didn't succumb to one... And that she remains so affectionate and trusting despite the horrible pain she must have experienced 😞

Once she has recovered from the amputation, Lego will be spayed and will be available for adoption once fully healthy and vetted.

As we mentioned in our last post, please continue to share and donate if you are able! Every little bit helps.

Send donations via Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi

Send cash or checks to Rescue and Relax, 104-106 East Swissvale Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Or visit rescueandrelax.com/donate for more ways to contribute, including links to our Amazon and Chewy wishlists.

07/20/2024

[WARNING! GRAPHIC PHOTOS BLURRED]

Oh. My. Goodness.

We have seen some gory scenes... But something about the lack of blood in this case makes it all the more creepy to us.

This poor baby was brought in to our rescue without warning Friday after supposedly being sent away from a local clinic.

The person surrendering her opened her container to reveal a cat with her paw completely degloved from wrist to paw... This cat has supposedly been owned for 4 years and a leash got tangled around her paw...?

No matter what - we were not sending this cat away. The caretaker claimed they couldn't drive or we would have recommended a humane surrender at an emergency clinic 😞 We are NOT accepting surrenders. And honestly we'll have to charge our upcoming spays and neuters to a credit card in order to afford them. We've had FIVE urgent care appointments this week alone for cats already in our care. But this cat needed SOMEONE to step up and each place that may turn this cat away would risk her being further neglected.

So here we are. Asking for help again. It's truly exhausting 😞 We already have to carry the emotional weight and strain on our schedules and energy to coordinate care for these babies. There should be more public funding for these creatures. We're overwhelmed and burning out. This season has been awful. And if you've had to ask for money you know how awful it feels - and if you've had to ask more than once you know how humbling it gets to admit you need more.

But. We. Need. More.

And it's not your responsibility. Or your fault. Or ours. Or these cats'. We know that. But we're often their only voice.

So please contribute and share. This girl who we have yet to name is in crisis and - no matter what - we will get her what she needs. Please help now... and if you're able... Please continue to help even when we're not begging for it 😞

Send donations thru Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi

Send checks to Rescue and Relax, 104-106 E Swissvale Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Or visit rescueandrelax.com/donate

07/16/2024

Cat yoga is back in session! 😸🧘Join us at the new and improved cat lounge for some gentle yoga and adorable kitty time this summer.

🎟️Tickets will go fast, so grab yours today at the link below!

Rescueandrelax.com/bi-monthly-cat-yoga

07/12/2024

We’re open again! We're still settling in but we’re so excited to welcome everyone to our new and improved cat lounge at 106 E. Swissvale Ave! 🎉🙌 The cats are especially excited to get alllllllllll the pets 😸

Feel free to stop by the lounge this weekend, Friday-Sunday from 3-8pm and say hello to all our sweet kitties! There are definitely some familiar faces (anyone remember Venus?), and we’ve got a whole bunch of new kittens running around. Swipe to see a sneak peek 👀

Ziti is our sweet girl on the first slide! A lap cat through and through, she’s definitely looking forward to sitting on some new laps.

Thank you so much to everyone for your patience during our move! It took a lot of hard work from our volunteers and we deeply appreciate the support of this community helping us through it.

We can still use donations of supplies and food - especially kitten food!

We also have 34 cats and kittens who still need to be fixed this month, and it's honestly going to be a struggle to cover so many medical bills at once. So please, donate if you're able! Anything helps and $50-100 can cover a cat's basic vetting 🙏 Consider a monthly donation on Ko-Fi to help keep us operating smoothly and cover ongoing expenses.

Send a donation through Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi

Send cash or checks to Rescue and Relax, 104-106 East Swissvale Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Or visit rescueandrelax.com/donate for more ways to contribute, including links to our Amazon and Chewy wishlists.

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Pittsburgh, PA
15218

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Saturday	3pm - 8pm
Sunday	3pm - 8pm

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[UPDATE] (Watch video with sound on) We've named this sweet kitty Lego! We thought you'd enjoy hearing the voicemail we received from the vet who cared for her the morning after surgery ♥️ Lego is being cared for by one of our fosters who is a vet tech at South Side Flats Animal Hospital. They were able to do her initial bloodwork and x-rays so that when Paw Prints Veterinary Center in West Virginia confirmed they could squeeze her in for surgery on Saturday she was all set to go! She's home now and on crate rest. Her leg had to be amputated to the shoulder, since without a healthy paw pad to walk on, leaving any of the leg remaining ran a high chance of her injuring it by attempting to support weight on it. Fortunately cats adjust amazingly well after amputations and Lego is already walking around with a good degree of confidence. Thank you to all who sent in donations and offered words of support and encouragement. We don't know how someone let this happen to her and could let her go so long without care. The vet believes her paw had been in such a state for at least several weeks to be in the condition it was. We're shocked she didn't get an infection or at least didn't succumb to one... And that she remains so affectionate and trusting despite the horrible pain she must have experienced 😞 Once she has recovered from the amputation, Lego will be spayed and will be available for adoption once fully healthy and vetted. As we mentioned in our last post, please continue to share and donate if you are able! Every little bit helps. Send donations via Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi @RescueAndRelax Send cash or checks to Rescue and Relax, 104-106 East Swissvale Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Or visit rescueandrelax.com/donate for more ways to contribute, including links to our Amazon and Chewy wishlists. #donate #pgh #rescue #cats #help #please #surgery #amputation #vet #pittsburgh #animallovers #catlover #catlounge #catrescue #animalrescue #tripod #

Welcome Nova to the Rescue and Relax foster family ♥️ She was found meowing desperately in the streets, extremely dirty and underweight. She visited the vet today for some diagnostics and antibiotics. Please, please , please help donate towards her care and the care we put into all our kitties here at the rescue. Kitten season is here and to say we're low on funds would be an understatement 🥲 The average cost for getting our cats spayed or neutered before adoption is about $90. Care for a moderately sickly kitty is between $80-$200. And dental work is between $250-$600 (and we've had 8 dentals in 2 months with 4 more scheduled! 🙀). Donate via Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi @RescueAndRelax Send cash or check donations to 117 Edgewood Ave, Floor 1, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Or donate by credit card and learn about all the ways to contribute at rescueandrelax.com/donate

Welcome Nova to the Rescue and Relax foster family ♥️ This new little star joined us a couple days ago and needs to put on weight and get a bit healthier before we can get her spayed and have her join us at the lounge. She was found meowing desperately in the streets, extremely dirty and underweight. She visited the vet today for some diagnostics and antibiotics. Please, please , please help donate towards her care and the care we put into all our kitties here at the rescue. Kitten season is here and to say we're low on funds would be an understatement 🥲 The average cost for getting our cats spayed or neutered before adoption is about $90. Care for a moderately sickly kitty is between $80-$200. And dental work is between $250-$600 (and we've had 8 dentals in 2 months with 4 more scheduled! 🙀). Donate via Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi @RescueAndRelax Send cash or check donations to 117 Edgewood Ave, Floor 1, Pittsburgh, PA 15218. Or donate by credit card and learn about all the ways to contribute at rescueandrelax.com/donate

[REQUESTING DONATIONS] Milo was found by a family and last week, and when he was taken for neuter surgery the vets recognized he had significant injuries. The vets recommended euthanizing him due to the extent of his injuries... But he had been eating and using the litter box during that week so when our rescue was contacted to help we decided we'd seek care for his injuries and give him his best chance to survive this ♥️ We were at Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care to get more x-rays while we wait for callbacks from several veterinary surgeons we've reached out to about Milo's case. Milo is receiving pain and anti-inflammatory medications and lots of love and treats 😽 Please donate if you're able because the cost of his care is likely to be in the thousands... But every cat deserves a chance at a healthy, loving life and we're grateful to be able to give Milo his. You can call Rivers Veterinary Urgent Care to donate to our account at 412-998-9030. Or donate via Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, or Ko-fi @RescueAndRelax www.rescueandrelax.com/donate

Hey @followers 😸 It's #GivingTuesday and our foster kittens, Guppy and Bean, are eager to join the cat lounge when we expand to our new space! We've reached ~$4200 of our $5000 goal over the past month, which GBU Life will generously match 100% Please help us reach this goal by the end of November! And better yet, sign up for monthly contributions at Ko-fi.com/rescueandrelax so we can head into the new year with some added financial stability. In 2024, we'll be expanding our lounge's footprint in Edgewood and continuing to rescue hundreds of cats in the Western PA area ♥️🎉 Donate via Ko-fi, Venmo, PayPal or CashApp @RescueAndRelax Donate in person or by check at 117 Edgewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Or visit our website, rescueandrelax.com/donate for other ways to donate. #rescue #animalrescue #fosterkittens #kittens #cat #pittsburgh #pittsburghcats #pghrescue #pgh #pghcat #orangecat #tortitude #animalrescue #donate #nonprofit #adopt #adoptdontshop #fundraisers

Bubbles summons you to play D&D at the Cat Lounge! [TURN SOUNDS ON] We have some spots open for our D&D one-shot this Wednesday 21st: https://www.rescueandrelax.com/events/dnd-june-21-up-the-right-side-of-down-one-shot/ We have also posted new events for July, including a new campaign, a beginners game and a new one-shot: https://www.rescueandrelax.com/?s=&etn_event_location=&etn_categorys=46&post_type=etn We are also starting up a new Puzzler Night and Board Game Night. Check out all the events coming to the Cat Lounge at: https://www.rescueandrelax.com/events/

Meet our new "whale" family 😻 Bryde and her children Sei, Orca, Minke, Beluga, and Narwhal were rescued in Natrona Heights after the kittens tumbled out of a lawnmower 🙀 Kitten season is in full swing! If you find a kitten playing around your property, please fight the instinct to scoop them up without their mother - unless of course they are injured and need immediate medical care. Kittens need to stay with mom and their littermates until they're 12 weeks old to have the best health outcomes and social development. It took us 3 days to gather this entire litter of kittens and lure mom into a trap. So worth the late nights and early mornings it took to find them all 😽 #playtime #kittenseason #mamacat #whalenames #orcasaredolphins

Ozzy loves attention... of all sorts 😹 Ozzy and his brother, Lefty, go home together this Thursday!! 😻🎉 #reunited #rescuekitten #derpycat

We've raised $1.4k of the $2.8k cost of Lefty's femur surgery ♥️ We're so grateful to everyone who has been sending love his way and helping us reach out goal 😻 Surgery day is tomorrow! And then he'll have 6-8 weeks of recovery as the bone heals. It won't be easy but we'll be there loving on him the whole way through 🥰 You'll notice his tail was shaved. He had a gash running along the length of his tail when we found him. At first we suspected he had been caught in a fence, but the vet thinks it would have likely taken the force of a car impact to break his femur in that way. Maybe it was both. No more adventuring outside for this little lad, that's for sure! And last night, Lefty finally pooped! 💩 His X-rays showed he should have no trouble with bladder or bowel function, but he hadn't pooped since he's been back and we were getting worried. We'll continue updating you on his progress, and please continue sending him well wishes and donations if you're able!! 😽 Venmo/PayPal/CashApp is @RescueAndRelax Or call Pennsylvania Animal Wellness and Surgery PAWS at 724-577-7297 to leave a credit towards his surgery. #catrescue #blackcat #brokencat