Inn To Cats

11/01/2024

Please consider adopting a few barn cats and help spread the word!

Barn homes needed now! Our fantastic Facebook supporters always come through to help find homes for community cats in need, so let’s do it again!
We have several community cats who need a new home asap. If you or your friends can help save a life by providing a home to an outdoor cat, please contact us! You will need a safe climate controlled area to acclimate your new "barn cat" to its new environment. We will provide guidance and help you set things up so you can work to develop a relationship with your cat, greatly improving the likelihood that they'll stay with you. If you have a barn or outbuilding and need a mouser, or you just want to help save a cat's life, please contact us today!
There is no adoption fee for barn cats. Please like, comment, and share this post.

10/25/2024

Excellent reminders to help keep your pets safe this Halloween!

Halloween is almost here! 🎃👻 with many festivities happening this weekend, we wanted to send out a gentle reminder for pet safety.

🕸️ Keep an eye on your treat bowl! Make sure candy and chocolate is out of reach of all of your critters. 🍫 If Max or Luna happen to sneak some chocolate, be sure to call ASPCA Pet Poison Control and be prepared to bring them to a veterinary clinic to induce vomiting if necessary.

🕸️ Limit your pets costume time - not all animals enjoy wearing clothing. 🎭 Be sure to snap a few cute photos and don’t forget to take the costume off!

🕸️ If you are going to have trick-or-treaters or party guests all evening, be sure to have your animals in a place where they can’t sneak out at night! If they get anxious with knocking and doorbells, consider a calming medication, distraction snacks and music. 🐕

🕸️ Your costume and mask might look pretty scary to a pet! Don’t approach or get in the face of any animal while dressed up, you’re too scary! 😱

We are here everyday for your pets urgent, non emergent needs. ♥️

🐾 Need to induce vomiting? Call us!
🐾 Have a dog bite wound? Call us!
🐾 GI upset from the holiday snacks? Call us!


Care when your pet needs it most ♥️🐾

09/29/2024

UPDATE 9/29: Bulleit has been improving, but he isn’t out of the woods yet. Please continue to share & donate! And also consider adopting - LC3 has a lot of wonderful cats & kittens and resources used to care for them could be allocated to Bulleit once they’re adopted.

I met Bulleit at a recent TNR clinic and he is just the sweetest little baby! I’m sad to hear he’s sick enough to need a blood transfusion, but thankfully he’s in excellent hands at Loudoun Urgent Vet . Please consider donating to help LC3 pay for Bulleit’s medical care 💕

09/16/2024

Great advice!

I always say: One kitten is half a kitten. Two kittens are a whole!

Often, first-time adopters feel overwhelmed by the idea of bringing home a pair, and believe it will be easier to adopt a solo kitten…only to realize later that they wish they’d adopted a duo! As someone who reads a lot of adoption applications, trust me: a lot of solo-kitten adopters end up wanting a second kitten after all.

Paired adoptions make me happy, but I do lots of solo kitten adoptions too, as long as the adopter has another young cat in the home to be the kitten’s friend. Our kittens adjust beautifully to homes with young, playful cats! Interestingly enough, we didn’t have any paired adoption applicants for my current crew of 4…but we had several applications from people who had recently adopted a solo kitten and regretted not adopting a second!

One adopter told me that she’d adopted a kitten just days earlier, then went to the vet and was told “you need to get a second kitten,” so she applied with Orphan Kitten Club for a little friend. (LOVE that advice—thank you, vet!)

I share this to say that if you’re a first-time adopter considering a solo kitten, consider adopting a pair. I promise I’m not just trying to upsell you on kittens! Two kittens will keep each other entertained, learn new skills from one another, take out their energy on one another, and enrich each others’ lives. And when you adopt a pair of young friends or littermates, they’ll be bonded immediately!

If you’ve recently adopted a solo kitten and have no other cats at home, it’s not too late to get them a little buddy to bond with for life. Every time an adopter applies to pair one of our kittens with their new kitten, I tell them: you are making a very smart decision!

Read my article at KittenLady.org/twokittens to learn why experts agree: two kittens are better than one. 🐱🐱

09/15/2024

So true.

08/23/2024

Tension between cats can be subtle or obvious. Watch for signs like prolonged staring, guarding resources, or vocalizations. More active signs include chasing, fighting, and physical contact. If you notice these behaviors, it’s time to step in and help your cats feel safe and secure. Learn more about recognizing intercat tension at https://bit.ly/3WlG7pp.

02/29/2024

🎉Exciting News: Inn To Cats has been nominated for Best of Loudoun again and we would be honored if you took a few minutes each day through March 10th to help us reach the Top 5!!! 🥰😻

(We also recommend Loudoun Urgent Vet for Veterinary Practice and Loudoun Community Cat Coalition for Animal Rescue if you have a few extra seconds to vote for them too)

Vote in any or all categories once per day February 23rd through March 10th EDT!

02/08/2024

Training your cats cannot be overstated or emphasized enough. These kittens have been with us 6 weeks and already know an entire repertoire of cues.

Can you guess one of the single most important things I taught them? To allow their mouth to be opened so they can accept pills!!!!!

What else? Learning to willingly eat gel caps off of a texture surface, accepting handling of their paws for nail trims, and that the scale is a place with delicious treats!

Of course they have learned fun tricks like hi-five, sit, target a mat, target a Clikstik, they are already on the skateboard!!! When you incorporate other fun cues, accepting their mouth open for a pill is no different than a hi-five!

Please, I implore you, if you learn nothing else from following my page, teach your cats to take medication before they need medication. It will save their life one day and it will make yours a hell of a lot easier.

12/21/2023

One of Ashleigh’s foster kittens is now available for adoption with Loudoun Community Cat Coalition. Sushi is the absolute sweetest, silliest little girl 😻Please share so we can find her a forever family!