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Our mission is to rescue and rehabilitate special-needs cats, provide free and low-cost spay/neuter services to the local community, and assist people who need help keeping their pets during difficult life situations. Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue (SCSCR) has a mission to rescue and rehabilitate special-needs cats, provide free and low-cost spay/neuter services to the local community, and assist people who need help keeping their pets during difficult life situations.

11/15/2024

Today's is the dashing JT! This 6-year-old snuggle bug had to be surrendered when his mom lost pet-friendly housing, and he is ready to find a new home to be loved! JT has spent his life being adored and spoiled, and expects nothing less from his new family. But don't worry, he likes to give back! JT is an EXPERT helper in the kitchen, especially when it comes to washing dishes. You'll never feel lonely again while you scrub your pots and pans, and you'll never miss a spot under his careful observation.

JT is going to spend the weekend at Petco - Sheridan Wyoming so he can meet everyone - stop by and say hello to him!

11/15/2024

Babs can't believe it! This weekend is Double Votes Weekend at MyGivingCircle - this is your chance to turbo-boost your vote for SCSCR and make sure we share in $90,000 worth of grants being distributed on December 30th. Every Charity with 15,000 votes is eligible for a grant this December, no matter where they finish on the leaderboard!

From Friday, Nov. 15th - midnight Sunday, Nov. 17th:
⭐Every vote is automatically doubled by MyGivingCircle
⭐Every donation adds 2 votes for every dollar given ($10 donation = 20 Votes)

Visit https://mygivingcircle.org/second-chance-sheridan-cat-rescue/vote to cast your vote (voting is free - donations are optional but greatly appreciated), and please share with your friends and family!

11/14/2024

Hilde update! The little cat that was found broken and freezing, caught on a fence, is recovering wonderfully after her amputation! At first we were pretty sure Hilde was feral, but she is slowly starting to trust us and I can now pet her head and give her some nice ear scratches. She is only 7 months old, so we are fairly confident that with love and time she will come around and become an amazing companion for someone. We are so glad someone found her before it was too late and reached out to us. Hilde's story could have ended in tragedy, but instead, she gets her second chance! Thank you to all of our amazing supporters. Every dollar, reaction, comment, and shared post makes a difference!

11/11/2024

Ten days ago, one of our kittens made a Facebook post asking our supporters to vote for us on MyGivingCircle. Wow, you stepped up! The morning of November 1st, we were in 460th place in the USA/Canada grant pool, which runs through the end of the year. As of this evening, we are in 57th place! There are 49 days left in the voting competition, and the top 10 charities will receive a grant. You can vote once a week, so even if you've voted before, please continue to do so every weekend to help us reach the top of the leaderboard!

https://mygivingcircle.org/second-chance-sheridan-cat-rescue/vote

Note: you will have to sign up for a free account with My Giving Circle in order to cast your vote.

Thank you and please share!

11/08/2024

Today's is a double feature! Oolong and Boba are a brother/sister duo looking for a home. They are just 5 months old, and love to play and snuggle. They are going to spend the weekend at Petco - Sheridan Wyoming, and would love to have visitors stop by and say hello!

11/07/2024

Lavender update! X-rays show that nothing is broken, but she has a lot of inflammation along her vertebrae where the attack occurred. We were correct that her bite wounds are old, and because she went untreated for so long, she has several draining tracts of infection that will take time to heal (in some cases, these types of wounds never fully heal). That being said, she already looks SO much better after a few days of antibiotics! She is eating well and giving us lots of love in return for head scratches. She is not a huge fan of seeing other cats when she is out of her kennel, but that is not unusual for an injured cat who has been trying to survive on her own for several months. With time, we hope Lavender can start to feel safe and eventually find her forever family! Thank you so much for your support of this sweet girl. We will continue to update you as her journey progresses!

11/07/2024

Acorn update! This little girl is a fighter, and she's going to need that spirit to get through, as she has a long road ahead of her. The bite wound in her abdomen also cut off the blood supply to a large segment of skin in the surrounding area, which means that skin will become necrotic and slough off completely before being replaced by new skin. Acorn will be dealing with an open wound for quite some time while this process occurs. Also, because she is only 8 weeks old and terrified, she isn't really moving around or grooming herself, so all of the infection is collecting in pockets in her abdomen - this is keeping her fever much higher than we would like. We are flushing her with diluted betadine daily to try to get as much out as we can for her. Acorn has started eating pretty well, but she is still losing weight each day as she battles the infection and inflammation.

X-rays on Tuesday revealed that the dog bite also caused damage to her spine. She has a fracture at the facet joint of one of her lower vertebrae, and the dorsal spine of that vertebrae has broken off. It does not appear to be affecting her reflexes or mobility (other than causing pain so she doesn't want to move much), so we are hopeful that time will also heal this wound. Her future family will just have to watch for signs of arthritis as she gets older.

Thank you all so much for your support of this little girl. It's so hard to see such a tiny baby in so much pain and fear, but we are doing everything we can to show her she is loved and safe. She is getting plenty of pain medication and antibiotics, and our vet team is optimistic about her future. Please continue to send healing thoughts her way, and we'll keep you updated on her journey!

11/07/2024

Yesterday, the Rainbow Bridge gained a beautiful, perfect soul. Pip, although you were with us only a short time, we were honored to receive your love and gentle kisses - and yes, even the occasional love nibble. I'm so sorry that cancer overcame your little body. We knew when we found that it had metastasized from the melanomas on your skin and into your lungs that you were in constant pain and ready for your release. Sweet girl, I hope we can meet again one day. You touched the hearts of so many people in such a short amount of time. Rest in peace and fly high ❤🌈

11/04/2024

On Saturday, we took in three injured cats, all within an hour of each other. I've already introduced you to Acorn and Lavender in previous posts, and today I'm here to introduce you to Pip.

Senior cats hold a special place in our hearts here at SCSCR, so while my heart breaks for all of the injured babies that came to us on Saturday, Pip's story is especially wrenching.

The moment we laid Pip on the exam table to take a look at her on Saturday, she started to give us kisses. She licked our hands and purred vigorously. If we put our faces down next to her, she licked our noses, too. We noticed that she has lost most of one ear to frostbite, and she is skinny and too weak to stand. She is unable to even hold her head up for long periods of time without assistance.

Most concerning, however, is her front right leg. We are not sure if it is broken or dislocated, but it sticks straight out, cannot be bent without pain, and prevents her from being able to move. Poor Pip cannot even get into a litter box at this time, so she eliminates on her blankets and we keep her changed and clean. We bring her food and water regularly and assist her with sitting up to eat (and boy, does she LOVE to eat!).

Pip is scheduled for x-rays and bloodwork on Tuesday, so we will have a better idea of her prognosis moving forward. If her body is able to survive anesthesia and surgery, she will likely need her leg amputated, as it is clear this injury has been plaguing her for a while and it is likely too late to save her leg. We will have to assess, however, if putting Pip through a major surgery and forcing a senior cat to be a tripod is in her best interest. Pip seems like a fighter, and we will give her every chance we can, so long as it does not prolong any suffering. Please send loving thoughts towards Pip as well as the staff and vet team here at SCSCR as we work to make the right decisions for this sweet girl.

Donations for Pip's current care and potential future surgery are welcomed with gratitude!

11/04/2024

Yesterday was a really long and sad day for us, as we took in not one, not two, but THREE really sweet, injured cats. Yesterday I introduced you to Acorn. Today I would like to share Lavender's story. Lavender was picked up as a stray and taken to one of our rescue partners. They immediately noticed she was having difficulty walking and knew she would need more medical care than they could provide, so they asked us to take her.

When we first met Lavender, we made two observations: one, she is incredibly loving, and two, her fur was matted in strange, sticky clumps all over the lower half of her body. I had a sneaky suspicion of what it was, and a quick shave proved me right: her fur was matted with blood and pus. Lavender's entire back, hips, tail, and abdomen are riddled with puncture wounds, my guess is from a dog attack. Every time we thought we had found them all, we shaved another patch of fur and found more injuries.

While many of the wounds are still open and bleeding, you can also see the web of scars that tell the full story of what this girl has endured. This attack happened quite some time ago, and she has been living in pain all this time, hiding from more predators at night who surely smelled the stench of infection emanating from her body.

Lavender is now on antibiotics and while her surface wounds will heal, we are worried about internal damage to her back, pelvis, or hips. We have scheduled her for x-rays on Tuesday and after that we will know more and can make her more comfortable.

In the meantime, we have enjoyed getting head bonks and purrs from this little one, and can't wait to continue getting to know her. As her wounds close up and her fur grows back to cover the scars, we hope that her emotional scars will also fade as she receives nothing but unconditional love from this point forward. Welcome to your second chance, Lavender. We are honored to have you with us.

Donations towards Lavender's extensive medical care are greatly appreciated ❤

11/03/2024

Please join me in welcoming our newest little one, Acorn! This sweet girl had a rough day after she was attacked by a dog. With a large puncture wound in her abdomen and shock settling in, she managed to drag herself to a person for help, who immediately scooped her up and brought her to SCSCR.

Acorn had a low temperature, was pale, and was still actively bleeding from her injury. She was also terrified and exhausted. We immediately got her into our temperature-controlled incubator and assessed the extent of her injuries. We were unable to determine whether the puncture had gone through her body wall, and decided that it would be better to get her seen on an emergency visit to a local clinic. After sedating her, the veterinarian was able to patch Acorn up and said she needs antibiotics, time, and love. Luckily, we have all of those things!

Acorn is now tucked into a cozy bed with a fuzzy blanket. She still hasn't eaten for us, but we are hoping that she starts to feel better tomorrow! We can't wait to show this sweet girl what it's like to live the good life.

Acorn's emergency vet bill today was a few hundred dollars, so we would greatly appreciate any donations to help us cover the cost of this plus her future care.

Welcome to your second chance, Acorn!

11/01/2024

Today's is Agatha! That's right, this sweet girl is all healed up and ready to find her forever family! Agatha will never regain vision in her right eye, but it does not bother her and should not need any further treatment (if it does, her new family just needs to reach out to us and we will get her taken care of at no charge!). This sweet baby is ultra snuggly, loves belly rubs, and is great with kids. She is a diva who likes to be the queen bee, so if you have other cats in your home, Agatha might take some time to adjust to sharing. We are so excited to introduce our Agatha to everyone, so she is going to spend the weekend at Petco - Sheridan Wyoming! Stop by and say hello to her!

11/01/2024

"Hey hoomans! Have you voted?? No, not THAT vote - the one for Second Chance! This weekend, every new vote on My Giving Circle will grant us a dollar, all the way up to $5,000! Please share this link with your friends and ask them to vote for us!"

https://mygivingcircle.org/second-chance-sheridan-cat-rescue/free

Note: you will have to sign up for a free account with My Giving Circle in order to cast your vote. Once you have an account set up, you can vote for up to two charities every week through the end of the year to help us win a life-saving grant!

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween from all of us at SCSCR! We hope you have a safe and spooky night. If any of your fur babies dressed in costume, please show us in the comments!

10/29/2024

It's National Cat Day and you know what that means - we want to see your cats! Post their pictures and stories in the comments. We hope to see lots of SCSCR alum as well as new friends we haven't met 🥰

(Pictured: Babs, our current resident goofball)

10/29/2024

Look at this handsome guy! Mozart is a BIG boy, weighing in at over 17 pounds. He also has the cutest pink nose, perfect for booping. He is just three years old and very healthy. Mozart was adopted from us in 2021 as a kitten, so we were surprised to get a call earlier this month from a local pet boarding facility that he had been abandoned. His owner dropped him off, paid for a few days of boarding, and then never returned for him. Multiple attempts to contact his owner failed, but his microchip still linked back to us, so we brought our baby boy (who is not a baby any more!) home to SCSCR.

Mozart was pretty stressed and angry for a couple of weeks, but he is settling in. He really wants to get out of here and be back with a family - preferably one who won't abandon him! Mozart does okay with other pets, but he needs a lot of personal space. He would prefer a home where he is the only cat, but would also do fine in a large house with other cats/dogs where he has his own territory and plenty of one-on-one attention from someone. If Mozart sounds like he would be a good fit for you, let us know! He can't wait to meet you ❤ Please share!

10/28/2024

Oh, poor baby! Just looking at her face makes me want to cry. We have no idea what happened to this sweet girl to cause her so much pain, but we can guess a little bit of her backstory. It's long, so bear with me:

On October 6th, a little brown tabby was found on a property in the county, all by himself. He was quite friendly and cuddly, so where he came from was a bit of a mystery! "Reuben" was brought to SCSCR, and we assessed him and sent him to a foster home with other kittens his age.

Many days later, on October 18th, we got a call from the family that found him, letting us know that a momma cat had just shown up at the house, four little kittens in tow, all resembling Reuben. We're not sure how Reuben ended up separated from his family, but based on how snuggly momma Cider and all of her kittens are, we are guessing they were all dumped on the property by someone who didn't want to deal with them.

Cider's belly was suspiciously large when she arrived, and we feared she was already pregnant. On day 2 of her stay with us, however, Cider got very sick and emptied the contents of her stomach all over the kennel. She had been eating garbage to survive. In addition to lots of plastic and paper, I can tell you her last meal before arriving was chicken fajitas with extra red and green peppers 🤢

If you've stuck around the story this long, you're probably wondering what all this has to do with the kitten in this picture! Well, another 7 days went by and we received yet another call from the family that found Reuben, Cider, and the other four kittens. This sweet, injured baby showed up at the house, looking for help. She has pretty significant damage to her face, and her right upper canine tooth was hooked onto the inside of her cheek from the damage, making it difficult for her to eat. After a vet check and a prescription for antibiotics, she came back to SCSCR to start her second chance.

I honestly wasn't sure if she belonged to Cider. She is a little larger than the other kittens, and a completely different color than any of them (they are all orange tabbies and brown tabbies). I decided to cautiously introduce her to Cider to see if she would accept her. After all, it had been a week and the kitten would now smell like infection.

Turns out I had nothing to worry about. The instant she smelled her momma, this baby dove head-first for Cider's belly and started nursing, and Cider began frantically grooming her baby and purring. You could just sense her chastising this little one with, "Where HAVE you been? You are filthy!" After a full belly and thorough bath, she then hopped down away from Cider and began playing with her siblings. Watching all of this unfold was truly a heart-warming moment to end our day at the rescue.

I know this was a long story, but thanks for sticking with it to the end! We can't wait to get all of these kittens big and healthy and find them forever homes. If you have a few dollars to spare to help us care for this new family, donations are greatly appreciated. I challenge everyone to donate $6 to this post - that's just one dollar for each member of Cider's family to help cover their vaccinations and spay/neuter surgeries. If everyone can give a little, we can all make a LOT of difference ❤

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The queen has spoken! Come visit Suzie Q tomorrow, October 26th, between 1-3pm for Trick or Treat! She can't wait to see your costumes and show off hers!

Hello amazing supporters! We are a little overwhelmed and could use your support. We currently have 153 cats and kittens in the building, several kittens in foster, and we just received a request from someone in the county to remove 16 cats and kittens of various ages from their property. We are low on food, low on funds, and low on energy! Our biggest need right now is canned kitten food, especially Royal Canin kitten "thin slices in gravy", which can be found on our wish list at sheridancatrescue.org/chewy. Anything else on the wish list is also greatly appreciated, but this particular one is perfect for weaning kittens! Any donations you can send our way are also immensly appreciated right now. Vet bills, cat food, cleaning supplies, and rent all add quickly and we could use some extra funds to get us through until our next big fundraiser next month! You can donate directly through Facebook/Instagram, or by visiting sheridancatrescue.org/donate. Finally, if you live locally, we could really use some cleaning volunteers! If you can come scoop litterboxes on your lunch break or fold some laundry and do the dishes on your day off, please complete an application at sheridancatrescue.org/volunteer, or stop by to chat with us! Another quick way to help is to comment and share this post so more people see it! Thank you all so much for your continuous support and love for our cats. We appreciate you more than you will ever know!

Happy Adoption Day, Libby! You deserve all the love and happiness in the world 🥰

Grass fire near Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue in Sheridan, WY, on July 18, 2024

We had a scary afternoon (July 18, 2024) as this grass fire started to get a little too close for comfort! This video was taken from our parking lot and ended up even closer before being extinguished. We want to extend an enormous thank you to all of the first responders who worked so diligently to keep everyone safe, and also to all of our staff and volunteers who came up to be on hand for animal evacuations if it became necessary. We are all safe and sound, and very grateful!

Meet Trudie! This beautiful cat came from another shelter who thought she was a senior cat because she was unable to jump or even walk without significant difficulty. In reality, Trudie is only 7 months old and was born with a malformed hip joint. Every time Trudie tries to walk with her left hind leg, she experiences horrible pain. This means this sweet kitten has never been able to run or play. As I am writing this, Trudie is being prepped for surgery by our friends at Best Friends Animal Hospital in Billings, MT. She will be getting a femoral head osteotomy, which will remove the the head of the femur bone that fits into the cup of the pelvis. This will cause the creation of a false joint and allow Trudie to live pain-free! The surgery and post-operative care will cost over $2,000. We are so very grateful to our friends at Inside Voice for providing a $400 grant to Trudie's care, but we need your help to make up the rest! Today is #WyoGives, and when we reach our goal of $50,000, we are eligible for a gift up to $10,000 from the Hughes Charitable Foundation! Please help us reach our goal and continue to help cats like Trudie. Her second chance begins today! Donate at https://sheridancatrescue.org/wyogives If Trudie's story has inspired you to give, mention her in your donation memo - she might send you a thank you note! UPDATE: WyoGives has ended, but I've added a donation button to this post if you would like to donate to Trudie's care!

I'm winning over Momma Jazz one lick of Churu at a time 😉 Razzle, Dazzle, Zazzle, and Snazzle are 14 days old today (well, I guess Snazzle is only 10 days old, but she already weighs more than her two sisters!). All babies are doing well and Jazz is taking great care of them. We are so glad we can be here to help this precious little family ❤️

Every kitten season comes with a surprise, and this year, it was Jazz! We got a call on Sunday that a feral cat had given birth under someone's porch. She must have known she needed help, because even though she had never let people touch her before, she went to the door of the people that had been feeding her, and cried until they came outside. She then led them to her newborn kittens under the porch, and waited for help. They loaded her and her babies into a carrier, and brought them to Second Chance. We noticed right away that Jazz had an eye infection and overall looked like she didn't feel well. She wasn't cleaning her babies and wasn't really letting them nurse. We got her settled in a nice dark and quiet kennel and started antibiotics. Within a few hours, she had relaxed and started caring for her little ones. Over the next 48 hours, however, it still seems as though Jazz was not feeling well and was very uncomfortable. We were worried that she might have a retained placenta or worse, a retained fetus that was nonviable. But four days after giving birth to her first three kittens (Razzle, Dazzle, and Zazzle), out popped a FOURTH healthy baby, Snazzle! She is the little tabby in the video that is fighting her way to what is apparently the best nursing spot. She is a little smaller than her siblings, but is quite spirited and growing like a weed. Jazz is now much more comfortable (despite her kiddos fighting over her belly) and is well on her way to being a happy and healthy mom. She has been so good about letting us give her medication and eye drops, so we are really hoping that we will be able to fully socialize her and find her a loving home!

Josie's beautiful babies are already 12 days old! All six are girls (yes, even the orange ones)! Josie is a wonderful momma and we are so excited to watch her kittens grow over the next few weeks!