Ivy and Friends

Ivy and Friends We are a small group located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, focused on maintaining cat colonies in commercial areas. We are not currently a 501(c)(3).

We all started as volunteers with different rescues and shelters with backgrounds in colony set up and maintenance, TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release), socialization and special needs foster care. We are not a typical “rescue” as we do not take in and adopt out cats. Rather, if there are friendly cats, we rely on and have received support from local rescues and shelters who are set up to find homes for hom

eless cats. Our goal is to educate people how to set up housing and feeding in a safe, clean, controlled way in commercial locations. We also provide information on how to conduct TNR and utilize the resources available to insure that these cats are not adding to the cat population. In many of these settings, the cats are seen as the problem when the fact is they are very likely there because the location has a rodent problem. In exchange for housing and food, these cats will be healthy and will provide a service as rodent patrol while they remain out of sight for their sake and the sake of the business.

After a few days to decompress Buddy has made himself right at home with his foster mom. He’s enjoying all the attentio...
01/09/2024

After a few days to decompress Buddy has made himself right at home with his foster mom. He’s enjoying all the attention. Just look at him laying in her lap. Not to mention he’s made his way to the loveseat. She reports he’s a dream kitty !
There are many cats living in colonies just like Buddy who just need someone to give them a chance.

01/06/2024

It’s always exciting when the cats start to interact with us humans. This is Twin and he resides in our third colony. He’s quite the character. He’s always been very curious about us but staying his distance as he’s still unsure. However he definitely knows who brings his food.

On this   our pantry shelves are two days shy of being empty of dry food. We are also running low on wet food, batteries...
01/03/2024

On this our pantry shelves are two days shy of being empty of dry food. We are also running low on wet food, batteries for our cams and we have three to four days left of Lysine.
Our small group of four volunteers care for three colonies of 150+ daily. We have been committed to caring for them from the very beginning but we simply can’t do it alone. It’s takes a village.
We have included our Walmart and Amazon links below for anyone who would like to gift the cats any of the items listed.

Walmart Link ⬇️

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link ⬇️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

Our cams captured this beautiful photo of Toby who resides in our first colony. We rarely see him in person when we are ...
01/02/2024

Our cams captured this beautiful photo of Toby who resides in our first colony. We rarely see him in person when we are there feeding but when we aren’t he’s out and about all though the day and night. As you can tell he likes to eat.

Happy New Year friends ! About a month or so ago we noticed a new cat showing up at our feeding station late at night on...
01/01/2024

Happy New Year friends !
About a month or so ago we noticed a new cat showing up at our feeding station late at night on our cams. We had not seen her in person until about two weeks ago when one of our team members was there and saw her. Fast forward to Thursday and she was there and friendly as can be. However the team member didn’t have a trap with her so another team member brought one. She’s such a sweet girl and our guess is she was dumped. So heartbreaking when people do this. Polly will be going this week for her spay and vaccinations. She is being fostered by one of our volunteers and will be up for adoption through Cause 4 Paws, Locust Grove VA. Thank you for saying yes to Polly.

Our cameras play such an important roll in what we do. They are our eyes when we aren’t there and allow us to monitor the cats 24/7. They are live feed cameras that snap photos every 30 seconds to a minute. We pay a monthly fee for this along with what it costs in batteries which last about 2 days per camera. It gets quite expensive but having the security of keeping an eye on our colonies is worth it.

Polly is a very sweet and social girl. The photo with the helpppp!!!! is her actually talking to us. It was to good not to make a meme. Sometimes during the hard situations we encounter we have to try to find the happy. Who ever dumped her shame on you. The happy is she’s now with us and will never be subjected to having babies and she will now live her best life.

As we get ready to enter the new year Buddy is getting a second chance at life. He has been living in one of our colonie...
01/01/2024

As we get ready to enter the new year Buddy is getting a second chance at life.
He has been living in one of our colonies long before we started managing them. He’s always been a friendly boy when he was around. He would disappear for months on end then just show up again like nothing ever happened. His last disappearance was for almost a year. When he came back he was much thinner, older and tired.
The first photo is what we were seeing every time we pulled up to feed. It was breaking our hearts seeing him just laying in that wet grass. You see Buddy has always had human interaction with a guy that works at one of the businesses but isn’t in a position to be able to take him. Buddy is older now and cold weather is so hard on them. We also aren’t allowed to put shelters at this location. So we started putting feelers out about finding a place for Buddy.
We are happy to report that Buddy is now in a foster home getting acquainted to living the rest of his days indoors. Thank you friend for saying yes to fostering him and giving him a place to land.
He will be getting updated on all of his shots and micro chipped. Once all that is complete and he’s ready for adoption he will be going to A Tail To Be Told Animal Rescue. We have the best rescue friends. Thank you for saying yes.
Small acts of kindness can change the world for these cats. They just need a chance.

Happy New Years Eve !

From our colonies and the humans that care for them Merry Christmas 🎄
12/25/2023

From our colonies and the humans that care for them Merry Christmas 🎄

‘Twas the night before Christmas and up in our woods, two creatures were stirring and looking for food. Thrown out in th...
12/24/2023

‘Twas the night before Christmas and up in our woods, two creatures were stirring and looking for food.
Thrown out in the woods without even a thought, they cared so little, we weren’t even forgot.
When what to our wandering eyes should appear, a trap full of pork loin to banish our fear.
For over two hours they waited us out. We finally gave up though we surely did pout.
Tonight we will sleep in a warm cozy bed where we never have to worry whether we will be fed.
To the family who did this, may you enjoy your big day, to the extent you deserve after making us stray.

You may see them wandering in neighborhoods or see them living in colonies. They are no different than the cat sleeping ...
12/20/2023

You may see them wandering in neighborhoods or see them living in colonies. They are no different than the cat sleeping on the sofa. They are simply less fortunate. Not less deserving of care or someone to love them.

12/20/2023
Daisy reminding you to keep your furry friends hydrated.
12/18/2023

Daisy reminding you to keep your furry friends hydrated.

I don’t even know how to begin to say Thank You to the individuals who sent gifts of dry food, wet food, batteries, pape...
12/07/2023

I don’t even know how to begin to say Thank You to the individuals who sent gifts of dry food, wet food, batteries, paper towels and a lock box cover for one of our cameras to celebrate my birthday with our colonies. Thank you for helping us make a difference in the lives of the community cats we care for.
Debbie

Hi Friends, my name Twin and I’m peeking in to remind you that Ms.Debbie is celebrating her Birthday with me and all my ...
12/02/2023

Hi Friends, my name Twin and I’m peeking in to remind you that Ms.Debbie is celebrating her Birthday with me and all my friends. We really don’t know what birthday’s are but it sure does sound like a lot of fun especially if it means food to help feed all of us.
Love,
Twin

Walmart Link⬇️

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link ⬇️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

12/01/2023

Sweet Daisy has been learning to trust us over this past year. When she sees our vehicles coming to feed she usually comes running. She loves to flop and role around on the ground in front of us. This is a little clip of her trusting. The little swat is just her way of saying I’m still not sure yet but like how this feels.

Hi my name is Dusty and I heard Ms.Debbie is doing a virtual birthday food drive for me and all my friends. We are so ex...
11/28/2023

Hi my name is Dusty and I heard Ms.Debbie is doing a virtual birthday food drive for me and all my friends. We are so excited that she wants to share her birthday with us. There are a lot of us that the nice ladies feed every day. They have really changed our lives.
We were once malnourished, cold, starving and none of us were spayed or neutered until the nice ladies found out about us.
We are now thriving because of everything they have done for us. We have nice warm cozy shelters to keep us warm. We have food in our bellies and no longer have to scrounge around for food but sometimes the ladies need help to keep us fed. They have invested in cameras to keep a watchful eye on us to help keep us safe. My friends in two separate colonies are completely spayed and neutered and the majority of my colony is but a few of my friends have not cooperated with the ladies so they are still working on it. Did I mention that there are more than 150 of us that they feed ?
I would love for you to help Ms.Debbie make her birthday wish come true.
Love Dusty

Walmart Link ⬇️

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link ⬇️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

Good morning friends. My name is Debbie and I am one of the four ladies who care for our three colonies. I have a birthd...
11/28/2023

Good morning friends. My name is Debbie and I am one of the four ladies who care for our three colonies. I have a birthday coming up and I have chosen to do a virtual food drive for our cats.
My only birthday wish is for the cats to always have full bellies.
While we are not a nonprofit we are just as committed and invested in what we do.
I have attached our Wishlist links below if you’d like to make my birthday wishes come true.

Walmart Link ⬇️

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link⬇️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

I would love if you would give this post a share.
Virtual Food Drive November 28th - December 3rd

Today and everyday we are thankful for our supporters and dedicated team who give of themselves to help provide a kinder...
11/23/2023

Today and everyday we are thankful for our supporters and dedicated team who give of themselves to help provide a kinder way of living for the community cats that we care for.
Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

The winterization of the last shelters has been completed for this season. We hope by posting our photos that they will ...
11/16/2023

The winterization of the last shelters has been completed for this season.
We hope by posting our photos that they will be of some help to others.
A huge Thank You to our team member for all your hard work and always having the best interest of cats in mind when taking on this project.

Good Morning friends. It’s Wishlist Wednesday. Our pantry shelves are critically low on dry food. The winter months are ...
11/15/2023

Good Morning friends. It’s Wishlist Wednesday. Our pantry shelves are critically low on dry food. The winter months are upon us and the cats eat more in the winter to take in more calories to help keep their bodies warm.
We’ve also added batteries to our list. We have several trail cams that monitor our colonies and we go through a ton of batteries each week. 8 batteries for each cam last about 2 days if we are lucky.
If you have the ability and would like to gift the cats we have provided our Amazon and Walmart links.

Amazon Link ⬇️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

Walmart Link⬇️

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

This chubby cheeked, cross eyed gorgeous boy, is Teddy. He resides in our third colony.
11/13/2023

This chubby cheeked, cross eyed gorgeous boy, is Teddy. He resides in our third colony.

One of our amazing team members has been hard at work preparing the shelters for the winter. She does a fantastic job ev...
11/09/2023

One of our amazing team members has been hard at work preparing the shelters for the winter. She does a fantastic job every year. As you will see from the photos this is no easy task. We have no running water at any of our colonies so in order to clean them properly she breaks them all down and takes them home. She usually starts in September as we have so many shelters. It’s quite a production. Our shelters consist of either styrofoam or totes. They are all wrapped in heavy contractor bags. Once they are ready to go back to the colonies she has them all numbered as where they will sit on the pallets. She considers every little detail to keep our cats warm for the winter.
Her dedication to the cats is incredible. She has done all of this while working a full time job, still feeding and caring for our cats, taking care of her own household and animals.
Thank you for everything you do to make life better for our colonies. Your one in million. This world needs more people like you.
Each photos has a description of what is taking place for a better understanding.

Have no fear Rocky and Apollo are always on duty when the cat mobile is making its rounds.
11/07/2023

Have no fear Rocky and Apollo are always on duty when the cat mobile is making its rounds.

Sebastian showing off all his fluffiness.
11/07/2023

Sebastian showing off all his fluffiness.

Another group of shelters have been complete. As stated in another post one of our wonderful ladies takes on this projec...
11/01/2023

Another group of shelters have been complete. As stated in another post one of our wonderful ladies takes on this project every year. She goes in and takes all the shelters home to sanitize, she re-wraps them, stuffs them with straw and brings them back to set them up. They are wrapped in heavy contractor trash bags then covered with a heavy tarp and heavy plastic in the front to help prevent cold air getting in. The slits in the front are where the cats enter. She always does a fantastic job. The outside doesn’t have to look pretty as long as it does the job to keep the cats warm.
More photo coming soon of the other areas that have been completed.
A huge thank you to our team member. This is a big project she does every year.

Happy Monday Friends! Rocky has been enjoying the warmer weather.
10/30/2023

Happy Monday Friends! Rocky has been enjoying the warmer weather.

Happy National Cat Day 🐈🐕🐈‍⬛ ! In honor of all our feline friends let’s celebrate them by sharing photos of your furry f...
10/29/2023

Happy National Cat Day 🐈🐕🐈‍⬛ ! In honor of all our feline friends let’s celebrate them by sharing photos of your furry friends.

It’s   ! Let’s see photos of all those beautiful cats.
10/27/2023

It’s ! Let’s see photos of all those beautiful cats.

Sometimes our cams catch some of the funniest things these cats do. Bo bottom left peeking around the corner letting us ...
10/27/2023

Sometimes our cams catch some of the funniest things these cats do. Bo bottom left peeking around the corner letting us know he’s there. Then in the big tree in the back you have W***y making himself nice a comfy.

If cats could talk what do you think Copper is saying ?
10/25/2023

If cats could talk what do you think Copper is saying ?

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