Pawsitively Cats No-Kill Shelter

Pawsitively Cats No-Kill Shelter Providing compassionate care to over 100 rescued cats and foster kittens! Donate or volunteer to help
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Pawsitively Cats was able to purchase property and renovate the building to house our rescued cats. Our shelter accommodates cats available for adoption, Feline Leukemia cats, and in a separate building our feral or other non-social cats. We also support TNR in the community via education, trap lending and mentoring. You can see our "Adoptable Cats" and "Sponsor a Cat" albums in our Photos (under the "More" Tab.

How do we say thank you when thank you just doesn't seem like enough? You all came together to donate $7705! And the che...
12/04/2024

How do we say thank you when thank you just doesn't seem like enough?

You all came together to donate $7705! And the check for the $5000 matching donation is on its way! And, we got another $5000 grant from a local foundation!
Wow!
We are so very grateful for the generosity you've shown yesterday and through our 14 1/2 years of saving lives.

You all are truly amazing and appreciated!

Waldorf (left photo) and Penny are 2 more of our kitties that will live with us forever. You can see Waldorf's open mout...
12/04/2024

Waldorf (left photo) and Penny are 2 more of our kitties that will live with us forever.
You can see Waldorf's open mouth, he was hissing and spitting at the camera, he really isn't fond of people at all! He was an older kitten that just didn't settle into liking people even though he had an experienced foster.
The same goes for Penny, she was caught just a little too late for her to become very trusting of people. Her foster mom and dad spent hours and hours with her and her siblings trying to get them over their hissy spitty ways. Penny does like a few of our volunteers and has even been taken home twice to see if she will adjust. Nope. She hides and goes right back to her very feral ways. She is happier in the shelter.

We don't intentionally intake feral cats, but we do try to give kittens the chance to settle down and find a home. Sometimes it just doesn't work out.
That's where you, our supporters come in; through your generosity cats like Waldorf and Penny will be safe and cared for, for life. As long as Pawsitively Cats stays in business they will have a home here.
Waldorf and Penny can also be sponsored for a $25 monthly donation.

If you can make a donation before midnight, we will be very grateful!

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Rizzi (front of photo) and Sidney were rescued by a good Samaritan from an apartment dumpster. They were left in a large...
12/04/2024

Rizzi (front of photo) and Sidney were rescued by a good Samaritan from an apartment dumpster. They were left in a large dog crate and had been there long enough to be sitting in their own urine and f***s puddled all around them. Yuck! One of our volunteers got the call for help, and here they are!
They are almost 9 years old and have been with us for 5 years. Neither one of them will use a litter box, not even in their first foster home with us. Maybe they didn't have a good experience when they were little, maybe the trauma of being thrown out like trash and left so sit in their own excrement affected them. They are safe here. We clean the floor every day, all day anyway, and they aren't the only culprits who prefer the floor over a litter pan!
Rizzi is a little more willing to have human interaction than his sister Sidney is. That's ok, they don't have to like us, we will take care of them anyway. They do love getting treats and wet food, Rizzi is a bit of a piggy when wet food plates come out! Sidney is more lady like and waits until a plate is put in an out of the way place where she feels more secure eating.

We spend an average of $4500 a month on food and litter. We'd really like to earn that $5000 bonus donation today!

Please make the best donation you can before mid-night.
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Twelve and half year-old Summer returned to us earlier this year after her adopter had to enter an assisted living home ...
12/04/2024

Twelve and half year-old Summer returned to us earlier this year after her adopter had to enter an assisted living home and was physically unable to care for her.
Summer's medical records showed she had been diagnosed with kidney disease two years prior to her return. Her recent labs work shows that her renal disease is quite progressed. Summer may not have a lot of time left with us, but she makes the most of everyday. She likes to rest on the climbers by the front entry area and greets everyone with her loud yowl hoping to get some pets before people get busy cleaning the shelter! Summer gets small meals of her prescription food throughout the day; she prefers to be out in the main room instead of the room where the other kitties on the kidney diet are. She can get more attention that way!
We will do everything we can to give her the best life she can have.

Your support makes it possible for Summer and every other cat we have with a special need to have the best life possible with us.

Please donate what you can today to help keep our growing population of senior and special needs cats happy.

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/.../Pawsitively-Cats

Peeta is another of our less than happy with humans' kitties. Peeta was pulled from PACC when she was about 8 weeks old...
12/04/2024

Peeta is another of our less than happy with humans' kitties. Peeta was pulled from PACC when she was about 8 weeks old, plenty young enough to become socialized to people, or so we hoped. Peeta had a nasty upper respiratory infection that required oral medications, eye medications and syringe feeding until she was well enough to eat on her own. The feral attitude was strong in her! The constant meds and forced feeding didn't do much to endear her to her foster mom. When she was well enough to be with other more social kittens she thrived with them, but just never got past her fear of people. She also never discovered the benefits of going potty in a litter pan despite being given multiple pans and various litters to try. To this day she will go potty right next to the litter pans. She is beginning to allow people to pet her for very short times and might even like it! She will be safe with us no matter where she does her business!

Your donations today and in the future will help keep a roof over Peeta's head and all of the other kitties who need to be here long term.

you can make a donation using this link
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/.../Pawsitively-Cats

Thirteen-year-old Nuggett is lucky to be alive today. One of our dedicated foster moms was working in Douglas, AZ and fo...
12/04/2024

Thirteen-year-old Nuggett is lucky to be alive today. One of our dedicated foster moms was working in Douglas, AZ and found Nuggett hanging out by the drive through of the local McDonalds. The staff were feeding the feral cat chicken nuggets at closing time every day, so it was easy to trap her and get her to Tucson. Nuggett was pretty young but past the age where she was going to allow people to handle her. She has lived comfortably in our special feral house and has many kitty friends. She still has no use for people unless we are handing out treats or wet food! She wouldn't have lived very long on the busy street in Douglas, and one cannot survive on chicken nuggets alone!

Your donations today make sure all of our cats get the good nutrition they need whether from a regular diet or special prescription diet.

Please make a donation today using this link

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Wow! We have $7045 in our GT total right now! You all are simply the best! Little Olivia is wondering if we can get all...
12/03/2024

Wow! We have $7045 in our GT total right now! You all are simply the best!

Little Olivia is wondering if we can get all the way to our $7500 goal, we're just $455 away!

We have until mid-night, please use the link below to make a donation, any amount will be most appreciated!

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Markos and his two brothers along with their mom were pulled from PACC when he was just six weeks old. Markos and his m...
12/03/2024

Markos and his two brothers along with their mom were pulled from PACC when he was just six weeks old. Markos and his mom had very weepy eyes from the herpes virus. While she responded well to treatment, he didn't. Markos became very difficult to handle over time due to needing daily mediations and eye drops. He is almost 12 years old now and still has flare ups from time to time; it is still very difficult to medicate him. Markos stayed with our director as a foster kitty for quite a while hoping he would become more compliant with his treatments; so far that hasn't been the case! He gets along well at the shelter where there are more hands to help with the meds when he needs them. Markos also like to p*e on things, maybe as payback for all the nasty eye drops we've had to give him!

He is safe here with us for the rest of his life.
Your donation today helps us keep the medication he needs in stock, ready for his next flare up.

use this link to make a donation

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

We just got a message that a very nice person will make a matching donation of $5000 if we can raise $5000 in donations ...
12/03/2024

We just got a message that a very nice person will make a matching donation of $5000 if we can raise $5000 in donations before the day ends

Portia is one of our kitties living happily in the feral house. She perked up just now when she heard that we have raised $3845, can we get to $5000 today and get that additional donation? Please use the link below to make the best donation you can!

Our heartfelt thanks to all who have donated so far! There is still plenty of time to make a donation, we have until mid-night before Giving Tuesday closes.

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

When Janet started losing weight several years ago, we took her to have lab work and x-rays done. All of those tests cam...
12/03/2024

When Janet started losing weight several years ago, we took her to have lab work and x-rays done. All of those tests came back fairly normal. The next step was to have an abdominal ultrasound. All the test results were sent to an internist who was stumped by her symptoms and test results. He said if she was a small dog he would diagnose her with Addisons disease, he said that's just not something he'd ever heard of a cat having. His recommendation was to start her on prednisolone and see how she reacted. She responded pretty well and began gaining weight and acting like herself again! Fast forward a couple of years and Janet was losing weight and acting ill again. Lab work showed she had become diabetic, most likely from the long-term steroid treatment. Insulin injections and a pill everyday didn't make Janet very happy with us, but we all got through it! She is now in remission from diabetes and still gets her steroid pill every day. Earlier this year she had to have 14 teeth pulled so she could have a healthy mouth.
Janet has been with us for most of her 14 1/2 years. She was a very young mama who only had one surviving kitten.

We are very thankful that we've been able to take care of Janet as well as she deserved to be cared for, all due to our generous donors over the years.
Your donation today means Janet and all of the other cats here will have the best care possible when they need it.

Use this link to make a donation
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/.../Pawsitively-Cats

Our sweet Gwen has been adopted and returned to us 4 times for urinating inappropriately. She has no medical reason for ...
12/03/2024

Our sweet Gwen has been adopted and returned to us 4 times for urinating inappropriately. She has no medical reason for not using a litter box in her adoptive homes. She has p*ed on furniture, beds and people! Here in the shelter, she has never ever p*ed anywhere but the litter pan. We don't understand why she behaves like that in a home; so, she will be with us where she is happiest for life. Other than the time she was left in a carrier overnight in front of PACC, we are glad the adopters all gave her time to adjust and sought medical care for her before bringing her back to us.
Gwen is 13 1/2 years old now. She prefers a quiet place to herself and loves wet food.

Your donations today will help us keep Gwen and all of the long-term residents here happy and well fed.

Use this link to make a donation

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Eli was trapped by a winter visitor 12 years ago when he was a 6-month-old kitten. They were camping out by the Pima Co...
12/03/2024

Eli was trapped by a winter visitor 12 years ago when he was a 6-month-old kitten. They were camping out by the Pima County fairgrounds and started a TNR project. We hoped Eli would become social and have a chance to be adopted. He is finally settling down and sometimes allows us to touch him, usually when we are passing out treats or wet food!
He has been able to live quite comfortably in the shelter due to all of our generous donors. If Eli had been left out at the fairground, he most likely would have become a snack for the many coyotes that live in the area. We're happy that he is happy here with us!

Please make a donation today, $5 or $10 or $500, we appreciate every dollar!
use this link to make a donation today

https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Fifteen-year-old Charlene is one of our senior and special needs kitties. Charlene was dropped off in front of the shelt...
12/03/2024

Fifteen-year-old Charlene is one of our senior and special needs kitties.
Charlene was dropped off in front of the shelter 14 years ago in a Rubbermaid tub along with her adorable litter of kittens. She was a great mama, but she didn't like people at all. Once her kittens were adopted Charlene chose to hide in the bottom of climber and only come out of hiding when most people had left the shelter. Over the years she gradually became more social with us, allowing some petting but mostly she wanted to rub against anyone squatting down to scoop litter boxes. Just a couple of years ago she decided it was ok to be picked up and held for a short time. After she had a dental to remove some icky teeth, she came out of her shell even more. This year she was diagnosed with thyroid issues and glaucoma! Charlene isn't keen on getting eye drops or taking medications, we can't do anything about the eye drops but her thyroid meds are compounded into a transdermal cream and rubbed into her ear. Charlene is also in our kidney diet room.
Of course, the cream is the most expensive method of treating her thyroid condition; it is $95 per month. Her two eye meds cost $45 each and last about 6 weeks.

Your donation today and in the future can help Charlene stay on her meds and special diet for the rest of her life.

use this link to donate
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Eight year old Catalina is another kitty who was rescued as a kitten with her mother and siblings. Catalina is still a f...
12/03/2024

Eight year old Catalina is another kitty who was rescued as a kitten with her mother and siblings. Catalina is still a feral girl, even though we've kept her in our adoption area so she can get used to more people she just isn't happy to have interaction with us. She likes one volunteer and only that volunteer!
She will live with us and get the best care we can provide to her for the rest of her life.

Your donations today help us maintain our No-Kill status for all of the cats who need us to care for them for life.

Use this link to donate
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

We rescued Apollo and his siblings when they were 5 months old. They were living behind Feast Restaurant and being fed b...
12/03/2024

We rescued Apollo and his siblings when they were 5 months old. They were living behind Feast Restaurant and being fed by staff there. Luckily someone knew that the kittens needed to get to a safer place where they would stand a chance of being adopted. Some of Apollo's siblings became socialized and were adopted. Apollo took much longer to accept people; he is still leery in some respects and chooses who from and when he will accept interaction. He will soon be nine years old, maybe someday the right person will come along and want to give him a chance to have his own home. Until then he is safe with us.

Use this link to make a donation today.
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

Fifteen-year-old Petey was adopted four years ago and returned to us recently when his adopter was no longer able to car...
12/03/2024

Fifteen-year-old Petey was adopted four years ago and returned to us recently when his adopter was no longer able to care for him. He was in pretty rough shape due to a nasty upper respiratory virus. We got him into urgent care to run lab work to be sure there weren't any other issues, sure enough he is diabetic. His kidney values are also on the very high end of normal.
We have him on insulin now and we're adjusting his diet to help get his blood sugar into a good range.

Your donation today will help us get Petey back to better health. His insulin costs $108 per month, along with low carb diet food his care is about $300 per month.
You can also sign up to sponsor Petey for a $25 donation monthly on our website.

Use this link to make a donation today
https://givingtuesday.mightycause.com/organization/Pawsitively-Cats

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1145 N Woodland Avenue
Tucson, AZ
85712

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

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We took these 5 week old babies on Thursday. Apparently their mom was trapped by the landlord of the gentleman that brought them in, he didn't know what was done with the mother. He told us PACC couldn't take them and another shelter was full. We said we'd take care of them until they are ready for adoption. There are 4 boys and 2 girls. They have mild upper respiratory symptoms but are eating well and very active! We started meds and they are already looking better.

Happy Father's Day. We hope your tummy is full and you are as relaxed as little Marc Jacobs is!

16 year old Achilles LOVES cat nip! He gets very rambunctious when he's on the nip! Does your kitty love cat nip?

We made it back! Sam will relax with us until his family comes on Saturday to take him home. Sam traveled very nicely for everyone, just a little singing every now and then. He was quiet and slept most of the way back to Tucson. He was happy to get out of the car and get a bowl of wet food!

We are having a new heat/AC unit installed in our feral cat house today. When we moved to this property we could only afford 2 small window units. They have served us well for 9 years, but lately they have not been working well. One unit quit all together! So, our wonderful AC guy, Jon with Airworks is putting in a mini-split unit today. Total cost is $2600. It will be more efficient and save us some money on the electric bill. With your generous support today and year round we can keep our kitties comfortable!

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Our Story

Pawsitively Cats was founded in July 2010 as a Trap, Neuter and Return resource for the public. In 2012 we were called upon to take in more than 400 cats from another shelter that was shutting down. Many of those cats had health issues making the expense of caring for them even greater; with the support of a handful of dedicated volunteers and a lot of serious fundraising we managed to provide the cats with the best care possible. We took over the rental obligation for the properties those cats were housed at until 2015 when Pawsitively Cats purchased property and renovated that building to house our rescued cats. Our shelter accommodates cats and kittens available for adoption, Feline Leukemia cats, and in a separate building our feral or other non-social cats. Many of our cats are now in their senior years and will likely live out their lives with us. We also support TNR in the community thru education, trap lending and mentoring.

As a 501(c) 3 organization we are solely dependent on donations from the public to pay for every aspect of our operation. Your donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent IRS will allow.