Tabby Cat Rescue

04/04/2025

For whoever needs to see this today…

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03/04/2025

Black cats are often overlooked,
their beauty hidden in the shadows,
their love ignored by those who don’t understand.

They sit in shelters, waiting,
hoping for someone to see past the superstitions,
to see the magic in their sleek, dark fur,
the wisdom in their glowing eyes,
and the love in their gentle hearts.

But too often, they’re left behind,
passed over for cats with brighter coats,
as if their color makes them less deserving of love.

It breaks my heart to think of them,
alone in their cages,
wondering why no one chooses them,
why no one sees their worth.

Black cats are not bad luck.
They are love, they are light,
they are everything a heart could ever need.

If you’re thinking of adopting,
please, consider a black cat.
Give them the chance to show you
just how magical they truly are.

Because every black cat deserves a home,
a family, and a love that sees them
for the beautiful souls they are.

31/03/2025

I am so heartbroken to post this news💔

This is why I immediately handled the situation as I did with my attacker. Online harassment is a realtime Salem Witch Hunt done by cyber stalkers and it has devastating effects. This situation will be followed by all rescues as we navigate a changed society😞

29/03/2025

Some cats are like humans who need their caffeine in the morning😂

23/03/2025

Hard truth😂🤷‍♀️😜😻

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22/03/2025

Flow, the Academy Award-winning animation, has helped increased the adoption of black cats, who are often victims of discrimination and abandonment due to superstition. May they continue to find the family they deserve!

P.S. Take the family to see Flow in cinemas now.

09/03/2025

Soo funny. It’s so true though, the girl kitties give the dirtiest of looks and the boy kitties are just love me forever😂

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07/03/2025

✨ SENIOR CATS DESERVE LOVE TOO! ✨

Meet Willie, a sweet 10 year-old looking for a quiet home. He loves dogs and is okay with one very mellow cat. He misses his senior and needs that one on one love again. Senior cats make amazing companions because they:

🐾 Already have great manners
🐾 Love to relax & cuddle
🐾 Are grateful for a second chance ❤️

Give a senior cat the retirement home they deserve. Adopt today! 🏡

02/03/2025

Some call it rescue we call it what’s should be done because it’s the right thing to do.

28/02/2025

It seems that the procedure of declawing is not widely talked about. Most of us know that means a cat doesn't have their claws, and then we move on. But what if we pause for a second and actually take a look at declawing. Maybe your opinion on it will change.

Declawing a cat is the equivalent of cutting a humans fingertips off at the first knuckle. The declawing procedure is painful for animals, as most of the time it is not a clean cut. Sometimes they take too much of the bone, sometime they don't take enough of the bone. Bone spurs, calcium build up and arthritis can form as they age, causing pain. When they wake up, they are in pain, since you just had the vet mutate each one of their fingers, and they HAVE to walk around on those paws for the rest of their lives. A vet once told me "You know how you feel when you're walking around with a pebble in your shoe all day? That's what a declawed cat feels like for the rest of their lives." Cats hide pain and illness very well, it's part of their survival tactic in the wild, so you won't even know they're in pain until it's so bad they can't hide it anymore, and that's when most people with declawed cats start to see behavorial issues. Not using the litterbox (because the litter will hurt their paws), not jumping up on things or being able to jump down from things (because their paws hurt) or acting out towards their humans (become aggressive because being touched hurts them.) To be blunt- declawing is extremely painful and an inhumane procedure.

Most of the time, when I talk to people about the dangers of declawing, they say to me "Oh my goodness, why didn't my vet ever tell me this?! They told me it was just like clipping your fingernails and that it isn't painful!" And we agree. Vets should be educating owners before they do the procedure. Some vets have actually opted out of doing the procedures completely because it's inhumane. Some vets will only do it when its medically necessary (like a cat who's claw has grown incorrectly or had an accident and the claw is beyond repair.) Before COVID, michigan had a Bill that was approved and was in the next stages of becoming a law that was going to outlaw declawing in our state. But sadly, due to COVID, that bill is on hold... and who knows for how long. So, we want to educate as many people as we can on the dangers of declawing, and what you can do instead!!

There are MANY alternatives to declawing, and I actually spent a LOT of time building a whole page on our website all about what to do instead! Nail caps and scratching posts are a saving grace, and your cat can be trained to use the scratching posts instead of your furniture (yes EVERY cat is trainable in this! As long as you train them correctly! If my special needs cat can learn, so can yours! It's on YOU to use the correct training tactics! Don't worry- I explain how on the website!!) Check out this link to see my guide on declawing alternatives! And thank you for not declawing your cat!!

Specializing in bonded pairs, overlooked & extra-need cats!

27/02/2025

Ever what rescues face with finding fosters & assistant trappers?
What kind of rescuer are you? Quality or quantity- which rescue style is best? Janelle got involved in rescue after finding three feral kittens. She couldn't catch them, so she called her veterinarian for advice. He recommended buying a trap at the feed store and taming the babies so they could be adopted into homes. Janelle didn't know anyone who did trapping, so she Googled how to do it. It was definitely a newbie trapping, with two going into the trap and the third one snatched by hand as he was eating next to his mom. She earned a nasty bite from that rookie move, but that didn't stop her from being bitten by the trapping bug. Soon she was the proud owner of 3 traps and she was actively looking for sites to trap. Karen's journey started as a foster parent for a shelter. Her family would take one cat or one litter at a time and take care of them until the shelter was ready to put them up for adoption. When she started sharing the cute pictures on Facebook, people began contacting her to see if she would foster kittens that they found. With a little work, they would be adoptable. She wanted to help, so she reached out to a rescue for help with trapping. Soon, they were calling her with sites to trap. "We can loan you traps if you take on this colony." She enjoyed helping, but it was taking a toll on her family. There were fosters in every spare room and sometimes she would be finishing up a trapping instead of going to her daughter's soccer game. Or cancelling a date night with her husband because she was searching for the kittens. After a late evening trying to do homework in the car while his mom monitored traps, Karen's son accused her of caring more about the cats than her family. Lucy learned about trapping when some volunteers came out to TNR her mobile home park community. She offered to help monitor traps and soon she was fostering and trapping independently. Disabled and on a fixed income, she had to use a local community cat clinic that altered cats free with an ear tip. The cost of food and litter stretched her budget so far that she started racking up credit card debt. A single emergency vet bill would mean that she couldn't pay the rent on her trailer space, so she had to limit her involvement to food, litter and gas to drive them to the free spay neuter clinic. Still, she couldn't say no to the hungry cats on her porch. Fast forward ten years and only two were still actively trapping and fostering. Janelle began doing high volume TNR. After work she would do sites with 15, 50 or even 75 cats. They would be fixed and returned to their colony. She would often keep a litter of kittens to socialize, but her small condo had only one bathroom and that was her only space to foster. At first, she would contact shelters and other rescues to see if they could take some, but the answer was always no. So, she had to make the difficult decision to TNR kittens and tame cats if her bathroom foster space was occupied. At least they were fixed! She didn't like it, but she simply didn't have room to take in dozens of cats at a time. Karen also continued trapping, but only a few times a year and she rarely took in fosters. She realized that she had crossed over from prioritizing her family to prioritizing cats. But the kittens that were in her care won the foster care lottery. She could easily cover vet bills for emergencies and every kitten left her home healthy and well socialized. Lucy had to step away from trapping and rescue entirely. She wanted to continue helping but found that just feeding the strays was a financial burden. She was still paying down her maxed-out credit card and praying her trailer didn't need an emergency repair. She fed the strays, but that is all. It was time to take care of herself. All trappers are limited by three finite resources: time, space and money. Janelle lacked space, Karen lacked time and Lucy lacked money. Emotional resources are impossible to quantify, but they are just as important. Logically, we all understand this but that doesn't stop the judgment. If you are part of a rescue community, these comments won't surprise you. "I think it is just HORRIBLE that Janelle TNR's (Trap-Neuter-Return) cats or kittens that could potentially be socialized and placed in homes. Those adorable orange kittens didn't need to be ear tipped and returned. She doesn't care about the individual cats!" "Karen can't be bothered to trap any more. I asked her to trap that colony in her town but she said she couldn't do it. How much trouble is it to trap cats that are just 10 minutes from home? She just doesn't care." "Lucy is feeding a cat with a huge abscess. She needs to step up and take that cat into a vet! She obviously doesn't care." Which rescue style is best? The style that works with your resources! Identifying your limits is impossible when you are looking at a starving stray or a kitten with goopy eyes so choose a time and place without any emotional triggers. -How many hours can you reasonably devote to rescue? Consider the time you need for family, friends, work and your own pets. -What space in your home can you commit to fostering or holding for recovery? If you run out of foster space and start holding foster cats in additional parts of your home, how will that affect the quality of life of your family, your pets and YOU! -How much can reasonably spend on rescues? Nobody should guilt you into paying for a $3000 dental if you don't have the spare cash to pay for it. And that "nobody" includes you! Once you identify your limits, make clear boundaries and stick to them. Share your new boundaries with the people who are close to you so they can help you stick with it. Nothing kills the joy of rescue more than criticism, so be kind to your fellow rescuers. Some people prioritize quantity because they are focusing on preventing as many kittens as possible. Others prioritize quality and do a fantastic job with fewer cats. Instead of criticizing, support your fellow rescuers as they create the boundaries needed to make rescue work with their limited resources. You may not approve of another rescuer's style, but you don't know their limits. And if your criticism causes them to leave rescue, the cats are the ones who will suffer.