Twisted Tails Cat Rescue

29/07/2024

We appreciate everyone's support and patience. ❤️ Here is the latest update, with more to come soon.

- Thank you to the 1 or 2 people who sent $5 e-gift cards from Chewy. We received 2. ❤️

- Why we have been pretty quiet: TTCR's family has had a rough 3 weeks. We love our CIO and her family, and seeing the loss she is going through makes us wish we could rewind time for her. We are families of angel babies/children—always loved, never forgotten.

- Skunkaroos is going back for his 3rd follow-up. He had his 3rd dental procedure 2 weeks ago to remove the last of his teeth. He is doing better, though he still slobbers a bit. Imagine a mastiff in a cat body, and you'll understand what we mean by that, lol.

- We can still use more donations. You can donate directly to our vet or through Chewy. PayPal and Venmo work too, but we know most prefer to donate directly to where we get services or place orders. ❤️

- If you know anyone in homeowners insurance, please message us. We've been informed that our insurance will require us to redo all the plumbing in our house (because it's over 50 years old) by October, or they will refuse to renew our policy. Most of the plumbing was replaced before we moved in, but we don't have invoice proof.

Here's a pic of our senior CiCi, again, for tax. We couldn't resist catching her snoozing in the sink. She looks so petite here.

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You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one, may have a coupon or $20 off or something)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue

For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

12/07/2024

1st - Thank you Hans

18/06/2024

Deal Pest Control handled our pest control needs till I lost my job and could not afford them to come out anymore. They are amazing. Can't wait to afford to have them back out.

If you are in Phoenix and surrounding areas, give them a call!

16/06/2024

Okay, we thought about tossing these on the floor and letting a cat choose... however, that turned into a fiasco of chasing down cats with paper balls in their mouths.

So my partner in crime said we would just put all the paper balls in his hat and he'd choose one.

So the WINNER of the "name those kittens" is Liz B! Congrats!

If you missed out on this raffle, be ready, there are 4-7 more kittens (currently with colony care taker).

14/06/2024

We are having to reset raffle drawing for tomorrow afternoon. Setting up for TNR kittens. Dropped of 3 tier cage to colony caretaker so she could work on trapping the babies. Adults are already in process of being TNR'd.

We have to rearrange a bit to set up for the kittens to come here.

So you have till Noon tomorrow to get your raffle tickets.

Pic tax: Check out Jade sleeping, flat face into Riff Raff's back. He is so adorable!

14/06/2024

Just a reminder - Last chance to get raffle ticket for naming of kittens. $5 for each raffle ticket. Kitties will choose the winner tomorrow (Friday) afternoon!

The two tabbies are boys, we believe, But we hope the winner has some girl names just in case we got it wrong, lol!

We have 3 amazing entries so far:
Hans 20 raffle tickets
Liz 2 raffle tickets
Leah S. 3 raffle tickets

Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue
Chewy (counts too): https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list

Thank you!

Isn't this kitten so cute?! S/he is 1 of the 3 kittens that need names.
S/he had just finished eating... why do they bury their face in their can food? Seriously? LOL! Yes, kitten was cleaned up after this.

PS: House may finally be done, a little over 5 months after she drove her car into our house.
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Thank you to Liz for her $10 donation (2 raffle tickets).
$65 is needed for Chewy to ship 2 30Lb bags of Seafood Friskies dry food. So we need $55 more. Keep in mind, PayPal takes a percentage now of every donation.

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🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕
We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue
For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕
PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

10/06/2024

Not the greatest pic but we had just put them back in so we could head to vets office. These are the two cuties that will have their names chosen by a raffle winner this week.

They love laying on that scratcher.

10/06/2024

He’s a champ! He’s scheduled for another dental 1st of July. Tried to save the canines but stomatitis isn’t going to allow for that, so they will removed.

For those who want to help with the vet bill specifically, donate directly to our vet:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue

We were able to pay $50 towards our balance today. Ty Hans for that.

09/06/2024

Weather has started to stay over 100 degrees during the day. We have hit over 110 degrees.

Our ferals are provided water in the shade, fans to keep cool and we will be putting out frozen water bottles/jugs. They get food twice daily.

Indoor kitties are staying cool of course but we still keep it around 80 degrees inside, until we have to turn it down more.

As you can see, Frack is waking up from his afternoon nap with me. He loves nap times as he can sprawl on me or lay next to me and crash. He has to have at least a paw touching me. Rest are all napping right now as I type this.

Us humans are changing to vampire mode, get more done during dark hours and sleeping part way through the hotter hours of the day. I may join the kitties in another nap though as I haven't handled the heat well at all this year. Not at all. Having POTs does not help, can't regulate my own body temperature. Glad the kitties don't judge me for health.

Please, if you are in a state where its over 100 degrees, stay safe! Safety tips: Use water wisely
Drink about 1 cup of water per hour and at least 2-3 liters / 0.5-0.8 gallon per day.
Wet your skin using a damp cloth, spray, or wet clothing.
Don't go out mid-day if possible.

If you have dogs, please limit outside exposure during the day and do NOT walk after 10a or before 6p. Ground, even dirt and turf, tend to be too hort.

09/06/2024

This coming week, we will do the raffle.

We did lose the grey/white baby, failure to thrive.
The two baby tabbies have the constant zoomies, always on the go. Between the 2, they eat at least 5oz every 5-6 hours. One is really quiet and playful, the other is a little loud mouth and thinks he is bigger than the adult cats. Pictures coming soon.

We missed our chewy order. So got a bit of a worse deal and got smaller bags for the $35 we received, won't last as long but kitties are happy. That's all that matters.

Got accepted for a 1 hour a week job (yeah, minimum wage) creating Instagram posts for mental health awareness for a Christian based clothing company. They are launching this month.

If you want to help the kitties: share our posts, donate towards supplies or vet bill. Skunkaroos goes back in Monday for 2nd dental follow up.

Isn't this kitten so cute?! S/he is 1 of the 3 kittens that need names.
S/he had just finished eating... why do they bury their face in their can food? Seriously? LOL! Yes, kitten was cleaned up after this.

PS: House may finally be done, a little over 5 months after she drove her car into our house.
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Thank you to Liz for her $10 donation (2 raffle tickets).
$65 is needed for Chewy to ship 2 30Lb bags of Seafood Friskies dry food. So we need $55 more. Keep in mind, PayPal takes a percentage now of every donation.

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🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕
We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue
For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕
PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

30/05/2024

We’ll do updates tomorrow.
Today is our angel baby’s 16th unbirthday so we’re doing other stuff.

Thank you for being there and helping us.

30/05/2024

Reminder!

28/05/2024

We found a kitten back around Thanksgiving. Sat out there, in the sprinkling rain, in the dark, trying to catch a black kitten, in our backyard.
Now, my dad called us to let us know to sneak out to see the cat that has been visiting over the past few months. She has the same body shape and smaller head shape that the kitten does. So she is on our TNR list.

Momma cat will need a name.
We still need $30 to get the 2 bags of dry food from chewy. (see posts on wall).

28/05/2024

It's been an amazing eve. No fireworks going off. Hoping that means less dogs being posted as lost tomorrow. Can hope, right?

27/05/2024

Remembering all those who sacrificed for our freedom. Stay safe while honoring their legacy. ❤️

To one of our own family - Always loved, Never forgotten.
Adam Buyes - USMC KIA 11-26-2011
Helmand Province Afghanistan

27/05/2024

Still at a stand still. 1000+ awesome followers. If everyone donated something, we'd be okay for a couple of months and pay down some of our vet bill.

Isn't this kitten so cute?! S/he is 1 of the 3 kittens that need names.
S/he had just finished eating... why do they bury their face in their can food? Seriously? LOL! Yes, kitten was cleaned up after this.

PS: House may finally be done, a little over 5 months after she drove her car into our house.
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Thank you to Liz for her $10 donation (2 raffle tickets).
$65 is needed for Chewy to ship 2 30Lb bags of Seafood Friskies dry food. So we need $55 more. Keep in mind, PayPal takes a percentage now of every donation.

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🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕
We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue
For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕
PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

26/05/2024

Pebbles and I are taking a nap. Woke up with a migraine, still have it. So it’s Zzzzz time.
We’ll try to respond to any messages later.

Happy Sunday!!

26/05/2024

Isn't this kitten so cute?! S/he is 1 of the 3 kittens that need names.
S/he had just finished eating... why do they bury their face in their can food? Seriously? LOL! Yes, kitten was cleaned up after this.

PS: House may finally be done, a little over 5 months after she drove her car into our house.
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Thank you to Liz for her $10 donation (2 raffle tickets).
$65 is needed for Chewy to ship 2 30Lb bags of Seafood Friskies dry food. So we need $55 more. Keep in mind, PayPal takes a percentage now of every donation.

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🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕
We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue
For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕
PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

24/05/2024

Car currently reads 90 °, and I’m baking.
Please consider what your pets feel when walking on hot ground (dirt gets hot enough to burn too) and just being in direct sun.

24/05/2024

Thank you to Liz for her $10 donation (2 raffle tickets).

$65 is needed for Chewy to ship 2 30Lb bags of Seafood Friskies dry food. So we need $55 more. Keep in mind, PayPal takes a percentage now of every donation.

Hubert's FIP treatment has been extended for another 4 weeks. He's doing great otherwise.
BamBam and Pebbles are doing great. Finished FIP treatment/observation completely.
Our 3 kittens are doing great. Will try to get some decent pics that are not blurred. They tend not to sit for pics, lol!

The 7 kittens near cat killer - Have colony caretaker getting kittens used to seeing the trap when they eat. Hoping it makes it easier to trap all 7 of them. Need to get them trapped within next couple of weeks.

One step in the right direction, right?

Starting off this request different by introducing 2 out of 3 kittens. We have almost made it through end of May, almost, until someone dropped off 3 kittens. We have past the bottle feeding stage, and now on can food stage. However, they need names. That is where you come in... for every $5 donation that comes in, the donor gets added to a raffle to win the chance to name all 3 kittens. We generally do themes like Lion King, Eragon, etc.

🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕

We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue

For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕

PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

24/05/2024

Guess who just stopped in front of our house and took pictures. City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department. As far as we know, Alexies Barraza with City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department is still the rep for our area. I would say it is safe to bet, the harassment by her will start up again as work is STILL be done on the house.

House is not finished from the Dec15th accident where a car drove into it. Belfor (restore company) got here as she was leaving.

Mayor Kate Gallego City of Phoenix, AZ USA

23/05/2024

House update - hopefully house will finally be done tomorrow. Dec 15th to May 22nd

CD didn’t get a bath. Can you tell he’s happy about that? Two days of heat exhaustion has worn me out. So tomorrow will be bath day for him.

Still need kitty food donations and names for the 3 kittens. There’s technically 7 more kittens (5-6weeks old) but they aren’t trapped yet (and live next to and in the back of a cat killer’s house). Caretaker is elderly and unable to do much more trapping, so it’s up to us.

Do not need litter at this point. If you want to order canfood from Sam’s club (pickup would be 15th Ave/bell rd in phx), $42 for a 60 count, let us know.

22/05/2024

You never know how well trained your dog is until you forget to kennel him when leaving the house…. Until you come home and he greets you at the door.
All cat dry food bowls, untouched. Nothing destroyed, no messes.

I’m really proud of him.

He couldn’t go with us because it’s too hot, and no a/c in car.

22/05/2024

He’s passed out after playing for a few hours outside. He doesn’t know it yet, but he has a bath coming!
Lol!

22/05/2024

Please only message us your name and donation amount ($5 per ticket) to be included in raffle, if you have donated.
It is at $0 at the moment in both paypal/venmo/chewy.

Starting off this request different by introducing 2 out of 3 kittens. We have almost made it through end of May, almost, until someone dropped off 3 kittens. We have past the bottle feeding stage, and now on can food stage. However, they need names. That is where you come in... for every $5 donation that comes in, the donor gets added to a raffle to win the chance to name all 3 kittens. We generally do themes like Lion King, Eragon, etc.

🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕

We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue

For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕

PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

21/05/2024

This little guy found his way to our yard. Eyes were messed up. His body was like an ice cube (we had a cool down with cold rain yesterday). Got some advice from a reptile store and we attempted to rehab so we could release in a few days.
He passed away early this morning. 😞
Rip Little Dude

21/05/2024

Starting off this request different by introducing 2 out of 3 kittens. We have almost made it through end of May, almost, until someone dropped off 3 kittens. We have past the bottle feeding stage, and now on can food stage. However, they need names. That is where you come in... for every $5 donation that comes in, the donor gets added to a raffle to win the chance to name all 3 kittens. We generally do themes like Lion King, Eragon, etc.

🐾 We are running low on dry food and canned food. Need dry more than wet but with the AZheat, wet does help. Can you lend a paw? 🐱💕

We're currently in need of these types (they are in our Wishlist):
Friskies Seafood Dry Cat Food, 22-lb bag (4 raffle tickets) or 30-lb bag (6 raffle tickets)
Friskies Purina Seafood Favorites Wet Cat Food Variety Pack, 5.5-oz can, case of 32 (5 raffle tickets)

You can donate through (in order of item donation preferences):
Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/twisted-tails-cat-rescue_b71474355 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY
(Will add chewy discount code if I come across one)
Venmo:
PayPal: PayPal.me/TwistedTailsRescue

For those who prefer to help in other ways, you can donate directly to our vet to support our medical expenses:
Quail Crossing Animal Hospital - (480) 534-1126

Every contribution makes a difference in the lives of our rescue cats. Thank you for your support! 🐱💕

PS: If you donate, please MESSAGE US TO TELL US HOW MUCH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GET the right amount of tickets. Chewy doesn't tell us who.

13/05/2024

Honoring the love and care of every mom, no matter who they mother. Happy Mother's Day!
❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤍💞💓

Mothers Day is a bit tough around our home with 9 angel babies. So I am a bit behind getting this posted today.

03/05/2024

Both chillin on the couch. He’s being needy and my migraine is pounding to a drum I can’t hear.
Hope y’all’s Friday is blessed and going great!

27/04/2024

Just a couple of snoozing kitties to brighten your day. 💕💕