Creatures Pet Care of Kalamazoo

22/06/2024

Let us add some adventure to your pup’s day! 🐸 We offer fun walks and Out & About Adventures. 🌸 🐾

https://www.creaturespetcare.com/dog-walking-adventures/

19/06/2024

Brother, one of the pups our team member Abbey Thompson rescued, is still looking for his forever home. 🏡 🐾 He’s gone to puppy school at TipTopTails Dog Training and Abbey does wonderful enrichment activities with him. He’s had a great start. PLEASE SHARE IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE CONSIDERING ADOPTING!
🙏 ❤️

12/06/2024

Hoppy Hump Day 😃🐰
At Creatures, we are ALL about ALL pets! We love long-eared hoppy pals, fabulous feathered friends, and scaly sidekicks 🐢🦜🐠🐹

Looking for someone to check on your exotic best friend? Reach out to us about our small animal pet sitting 🧡 Our Pet Care Specialists have experience caring for a wide variety of animals!

08/06/2024

Smile, it's summer ☀️😃 Bo loves his sunny summer adventures, not only does he get to work on his tan 😉 but he also gets to visit so many fun places!

Want to give your pup a mini vacay? Ask about our Out & About Adventures and see how much fun your dog can have exploring new places with us 🧡

05/06/2024

Can you spot the difference between these two pictures 🤔🧐 We know it's pretty hard to tell the difference, but the one of the left has much better hair 😉

Bobie has perfected his smolder in hopes that it will grant him another round of fetch and cuddles (spoiler alert: it works) We are easily charmed by adorable faces and are happy to bestow as much love on your pet as they desire 🧡😊

03/06/2024

Toby would like to know if you brought him any special treats???

Treats are one of the tools we use to build a relationship with your pet! I mean if someone brought me a cookie every time I saw them, I'd be their best friend too 🍪😆 Treats, along with respecting your pets' boundaries, is how we build a trusting relationship with you pet. And it's how you'll know they're always in good hands with someone who cares about them as much as you do 🧡

31/05/2024

Me trying to video Sheldon playing with his toys 😆 💕

31/05/2024

Anyone looking to adopt a goodest good boy? 🐾 💕

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/qg2dPMEzJNnwezqe/?mibextid=WC7FNe

28/05/2024

Is there anything better than midday walkies?? Archie and Raleigh don't think so 😄🧡 They love their walks, especially since they get to check out allll the interesting smells!

27/05/2024

Remembering and honoring all who served. 🙏 🇺🇸

24/05/2024

Got those through the Birds and Beaks Rescue and Rehab Etsy store. Love it! 😍 🦜 💰




https://www.etsy.com/listing/1362078181/

23/05/2024

Yes Lulu. 🙄 A problem called B.A.T.H. 🛁 🐾

18/05/2024

Guess who got a bath yesterday? 🛀 🐾 🙄

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to moms of all kinds of creatures! 👦 🐶 🐱 🐰 🐸

06/05/2024

Celebrating our new friend Otis (aka Good Boy). We take Otis on 2-hour adventures to explore 🌸 and practice manners 😇 🐾 . Learn more about our Out & About Dog Adventures at: https://www.creaturespetcare.com/dog-walking-adventures/

04/05/2024

Looking to adopt? Check out this cutie! 🐾 💕

Adoptable dog alert!

Everyone, meet Lucy (shelter name Macaroni). We had the pleasure of chatting with her foster mom this week and wanted to help get the word out about this beautiful girl. See below for a wonderful description from her foster mom. She is available through Animal Rescue Project, but if you have any questions, you are welcome to leave a voicemail or send a text to: 269/808-0711.

From her foster: A great little dog! At first timid and scared at the shelter, she has really blossomed, gaining confidence and showing her fun, gentle and endearing personality. About 2 yrs old, 37 lbs, terrier mix (pocket pittie mix? with lab?), smart, sweet, playful. Quiet and self-sufficient while you’re busy, then ready to zoom around the yard, retrieve tennis balls, or go for walks (she does forget herself sometimes and really pull when she gets excited). House-trained, crate-trained, knows some commands, learns fast, unusually good manners. She can entertain herself, indoors or out, but she prefers your company, and she’ll offer to help with your yardwork. (I was pulling small saplings out of my yard and left one that wouldn’t come out. The next thing I knew, Lucy had that sapling in her jaws and was hauling backward on it with all her might.) She thrives on a couple of 15 minute walks and a few minutes of play time once or twice a day. Now she’s looking for her own forever home, with someone who’ll continue to help her work on knowing she’s safe, especially around people she doesn’t know and other dogs. A low-commotion household with adults or older children and no other pets would probably be best. She’s ideal for someone who works at home and wants a sweet, fun and easy companion.

02/05/2024

Sheldon’s a menace! 😆 It’s like having a toddler that can fly 🦅

02/05/2024

Kzoo Cat Cafe and Rescue needs your support more than ever 💜 🐱

Real Rescue Talk ahead...

3 years ago... we were coming to the end of our old lease, and hit dead end after dead end in trying to finance a new space of our own. We were told over and over that our non-profit didn't have enough of a profit (because we spend it on the cats, you know - our mission??) to trust we'd be able to pay... until we ran out of time.

We thought the PURRfect forever home that we had found wouldn't be ours - but we were lucky enough to be working with one of the nicest, greatest, most supportive people of all time, who worked with us for the past 3 years to support our move, our mission and has actually BELIEVED in us.

In the last 3 years, we had to spend $14,695.87 on the 'site plan' for the new building (having to make alterations to the inside and outside of the building, including the $3k to draw it all, $7+ on the building itself, and another $3k on landscaping and on the parking lot), to be approved for occupancy from the city... $12,323.43 on property taxes because we couldn't apply for exception (which we now have) because we weren't approved for occupancy yet, PLUS 9 EXTRA months of paying rent on TWO locations while we completed this process... and we took care of it. All of it.

This year, it was time to move to traditional financing (which we weren't able to get 3 years ago)... and since just before new year, we've been jumping through hoop after hoop to PROVE that we are capable. Making phone calls, answering questions, dealing with the most ridiculous condescending and frustrating conversations, sending emails, providing both personal and business financial information... everything that was asked of us, and more, and we were finally approved. Kind of.

As a condition of our approval, 6 months of our monthly payments is being held in an inaccessible account for the first year, and the DAY before closing, we were told that the closing costs we were expecting, were actually MORE than double.

Essentially, our operating budget (money in the bank for the kitties) was completely slashed by about half in a matter of one week.

In July, Kzoo Cat Cafe and Rescue will be 7 years old. We made it through the first 3 years (which, statistically, most small businesses don't) - we made it through COVID, and we've made it through our big move and all the unexpected costs... and we've done 1250 adoptions to date. We've rescued and helped 1600+ kitties in the Kalamazoo community who have needed us most.

With all your support, we have had the privileged position of being able to help kitties who are in need without hesitation, help kitties that other rescues have turned away for not being 'adoptable' enough, help kitties anyway who's outcome we know won't be good, and provide what some may see as 'above and beyond' care to our cafe kitties while they wait with us to find their own forever home.

And we will not be able to continue to do so without your continued support. Now more than ever.

At this very moment, I've got a kitty on my lap (Goose, you may know him) who has had multiple vet appointments, ran blood work over and over, and other testing to figure out what is going on with him... and we still don't know... And next to me is a touch and go, 6oz 2+ week old baby kitten (Toaster Strudel) who has pnemonia and has to be tube fed every few hours because he can't eat.

Today we paid a $3,900 deposit at a specialty vet for a kitty who, after several vet appointments and attempted procedures already, needed a CT scan to figure out how to treat him moving forward (Barnaby)... and another vet visit today for a kitty (Dalton) who was attacked and had multiple injuries, including severe injuries to his foot which are badly infected.

It never stops.

In fact, summer is our BUSIEST rescue season, and we see the least number of visitors to the cafe, and the least number of adoptions in the summer months.

TL;DR - we NEED help. MEOW is the time.

Every time I think, ok phew we've jumped the last hurdle, now we can really focus on the cats - something else comes up. Having our operating budget slashed in half wasn't something we had planned on during our busiest rescue and slowest adoption season... but here we are. We have ALWAYS relied on the support of our amazing community.

YOU have gotten us this far. YOU have visited, YOU have donated, YOU have adopted.... and we need YOU more now than ever!!

PLEASE take a second to like, comment or share our story.

PLEASE donate if you are able. PLEASE come visit the kitties at the cafe. PLEASE consider adding a furry family member this summer if you are able. PLEASE attend one of our events! There are SO many ways to get involved and show your support.

We appreciate you. We need you. The kitties need you 💜

Thank you,
🐾 Abbey
Director,
Kzoo Cat Cafe and Rescue

29/04/2024

Sheldon wants his food, but wait …flying is super fun too. 😆 🦜 🦅

26/04/2024

Smart Boy with his new puzzle, plus a cuddle 🥰 🐾

25/04/2024

Office micromanagement by Baby Sheldon 🦜 💻 😆

22/04/2024

Can't help but smile when it's this sunny out ☀️

Bernie has been loving his spring walks and never forgets to stop and smell the flowers 🪻Reach out to us today if your dog is in need of some spring walks 🧡

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09/04/2024

Creatures Pet Care Specialists Danielle and Tami updated their Pet First Aid & CPR training last weekend! ⛑️ 🐾 Thank you TipTopTails Dog Training!

07/04/2024

"Now let's take a silly picture 🤪" -Ava
Behind every good photo we get of your pets, there's probably about 10 silly ones 😂

When we come to see your pets, you will always get cute pictures (& maybe a few silly ones) so you know how they are doing! Along with a written report about all the fun things we did together 🧡 Both of these help provide you with peace of mind knowing your pets are getting lots of TLC while you enjoy your vacay, work day, or whatever you might be doing!

04/04/2024

A particularly messy Sheldon feeding. 🦜 He would still be being fed by his parents, so gets fed a formula mixture 🍼 several times daily, in addition to a variety of finely chopped fruits, veggies and nuts. Now it’s time for a bath (one for him and one for me 😂).

03/04/2024

Happy Hump Day 🐪😁

Grover hopes everyone has as much fun today as he does when we come to visit with him 🧡

31/03/2024

Hoppy Easter wishes from the
Creatures Crew! 🐣 🐰

24/03/2024

Hanging out with baby Sheldon this weekend! 🥰 🦜 He’s a young White-fronted Amazon 🥹😍

22/03/2024

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Want a polite pup that sits instead of jumping? Let us do the training for you! Puppy Day School starts March 26 and we have just a few spaces left. Register now: https://bit.ly/3wJ15oW

09/03/2024

It's the last day of National Pet Sitters Week 😢 Today, we are featuring our last (but certainly not least) team member 😄 We hope you all enjoyed meeting our amazing crew and maybe learned something new about them!

Meet Kira, Pet Care Specialist with CPC! Kira is a lifelong animal lover, and is always excited to meet new animal friends! Before joining the team at Creatures, she had pet sitting experience and also volunteered at animal shelters working with dogs and cats. She especially enjoys helping anxious pets develop positive relationships with people.

Kira is a student at Kalamazoo college, and has two cats back home named Bro and Dude!