Colony Cats of Birmingham TNR Team for Kitty Kat Haven & Rescue

11/18/2024

Do you have a barn? A winery, plant shop, or some other safe outside environment for a kitty? We need you! We have been wracking our brains on how to help these poor, sweet boys who were dumped at one of our colonies. There are four of them that need placement. We want them to be scratch and dent kitties (even though they’re sweethearts), but they have had absolutely no interest. We don’t know why and can’t understand it. They aren’t doing well within the colony. We need to find them somewhere else so they feel safe and can thrive. Our guesses are they won’t know what to do when it gets really cold this week. Half of them follow me back to my car meowing every time I feed. We think they’re all littermates and males. Guessing about a year old- not much more. We will have them neutered and vaccinated. Please reach out to us if you could help. They need a miracle. 💔

11/17/2024

Being a colony caretaker is so rewarding, but it can be hard at times. Fishstick (grey and white boy) disappeared from the colony about a month and half ago. We were all worried, but no one was as heartbroken as his every day caretaker. By chance, one of his other caretakers spotted a Facebook post about a grey and white cat in a neighborhood far away. Too far for a cat who had everything he needed to have traveled. Across busy roads and the interstate all alone away from safety, friends, and food. His favorite caretaker took a chance and went to see if it was him. (First video) She showed up and believe it or not it WAS him!! And he remembered his caretaker. So, with conjoined effort he was trapped and brought back to his colony. This boy and his friends are so, so happy he is back home. And we are too! We will never know how he got so far from home, but we hope it was enough adventure to last his lifetime ❤️

11/15/2024

Courtesy post: This cat has been at a dump site in Woodlawn for over a year. She’s never had kittens so we believe she is fixed. She is super, super sweet. Do you recognize her? Hoping she slipped away from her owner at some point and wasn’t tossed like trash.

11/14/2024

A follow up on our post about cats being dumped at one of our apartment colonies..It turns out there are five. FIVE. They’re all friendly, super scared, seem to be male, not fixed, and causing absolute chaos in our colony. When feeding today everyone was fighting and on edge. So, we need to get these sweet babies out of the colony and into foster homes. They don’t deserve to be beat up on. To have to dodge cars to survive. They are out of their element and you can tell. They will be our newest scratch and dent babies. So, if you can foster one or two please, please reach out. They’ve never been in the cold or had to fight for food. We do believe they are litter mates.

I lose faith in humanity every day.

11/14/2024

Gearing up for winter! We feed our cats more food in the winter to help keep them full and warm. If you’d like to send the kitties some food we included our wishlist below. Donations can also be dropped off at Kitty Kat Haven and Rescue in Hoover anytime ☺️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/30LZUK35K7VXI?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1p0WE_ynq-IjPG-2hFxcyhRBju5FghoelSMpppanHXvYUh1B823qw8rhk_aem_P2KRxdN1fJuIYRdmjsKGPw

11/12/2024

11/12/2024

We share this every year, sometimes multiple times. Sweet Sylvie didn’t deserve this. Her adopter just didn’t care when she got out and got lost. She was letting her in and out anyway. Sylvie hadn’t been fixed yet. We hope by some miracle she is okay. Anyway, if you or someone you know lives at the Avenues Inverness Apartments keep an eye out for our girl.

Please spread the word! Sylvie was LOST on November 7, 2021 in Birmingham, AL 35242 near Near Heatherbrooke Road, Birmingham, Al 35242

Message from Owner: Avenues of Inverness residents please be on the lookout!

Description: Sylvie is a six month old short hair cat with brown and orange markings. She is very skittish. She is unique and has extra toes on her front feet.

For more info or to contact Sylvie's owner, click here: https://www.pawboost.com/p/7395049

Lost or found a pet? Report it to PawBoost here: https://pbrs.io/l/rpl

11/12/2024

Volunteer opportunities available! We need your help recruiting more people willing to help trap and transport ferals in the Jefferson and Shelby county areas. The only way we can get to our list of ever growing requests and finish projects is by adding more man power. It’s a rewarding (and slightly addicting) endeavor. You don’t have to help all the time, but any time volunteered is appreciated. Please reach out through our email [email protected] to learn more!

11/12/2024

Quick question: When did kitten season turn in to a year round affair?
This sweet little girl and her sister showed up at a newer colony of ours. We haven’t been able to trap sister yet, but this baby is safe. She’s already the sweeeeetest girl. She hasn’t had any trouble learning how to be a lap cat. We will be getting her to our vets at Alford tomorrow to be checked out. If you can help us sponsor her bill and future spay please use our PayPal or Venmo

You can put “Luminara” in the notes and comments. Our goal is $200 to cover all her vetting and future spay surgery. Wish us luck catching her sister Ashoka 🤞

11/11/2024

One of our colonies in Hoover is an apartment complex. It is the original colony that started this whole journey. Because of them the TNR Team was formed. They were the first colony to be completely fixed. You’ll often hear me say I hate apartment complexes. Now, let me explain. Apartment complexes have cats. It’s just a known fact at this point. But, where do they all come from? It’s because someone, at some point in time, let their unaltered cat outside or moved and left their unaltered cat altogether. Which means kittens pop up and those kittens have kittens and so on until someone steps up to fix a mess they didn’t create. At our OG colony FOUR new cats have shown up in the past three weeks. That brings the total of sweet, sweet cats left to their own devices let out or dumped at this colony to six in the last eight months. That may not seem like a lot but if at least two aren’t fixed kittens will happen and numbers will rise. Let’s not forget about the fact no rescue has room for them, the ferals in the colony are fighting them, they’re scared of cats, and unaware of how to protect themselves from the coyotes we have seen in the colony. So, what do we do with these sweet kitties? Fix them and hope the acclimate or a barn home or rescue space becomes available. At this point we are just so exhausted from this year. And kitten season hasn’t stopped and will ramp up again in four months. Something has to give.

As always, fix your pets, your strays, and your neighbors cats because someone has to.

11/11/2024

Updated to say we have one colony taken care of. You guys have blown me away with offers to help. We have only colony left. Off of 159 close to 31 intersection if someone wan us to help there!

Trying again…we need feeder for two apartment complexes in Hoover. We trap at both. You aren’t expected to provide your own food or trap yourself (though it’s great if you can). We are desperate at this point 😩

11/09/2024

Set up and ready to see y’all!

11/08/2024

So excited to spend tomorrow raising funds for our kitties! We will have fun homemade cat crochet items, sticker, cups AND KITTENS!! Stop by and see us from 2-7 PM at Siluria Brewing in Alabaster 🥰

Stay tuned to see our real life kittens guests who will be making their appearance!

Come see us tomorrow at Siluria Brewing’s Craft Market! We will be there 2-7 PM and hope to see you ☺️

11/06/2024

How exciting! Make sure you join us this weekend from 2-7 PM at Siluria Brewing in Alabaster ☺️