01/12/2024
Life goals…💘
Dedicated to helping the local stray, feral & homeless cats and kittens via TNR and adoption.
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I could never help all these kitties without your help and support. As of November 2022, I have helped over 230 cats/kittens since January 2020. Donations Links:
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
Venmo
www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare
Amazon Wish List
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/MJMPKZ528YQ...
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Life goals…💘
Still missing. Please continue to share and keep an eye out. There have been 2 feeding stations with cameras set up in the close vicinity of Wilson’s Vet Hospital in Romeo where he went missing and potential sightings were. He has not gone to either of those feeding stations. A new feeding station with camera are being set up today about a 1/2 mile away from where he went missing, where there was another potential sighting. I’m sure Guinness is hunkering down somewhere in this weather and only adventuring out for food, just like every other outdoor cat does in this kind of weather. There is a large feral population in the area and a lot of people feed, so hopefully one of those people will see him at some point and reach out. Please continue sending prayers and sharing about him. 🙏🤞🏼
Update: still missing as of 1/11/24.
If you could send prayers and some good energy that there are some sightings of Guinness! 🙏🤞🏼
He got loose in the Wilson’s Vet parking lot and took off into the woods Thursday when he was being picked up to be transported to another local rescue. I found out before bed last night and offered to help find him.
I spent the whole day planning and executing a search and rescue mission. Plastered 100 flyers around Romeo and Washington Twp where he went missing. Spoke with local neighbors and businesses who will be keeping an eye out. Posted in all local community FB groups. The vet office is well aware and anyone who pulls into their parking lot will be as well because there are a lot of flyers. Searched the woods on foot. Set traps.
No signs of him yet. Hoping he is still around and that I will get reported sightings. He is friendly-ish and was found outdoors. Praying this handsome fella can be secured so he can get on to living the good indoor life.
Got an update on Jeff, formerly JJ. What an absolutely stunning sir he is!! 😻 This guy is living his absolutely best life. His humans love him so much and he gets along great with all of his kitty siblings. 💙
Donate your returnables to help the kitties. 😻
Teddy and Leon will continue bonding with and loving each other until the purrfect furever home comes along for them to go to together. They are such sweet big handsome boys. 💙
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
😻 FUNDRAISER 😻
🦁LIONS PLAYOFF GAME 🦁
‼️ 4 Squares Left ‼️
Being the big cat fans we are, we’re celebrating the Lions making it to the post season by doing football squares for the big game to support the kitties. 😻
Detroit Lions vs Los Angeles Rams 🏈
Sunday January 14 at 8:15pm
$10 per square
$125 per quarter payout
Proceeds benefit Community Cat Care
1. Comment what square number(s) you want. Say random if you don't care which square(s). Be sure to check other comments to make sure your square number is available.
2. Send payment via PayPay or Venmo, links are below.
3. Once all are purchased, I will draw quarterly numbers and I will post so you know what your numbers are.
Donation Links:
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
Venmo
www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare
Day 6 and still not confirmed sightings of Guinness. Every time I get a notification on my phone about motion at a feeding station, I pray so hard to open the video and see Guinness. So far 2 other cats, raccoons, possums and even a little mouse have come by for some food. Keep sending prayers that he shows up at one of the feedings stations near where he went missing, or that I get a report of a sighting soon. 🙏🙏🙏
Kanye is still a nervous guy, but I’m slowly winning him over. Some take longer than others to warm up after coming off the streets. He is just the most handsome and soft little sir! He is absolutely adorable to watch run around the house and play. He gets so incredibly excited for treats and wet food. He needs a patient furever home that will give him the time to warm up, but look at that adorable face…who could resist him?!? He deserves to live the good life off the streets. 💘
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Still missing. Please continue to share and pray for Guinness as the winter storm moves in. There have been a couple potential sightings and I have feeding stations with trail cameras set up at those locations. So far a few other cats have found their way to the feeding stations, but no Guinness. 🙏
Update: still missing as of 1/11/24.
If you could send prayers and some good energy that there are some sightings of Guinness! 🙏🤞🏼
He got loose in the Wilson’s Vet parking lot and took off into the woods Thursday when he was being picked up to be transported to another local rescue. I found out before bed last night and offered to help find him.
I spent the whole day planning and executing a search and rescue mission. Plastered 100 flyers around Romeo and Washington Twp where he went missing. Spoke with local neighbors and businesses who will be keeping an eye out. Posted in all local community FB groups. The vet office is well aware and anyone who pulls into their parking lot will be as well because there are a lot of flyers. Searched the woods on foot. Set traps.
No signs of him yet. Hoping he is still around and that I will get reported sightings. He is friendly-ish and was found outdoors. Praying this handsome fella can be secured so he can get on to living the good indoor life.
Kitten Little and friends could use some supplies around here…biggest needs on the list are litter and flea meds. Thank you to anyone who is able to donate and help these kitties. 🥰
Amazon Wish List:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2I8WVYTU3V5FT?ref_=wl_share
Update: still missing as of 1/11/24.
If you could send prayers and some good energy that there are some sightings of Guinness! 🙏🤞🏼
He got loose in the Wilson’s Vet parking lot and took off into the woods Thursday when he was being picked up to be transported to another local rescue. I found out before bed last night and offered to help find him.
I spent the whole day planning and executing a search and rescue mission. Plastered 100 flyers around Romeo and Washington Twp where he went missing. Spoke with local neighbors and businesses who will be keeping an eye out. Posted in all local community FB groups. The vet office is well aware and anyone who pulls into their parking lot will be as well because there are a lot of flyers. Searched the woods on foot. Set traps.
No signs of him yet. Hoping he is still around and that I will get reported sightings. He is friendly-ish and was found outdoors. Praying this handsome fella can be secured so he can get on to living the good indoor life.
Tiana is getting braver and braver by the day! For months after coming off the streets she remained a scared, nervous girl. One day recently a switch flipped and she is starting to want all the love, attention and snuggles. She is still cautious, but has become such a seeet baby. 💘
Leon’s New Year Resolution is to continue being as cute as possible in hopes that he will find a furever home one of these days. 371 days since him and his bonded buddy Teddy got returned. They are sweet boys are assured frequently that the are loved and will have a furever family of their very own one day. 💘
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Thank you all for being such an amazing kitty loving community. I could have never helped all of the cats and kittens this year without your support! Looking forward to an amazing 2024 together saving lots of lives. 😻
I wish more people would be willing to give the nervous cat a chance. The one that you won’t get to come meet at the rescue and touch right away. The one who will move into your home and hide for a while. Who will need time and patience to learn to trust you. The one who has had enough trauma from life starting on the streets that they take a minute to let their guard down with people. To me, those end up being the absolutely best kitties. It is the most wonderful feeling gaining their trust and watching them transform into a sweet and loving family pet as they begin to realize they are safe.
Milo was one of these cats. I brought him to his adopters house and he hid for the first week. Then he slowly started checking things out from the outskirts, very cautiously. The family knew it would take time for him to warm up and said they would give him the time he needed. Within a couple weeks, they were able to pet him as he got braver and braver. A few months in, Milo finally realized he was home. He snuggles with the kids now and is best buddies with their dog.
I personally have a cat like Milo who was on a much longer warm up timeframe. She had spent the first year outside instead of only a couple months like Milo. It took her well over a year to warm up, and now she is one of the most outgoing cats in my house, even with strangers.
Rescues are full of these cats. The ones who so desperately want to love and be loved, but have been so scared and traumatized in life that they need a very kind and patient human to give them a chance.
CCC currently has numerous kitties just like Milo who need that special human or family. Every rescue has cats like Milo who need a hero to step up. I am forever grateful to the humans who are willing to give these cats a loving home they deserve and offer them patience to warm up on their timeline. 💘
Have you ever given a cat like Milo a chance? What was your experience like? If you haven’t, maybe you would be willing to consider it. Winning the hearts of scared cats has been one of the single most rewarding experiences of my entire life. 😻
Kitten Little & Taylor are loving their new wand toys I ordered for them. Their new toys are keeping them well entertained while they wait patiently for their furever home.
These girls are around 6 months old. They are spayed, up to date on age appropriate vaccines, FIV/FeLV negative and microchipped. They would do fine with other cats, be ok with a very calm and respectful dog and older respectful children.
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Taylor and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday! 🥰
She was hoping to spend this Christmas in a wonderful furever home…but she is still absolutely thrilled to just be alive, warm, have a full belly and be loved. 😻
Ally found the heated cat bed. 🥰💘
Casey & Finnegan, previously Tom & Jerry…
Got an amazing update on these boys I adopted out a couple years ago. Someone moved out and left these guys behind. I got the call, had the space, and went to find them. They were both just sitting on the curb looking so lost and confused. I was able to walk right up and scoop them up. They were so grateful! These guys are clearly living their best lives today. Love updates so much. 😻
Congrats to Linda Meints for winning the cat tree raffle!! Thank you to everyone who participated and an extra big thank you to the amazing follower who donated the cat tree for us to raffle off to raise money to help the kitties. 😻
Donate your returnables and help save kitties! 😻
Raffle has ended. 😺
Congratulations to Linda Meints & kitties on your new cat tree! Thank you to all who participated. 😻
😻 FUNDRAISER 😻
An amazing follower donated this 64 inch carpeted cat tree to be raffled off to raise money to help the kitties. How incredibly generous!!
Tickets:
1 for $5
3 for $10
5 for $15
8 for $20
10 for $25
Links are below to send money for ticket purchase.
Fundraiser has run for 1 week and the drawing will be tonight, Wednesday Dec.20. Tickets must be purchased by 6pm and drawing will take place that evening after ticket sales end.
Cat tree is new in box and winner can pick up either at donors house in Sterling Heights or my house in Washington Twp.
Please put “Raffle” in the subject line when purchasing tickets so I know if the money sent is a donation or for raffle tickets.
Links for ticket purchase:
Venmo
www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
Baby Belle is all cozied up and cute as ever. This sweet little peanut will be ready to find her furever home very soon and will be such an amazing addition to someone’s family. She’s such a sweet little baby. 💘
Tiana spends a lot of time in this cardboard house. It’s her favorite! She also loves chewing the sides of it and could use a new one. 😼 It is on our wishlist if anyone would like to send her one.
Tiana is a cautious kitty who is working so hard on being more outgoing. She is a polydactyl like Tom so I had decided even though she was past the normal timeframe of getting kitties off the street and them warming up, I didn’t want her poor toes to end up like his did out there. I just cut her cute little polydactyl digits last night.
Amazon wishlist is below with out current top needs, including her cardboard house.
Adoption application is also below if you want to give a beautiful polydactyl kitty a good home. She will need some extra time and patience to warm up, but to me those kitties win my heart even more. 💘
Amazon Wishlist
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2I8WVYTU3V5FT?ref_=wl_share
Adoption Application
https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Raffle has ended. 😺
Congratulations to Linda Meints & kitties on your new cat tree! Thank you to all who participated. 😻
😻 FUNDRAISER 😻
An amazing follower donated this 64 inch carpeted cat tree to be raffled off to raise money to help the kitties. How incredibly generous!!
Tickets:
1 for $5
3 for $10
5 for $15
8 for $20
10 for $25
Links are below to send money for ticket purchase.
Fundraiser will run for 1 week. Tickets must be purchased by tomorrow Wednesday Dec.20 at 6pm. Drawing will take place that evening after ticket sales end.
Cat tree is new in box and winner can pick up either at donors house in Sterling Heights or my house in Washington Twp.
Please put “Raffle” in the subject line when purchasing tickets so I know if the money sent is a donation or for raffle tickets.
Links for ticket purchase:
Venmo
www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
After FB taking down this page for a short time recently and having to dispute to get it back up, I created a backup page... Community Cat Care 2.0. Please click and like/follow that page so you can find me if they ever take this one down permanently. If they ever take this page down, I will start posting there. I'm not sure how rescuing street cats can go "against community standards", but I will never stop fighting for these kitties. So if you look for the main CCC page one day and don't find it, CCC 2.0 is where I will be...I will share this message once a month as a reminder and so new followers know. The backup page has the same Herman profile picture and same cover photo as this main page. Thank you for your continued support. ❤
Raffle has ended. 😺
Congratulations to Linda Meints & kitties on your new cat tree! Thank you to all who participated. 😻
😻 FUNDRAISER 😻
An amazing follower donated this 64 inch carpeted cat tree to be raffled off to raise money to help the kitties. How incredibly generous!!
Tickets:
1 for $5
3 for $10
5 for $15
8 for $20
10 for $25
Links are below to send money for ticket purchase.
Fundraiser will run for 1 week. Tickets must be purchased by Wednesday Dec.20 at 6pm. Drawing will take place that evening after ticket sales end.
Cat tree is new in box and winner can pick up either at donors house in Sterling Heights or my house in Washington Twp.
Please put “Raffle” in the subject line when purchasing tickets so I know if the money sent is a donation or for raffle tickets.
Links for ticket purchase:
Venmo
www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
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Teddy and Leon will continue bonding with and loving each other until the purrfect furever home comes along for them to go to together. They are such sweet big handsome boys. 💙 Adoption Application https://form.jotform.com/200664295453154
Congrats to Linda Meints for winning the cat tree raffle!! Thank you to everyone who participated and an extra big thank you to the amazing follower who donated the cat tree for us to raffle off to raise money to help the kitties. 😻
I visited Nate the Detroit firehouse kitty today! 😻 Nate, now Chip Dip, was adopted 2.5 months ago and is living his best life! His momma absolutely adores and spoils him, he has a brother kitty that is his best buddy and a sister kitty who is grateful to have him around! His sister was adopted from me a few years ago. A lady had passed away leaving her kitty, BB8, looking for a new family. I found the perfect home for her and they kept the name in honor and memory of her mom. The family had since gotten a second cat. The second cat, Oreo wanted a play BB8 and she wanted nothing do with him. That’s where Nate comes in! When I was contacted, I knew Nate would be the perfect fit to play with a big brother and be respectful and leave BB8 alone. Nate Chip Dip fits in perfectly in his home and it was so good to see him. He has all the personality and I’m so happy he is living his best life. 😻
Meet Gertrude… an 8 years old feral. Gertrude means “strength of a spear” and it seems incredibly fitting for this old lady street cat. This is the oldest TNR cat in the neighborhood so far. In the past couple years I’ve helped TNR well over 200 cats here. Most are less than 2 years old. These poor cats tend to have much shorter lives out there than indoor cats have. This feisty lady though…8 years!!! She thrashed around in the trap way more than most when trapped and throughout the process. Putting it lightly, she was pissed off! I couldn’t uncover and open that trap door fast enough for her for the release. No more babies for you though, little lady. Welcome to retirement. If she had 3 litters a year for 8 years, that would be 24 litters of kittens in her life. Some of the litters may have been larger in her younger days, some may have been smaller litters as she aged, but she very likely had anywhere between 50-100 kittens in her lifetime.So grateful to have gotten her fixed so she can hopefully have a much more relaxing rest of her life, being left alone by male cats and not dealing with babies. Keep that “strength of a spear” fighter spirit out there, Gertrude. You are one of the toughest street cats I have ever met.
Welcome to life off the streets, tiny sir! 😻 This guy went in for TNR last week and was going to go back outside after. He had an outdoor caregiver who was eager to have him back and continue looking after him. She had been spending hours every day outside trying to make friends with him. He went for surgery and came back. He was covered in poop from laying in it in the trap. I decided to take him out of the trap and risk bathing a feral kitten solo because I couldn’t put him back out like that. He was a little potato! Didn’t fight me at all. A couple hours after the bath, I tried snuggling him and this is what happened. What a sweet guy!!!! I sent his outdoor caregiver this video and we both knew there’s no way this guy could go back out. If you’re questioning why a kitten would potentially even go back out, most are feral by his age. Rescues are full. I’m full. There’s an overpopulation epidemic and more cats than available homes. We can’t save them all, but we can TNR them and try to give them a better life. That was the plan with this guy…until I realized quite how sweet he was. This lady did a fantastic job socializing him outside!! He’s so sweet and loving! Then…she did the right thing and willingly gave him the chance at an indoor home. Not everyone makes that decision. Some are attached and want to keep them, no matter what. This lady was selfless. She chose what’s best for HIM once she saw how relaxed and happy he seemed inside. The timid nervous guy from outside melted away in my lap and he just purred up a storm, flipped around rubbing all over my legs and looked up at me with such gratitude. His biological brother JJ came off the streets a couple weeks ago and is in rescue. His momma has been TNR’d and this wonderful lady will continue caring for her. JJ and this sweet little sir will find wonderful homes and not have to live life on the streets, thanks to this wonderful lady who spent so much time trying to socialize him
10 days ago Gabriel came off the streets severely flea infested, crawling in maggots, with a belly full of worms and severely anemic on the verge of needing a blood transfusion…he is doing so much better!!!! Gabe is such a sweet little fighter. 🥰
4 years ago today, the Community Cat Care page was born when these 7 babies were. What a journey it has been!!!! Rescues were full and this momma cat showed up and had 7 babies. I didn’t know what to do! I never took care of newborn kittens before. I never found homes for cats before. I was clueless, but I figured it out. I created a page called Nugget Plus 7. I figured if people could follow the journey from birth, that might help me find adopters for Nugget and her 7 kittens. It worked! I figured it out without a rescue stepping up and found Mom and all 7 babies amazing furever homes. Then I disabled the page. Mission accomplished! I had no idea a few months later I would move into a neighborhood overrun with cats. I reactivated that page and changed the name to Community Cat Care with the goal of helping the cats in my little community. Since then, I’ve averaged helping more than 1 street cat per day via TNR and adoptions of friendly adults and kittens. I have followers across the country and around the world. It still blows my mind what this journey has turned into. People often questions why there is nobody to step up and help them with animals in need…rescues are full and drowning. There aren’t enough of us to keep up with the overpopulation. So next time you are looking for help and can’t find it….maybe it’s because it’s YOUR turn to be that somebody. YOU can be their hero and help them. YOU can change lives and make a difference. 💘
Gabriel is such a little fighter! He has an overwhelming will to live. After being found outside 48 hours ago severely flea infested, crawling with maggots, severely dehydrated, malnourished, and anemic…he is fighting so hard to live! He drank water on his own for the first time today! He had a solid poop! He has some energy and wants all the snuggles! Lots of baby steps in the right direction today. He is not out of the woods yet, but is headed in the right direction. 💘
Gabriel was at the vet today for a follow up from the ER visit yesterday. He has improved some from yesterday, but is not out of the woods yet. He did find his voice today and it made me so happy to hear. This little one is a heck of a fighter! His gums are still incredibly pale, bordering white. He smells aweful from infection even though he’s been cleaned up and is on meds. He is still very dehydrated in general, but has gotten fluids yesterday and today, as well as me adding food to his water and syringling some to him. The fleas are gone. The maggots are gone. We’re working on the killing the worms. He’s a good eater overall. Little Gabriel is still fighting hard to get better. Thank you for helping me fight for him. He has a follow up appointment again next week, unless he gets any worse at all, in which case we will be back at the ER vet. DONATION LINKS: Venmo www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare PayPal https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
When you should be sleeping but your newest intake just purred herself to sleep on your lap for the first time so you’re stuck… 💘
2 weeks ago today I started the series of Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis. Today was the final shot. Here’s what happened… I got a call very late at night after trapping of a kitty screaming under a car. I was able to secure the kitty, got it home, and was loving on it for a minute…when it out of nowhere it turned and bit me and latched on. I’ve been bit numerous times. I deal with feral cats, it comes with the territory. I’ve never had a cat latch onto my finger and make noises like Kujo for 20 seconds and not be able to get it to release. The next day, the cat was showing neurological symptoms. I transferred the kitty to a local ER vet where he was on a rabies hold for 10 days. They considered sending out for testing based on symptoms…for those that don’t know, the only way to test an animals for rabies is post-mortem (after death). So euthanasia would have been necessary. It was advised to me by multiple rescue people, doctor and family to start the rabies series, just in case. Here’s the thing…you basically have 2 days tops to start the shots or it’s too late. So by the time a diagnosis would be confirmed either way, it would be too late to get started on the shots. I had never looked into rabies in humans before and how it affects you, but it’s fatal 100% of the time and an absolutely horrific death. Now the odds of the cat actually having rabies would be incredibly slim, but it does happen on rare occasions and you have essentially a 0% chance of making it if you don’t do the series of shots immediately after potential exposure. Between the 20 second latch on bite and neurological symptoms, I decided to go with the shots. On day Zero, I got 5 injections… 1 rabies, 1 tetnus, and 3 rabies immune globulin (2 of those were in the finger at the bite site.) On Days 3, 7 & 14 I got addition rabies vaccines. Finally done with that! I have a couple underlying autoimmune conditions (Fibromyalgia, Sjogren Syndrome, small fiber neuropathy) an
Kitten Little is eating on her own now! 🥳 She is improving a little each day. 🔊Volume up for the cutest slurping noises. 😻
Kitten Little Update: She is headed to the vet because she still hasn’t pooped since intake and needs an enema. She seems much more relaxed in her breathing since being on oxygen. She is still in very rough shape, but is more alert and meowing at me for attention now when I walk by her. When I pick her up, she purrs up a storm and makes all the biscuits. DONATION LINKS: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3KB7Z6MSK8YKR?ref_=wl_share Venmo www.venmo.com/u/CommunityCatCare PayPal https://www.paypal.me/communitycatcare
Taylor is doing great this morning. Snuggled up in her heated bed with her heartbeat kitten. After consistent cleaning and some Terramycin, her eyes already look so much better! She is eating good and finally had a big poop. She was very constipated, because who knows how long since she ate last. She was hissing at me when I walked in the room and reached for her the first handful of times, because she couldn’t see with her eyes crusted shut. She just knew someone of something was coming for her. Now that they’re open and she knows I’m just trying to take care of her, I’m greeted with a big relaxed stretch and lots of purrs.