Right Meow Rescue

19/12/2024

Why hasn’t anyone applied for sweet May 😭

Status: Available, vetting complete

Gender: female, spayed
Approximate age: 1.5 years old

Likes: napping, hanging out around people, playing with toys

Dislikes: nothing much, she’s very tolerant. She used to not like cats being in her bubble for too long but she’s used to it now.

Personality: She used to be shy with strangers but she is much more comfortable with people now. She's a social butterfly! She is a cuddle bug and a curious cat that will get into everything. She is very cat friendly. We don't know how she will be with dogs but we think after time, she would adjust well. She also does great with children. She also loves to play!

Background: She came from a tenant who longer wanted her. They were supposed to surrender her to us last fall when she was a kitten but they decided to “keep” her. We were taking a cat from a different tenant next door when May’s owner approached us asking us to take her, too. So, we did. We didn’t even recognize her. She was very scared and they said they couldn’t really handle her as a result. Thanks to her foster and the cat cafe, she’s much more social.

Vetting done: spayed, rabies vaccine, full FVRCP series, combo test, microchip, and Rev+.

Concerns:
Medical: had exposure to a FeLV+ cat (two days) but when combo tested again 7 weeks after exposure, she tested negative again. The vet said she is truly negative as a result. This is documented in her paperwork.

Behavioral: None

Intake date: 3/25/24

Location: The Friendly Feline Cat Cafe

Adopt:

https://form.jotform.com/rightmeowrescue/adoption-application

We only have ONE week to find sweet May a home by Christmas!! It’s not looking great but I’ll keep trying for this sweet girl! 🎅🏼🎄😿

16/12/2024

Charlie finally had his dental! Thank you Irondequoit Animal Hospital! Charlie is FIV+ and it is very common to have dental issues as a result. He has severe dental disease and 13 teeth had to be taken out! Ouch!

Dentals are not cheap. We have Petunia scheduled for one next Monday. All funds raised will cover her procedure. Please donate 🙏🏻

For $1,200, we can spay/neuter and vaccinate, combo and microchip 6-7 cats. Non-routine vetting such as dentals, bloodwork, ultrasounds, etc. add up and make it so hard to continue our work. Please support cats like Charlie and Petunia 🙏🏻

💜 Paypal: paypal.me/rightmeowny

💙 Venmo: -zwecker

15/12/2024

HUGE shoutout to GRASP for helping with an urgent neglect case. We work closely with a landlord who often finds abused and abandoned animals and 99% of the time, we are able to help. Unfortunately, we are maxed out with 40 cats in the rescue. I went with the landlord to evaluate the situation and couldn’t leave them behind. I sent a desperate plea out to GRASP and they agreed to take them! THANK YOU!!! We had to move some cats around for a temporary solution but at least they are in a clean and safe holding space for now until Wednesday.

The house was filthy. The floors were sticky and there were flies everywhere. The kittens were seen fighting over an apple core and one of the kittens was very mad when I tried to take it away from them. They are remarkably healthy given the state of their living space. No signs of upper respiratory infections and no evidence of fleas or ear mites.

Please send some love towards GRASP! We can’t do this by ourselves and we are so thankful to have so many rescues in the area that will help us out when possible. 💜

We are completely closed for intake due to the number of cats we are caring for. Not necessarily due to financial constraints but adoptions have been slow. We are a very small team and managing more than 30 is hard, let alone 40. Please understand we are doing the best we can and will re-open intake once we have some adoptions.

07/12/2024

Go see Fake Max and all the other kitties at The Friendly Feline Cat Cafe!

Max is sad no one has come to see him today! We’re still open for another few hours, till 4!!!

06/12/2024

Meet five of our newly available kitties! Apply below!

🐈 https://form.jotform.com/rightmeowrescue/adoption-application

03/12/2024

Today is giving Tuesday and it’s the day to celebrate non-profit organizations. We hope you will consider supporting our mission to reduce the homeless and shelter cat population by providing loving, safe foster homes for all cats in our care while also taking care of their medical needs.

Since 2021, we have found forever homes for 200 cats! We currently have 38 in our care and a majority of them are fully vetted, waiting patiently for their forever homes.

We have 8 that still need to be spayed/neutered. The cost of basic services is not cheap. These are the prices for Rochester Community Animal Clinic:

Spay: $90
Neuter: $66
FVRCP vaccine (need 2-3): $15 each
Rabies vaccine: $15
Microchip: $12
Combo test: $45
Revolution plus: $13
Droncit: $12

Our adoption fee is $200 which doesn’t always cover routine vetting. Cat rescues lose money on every cat and heavily rely on donations to continue their life-saving work.

We plan on paying $700 to RCAC this week which will bring our bill down to $700 remaining. That is the lowest it has been in a year and a half. We do have some surgeries and vaccine appointments scheduled so our bill will go up but help us pay it off by the end of the year! Being able to pay off our bill will allow us to take more cats in and help save more lives. Every dollar helps.

Thank you 🙏🏻
💜 Paypal: paypal.me/rightmeowny
💙 Venmo: -zwecker

01/12/2024

‼️closed!‼️

Congratulations to Ellen Fridman !!!!!! 🎉🎉

Please pay $80 to https://www.paypal.me/rightmeowny and your membership info will be emailed to you!

Thank you all and have a great day!

Does anyone else feel way too full after Thanksgiving? 🫄It sure doesn't help when eating all the Halloween candy too!😵‍💫 If only there was a way to work off all those carbs...

WAIT! How about a 3 month membership to the YMCA?! Whoa! That's right, an entire THREE MONTHS of gym time. You get buff 💪 while saving cats 🐱. Best. Deal. EVER.

Great thanks to the YMCA of Greater Rochester for their generous donation!💜

This auction starts TODAY and will end on Sunday December 8th at noon.
- Starting bid is $20
- Bids must be in whole dollar amounts
- What are you waiting for? Go go go!

29/11/2024

Update, she passed 😞. Still looking for an owner to provide closure 💔

Young female kitty found on Payne Beach Rd. Very cold. Currently at Hilton Vet being warmed up and assessed. Is on stray hold. If she becomes stable, we will take her case on.

She was wearing a collar. If this is your cat, you will need to identify Amie Zweckercollar she was wearing. Please message Amie Zwecker if this is your cat!

29/11/2024

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We know these two were thankful to have a warm place to stay. Say hello to our newest kitties: Curtis and Sherman. Even though yesterday was a busy day with our families, we couldn’t say no to helping them and picked them up.

October 31st marked our third year as a rescue. We are beyond thankful for all of the love and support over the years. In the last three years, we have adopted out 200+ cats, have 38 in the rescue currently and sadly, had to say goodbye to 13 due to health concerns. We have spent over $40,000 - mostly on routine vetting but some emergencies, dentals, echos, etc. We rely on donations to stay afloat and thanks to your kindness, we have been able to keep up with billing.

We just received $600 towards our $1,200 bill at RCAC. We have two dentals, and several spay/neuters and wellness exams coming up so that bill will climb back up quickly. Please donate if you can so we can help more cats like Curtis and Sherman 🙏🏻

💜 Paypal: paypal.me/rightmeowny
💙 Venmo: -zwecker

24/11/2024

Meet some of our available kitties! We have lots of colors and personalities! Click on the pictures below to read more about each kitty!

Adopt:
https://form.jotform.com/rightmeowrescue/adoption-application

24/11/2024

🥰 Second Choice, but Best Choice 🥰

Congratulations to Skipper and Monk on their recent adoptions from the The Pawsitive Cafe- Downtown Rochester's First Cat Cafe!

Both kitties were strays and had been looking for their forever homes for a few months. The person who applied for Skipper ended up falling in love with Monk and the person who applied for Monk ended up obsessed with Skipper. The adopters switched cats!

When we told Skipper’s adopter about how the two people flip flopped cats, she said, “I think it goes to show that there is a lot of serendipity involved in rescuing a pet. It's interesting how we often end up with the right choice, even when it's not our FIRST choice. Some things are just meant to be.”

When you apply to adopt a cat with us, we go over everything about each cat you ask about. We want our adopters informed about anything medical, behavioral or concerning before making the lifetime commitment to adopting them. These adopters trusted the process and ended up loving completely different cats than they had originally applied for.

We have 34 cats in our care. Let us help you find your next best friend! Apply below!

🐈 https://form.jotform.com/rightmeowrescue/adoption-application

15/11/2024

Unusual intake alert. Help needed.

Meet Beck and Twix. These two are owned by a very sweet woman named Terra who is in a desperate situation and recently became homeless due to an unsafe living situation. For respect of her privacy, we will not go into details about that.

She is a very responsible person who has never been in this position before but had to get out asap. Terra has the two kitties and a dog. She was able to temporarily place her dog with a friend but couldn't find someone for the cats. She reached out to us last night to surrender Twix and Beck so they wouldn't have to live in her car with her. When I met her and the kitties, I knew she belonged with them. This was one of the most heartbreaking surrenders I have ever done. 😭

We don't normally do this, but we are going to hang onto her cats, get them whatever vetting they need and will return them once she's back on her feet again. Terra is a sweet lady who does the best she can to help cats and that she has taken in and adopted out about 25 in the last few years. She has always tried to do the right thing for others so we are going to return the favor.

As many of you know, we work closely with a local landlord. We are working with her to get Terra an apartment and once she gets one, we will return her cats. We will also help get her dog vetted if needed.

If you want to support Terra, this is her cashapp: $terrachristine4. I filled her gas tank last night for her to help her get to a safer area. Any support is appreciated. We are hoping to get her into an apartment within the next two weeks.

14/11/2024

Thanks for your patience with our last raffle. Drum roll please 🥁🥁🥁

The winner is Danielle Sharp, congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉

09/11/2024

Meet Chief! He’s another new intake and we suspect he is Meeko’s brother. Chief came from a trailer park in Canandaigua and went to the vet because of a nasty upper respiratory infection. While at the vet, the Dr noted a 3/6 grade heart murmur 😭. We will most likely need to do an echo before he can be neutered.

Meeko does not sit still and is impossible to photograph 🤣. He is doing much better now thanks to the meds.

Please donate to support the care of cats like Chief 🙏🏻

💜 Paypal: paypal.me/rightmeowny
💙 Venmo: -zwecker

08/11/2024

😍 Meeko 😍

Status: Available, vetting complete

Gender: male, neutered
Approximate age: 1-2 years old

Likes: belly rubs! Wants constant attention. Enjoys playing but being around people is his favorite thing. Food is his second favorite thing lmao.

Dislikes: cats, this might change with time. Dogs are unknown.

Personality: very sweet. Wants people to love him. Wants attention over anything else. He’s very cuddly. If you’re looking for a lap cat, Meeko is your guy.

Background: came from a feral colony in a trailer park in Canandaigua. Most likely never lived inside. Doing much better now.

Vetting done: neutered, microchippee, combo tested (negative), rabies and full fvrcp series. Rev+ and pyrantel.

Concerns:
Medical: none
Behavioral: confrontational towards shy cats. Might go away with time. Unclear as of now.

Adopt!
https://form.jotform.com/rightmeowrescue/adoption-application

07/11/2024

Chocolate Chip Update 💕

For those of you who don’t know who Chocolate Chip is, he came to us along with four other cats who had been left outside. Based on his microchip, we know he is about 12 years old and had a rough past. He’s now safe inside with his friends.

During a routine exam and vaccine appointment at Rochester Community Animal Clinic, the Dr. discovered a gallop heart murmur. This particular type of murmur is not common in cats and if it’s heard, it generally indicates severe heart disease.

We were able to get Chip into Hilton Vet at the end of October for an echocardiogram.

Echo confirmed he has moderate stage B2 cardiomyopathy. He now is on Clopidogrel and we must recheck his heart in 2-3 months to see how his heart is responding.

The echo is $275. If we need to repeat any bloodwork, that will be additional. Thanks to your donations, we were able to pay for the first echo. We will need to pay again in a couple of months. Any donations are appreciated. Please keep him in your thoughts 🙏🏻

💜 Paypal: paypal.me/rightmeowny
💙 Venmo: -zwecker

31/10/2024

New intake alert!

Please welcome these four adults into our care. These four were loved so much by an elderly tenant who sadly, was no longer able to keep her living arrangement. Her grandchildren did not want the cats so we stepped in before they were thrown outside.

Despite the fact that their entire world just changed, they are adjusting well in our care. The most fearful is the all black short haired boy named Salem. He was very vocal but yesterday, he sat in our lap for 10 min and seemed so relieved to be safe.

These four are on intake hold but will be available as soon as they get vetted! Welcome to RMR 🥰