Lilac's Cat Chat

01/11/2025

Happy Halloween, community cat guardians and TNRM advocates! Stay safe out there, tonight

15/08/2025

From the moment the cat is trapped until you release, the trap needs to remain covered ‼️

It's crucial to cover the trap immediately after a cat is caught. Covering the trap completely with a towel, blanket, or a trap-specific cover helps calm the cat and prevents injury from thrashing. This practice is a key part of the TNR process to ensure the cat's safety and well-being.

🐈‍⬛ Reduces Stress 🐈‍⬛
Cats can become very stressed when trapped. Covering the trap creates a sense of security and can significantly reduce their panic.

🐈‍⬛ Prevents Injury 🐈‍⬛
A panicked cat might thrash around inside the trap, potentially injuring themselves. Covering the trap minimizes this risk.

🐈‍⬛ Aids in Transport 🐈‍⬛
A covered trap makes it easier and safer to transport the cat to the clinic for surgery.

🐈‍⬛ Improves Success 🐈‍⬛
Some cats are more likely to enter a covered trap than an uncovered one.

🐈‍⬛ Maintains Calm 🐈‍⬛
Keeping the trap covered throughout the TNR process, including during transport and at the clinic, helps maintain the cat's calm.

✅ Keep a large towel, blanket, or a trap-specific cover readily available.
✅ As soon as the cat is trapped, completely cover the trap.
✅ The cover should be loose enough to allow for airflow but opaque enough to block visibility.

Thank you for spaying and neutering!

19/03/2025

Kittens and puppies are adorable until you've seen so many die whose pointless suffering could have been prevented; could have never been forced on these innocent creatures if only their parent had been unable to reproduce. I envy those who can still see puppies and kittens and experience naive joy without being haunted by the aching truth that for each one born and living long enough to be accepted into a forever home there are hundreds born that will only live long enough to struggle for every breath and know only pain or experience brief moments of life and hope only to have it ripped away or die unwanted, with eyes screaming for a chance that will never come laying on a steel table as a cold, hard needle finds target in their fear or disbelief. It must be nice. Still, I believe I have seen and felt the pain and immense empathy for something. I have bore witness to the senseless cruelty caused by the apathy, indifference and selfishness of man for a reason. I can no longer count the number of creatures I've found dragging themselves across our pavements, knocked tumbling onto sidewalks into broken pieces seeping with shock or found frozen in corners starving through sickness and injury. The kittens I have spoken whispers of apology through trembling hands praying for a miracle as I watched them take their last breath. Eyes too young to have even seen the beauty possible in this world. Please. Don't wait any longer. Please get them spayed/neutered. Babies do not have to be born only to suffer and die. We can prevent this. Please help to prevent this. Please save them from this pain and save people like my rescue friends and I from this absolute horror. We are the voice that bares witness so that we can share the urgent need for spay/neuter, Trap-Neuter-Return-Maintenance & Monitor, foster, donate and adoption. We can make a difference but never with out help. Our hands can only do so much and our hearts can only take so much.

15/03/2025

Please... if you can help at all. This rescue is one of the very few that specifically helps community cats and they get quality care for life including the last and most kind yet heartbreaking gift - a pain-free goodbye when it is time. I know this cat personally and Salem is a great cat deserving of all the love. Anything helps. She runs on a shoestring budget off donations and ends up covering many medical costs out of pocket but she never let's money get in the way of doing the right thing.

Help support Shades Community Cats Sanctuary Inc by donating or sharing with your friends.

21/12/2024

This is one of our local rescuers. It's an emergency surgery. She's at the vet with Mogwai now. I'll attach the vet bill. If you can help, anything at all, please?

Hey guys it's Mo with sccs. I am currently with mogwai to the er vet to see what is going on. I don't know how much the bill would be but I could sure use some help in case this is an intestinal blockage like I'm worried about.

I was wondering if y'all can help me cover this bill. I have maxed out every single one of my credit cards and I don't have it but this is a life saving emergency and he needs to be seen.

If you can help us you can donate to thank you so much

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Venmo is shadescommunitycatssanctuary

12/12/2024

12/12/2024

Shades community cats sanctuary is a registered 501(c)(3) we have lots of kitties and some bunnies that call the sanctuary home and we could use all the help we can get. If you click on the original link and tag the sanctuary it can help us get a 10,000 grant. Please go vote for shades this would help our sanctuary sooo much. It only takes a few seconds to comment.

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