Itty Bitty City Kitties

14/11/2024

I can’t believe I’m posting this.

As far as I’m concerned, Neo and Nova are still wee tiny beans, barely big enough to wobble their way around an incubator.

My wishes for them to stay sprites forever are just that - wishes… And these two tiny tots are mere moments away from being ready to find their forever home.

I know, it’s shocking (or is it just me that finds time to melt lately?)…

I’m so grateful they came into my life. Barely a day old and full of hope, hope that I so desperately needed to kick me in the face and make me get back into the baby game, after a long and difficult summer of loss.

Both of their names mean “New Beginnings” in their respective native language, and these girls have given me mine, and are now ready for theirs.

All adoptable kitties are fully up-to-date medically.  Upon adoption I will provide you with their full vet record, as well as the Itty Kitty Kitten Starter Kit.  The kit contains a three day supply of all the food they eat, litter materials (for transition at your home), their favorite toys, and an adorbs adoption photo. 

Visit our website or our bio for a link to our application, or shoot an email to us- [email protected]

If you’re not ready to brighten your home by 8 paws, can you share and help me find them their forever?

11/11/2024

*not cats*

I didn’t actually plan to go back to so soon, despite being season pass holders… Buuut, the rumor mill has been churning about the closing of Kingda Ka, and there was *not one chance* of me allowing my newly minted roller coaster fantastic to miss out on something so incredible, less than 2 hours from home.

If you’re a roller coaster fan, you know this ride. Currently, it holds the world’s record as the tallest and (second) fastest ride on earth. However, in its 20 years, it has been plagued with issues - so much so, Six Flags has apparently decided to toss in the towel (I am still hoping it’s rumors - but the vibe and crowd today have me thinking it’s real 😭).

He was *terrified*. Tears, shaking, had to be bribed (😬) - terrified. But… He did it. And I’m glad I suggested (uh, forced) him to do it because not only was this a (perhaps) once in a lifetime ride, it gave him a sense of pride and accomplishment that will follow him for a long time. Aaaaand now, now he can ride -anything-

PS: Six Flags Great Adventures - Please don’t scrap

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08/11/2024

HEAR YE 🎉 HEAR YE

On this Friday Eve, of the biggest dumpstery dumpster fire of a week, a very wonderful, most amazing, best kinda thing - thinged!

My best girls, the sweetest pies in the pack, Pattie Pancakes and Beebe Baby have been… ADOPTED!

Even better? Into the loving home of already IBCK Alums! These girls join Figaro (fka: Mike) in one of the most wondermus homes. They’ll have big siblings to play with of kitty and kid kind, alike, and one *incredible* cat mama that I am so glad I know ❤️🐾

Happiest of Happy Tails, BabyLadies!

05/11/2024

💝 Sarah’s Story 💝

I’m going to tell you a story- A very true (10000% true), very scary story, about a 14 year old girl named Sarah (whose name is changed for her safety).

I’ve been friends with her mom for more than 20 years. Recently, their family was moved to an ultra conservative state for work reasons. Sarah has always been the shy, quiet bookworm and her new school didn’t make her feel welcome - in fact, she was the punch line to every joke. Naturally, when she was invited to a party by the most popular kids, she went - as all of us would have done, just hoping to fit in.

The rest of this is as if it was an episode of Law and Order - and again, is very much (sadly) true.

When Sarah woke up to several of the boys taking turns with her naked body, she did what many facing trauma do - froze, praying for it to be over. She changed and left as soon as it was quiet and told not a single soul, including her parents.

Fast forward six weeks and Sarah is incredibly sick and has missed her period. She finally comes clean to her mom, and you guessed it - Sarah is pregnant. Pregnant from a drug-induced gang r**e, and her first sexual experience. They are then faced with the most unreal, and yet VERY real problem - do they go to the police and report the r**e, or do they get an illegal abortion? If they want to report the r**e in the state they are in, Sarah - WHO IS 14 - would be forced to carry the baby of her rapists to term. If they want to allow Sarah to make *her own choice about her own body*, then they have to seek *illegal* medical care, risk jail AND never report the boys or the r**e.

Needless to say, Sarah isn’t pregnant and those boys still get to smirk at her on their way to Lacrosse, clueless what they caused.

There is a LOT that is awful right now. Mountains. But nothing, at least in my mind, is more awful than being 14 and facing what Sarah faced.

My vote is for women - those who came before me and the ones like Sarah, who hold our future. If that is a problem for you, the door is over there —>

27/10/2024

I’m here for help.

It’s getting cold at night, quicker than we can keep up with, and the kitties are hungry. I’m totally out of food and the ones who suffer are the cats, left to fend for themselves, outside.

We’re doing the best we can and I hate to beg, but I’m desperate - not for me - for them.

Please please, if you can, we need food and financial donations to cover their care as we head into winter.

If you’re able, anything - ANYTHING helps.

You can find the wishlist here (⬇️) or in my stories. Wishlist Link:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3EPQE99H3KF6N?ref_=wl_share

Direct financial donations are also a huge help too, allowing to buy food as needed. They can be made (and are totally tax deductible) via:

➡️ Venmo :
➡️ PayPal:
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]

If you’re in a place where donations are a struggle (I feel that), sharing is a huge help.

Thank you for belong me keep them full, safe and warm. Without you, I can’t do what I do.

24/10/2024

I’m so glad Leo lives here. I’m so glad I stole him from that evil, abusive hoarder.

Yes, stole. Along with Gilbert and nearly 50 other cats, that were snuck out in bags and jackets and boxes. Saved from starvation, disease, and a chance of being beaten, stomped on, thrown away (alive), drowned, or kicked to death.

It’s one of the things I’ll *never* regret. Ever.

Even though Leo has been here three years now, he’s still painfully shy, flinches at *all* noises, and has to be slowly approached. It’s why we never adopted him out. We realized he had already fought an emotional war, so adding even more change to that wasn’t worth it.

Trauma for humans and animals alike, can last a lifetime. Love, patience and time go a long way to letting those we love, know we’re ready when they are, in their own time.

I love you, Leo. Always 🧡

22/10/2024

🌟 PSA 🌟

Rescuers are human people with human feelings and human lives. We are not immune to hateful behavior, we are not waiting around to run to help people, tossing aside any life we may have outside of rescue, to jump into action.

I am a mom. It’s Halloween. I’m *busy* being a mom - and that’s ok. I shouldn’t have to say that. But I do, and then I feel like I have to justify it… And still be made to feel like a loser - which… none of that is *ok*.

The above email is one in a chain with a particular *Karen* who after an initial email about “sick baby kittens” turned into the factual story of someone who has a few stays on her block (not even at her home) she wants removed - excuse me, *rescued* - claiming impending doom for them, if I don’t drop everything and run to their *rescue*.

Mind you, upon a few minutes of investigation, these “sick baby kittens” are a group of adult ferals, totally healthy, cared for and fed, whom I offered to TNR come November, when I’m a hair less busy.

Was that good enough? No. Thus the reply you see in the photo.

I’m so tired of nasty.

I’m so tired of being treated like some service you can demand with no regard to me being a human.

PS - Shoutout to the local Facebook turds who love to make me out to be a villain (but also like to use my content about a dog to make their post look good 🙄)…

Rescue is hard enough. Meanness makes the hard unbearable.

Please be kind. With a world on fire, a touch of kindness is something we all can benefit from.

19/10/2024

He’s always been the best foster daddy…

10/10/2024

Part One - MINOR ISSUES.

This is Teddy.

Teddy has a story that will (rightfully so) make your blood boil.

This is not a story about how we hate breeders. It is not about, “if you buy a pet, you should be able to afford vet care.” This is *absolutely* not a story about a negligent pet guardian.

Let me say now - there is ZERO TOLERANCE for *any hint* of a hateful comment in those areas. If I even sniff as such, it will get you banned from this page.

Teddy was sold to his dad as a puppy, by the local pet store , and sold without proper vaccination or testing.

What’s worse? He was SOLD TO A MINOR, because you see, Teddy’s Dad is just a kid, and a great one, doing really well in high school (and loves to read - more on that in a few).

Read that again - an *adult* sold a *child* a dog. A whole living creature, sold to someone without an income, or even a parental signature.

Not surprising, sadly. This particular pet store is notorious for selling underage (sickly) kittens, sick lizards, rabbits and guinea pigs, and making their cash cow on very young puppies from their overly bred mama, who come without care and often come sick - being sold for $700 each. Horrific and disgusting.

For perspective when you adopt with me, $700 gets you FOUR PAIRS (8 total) of kittens, who come fully vetted, sterilized, microchipped and sent home with a supply kit! THIS is why rescues and shelters BEG you to adopt, and not shop.

I am going to continue this story in my next post.

For now, I’d like to know what the or the amazing think of this? I’d bet they didn’t know… Perhaps we should tag in ? Or local papers?
? Or maybe ? And ???

I think it’s time to shut this place down, myself - for MANY reasons.

Get a snack and come back for Part Two.

04/10/2024

Uh Oh! It’s a “Mom Post”…

Ah, Junior High… Welcome.

Complete with shaggy, “I like it like this” hair, refusal to wear any shoe other than a Croc, an inability to function before 10am, eye rolls, deep sighs, strange lingo, muttering about what we do or do not understand, knowledge about literally everything (because what do adults know, anyway?), and a preference for his friends on the other side of the phone screen over his “fossil aged” parents.

Luckily he’s still a dreamer of a life in the skies, a lover of history and a passionate reader, so we’ll just muster past the attitude drama into our new year of learning.

Sigma Ohio Rizz.

Did I use that right?

02/10/2024

Today is a *very* happy day.

Today Ginger found her forever home… However, she actually already found it a while ago, we just didn’t know it yet.

You remember Ginger - my sassy tortie kitty left behind by her people, wandering the streets looking for help way back in June.

Ginger was a tough cookie. Not only was she an abandonment case (which comes with stray holds and legal issues,) she also *hates* other cats and, of course, Ginger is FeLV+.

There is a ton of stigma around FeLV, coupled with a lack of advanced study that tends to scare people away from adopting FeLV positive cats - which sucks - for them and the people who save them. It used to be an automatic euthanasia, but now, as we learn more, we know these cats deserve just as much of a chance as any other kitty.

Which is exactly what Ginger got with her foster mom, who opened her home and heart to Ginger - helping her to gain back the weight she lost after she was abandoned, and to gain back her courage. Her foster mom helped me save Ginger’s life, but what we didn’t know… Ginger was saving her foster mama, too ❤️ When the time came to begin adoption interviews for Ginger, the idea of losing her was far too much for her mama- so she’s staying put!

I tell people all the time, our animal companions tend to find us when we need them the most, even if we didn’t know we needed them.

Ginger and her foster (turned forever) mom are a perfect example of the kind of compassion we need more of.

Happy Tails, Ginger girl. You hit the jackpot.

22/09/2024

Sunday ☀️ Sunshine

20/09/2024

19/09/2024

This Kitten Season can FU🐾K OFF.

It’s eating everyone alive in every single way it can and everyone, everywhere, is scrambling.

Dead kittens and cats, a huge uptick in dog fighting, a city who has their head in the sand, piles of sick kittens, cats giving birth like it’s a competition, disease all over, some crazy version of PanLeuk that is like wildfire, clinics with closed doors and vets charging prices that are *insane* all while rescuers just brace for more impact.

Needless to say, as some kind of twisted, “Suck on THIS, Sam!” Pattie’s wonky eye couldn’t be saved and I had to have it removed Monday. I knew there was a chance, but I also wanted all the work and medicine and care and HOPE to have allowed her to just have the lens removed and saved the eye itself. But no. I don’t get nice things or happy mediums.

IN. ANY. CASE.

As far as I am concerned, now she’s even *more* perfect, *more* special and even *more* a delight, damnit.

I am (and more so after this new cost), still very much buried. There has been so much help and I am incredibly grateful, but I am still far from anywhere close to financially stable. If you can donate, donations can be made (and are totally tax deductible) via:

➡️ Venmo :
➡️ PayPal:
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]

I want to help more babies like Pattie, who deserve everything I can give them.

If you can’t donate, please share.

11/09/2024

“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”
—Author David Levithan

#9/11

09/09/2024

I don’t know how to write this, except to say I am desperate.

August wiped me out. PanLeuk, medical bills, trying to help people I couldn’t afford to help, and, quite honestly, maxing out money in an effort to try to hold it together.

What happened? I screwed up.

I spent every single cent I had trying to save lives and help people keep their pets.

I’m broke. Done. I have 42cents. That’s it’s.
$0.42 cents.

I don’t know what to do. I have $1500 in medical bills ahead of me and no way to pay them. I can’t personally afford to float the rescue anymore. We tried. We pushed our mortgage, we spent money we don’t have, we used our personal credit… And we’re now totally maxed out.

I don’t know what to do except beg.

Please help me save this. If I can’t raise money, my doors close.

Forever.

Please help me. If you can donate, donations can be made (and are totally tax deductible) via:

➡️ Venmo :
➡️ PayPal:
➡️ Zelle: [email protected]

After a summer that brutally beat the sh^t out of me, losing this thing I love so much, losing the ability to save lives and help others… I can’t face it.

If you can’t donate, please share.

25/08/2024

How hot is my mama?! Look at that 1987 hair! And that wrap dress! 🔥 !!

Today is her Birthday, and I’d like to take this moment to thank her for all the incredible support - in many ways - but today, I’m highlighting kitties.

This wonderful woman leaps to my aid every single time I ask. From straight up cash to cat food to messsges that make me smile and cry. She always knows what to say and when to say it, and always always always knows just the way to say it.

My love for animals and call to service are gifts she gave to me. I grew up in a home *packed* with pets, love and kindness to every creature, all because of her and her huge heart.

Help me wish her a *very* Happy Birthday!

I love you, Mama.
Thank you for being my hero.