Tips & Tails TNR and Rescue, Inc.

13/01/2026

Save the date!🐾

Join us at the SnipWell Xpress Clinic on January 29th to get your special furry family members in tip top shape for the new year! No appointment needed. We’ll serve clients in order of arrival, so be ready for potential wait times.

*Please note: We won't handle medical issues or nail trims during this event.*

SnipWell Xpress Clinic
January 29, 2026
8AM-2PM
📍3463 Highway 21, Suite 110 Fort Mill, SC 29715
📞(803)228-4208

12/01/2026

Meet Eloise. Please read her whole tragic story before falling in love! 😻

Eloise is around 7 years old, with long creamy-grey fur and a truly stunning presence—but her beauty is not what she needs to be seen for.

A week before Christmas 2022, Eloise was found in her home beside her owner, who had passed away and gone undiscovered for a week. With nowhere else to go and the shelter refusing intake, a rescue volunteer stepped in to save her. ❤️‍🩹

She was adopted by a kind older couple who adored her, moodiness and all. Then tragedy struck again—her adopter passed away, and Eloise once more lost everything familiar. 😔

Her next adopters promised her the low-key, consistent environment she needs. When that promise wasn’t kept, Eloise began eliminating outside the litter box and was returned. The third time was not the charm. A fourth adopter made the same promises—but when a new person moved into the home, Eloise’s world was again turned upside down, and her behavior reflected it. 💔

None of this is because Eloise is “bad.”
It’s because Eloise has lost everything, repeatedly. 🥺

She is now back in foster care. Eloise is sweet and affectionate on her terms. She needs:
🏡 A quiet, predictable home
🚫 No other cats
🐶 Dogs are okay
❣️A human who understands that trust takes time
🤎 Daily Miralax to keep her stool soft and brushing to keep her fur from matting

Eloise does not need to be adopted because she’s beautiful.
She needs someone who will choose her for who she is, honor her boundaries, and commit to giving her stability—for the rest of her life. 💞

If you believe love means patience, consistency, and showing up even when it’s hard, Eloise might be your cat. 🐱

Please share her story so it reaches the right person. ❤️

👆Click the link tree in our bio and click on adoptable kitties to apply and for more information!

Or visit https://www.wagtopia.com/search/pet?id=1611556&name=Eloise

10/01/2026

TNR release but make it a light jog 😹

08/01/2026

📚 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧" 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐍𝐑 (trap/neuter/RETURN)
Why do we RETURN cats and not "get rid" of them? 🤔

🚨 IMPORTANT: R stands for RETURN, NOT RELEASE!!!!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑 𝐢𝐧 "𝐓𝐍𝐑" 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍. After we've trapped and taken the cat to the clinic for spay/neuter, vaccines and ear tip, we RETURN them to the place where they were captured. We DO NOT release them to a different area, nor do we euthanize them. Community cats (the umbrella term for stray, feral and unowned outdoor cats) live in a 3-mile radius. Within this territory, they have established resources for food and shelter. This is their home and the area which sustains them; do not remove them from it (unless their lives are in danger).

Community cats are territorial and will protect their territory from outside cats. When you TNR a cat and return it to its territory, it will 1) no longer contribute to overpopulation, 2) defend its territory from outside cats, and 3) be a peaceful neighbor as undesirable habits like fighting, spraying and yowling will have been eliminated through spay/neuter. Theoretically, if you TNR all cats within a territory, the colony should die out over time.

👉 Why do we not trap and kill? Two very important reasons: it's inhumane and it doesn't solve the problem of overpopulation. Cats are territorial! When you remove cats from a territory, other/new cats come in to take advantage of the resources in that territory. This is known as "the vacuum effect." If you "catch and kill," you'll forever be in a cycle of trapping and removing cats. It's better--and more humane--to TNR, bring those cats back to the territory, and let them defend it.

Some people who call for help with cats on their property and are unfamiliar with TNR are surprised to learn that the cats will be returned. When we explain why we RETURN and not kill, they understand the science and allow the cats to return. Education is key!!! 💡 Share your knowledge to protect and improve the lives of our community cats!

Original content provided by Stray Cat Project.

07/01/2026

Goals

Educational Post
This is the result of a successful spay and neuter program after 5 years. An empty cat room- and this happens regularly.

We are NOT “limiting admission” or putting people on a wait list. We are taking in every animal that comes into our shelter as long as it is from a Clark County resident- that is what shelters are supposed to do. We are not altering data by diverting intakes or turning animals away. We are working hard to build programs that work to save animals and serve the community.

How is this possible without controlling intake?

1. Free and extremely low cost spay and neuter services that are readily available to everyone in our city and county. This includes owned animals and community cats or feral cats. Not a wait list, not a couple clinics a year. In the beginning we were booked out months at a time, now we can almost always get someone scheduled within 3 weeks or sooner. Progress. This is funded by grants and fundraising not the general shelter budget. The City of Wi******er, which is not our governing body, is gracious enough to provide funding towards this program (has ranged from $5-$17,000 over 6 years) and is to be used specifically for cats.

2. Safety net resources. A food bank, supplies and other resources that can help an owner that is temporarily struggling. We do not currently have assistance for owner vet bills but we regularly write grants and are trying to get that going too. Funded through donations.

3. A barn cat program. If a shelter doesn’t accept feral cats, those cats keep reproducing, become unhealthy due to inbreeding and lack or resources in the area and have poor quality of life and poor outcomes should they come to the shelter later. We have a list of people wanting barn cats so when a feral comes in, it is fully vetted and transferred to a new location where it is wanted within the week.

4. Rescue partners. In general, rescues love to work with a good shelter. A shelter they know is doing their best for the animals and giving honest evaluations on both health and behavior. We are very fortunate to work with some wonderful rescue partners with great adoption facilities to move a large number of our animals.

Animal shelters by design are reactive to the animal problem. But if we can see the bigger picture and create proactive policies that prevent more animals from needing to come to the shelter in the first place we can make a difference in the long run.

*There will likely be some comments asking why we don’t help other shelters when we have space. We are funded by tax dollars from Clark County so we are only able to accept animals from Clark County. We do offer to help by sharing resources, networking etc. We want all shelters to be successful!

**Update- due to the attention this post has gotten and the way Facebook sorts the comments we realize we are missing a lot of comments and questions. If you have questions please email us directly at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to get back with you!

07/01/2026

‼️ Upcoming TNR Day! ‼️

Wednesday, January 14th, 2025
Drop off 8:30 AM No appointment needed
$50 includes alter, ear tip, and rabies vaccine

MUST come in a live trap/no house cats!

07/01/2026

We have some last minute surgery spots tomorrow! If you have FERAL cats needing to be spayed/neutered bring them in tomorrow morning!

$50 includes the alter, rabies vaccine, and ear tip.