Sparkle Cat Rescue

19/11/2024

Jinx is eating again! Yay! He spent almost a full day at today and had an ultrasound, b12 injection and sub q fluids. Everything looked okay with ultrasound. He’s been very active since I brought him home. He’s still isolated in our bathroom. Someone donated some Weruva pouches of food last week so I offered that to him and he started eating it!

We are treating for what we believe is a relapse of FIP he underwent treatment for last year. So we do need your help. His bill today was $500+. Last Friday $450+. To start he will get one and a half pills a day for FIP treatment and those are $5.50 each x 84 days. Dosing increases as he he gains weight. He’s 5.4 lbs now at 2 years old. With his symptoms on Friday, I took early precautions and started him on treatment.

Donations continue to be most appreciated to help with last week’s vet expenses of over $1500 for 3 sick cats plus $800+ for food and litter. Www.sparklecatrescue.org. As we head into this week we still have expenses coming for food and litter and Jinx at vet today.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZ3QZC478P6R4 (Nick $567)

Morgana FIP treatment https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=7LHGUX9YGTJJA

Jinx Fip treatment/vet care: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KHKJTHXCLWU3G

https://venmo.com/u/sparklecatrescuenc (Last four digits of phone 9306)

VOTE to help us win a grant. You can donate here too https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Mail checks to UPS lockbox:
Sparkle Cat Rescue
2779 S Church Street
Ste 164
Burlington NC 27215

18/11/2024

Truely will be in need of a new home by January. Her parents are moving out of the country and unfortunately cannot take her because their living arrangement doesn’t allow cats.

Trulie is a 7-year-old grey/black/tan striped , green eyed chubby tabby with a warm and quirky personality.

• Temperament: She’s a loving and playful cat who enjoys her independence but also cherishes quiet moments curled up next to her favorite human.
• Behavior: She was once a rescued feral cat, and though she has settled into domestic life beautifully, she retains a hint of her wild spirit, which adds to her unique charm. She loves crying at the birds through the window. Loves naps in the sun. Still plays with her toys like a younger kitty.
• Compatibility: She thrives in a one-cat household (gets territorial about her humans and home) but gets along with friendly dogs.

Please complete one of our adoption applications so we can screen first best fit. She can be adopted now and doesn’t need to wait until January. She will have a complete physical soon and is spayed. www.sparklecatrescue.org

18/11/2024

Thank you Jeanine for donating this awesome cat tower and 2 cat huts!
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18/11/2024

Foster still needed for 4 nine week old kittens we posted last week. We are trying to prevent them from having to live outside. We are screening a few applications. We always need fosters.

They are from a landscape company and the owner can only keep them in a playpen. They will not thrive that way. Apply to foster via www.sparklecatrescue.org/foster

18/11/2024

I dropped Jinx off at Town 'N' Country Animal Hospital in Burlingtonthis morning. He’s going to have an ultrasound, sub q fluids and a b12 injection. He’s still not interested in eating and I can’t tell if he’s eaten when I’m not with him. He’s isolated. He did 💩 this morning so I gave sample to the vet to run f***l. It was loose (which could be due to meds). He’s lost 3 oz since Friday. He’s 5.4 lbs at over a year old. He’s never been a very big cat. Donations continue to be most appreciated to help with last week’s vet expenses of over $1500 for 3 sick cats plus $800+ for food and litter. Www.sparklecatrescue.org.
As we head into this week we still have expenses coming for food and litter and Jinx at vet today.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZ3QZC478P6R4

(Nick $567)

Morgana FIP treatment https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=7LHGUX9YGTJJA

JINX Fip treatment/vet care: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KHKJTHXCLWU3G

https://venmo.com/u/sparklecatrescuenc
(Last four digits of phone 9306)

VOTE to help us win a grant. You can donate here too https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Mail checks to UPS lockbox:
Sparkle Cat Rescue
2779 S. Church Street
Suite 164
Burlington NC 27215

18/11/2024

UPDATE 12:30 PM 11/18/2024
Cat is now at Burlington Animal Services - medical foster will be needed - or cat is also adoptable after they have treated it. Questions - contact them.

Due to donations being lower and limited funding, our massive expenses, and no fosters available, we were unable to take the cat in.
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Morning post: A friend of ours contacted me for advice and now is en route to the shelter in Burlington Nc to get assistance for this injured cat. The residence it showed up at contacted police I’m told but nothing done to help cat. Prayers the shelter will accept kitty and he gets treatment. We do not have enough funding to assist or even a foster to take kitty in. Prayers an owner is searching for kitty also. Wound looks awful. (Update: could be wound from previous embedded collar?)

Thank you Taylor for your compassion for animals and driving over to the area cat was found and getting kitty in a carrier after you saw post on Facebook. You did more than most people would. Kitty walked right in and is very friendly. If no owner, this is what can happen when you abandon cats or release them back to properties and when they need an indoor home.

18/11/2024

Super sweet, 4 year old bonded buddies, Messi and Leo are a dynamic duo looking for a forever home TWOgether! They would prefer to be the only 2 cats in the home. They are sweet, loving, gentle giants. Love to be talked to and tend to amuse themselves happily. Excellent litter box habits, strictly indoors.

Apply to be approved to adopt them via www.sparklecatrescue.org ⭐️ they are fostering in Burlington NC

18/11/2024

18/11/2024

Don’t forget to vote; https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue ⭐️ Ziggy is a velcro kitten. He wants to do this every time I’m trying to relax. I do deter him most of the time and keep moving him and distracting him. I give him a blanket to do this and he’s content for a while. Obviously he was separated from his mama too early - not by us. He was rescued in Greensboro with a sibling a few months ago when he was under 8 weeks old. Ziggy loves to play with other cats and because he’s under a year old he must be adopted to a home with another cat/kitten or adopted with a sibling. www.sparklecatrescue.org ⭐️ He will be ready to adopt in December when he’s fully vetted. ....

17/11/2024

Mekada is hoping to have a forever home to start 2025 in. She’s a very sweet 3 year old girl. Apply at www.sparklecatrescue.org. She gets along well with other cats with proper intro.

Also…It’s Double Votes Weekend!🚀 https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Double Your Impact This Weekend! through tonight, Sunday 11/17. Also…if we have 15,000 votes at the end of December we are also eligible to share in $11,000!

Questions about the donations option? If you donate to us via the My Giving Circle link above in this post, we DO get your donations! They are direct deposited to us via Stripe or PayPal within 2-3 days! If you pay to Feature our rescue, we do not receive that $ but it still helps us get votes.

Sparkle Cat Rescue is an all volunteer, zero paid employees, 501c3 nonprofit organization in Burlington, NC. We focus on stray cats - the ‘forgotten felines’ - abandoned, abused, homeless, injured, neglected and place them in loving foster homes for adoption in the future. They are provided medical care and spay/neutered. We also will treat FIP cats if they are diagnosed while in our program, and counsel and support and direct cat owners to where to find treatment when they contact us if their own cat develops FIP (feline infectious peritonitis). It is a fatal disease unless treatment is immediately sought.

Founded November 6, 2014, we have rescued over 1600 homeless cats in almost ten years and also have a small base of volunteers who TNR when they have time and have prevented hundreds of homeless cats from being born.

Thank you for your support!

17/11/2024

Hemera asking if you will please vote. It’s Double Votes Weekend!🚀 https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Double Your Impact This Weekend! through tonight, Sunday 11/17. Also…if we have 15,000 votes at the end of December we are also eligible to share in $11,000!

Questions about the donations option? If you donate to us via the My Giving Circle link above in this post, we DO get your donations! They are direct deposited to us via Stripe or PayPal within 2-3 days! If you pay to Feature our rescue, we do not receive that $ but it still helps us get votes.

Sparkle Cat Rescue is an all volunteer, zero paid employees, 501c3 nonprofit organization in Burlington, NC. We focus on stray cats - the ‘forgotten felines’ - abandoned, abused, homeless, injured, neglected and place them in loving foster homes for adoption in the future. They are provided medical care and spay/neutered. We also will treat FIP cats if they are diagnosed while in our program, and counsel and support and direct cat owners to where to find treatment when they contact us if their own cat develops FIP (feline infectious peritonitis). It is a fatal disease unless treatment is immediately sought.

Founded November 6, 2014, we have rescued over 1600 homeless cats in almost ten years and also have a small base of volunteers who TNR when they have time and have prevented hundreds of homeless cats from being born.

Thank you for your support!

17/11/2024

Foster needed for this sweet 2 lb fluffy boy. He had a bath this morning and is still drying off. He had a pincture bite wound most likely from another kitty on his neck.

Apply to foster via www.sparklecatrescue.org

17/11/2024

Jinx looks a bit better this morning but still not interested in eating. I’m going to take him to clinic this morning for sub q fluids. Two other kitties Merlin and Dexter are getting neutered today.

Donations most appreciated to help with the past week’s vet expenses of over $1500 for 3 sick cats plus $800+ for food and litter. Www.sparklecatrescue.org

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DZ3QZC478P6R4 (Nick $567)

Morgana FIP treatment https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=7LHGUX9YGTJJA

Limping Cat and Jinx $1100 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NCVRB3KPQ7QSN

https://venmo.com/u/sparklecatrescuenc (Last four digits of phone 9306)

VOTE to help us win a grant. You can donate here too https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Mail checks to UPS lockbox:
Sparkle Cat Rescue
2779 S Church Street
Ste 164
Burlington NC 27215

17/11/2024

It’s Double Votes Weekend!🚀 https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Double Your Impact This Weekend! through Sunday 11/17. Also…if we have 15,000 votes at the end of December we are also eligible to share in $11,000!

Questions about the donations option? If you donate to us via the My Giving Circle link above in this post, we DO get your donations! They are direct deposited to us via Stripe or PayPal within 2-3 days! If you pay to Feature our rescue, we do not receive that $ but it still helps us get votes.

Sparkle Cat Rescue is an all volunteer, zero paid employees, 501c3 nonprofit organization in Burlington, NC. We focus on stray cats - the ‘forgotten felines’ - abandoned, abused, homeless, injured, neglected and place them in loving foster homes for adoption in the future. They are provided medical care and spay/neutered. We also will treat FIP cats if they are diagnosed while in our program, and counsel and support and direct cat owners to where to find treatment when they contact us if their own cat develops FIP (feline infectious peritonitis). It is a fatal disease unless treatment is immediately sought.

Founded November 6, 2014, we have rescued over 1600 homeless cats in almost ten years and also have a small base of volunteers who TNR when they have time and have prevented hundreds of homeless cats from being born.

Thank you for your support!

16/11/2024

Be sure to shop at Shop and Support Sparkle Cat Rescue this holiday season! Like the page on FB and follow on IG. So much there to buy and help kitties. Gifts that give back!

Handmade holiday ornaments made by Tedi at The Lilypad Handmades and donated to us to help raise money for Sparkle Cat Rescue $4 each.

When you make a purchase at the nonprofit retail shop it’s a way of helping homeless cats rescued by Sparkle Cat Rescue.

Our Christmas room is open now too and we will continue to accept holiday decor through Christmas and other donations you’d like to bring. We have an amazing assortment of things!

So much more at the shop! Holiday cat themed cards are out. We will be adding dog themed holiday cards. They are blank and assorted designs. $1.50 each and 100% benefits the kitties of

The shop is open Fridays and Saturdays 12-4 pm. Special holiday hours coming soon. Come by to see what we’ve got when we are open. We will be setting additional special holiday hours soon.

🐈‍⬛ The shop is located at 633-A Chapel Hill Rd in Burlington NC (between Rendall & Tucker Streets and a little past the skating rink. White brick building. The shop sign will be out when the shop is open.

🐾 It is not a thrift store
🐾 It is not a place to bring cats
🐾 It is a place to find gifts that give back.

🐈‍⬛ Handmade catnip toys, cat pillows/beds, handmade jewelry, costume jewelry, candles, coffee mugs, magnets, books, coloring books, collectibles, cat figurines, plants and more. There’s always something added every week as donations come in.

16/11/2024

Unless you are willing to foster and/or donate to help with vet care, please don’t direct people to email us asking if we can take cats in. We are full needing foster for 6 kittens to prevent them from being street cats. We had $1500 in vet expenses and over $800 in food needs that came out of our funding this week and donations are low.

I’m sure the people that do direct people to contact us probably won’t even see this post…I can guarantee most of them do not donate to us.

We wish we could help but we need your help too. We have over 100 cats in our care already and we are stretched thin.

16/11/2024

It’s Double Votes Weekend!🚀 https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue

Double Your Impact This Weekend! through Sunday 11/17. Also…if we have 15,000 votes at the end of December we are also eligible to share in $11,000!

Questions about the donations option? If you donate to us via the My Giving Circle link above in this post, we DO get your donations! They are direct deposited to us via Stripe or PayPal within 2-3 days! If you pay to Feature our rescue, we do not receive that $ but it still helps us get votes.

Sparkle Cat Rescue is an all volunteer, zero paid employees, 501c3 nonprofit organization in Burlington, NC. We focus on stray cats - the ‘forgotten felines’ - abandoned, abused, homeless, injured, neglected and place them in loving foster homes for adoption in the future. They are provided medical care and spay/neutered. We also will treat FIP cats if they are diagnosed while in our program, and counsel and support and direct cat owners to where to find treatment when they contact us if their own cat develops FIP (feline infectious peritonitis). It is a fatal disease unless treatment is immediately sought.

Founded November 6, 2014, we have rescued over 1600 homeless cats in almost ten years and also have a small base of volunteers who TNR when they have time and have prevented hundreds of homeless cats from being born.

Thank you for your support!

16/11/2024

At the vet so jinx can get sub q fluids this morning. I can syringe him food the rest of the day.

We need some help with unexpected cat vet care expenses. $1500+ this week just for vet care. $800 for supplies. I had to take Jinx to the vet yesterday. He is very sick and still not eating. I found him under a dresser yesterday morning. The vet was surprised his kidney and liver values looked despite how he presented. He was fine a week ago and early this week. He’s lost weight and has an upper respiratory infection as well. His abdomen seems sensitive when palpated. Just in case he has relapsed with FIP we’ve resumed treatment he had completed last year. He’s always been a quiet and not your normal kitty since he was found in the middle of the road as a 4 week old kitten. He’s 2 years old now. His bill yesterday was over $400.

Nicholas had a dental this week too. I left that off earlier post. $567.00

Late last week Rachel’s newly rescued homeless/stray foster kitty was taken to vet with a lump on their leg causing them to limp and not be able to stand. Results came back this week from vet that it could be septic arthritis or infection of the joint so we’ve started him on clindamycin this week and adding betaCillin next week. His bill for X-rays and sample being sent out plus exam last week was $680. Please donate!

https://mygivingcircle.org/sparkle-cat-rescue (votes are free and donations reach us in 2 days)

https://venmo.com/u/sparklecatrescuenc (last four digits 9306)

Use this PayPal link for both boys; https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NCVRB3KPQ7QSN

Links in IG bio

www.sparklecatrescue.org

You may also send a check to us at our lockbox:

Sparkle Cat Rescue
2779 S Church Street
Ste 164
Burlington Nc 27215