Purrfect Companions Cat Resource Center

05/01/2025

Copied from Feral Cat Project
Extreme weather alert!

Please feed your cats in the afternoon Sunday, ahead of the snow and give them lots of fresh water. Monday morning and afternoon, do not encourage your cats to come out of their shelters. Cats coming out during this event will have snow melting off their fur. This increases their chances of hypothermia. Cats are smarter than we are. If they are not coming out for food, that is normal behavior. Leave their food in feeding stations and make sure it is protected from wind and water. They will come out when it is safe to do so.
Wind is also a deterrent for cats to be out and about. It is their survival instincts. Those instincts have been in place for thousands of years. We all worry about our friends outside but sometimes intervening can be a danger to the cats.
So help them by letting them do what nature has taught them and give them some extra food today!
More tips below:
Leave fresh food and water at their feeding stations.
Do not move any food closer to or inside their shelters! Cats won't sleep where there is food and they will leave and try to find alternate shelter which can lead them into danger.
Do not call your cats out. If they are hunkered down, there is a reason for it.
Some cats may hunker down for a day or two rather than venture out - this is normal.
Take a shovel to create a path for the cats or you may need to dig them out if a snowdrift covers the opening to their shelter door.
If you know of a cat that seeks shelter under a deck, shed, or even under a car to escape the high winds, heavy snow or sleet.....they could get snowed in and trapped. They won’t and can’t dig out.
So, if you don’t know where the cat is, think, “If I was a cat, where would I hunker down?
Mix kitten dry food with cats meals for extra calories, if possible.
Feeding at the high point of the day will give the cats the longest duration before wet food freezes.
Do not mix wet and dry food together in winter months. Dry food freezes but cats often swallow whole.
Ping pong balls floating in water bowls keeps the surface moving and delays freezing.
A teaspoon of salt dissolved in a bottle of water and placed in water bowl will keep the water from freezing. (Make sure the lid is on tightly.)
Very important: Do not dump ice from water bowls at the feeding area. When ice melts, it will create dangerous wet / muddy ground, exposing cats to frigid water.

25/12/2024

14/12/2024

❤️❤️ADOPTED❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU

🐈🐈Update: We have had applications coming in. I will be going through from first to last. If I have follow up questions I will be reaching out soon. Thank you all so much for your interest and everyone's shares.🐈🐈

Ok, let's get this girl a home!! Mahi is the last available cat we have. And it's her turn in the spotlight. We have until December 31st to adopt her to a loving furever home.

Mahi is vaccinated. She tested negative for fiv/felv. She is spayed. She is approximately 1.5 years old. The girl is plump, she ate good at the shelter.

Mahi is a pretty girl with a little sass if you annoy her. She is a bit timid but only in the beginning when introduced to new people. She is more than happy to be given all the love. She hasn't become a lap cat just yet but she wants to so bad. When she is overwhelmed or annoyed she will lightly swat you away. She doesn't do any harm, it's a warning.

I love this girl so much. My wish for Christmas is that we can get her a wonderful home!!

Her adoption fee is $40.00 . Text 740-851-2287 to inquire.

Adoption application link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdFxAGKpKqMtRYfFVGrA1IJT10SVh_y0mqaMYKFDxtWRyNPg/viewform

14/12/2024

Happy news to share on my Rascal, whose fip story I shared recently.

After 86 days and 91 injections, our boy got the all clear to come off the injections. He now will be in observation for 84 days and as long as his bloodwork holds steady and no symptoms occur, he then will be declared CURED!!

-Laura

09/12/2024

❤️❤️❤️ADOPTED❤️❤️❤️

❤️ Pending adoption 🐈🐈
As most are aware, our shelter closes its doors at the end of the year. We have just a few cats left who still need homes. This is Queen B. She is very engaging with people. She loves being pet and will roll her back as you pet her. It's quite funny to see. She has been kind to all the cats we had previously. As well, she is good with children. I believe the only thing that has held her back from being adopted when she has been to petsmart is her eyes. As you can very well see, she has drainage regularly and some previous scarring in the one eye from past trauma. She has been on eye
ointments/drops but none really make it better. We clean the eye area usually once daily and that's it. She is use to this and doesn't make a fuss about it. Queen is a fairly petite cat. She is estimated to be a year & a half. She is spayed, fully vaccinated, tested negative for
fiv/felv. She would make a wonderful addition to any home. She is pleasant to be in the company of. She has so much love to share and displays lots of affection. I truly can't say one bad thing about this little angel.
Her fee is currently $40. Please text 740-851-2287 to inquire or request an application. This girl really needs a home and time at the shelter is running out.

Apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdFxAGKpKqMtRYfFVGrA1IJT10SVh_y0mqaMYKFDxtWRyNPg/viewform

02/12/2024

>>As Promised- Christmas Decoration auction begins tonite December 2, at 7:00. we are doing something a little different
1. This auction only lasts until Friday December 6th (Not a week long auction)
2. Each time someone bids, your name will be put in a drawing for a really cool door prize - you don't have to be the winner of the item, just being a bidder qualifies you. Each time you bid, your name goes into the hat (the Door prizes will be shown & explained on the first page of the auction site - so go take a look.
3. The items on this auction are being offered at 50% of the value which is less than we do our regular auction.
~~~~ Really cool items to get the Christmas Season going, so go take a look and help the kitties (100% of the funds go toward our low cost spay neuter vouchers) Link is below

Purrfect Companions Auction. Watch for upcoming online auctions to benefit Purrfect Companions! REGISTER TO BID. Already Registered? Log in.

28/11/2024

Not to be confused with FELV or FIP.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AjV6eVNhs/

This article helps explain why a positive (FIV) test result isn't a reason to euthanize a cat. FIV is transmitted via a deep bite wound, NOT by sharing food or water bowls (or saliva). Education saves lives. 😽

19/11/2024

Please read previous post first.

🛑Photos and/or videos might be upsetting.🛑

I will continue to share with you about fip. Again, this doesn't have to be a death sentence and doesn't have to cost thousands to save our feline friends. I only share this because I truly thought fip cost ten thousand to cure or you let the cat go. I now have learned so much and want to share it. If it helps one of you some day, I'm happy!!

Toward the end of October I was awaken by the phone and it was our shelter cleaner. She came in to find one of our younger cats not right. It was a Saturday, all emergencies are the weekend or at night, right?! I was able to get an appointment locally though. Prior to walking in the vet's office to meet our cleaner, I truly thought this was going to be a minor thing. I was wrong! I walked in the exam room to no response from our normally shy, run & hide girl Penelope. I knew this was serious. We ran test and had lots if discussion with the Dr. Of course, it wasn't clear answers. Toxoplasmosis and FIP was the likely answers but unable to know which. This cat, yesterday was just fine. Now she had neurological symptoms and was knocking on that door of death. We started meds for toxo and I reached out to the fip group for their advice. Penelope went back to the vet on Monday, no improvement and it was obvious the vet thought we should let her go. But I was adamant that I was giving fip treatment a chance. I got back on with my fip group and they started to view videos and photos of Penelope. I was urged to rush her to an er because they could see she was suffering with brain swelling. So late into the night, I loaded her and we went to Shawnee Animal Clinic. ( Btw, if you need an er vet they are fabulous!! They do regular appointments too)
Upon examination our Dr didn't once urge us to euthanize. In fact, she thought we had a chance to save her if we got the swelling down and the gs medication for fip started. So, we did just that! October 28th was her first dose and today was her 37th. Penelope was in the hospital for 4 days. She improved after the med for brain swelling was administered but she had a long way to go. Those 4 days were hard for me, not knowing if she would get through. We even went during visiting hours to be with her. Which, just upset, me because I wanted a miracle and for her the miracle wasn't coming quickly. I wish I could say, I didn't add a cat to my bunch but I did!! If the shelter couldn't cover her cost then I had too. If there was a chance, I had to give it. Penelope came home with a head twitch and still not walking well in the back. After some more days of the fip injections, she gained her walk back. Unfortunately for her she has had to stay on 2 injections a day almost this whole time. We took her down to 1 a day but nearing a week, the head twitching increased. I also wish I could say, the twitching has subsided but it hasn't. The vet suspects it may be a bit of permanent brain damage. The good news is though, it isn't constant and it has improved from what it was. Fip warriors said, they didn't know if she would make it in the beginning and they now call her a miracle!! Her story will be used to share to other parents facing this dreaded disease. I hope she makes it through this. I know with her having neurological/dry fip, her case is severe. I have to say, I can't imagine she has gotten this far to fall again. And I won't let her. I think her recovery has been quite different from Rascal's. But he had dry fip only.
A few thinks to note: the treatment is injections in the beginning and if the cat is improving they can then be switched to pills. Injections have been easier for Rascal to continue on so we have. And with the severity of Penelope's case she will likely remain on injections throughout the course. Cats in treatment have to have bloodwork done at 4, 8, and 12 weeks during treatment. During observation they gave to get it done at weeks 6 & 12. I also give a high quality probiotic and immune support daily. Both also were put on iron supplements by the vet. He has finished his but she is still on it. This isn't an easy path and I understand why many wouldn't want to take it I give no judgment toward anyone who didn't do treatment or couldn't. I truly just want you to know there are options.
I once was told my only flaw working in shelter/rescue
Is that i care too much. Well once you see her before and after photos/videos, I hope you understand why I do!!
I must say, I owe so much to Dr P(Rascal's Dr) and Dr Angie( Penelope's Dr) Both have went above all expectations. They are intelligent, caring, and educated individuals. Dr Angie is my Feline Leukemia cats Dr. I love her so much. I know if she is working when I have an emergency, that we are in good hands. Dr. P has this way about him. You can see him thinking out loud. I enjoy his mind. He is always deep in thought. Shawnee has treated us, rather it be the shelter or me personally with such kindness and respect.
I didn't add names of our local vet's who were involved in these cases or our other fip cases. They know who they are. And they always give us outstanding care!!



Former shelter director,
Laura Stevens
-Laura

18/11/2024

Today is FiP awareness day. This has become an extremely important day to me personally. This year at the shelter we saw some cases of FIP. In the beginning, I was under the impression it cost too much to treat and/or the cat will die no matter what. We lost 3 kittens from the same litter. What I say next is hard to believe but this is not a contagious disease. It's the feline coronavirus that causes the disease, that is contagious. But not actually the fip itself. The fip is a very special reaction to the coronavirus. Only certain cats will carry the mutation that becomes fip and there is thought to be a genetic component to it. Those 3 kitties we lost were a litter of 6. The remaining 3 have not been ill. I was quoted at that time approximately $10,000 to save one of those little lives and the shelter couldn't afford it so we done the kindest thing and let it go.
There is dry fip, neurological fip, ocular fip and wet fip.
In the case of the kittens, they had wet and had bellies full of fluid. In all cases lethargy, weight loss, loss of appetite are common signs.
I want cat lovers to be aware of FIP. Secondly, I want you to know there is help!! And it doesn't have to be at a cost of 10k. Cats with fip have a chance.

70 plus days ago one of our shelter cats, lost a recognizable amount of weight and wasn't well. I took him to Shawnee Animal Clinic. He was critical and we had no definite answers. It was thought he had an Anemia disorder or FIP. I was told to turn to FIP WARRIORS 5.0. I did. At first it was all kinda odd but I accepted what I was getting into. Rascal was released almost a week later, stable and with a ton of meds. And I had already prepared our home for him, because the shelter would not afford any of his cost. By the way, not my decision!! I had his FIP medication ready. I took a risk on this black market medication to save his life. For 4 days I gave him 2 injections a day, plis a vocktail of other meds. On the 4th day, he had enough improvement that the FIP group advised to go to 1 injection a day. I'm so happy to tell you Rascal had bloodwork at 4 & 8 weeks of treatment and it was good!! But the treatment is minimumly 84 days to rid the body of the disease. Today, our Rascal, who yes is now our boy, completed dose 69!! 15 days left to go of injections. I expect he will be able to come off the GS- that's the medication, after that 84th day. Some cats need longer. After they come off of it there is an 84 day observation period before the cat is considered cured.
It's already been a long road for him and I. With daily injections, vet checks often, the medicine can sting so some days he isn't too nice, he has sores from all the injection sites. But he is back to normal weight after losing 2 pounds in a few days, he is active, happy and ornery. Lastly, though the shelter wouldn't allow such cost to save a cats live ( again, that's not me) the gs/fip treatment itself has been less than a thousand for Rascal. But obviously we have added vet cost and etc. At this time I have to share the sweetest thing.. Rascal & his sister Sophie were surrendered by the kindest senior lady, who was in bad health and having to move to Colorado to be with family to care for her. We stayed in touch & honestly before Rascal's sickness we were very close. She has provided the funds to care for Rascal. She has paid almost every penny of it. I couldn't be more grateful to her. She told me the day she brought them, she was going to pray I would adopt them. She has always said, she felt they belonged to me. Though, I truly had no intention of it, Rascal gave us just that, he is mine now and so is his sister!! We love them both so much. I frequently get cards from Linda, their first mom and we stay in touch weekly. We both call one another family now.

I share this story to spread awareness of FIP. I want others to know there are options to help and that cats have a chance. Please do your research on this devastating disease.
Please view my next post to hear more about the disease and about our Penelope.

Former Shelter director,
Laura Stevens

18/11/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/19k4P8ACpW/

15/11/2024

❤️🐱❤️🐱 This cat has found her furever home with an extender family member of the deceased. I'm so happy I was able to make this happen for her. She is such a sweet cat and despite being alone so long, doesn't seem too affected by it. 🐱❤️🐱❤️🐱❤️

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Update:
Thank you everyone for the responses. There have been so many. I'm working on getting the cat currently and into the vet to be seen. I will return text to those interested as soon as I know more. At this point all I know is what I have already shared regarding the cat. No idea about breed, s*x, or health condition.
We are going to save this baby!!!

Is anyone familiar with a lady named Carla Counts(Chillicothe area) who passed away somewhat recently. She would have lived in an apartment and had a cat or maybe even a few??
Her cat desperately needs a home or is going to be just left out of the apartment. It's winter, it's cold, it's an indoor cat....this is awful. Our shelter is closed but I was contacted for advice. I'm begging anyone who can help me to reach out.. If you know of her or the cat. If anyone is able to give the cat a home, I personally will help get it vetted and fixed if needed. I don't have any info on the cat. That's why I'm hoping someone who possibly knew her might. Any family? Any friends??
🛑🛑🛑🛑This cat needs a home ASAP🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

🛑🛑🛑 You can privately contact me @ 740-851-2287. Please text. 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

Thanks,
Laura ( Shelter director)
My heart has been broken all day over this and all I know to do is to ask here. It's unfortunate our shelter has closed. And so many cats are in need.

11/11/2024

A Big Thank you to everyone that participated in our Fall Auction -
We raised over $4,000
-I know we had a lot of items to look thru and some got overlooked - so we have put up 24 items that did not get taken. Go back on the auction thru the link below and bid - First Bidder gets the item that has been significantly reduced - many at 10% or more - Help us clear out the items in the office and remember the first of December we will be doing a Christmas Decoration auction

Purrfect Companions Auction. Watch for upcoming online auctions to benefit Purrfect Companions! REGISTER TO BID. Already Registered? Log in.

08/11/2024

Looking for your new best friend? Well then Adora might not be for you. Unless you like them sassy with a side of toddler!! Ohh yes, she is beautiful! And yes, she is sweet!
But when she isn't sweet, she just isn't. She is not for a home with kids. She is a kid herself, rambunctious, wild, crazy, and full of playfulness. She doesn't understand yet that her play bites can hurt. She thinks the hand is a toy and maybe the leg too. She doesn't mean any harm, but she gets into playing and will bite and scratch sometimes. However, she is far from a bad cat. Seriously, she is just playing in her little mind. She can be so sweet and loving when not in her toddler stage.
Adora also isn't friendly with other cats so needs to be the only cat. We do not know about dogs. She is spayed, vaccinated, flea treated, dewormed, & tested negative for fiv/felv. She is approximately a year old. She will need lots of attention & playtime to curve these sassy habits of hers. Her adoption fee will be lowered because of these minor things. If you are interested please text 740-851-2287.
Application can be filled out by link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1maDhaAKqiNwtG0ayW9CPNDHSw1327-439O_GnkjDcZ4/viewform?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0yft3tTKk6zRpUdcH6FDQD8rg71p_Qk7sSPqT1wBnBj7YEspVwKtf850I_aem_JkPFTHCsXoSkxMb8MRklKQ&edit_requested=true

07/11/2024

If you have items to donate please call me at the number below so we can arrange to get them.

We are collecting items for our Christmas Auction that will be the beginning of December - If you have items that you would like to donate, please call Shirley at 740 649-6888
Thank you in advance for your consideration!!

Send a message to learn more

07/11/2024

Only a Few Hours Left - Get your Bids in

Get your bids in. Auction ends on Monday the 11th!!! Our program needs your continued support.

Purrfect Companions Auction. Watch for upcoming online auctions to benefit Purrfect Companions! REGISTER TO BID. Already Registered? Log in.

05/11/2024

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Found kitten 🐈‍⬛
This little girl was picked up Monday morning (Nov 4, 2024) on Western Ave, near Scioto Woods apartments. She is approximately 14 weeks old, and weighs about 3 lbs. She was hit by a car, and is receiving treatment at our office. Please reach out to the office by message or phone if you belong to this kitten!
740-775-7297

03/11/2024

DON"t Wait to the last minute incase you have trouble logging in
~~~ Only 1 Day Left to Bid - Get your bid on~~~Help the Kitties
Fall Auction begins Monday Morning at 7:00 - 100% of proceeds go toward our low cost spay neuter programs. Please support this cause. The auction ends Monday November 11 at 7:00 PM
Follow the link below to get to the auction site
Here is the link
https://purrfectcompanionscrc.com/auction/

**We are also doing a Christmas Decoration auction that begins the first week of December - Stay tuned for that

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