Morningside Farm + Sanctuary

Wispy boy is starting to play and explore the bathroom and it’s making my heart absolutely burst with joy. I’m definitely going to be late to my other job today because I cannot stop obsessing over him. Thank you so much to everyone who’s contributed to his vet bill. We have an appointment on Friday and I’ll keep everyone in the loop! I’m going to be adding a few things to our wishlist for him if anyone would like to send him a gift. The link can be found in our bio. 🥹❤️‍🩹⁣ ⁣ #kitten #kittensofinstagram #kittenrescue #adoptdontshop #spayandneuter

❤️‍🩹 Urgent Kitten Rescue❤️‍🩹⁣ ⁣ 🔗 How To Help:⁣ ⁣ ⁣Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary⁣ ⁣ This tiny angel was brought to the property but a neighbor last night after being found unresponsive and very sick. He is likely around 5 weeks old but is weighing in far below the normal range for that age. He’s already feeling much less crummy after getting cleaned up and started on antibiotics but it’s going to be a long few weeks until he’s healthy enough to be adoptable. ⁣ ⁣ I would love some help naming him and we could really use a hand covering his meds and ongoing care. Please lend a paw if you can and put your name suggestion in the note section of your donation! Let’s get this tiny man all fixed up and ready to find his forever family.⁣ ⁣ #⁣kitten #kittenrescue #kittens #kittensofinstagram #bottlebaby #kittenseason #spayandneuter ⁣

Help us get ready for the rain!

It’s Parker’s favorite season! We are now serving apples, pears and blackberries around the clock and he couldn’t be happier. I love seeing our senior big kids enjoying the beautiful fall weather and all of its snacks.😌🍃🍂⁣⁣ We are now heading into some colder weather and need to stock up on extra bedding. We haven’t been raising any extra funds this month so I would be incredibly grateful if you could help us kick this off with a few dollars for the animals of Morningside. Let’s keep everyone cozy!🧡⁣⁣⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈 Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary ⁣⁣⁣#⁣rescuepig #pig #pigsofinstagram #farmpig #pigsarefriendsnotfood #veganfortheanimals ⁣

Help save Marlie❤️‍🩹

Marlie is having an emergency 😩🚨 ⁣ ⁣ Our sweet girl has been battling a calcium deficiency for the past year and the supplements she’s been on are no longer helping. She’s now unable to stand and we’re at the emergency vet to see what options we have.⁣ ⁣ Marlie was rescued by our dear friend @kittenxlady four years ago and has spent nearly her entire life here at Morningside with her best friends Charlie and Billie. Female birds have such a tough time due to the high rate of egg production that depletes their body of its natural calcium. This in turn pulls that calcium from their bones and creates many mobility issues. ⁣ ⁣ I’m hanging onto hope that she can bounce back from this and we need your help to get her the treatment she needs. Please consider sending a few bucks her way friends. Avian vet care is more expensive as it’s considered exotic care. Thank you!❤️‍🩹🪿⁣ ⁣ #duck #rescueducks #ducks #ducksofinstagram #ducksarethebest #wingsareforflyingnotfrying

🚨URGENT!❣️⁣ ⁣ Our sweet girl Gumball has refused two meals now and is incredibly lethargic. Pigs are so sensitive and time is really of the essence when they start showing signs of decline. We were quoted $600 for an emergency diagnostics appointment at OSU and I’m headed there now. This won’t include any treatment so I’m hoping we can pull together a thousand dollars today to get her taken care of. ⁣ ⁣ Please donate and share friends.❤️‍🩹⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary

All animals deserve the freedom to choose the life they want. ⁣⁣Jackfruit never liked being ridden. When I first met him I was only interested in a relationship with a horse that I could ride. Like many horse “owners” I was of the opinion that horses were for riding and not much else. I enjoyed their company but riding them was always the end result. It wasn’t until I purchased this land for him and started saving animals that I really took a closer look at my relationship with him. He was giving me clear signals that he didn’t enjoy the riding portion of our interaction. He was difficult to saddle and I had to get him moving in the round pen for at least 30 minutes before attempting to mount him. ⁣⁣Having to tire an animal into submission should’ve been all the sign I needed to understand that this was not a consenting relationship and I deeply regret that time in our life together. But as I often say—when you know better, you do better. ⁣⁣Please listen to the animals in your life. We humans like to claim that we are their voice because they don’t have one but that isn’t true. They do tell us how they feel and it’s on us to learn to interpret their language. Only then can you speak on their behalf.🩵⁣

It’s hard to keep up with social media these days. I work full time outside of my 24/7/365 on call volunteer position with the sanctuary. I wear about a hundred hats here and it’s tough sometimes! I’m just a single lady trying to hold this place together with the help of my incredible team. Without staffing we couldn’t exist. No sanctuary can responsibly care for 100+ animals without a paid team who is well trained to handle the situations that arise in this line of work. ⁣ ⁣ Our volunteers are incredible and help fill in the chore gaps while our caretakers know each individual animal so well that they can catch issues before they become critical and properly handle an emergency at midnight with me. Without them I would be lost at sea and unable to do any of this.⁣ ⁣ As the 1st of the month approaches, we are starting to feel the weight of inevitable Patreon membership losses. I would like to ask you to help support our team this month so that we can continue to provide the best for the rescued animals that call MFS home. You can sign up for as little as $3 a month. It doesn’t sound like much but it makes all the difference for us. Love you friends.😌🩵⁣ ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary⁣ ⁣

I’ve felt alone for most of my life. I’ve always advocated for mental healthcare and awareness because I grew up in a very abusive home and then went into foster care. Truthfully I’ve never really felt like I belonged anywhere. The wounds that my mother inflicted left me unable to connect with or trust humans. So it goes without saying that animals became my most trusted confidants. I always dreamed of a life where I lived in the woods with many animals and I am constantly in awe of the fact that I not only survived my past but I accomplished that dream. These days I get to spend my time loving these sweet animals in the way I wish I had been loved. ⁣⁣My heart goes out to anyone who also bears the mark of a difficult childhood. I’m always here to talk and offer support. You are not alone.❤️‍🩹🐄⁣⁣#mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #childhoodtrauma #cow #steer #rescuecow #cowsofinstagram #steersofinstagram #cowsarefriendsnotfood #ilovecows

We’re almost there!

We are SO CLOSE to our goal!🥲💕⁣ ⁣ First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has donated, shared our posts and left sweet comments. I have been so overwhelmed with gratitude these last few days. Sanctuary life is incredibly hard but having so many wonderful humans in our corner makes it all worthwhile. I was so anxious to take on such a huge challenge but in just three days you all helped us raise over $9,000! That is so monumental and life changing for the animals we care for. ⁣ ⁣ We now have just $915 remaining to pay off our ENTIRE vet bill debt. I am beyond relieved to have the end of this in sight. If you could all keep sharing and get that final push in, I would be eternally grateful. We always say that animal rescue takes a village and this is proof of that. You guys are amazingggg. It’s really restored my faith in humanity to see y’all come together like this for the animals. ⁣ ⁣ Every comment and share helps! Let’s do this for the babies of Morningside.🥹💕⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary

We are soaking up the sun every chance we get. The pigs are experts in relaxation and spend their days lounging with their friends. We think that’s the way to live!⁣⁣We have several fun events in the works for summer including a camp out at the sanctuary, a giant yard sale and a car wash! Keep an eye out for details if you’d like to come hang out and support the animals.🥰🐷💕⁣⁣#supportyourlocalanimalsanctuary #rescuepig #pig #pigs #pigsofinstagram #happypig #herewithusnotforus

It’s hay day!!🌾🐮🐴🐰⁣⁣Will you help us with our hay order? We have 40+ residents here whose primary source of food is grass hay. We go through roughly 25 bales a week!⁣⁣Each bale is $15 and will help us feed our cows, goats, sheep, horses and donkeys. It would be amazing if we could get some bales sponsored today. Let’s stock the barn for the babies!⁣⁣⁣🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary

❣️Help Franklin get a new leg!❣️⁣ ⁣ Many of you have followed along with Franklin for years now but for anyone who’s new I’d love to share his story.⁣ ⁣ Franklin endured much trauma in the first 4 months of his life. He was born at a “small local organic” sheep farm. The kind that people love to boast about because they are supposedly a far cry from the inhumane factory farms. This couldn’t have been farther from the truth. ⁣ ⁣ He got his leg stuck in a fence while trying to escape and get back to his mama. The leg broke just above his hoof and the farmer did nothing but give him a shot of penicillin and was “waiting for it to fall off”. By some miracle the farmer’s sister who was vegan intervened and brought Franklin to us. Nothing could’ve prepared me for the injury he had and to this day it’s the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen. I’ll spare you the details but it needed immediate amputation. We brought him in and had the necrotic hoof removed. ⁣ ⁣ Since then he’s gone through two different prosthetics and now he needs his final piece made. Please help us reach our goal so Franklin can get back to frolicking with his pals!❤️‍🩹⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary

No snack is safe when Franklin comes calling.🌾🔪⁣⁣#rescuesheep #sheep #sheepofinstagram #friendsnotfood

Cow kisses

We hear a lot of nonsense about cows from farmers. Mostly that they are dangerous and would kill us if they got the chance. The only thing Strawberry is guilty of is trying to kiss me to death on a regular basis.😂🐮🩷⁣ ⁣ #cow #rescuecow #savedfromslaughter #friendsnotfood

Medical debt fundraiser!

Hi friends! This is never my favorite thing to do but we really need your help. I’m always so hesitant to ask for anything outside of small feed costs but the truth is we have been struggling to make ends meet for quite some time. Last year was incredibly difficult with the loss of some of our most beloved friends. During that time we faced multiple hospitalizations which has led to a massive vet bill. I’m hoping to chip away at it over the next several weeks with the help of our wonderful community.⁣ ⁣ I’m going to be brainstorming some auction and raffle ideas this week but I’m hoping we can get a strong start and raise $2,000 to pay off a quarter of what we owe this week. I know that’s a big ask and I genuinely always feel so bad about it but my job is to advocate for the animals needs and this is part of it! ⁣ ⁣ Can you spare a few dollars today to help us cover some of their medical bills? It means the world to our team and the animals we care for. Please help spread the word by commenting, liking and sharing this post. ⁣ ⁣ If you want to make an even bigger difference for the work we do here, please join Patreon for as little as $3 a month. With the 1st coming up we are sure to lose support on there and I would love to get a head start on offsetting that. Y’all are the BEST!😘⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary

⭐️Meet Bear!⭐️⁣⁣This sweet man is now available to adopt after his first home fell through. He was rescued from the streets of Kuwait back in December and has been living it up with one of our fosters ever since. He had some medical needs that prevented him from being listed right away but now we have an adoption date on the horizon and he’s ready to find his person!⁣⁣Bear is an absolute treasure of a cat. He is incredibly friendly and wants nothing more than to be snuggled and smooched. He gets along great with other animals and has even taken to going on adventures in his harness! You really couldn’t ask for a more special guy. He is sure to add so much love and personality to your home!⁣⁣If you live in the Pacific Northwest and have room in your home and heart for this sweet man you can apply at morningsidefarmsanctuary.org/adopt.🐻💕⁣⁣. #britishshorthair #bsh #britishshorthaircat #britishshorthairs #rescuebritishshorthair #britishshorthaircats #rescuecat #rescuedismyfavoritebreed #adoptdontshop #kuwaitcats

Who started following us when we adopted Billie, Marlie and Charlie from my bff Kitten Lady? 😻🦆✨

Hay day!

Hay rules everything around me 💛🌾⁣ ⁣ We go through a serious amount of hay a day here! Feeding 45 of our grass dependent babies is a huge task and due to lack of storage space we are picking up a new load every Saturday. It’s a big job but we are happy to do it for our rescued family. ⁣ ⁣ We are now just $200 away from meeting this weeks hay goal. It would mean the world if we could cover this by the end of the day! Please join us in supporting the residents of MFS and making sure they have full bellies and warm shelters. Love you all!!🥰⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 🐷Venmo-MorningsideFarmSanctuary (8042)⁣ 🐮Cashapp-$MorningsideSanctuary⁣ 🐴PayPal.me/morningsidesanctuary ⁣ 🌈Patreon.com/MorningsideFarmSanctuary