Licking County TNR
2024 Feral Fling
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The LCTNR Bourbon Raffle at the 2024 Feral Fling! Aug 11th. Get tickets by Aug 8th!
UPDATE: the name most suggested/endorsed was Rav. So, this little guy has officially been dubbed Rav.
Help us name him!
This little guy came into our program in an unusual way. Our director saw this guy in the middle of the road, did a less-than-legal U turn and parked over him so she could safely retrieve him from the road.
He's about 4-5 weeks old. What should we name him? The suggested name was Rav because she was driving a Toyota RAV at the time. What do our Facebook followers think his name should be?
*she's cleaned him up and provided medical care so he looks better than he did.
UPDATE: Saffron finally got her freedom from foster on July 4th, going to a barn home. She will have another 4 weeks of acclimation at the new location but then she'll have 3 acres to roam.
We're looking for grant funding or business donation for small holding pens (outdoor, cat-proof and predator-proof) to safely hold cats like Saffron in a less confining way. With Licking County seeing so much industrial development (great for the community), community cats are being displaced with nowhere to go and no real way to hold them humanely for extended periods of time while alternative living situations are found. Saffron was in foster care for more than 3 months because she couldn't go back to where she came from, but is unsocialized. She did get periods of time free in the room, but her life was confined to a condo enclosure and the room it was in--a big change from the outside life she's known her entire life. We want to do better for these cats in the future, but Saffron is finally starting to transition back to a better quality of life for her.
Still waiting for a barn home. Miss Saffron had a barn lined up but it fell through and she's been gone from her colony too long to be returned. She's been chilling in foster for the past couple months and she's been very mellow, somewhat social except she refuses to be touched. She rubs herself against her foster's legs while meals are being dished out, but no other contact is permitted. She's about 4 years old, spayed and rabies vaccinated.
She was a bit of a bully in her colony, so somewhere she is the only cat would be preferable. She's done well with a mama and nursing kitten sharing the foster room,not agitated but there's no direct interaction (Saffron gets free run of the foster room every other day with mama and baby getting free run the other days). She did pretty well playing with baby, so she might do OK with kittens but no way to be sure.
(little Batman will be available for adoption in a few week
These 2 cuties made their debut at the garage sale😻
Meet "Burrito" (male Tabby) and his brother "Pico".
They are both 3 month old colony kittens that have been fully socialized and vetted and are looking for their Furever Homes!
Bring a little JOY into your life!
Adopt a colony kitten❤️
HWY 40 Garage Sale today!!!
Saturday 8-5
Sunday 10-3
!!!!KITTENS!!!!
Hwy 40 Garage Sale!
Come see us at 116 N.9th st, Hebron OH
(front lawn of Refugee Canyon Vet Service)
Sat 8-5
Sun 10-3
Everything is "pick your price"
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As requested, here's a video of a feeding at the colony we're working on relocating. Some of the cats in the video have been placed or are being held in a foster home pending a suitable placement being ready (the video was taken as part of prep for trapping--doing a census of the colony population). If the colony had a dedicated caregiver able to feed daily, they would be fine where they are. They're not in imminent danger, their home is not being demolished. Their caregiver passed away more than four months ago and the friend who has taken over caring for the cats has health challenges of his own which will eventually make it impossible for him to make the trip to feed the cats daily.
*This is the colony that so many wonderful people volunteered to help with feeding when the current caregiver has surgery soon. There are probably about 8-10 cats still on the property. All but a couple have been TNR'd at this point.
This little girl is in limbo looking for a future. She is estimated between 8 months and a year old. She's from the colony that recently lost their caregiver. She was one of the cats held for behavioral assessment and was dubbed Paprika. As you can see, she's very receptive to affection; however, she's also extremely skittish--too fearful to be easily handled so not well-suited for an adoption center setting.
She was being bullied by some of the other cats in the colony and without a caregiver, the colony's future is uncertain so releasing her back wouldn't be ideal.
She hasn't been reactive or aggressive, she just hides although she will come out for treats. She has also enjoyed being brushed with a slicker brush. She would eventually be a very affectionate companion, but she'd probably spend the first month hiding under the furniture. She would also be a friendly barn cat since she's lived outside most of her life.
It's taken more than two weeks for her foster to get her to this point, so it'll be a slow process for her to decompress and trust. If you have the space, time and patience to give Paprika a future, email [email protected] for an adoption application.
*We have barn homes lined up for 2 cats at that colony so far, but we're still hoping to relocate the rest of the cats as well. We'll be doing trapping as we get barn homes set up, so keep us in mind as this situation will take time to address.
Sneak peek, not yet available for adoption--Mist was found very sick at just 6 weeks old without a mama around. Fortunately, she's a fighter and a couple weeks of antibiotics has her completely healthy and old enough as well as big enough to be spayed. We're hoping to have her available at our condo in the Licking County Humane Society in the next week or two. She's polydactyl!
She's still a little shy--she's only had human contact for a couple of weeks but she's socializing nicely--loves to be scritched, just not completely sure about the hand coming towards her to perform the desired scritches yet. She would definitely love a playmate to wrestle with.
We just wanted to give everyone a preview of this sweet girl. We'll share when she takes up residence in the condo and is ready to start meeting prospective adopters.
Special little girl looking for a home. Thumbelina "Thumbs " is a tiny kitten with enormous energy. She has 2 speeds: off and warp drive (someone forgot to install impulse engines in this one). She was dubbed Thumbelina because she is polydactyl--she has thumbs! She weighed only 3.4 lbs when she came into our program as a medical foster but since she already had adult teeth, she was estimated to be 6-7 months old at tht time.
She was living in a local colony where she was hit by a car. Fortunately, her tail was the only part of her that suffered damage. X-rays cleared her of any broken bones but her tail had to be amputated and she has some minor spinal cord damage at the base of her tail. She has full control of bowels and bladder--her litter box use in foster care has been consistent.
She now weighs in at 4.6 lbs and is almost ready to be medically cleared for adoption. She is a special needs case.
Her back end doesn't work right due to the spinal cord damage at the base of her tail. She doesn't let that stop her at all, but she'll have difficulty with stairs. She uses her front claws to climb, but she can't jump--even when she tries to pounce on a flat surface, her back end collapses on her at least half the time.
The bruising to her spinal cord might heal with time, but it might not and this will be a lifelong issue for her.
She is a very VERY high energy kitten. She wants to play with anyone and everyone. She respects the communication from other cats who get overwhelmed by her energy but she is probably too high energy for small children just because she gets so excited and hyper during play. She hasn't been around dogs but as long as the dog is cat-friendly and does not have a strong prey drive, it shouldn't be a problem with proper introduction. Remember, she can't run away or jump out of range for safety.
She does better with a low entry-high sided litter box just because she doesn't always have a good sense of where her butt is when sh
Zorro is still searching high and low for the right furever home. He is fearless at exploring (this was his first time outside since his rescue and the first time outside on the harness so he's still learning about the harness).
He would do better with just a couple other cats/cat-friendly dogs as the introduction process to new animals is a little more stressful for him.
Email [email protected] for an adoption application if interested in giving a blind kitten a home.
Zorro the AMAZING!
Monkey or blind kitten?
Or both 🤣.
Zorro is still looking for his Furever Home. He would love to spend Christmas with you. ❤️
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Just a blind cat having fun while waiting for his FUREVER HOME.
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Our little blind friend Zorro is doing great! He is learning life as a blind kitten and expanding his horizons. Here is a video of him venturing downstairs.
We are ready to start accepting adoption applications for Zorro's furever home. We will be carefully screening potential homes to be sure that the placement will be perfect. Message us for info on applying.
Just try not to smile at a blind cat playing with his mouse toy!
Zorro the super cat!
