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As the leader of a TNR program (Trap-Neuter-Return of feral cats) I am reaching out to breeders with an unusual request. For a pilot project supported by Maddie's Fund I need to find neonatal kittens. Ideally NOW. Let me explain: My TNR team won Maddie's Fund Innovation grant for the idea to...

I would like to get in touch with people who have a cat that needs a wheelchair to get around. My two foster kittens were born with swimmer's syndrome, and one of them has nerve damage and according to three different vets will never walk with his hind legs. After building two different...

Hi there, I work in a vet office and my doctor asked me to take care of two 3-week-old swimmer kittens from a feral mom (the other two kittens are normal). My boss has no experience with swimmer kittens, she did not even know that cats can have swimmer syndrome, so she sent me to another vet out...

So my volunteer friends and me have gotten the task to design and furnish several community rooms in our new (near future!) shelter. While I have found tons of cool cat things on the interweb, I am now looking into furniture that makes it inviting for visitors to hang out with the cats, and is...

Hi there, just a tip for the ones who want to provide ferals with winter shelters: If you need styrofoam boxes, instead of buying coolers, go to a Petco or PetSmart - or any petstore that has an aquatics department - and ask staff to save some for you. They get fish delivered in big styrofoam...

My new foster cat from the local shelter has ugly greasy fur and dandruff. I might be some medical condition that causes it, but I wonder if this happens because she does not groom herself. She is also a little smelly. I am thinking of giving her a bath. Any suggestions for a good shampoo that...

Well, this post could fit in "Cat Health", "Behaviour", "Rescue", and "Kitten Care", so I had to pick one. But since I am concerned about the health of this cat... I foster two adult cats for a person who got homeless. One had kittens, the other one was pregnant. I got them both fixed, the...

My foster kitten, 7 weeks old, developed a really bad eye over easter. Today I went to the vet with her and he diagnosed Clamydophila, prescribed antibiotics and I went home. There I read a bit online about Clamydophila and found out it is contagious. The vet didn´t even bother to tell me...

My foster bottle babies are 6 weeks old tomorrow and they just refuse the idea of weaning. When I place some KMR in a bowl they ignore it or walk through. If I dip their mount into it, they get mad a me. Tried to give them canned food on a plastic spoon and put it in their mouth and they spit...

I am currently fostering my second pair of bottle babies for a shelter. They are doing well, strong and healthy although they had to be taken from their mom when they were only one day old (she didn´t lactate and needed a surgery). What I am just wondering is a certain behaviour I noticed in...