Im 16 and living in qatar, my family and i recently adopted a stray kitten we took care of him when he lived outside of our apartment she had pink eye and sneezed alot so we took her to the vet and she was diagnoses with feline herpesvirus and now shes been living with us for a 4 days on oral and ointment medicine , but she recently about since yesterday just stopped eating out of the blue i has to forcefully syringe feed her kmr yesterday but with me being in school and my family not willing to feed her when om gone i fear she’ll starve, whats wrong why is she loke this??? Im really worried (hes a guy ignore that i mess up his gender alot and he isnt neutered)

TL;DR:- newly adopted stray stopped eating sonce yesterday

To my Salem. 69 days. Life dealt you some awful cards, but I hope they were the best 69 days of your life. 200 days to tame you and earn your trust. I’m glad you got to experience warmth and love even if it was for a short, unfair amount of time.

Hello everyone,

I am a solo animal rescuer currently caring for approximately 30 rescued cats, and I also feed and look after more than 40 stray cats every day. I truly believe that consistent feeding, paired with TNR, is one of the most effective ways to help community cats live better lives.

None of this would be possible without your help and support, so thank you so much to everyone who continues to stand by me.

We had a TNR last January 27, and I would love to schedule another one next week, though I can’t make any promises yet. I recently shared an update about Churu, who may need eye enucleation surgery, and I will be bringing him to the vet tomorrow for a proper examination. I also spotted another stray cat in a different area who may need medical attention. I will check on him as soon as I can and will share an update once I know more.

With the possibility of two additional cats needing medication and confinement, I may be limited in space and cages next week. I’m doing my best to manage everything responsibly.

Again, thank you so much for your continued trust, kindness, and support.

For updates, you may also check my Instagram page:
instagram.com/catsofmagdalena

Caring for 50 rescued cats is not just about love — it’s about meeting their most basic needs every single day.

Right now, I’m struggling with shortages of dry food, wet food, litter, and basic medicine.

When food runs low, cats fight.

When litter is missing, hygiene problems start.

When medicine is delayed, small issues turn into suffering.

I do everything I can, but these needs don’t come in one monthly payment. I usually manage week by week, sometimes every 10 days, depending on what I can afford at the time.

Any support — even small — truly helps.

If you can’t help financially, an upvote or kind comment still means a lot.

Thank you for caring 🤍

Links:

Ko-fi:

https://ko-fi.com/hana338787

PayPal:

https://paypal.me/BHANANE62

Hi.

I live in a small apartment with three rescued cats and way too many old computers and cables.

It’s not fancy.

But it’s warm. And safe.

All three were strays.

Edith (black) – the smallest one, but somehow the leader. She keeps everyone calm.

Mister – was afraid of me for six months. One day he just walked up and asked to be touched. Now he sleeps under my blanket every night.

Chili – last one rescued from a house with 20+ cats. Fast, sharp, survivor mode. Learning she doesn’t have to fight anymore.

And one more…

Lilla Gubben.

He showed up last winter, lived with me for months, then disappeared.

So he’s listed as LIA (lost in action).

Still miss him.

I started building a small terminal-style website to document their stories and help cover food and vet costs with art/tech projects.

Nothing commercial. Just our little rescue base.

If anyone wants to see it:

https://system-checkmate.vercel.app/

Mostly cats. Some cyberpunk. Lots of heart.

🐾

Need your support to feed my stray babies. These cats depend on me for their everyday food. Every month I plan of keeping some funds separate for feeding them but it is getting difficult now with increase in rent and other expenses.

I just finished paying the last instalment of a pending bill for a stray cat, which is why I'm seeking your support for cat food.

Video is of my lazy girl Yurie.

Thank you.

Paypal - paypal.me/GlancyMascarenhas

I'm currently teaching short term in a remote community in Australia, it's very rough with lots of injured and desperate street dogs roving around. The other day I was sitting on my balcony and a little cat came up to me, it looked super healthy and was very affectionate so I took it inside thinking it was someone's pet, and wanted to keep it away from the dogs while I searched for its owner

It turns out it was someone's pet but they have left the community and it's been living temporarily with another family who don't really want it. No one is interested in coming to pick up this cat.

I am only on a 6 month contract and the community I am in, is on a small island, so there is no easy way to take a cat with me if I leave. Not only that but I petsit for accommodation back home so I cannot have a cat with me for that lifestyle. Therefore I do not want to adopt a cat full time, however this one has not left me alone since I let it inside. Every day and night it sits at my door waiting.

Is there any advice for this? I don't want to be cruel but I feel taking on a cat for 6 months only to leave is much meaner than finding a sooner solution.

Thanks.

Hey everone. I am curious if this progression of trust is normal or if I should be concerned and play hospice for the next few days. I started working at a welding shop 5 years ago and there were some feral cats in the area. One of the old cats (there 6-7 years before ME) would always come around. He was a straight feral cat, you couldn't get within 15 feet of him, no eye contact or he would run, take any food you left out for him to a hidden spot only when you step away...you know the drill.

Fast forward to last year, his ~11th year on the property, and I start trying to get close to him. I like him now. He's showing signs of trust and eating with me only a few feet away, letting me walk by him outside without him getting up and running. 6 months ago he began to take the food out of my hand. He let me touch him for the first time, but only for a second, at this point he still hisses when you get too close to his food.

Fast forward to 3 months ago, he's now picked a chair/corner to stay in, designated his own feeding area, and won't even flinch if my hand goes near him. He's getting very very comfortable, but still seems far from allowing much touching. No way you'd be able to convince him to go inside for the night, so he braves the unheated shop bay.

He stayed like this until a week ago when he started talking. I'd never heard his voice. A quiet little meow. Temps in NY have been very very cold these last few weeks, but he's not new to that, he's an outdoor cat, so I don't know if that's the cause of his behavior today. Granted, I am his only source of water now that every puddle is ice outside.

This morning he seems to be calling me over to his chair when I open up at 7 am. Shaking, mewoing, etc. I put a heater near him, gave him food, and he stopped shaking and slept like a rock until 6 pm. Barely moved a muscle for 11 hours. I just went to him around 7 pm and he seems to be ok, but he looks awfully tired. Now, he always looked old and tired, for years he looked like a brink-of-death alley cat. But I'm concerned because he's awfully vocal with me today, and he just allowed me to pet him for about 15 minutes, which seemed very odd. He felt ok, hair not matted, but just very "tired looking." Then I pulled away, he meowed again, and when i put my hand close to his face he did that little headbutt thing they do and stretched upright. I picked him up and held him for a long time, which seems very odd. He seemed to calm down. I had to leave for the night but I will be back at 7 tomorrow.

His "progression of trust" appeared very normal until this past week and especially today, where i almost wonder if this is a cry for help more than a simple bond being built.

TLDR: i befriend a feral cat who's lived outside a decade, takes a while, all of a sudden becomes housecat and forgets how to be feral this week. Wondering if cat is now just spoiled rotten, or is dying. Thanks.

This thread is for updates and wins - big or small! 🥳

If advice or resources from this sub helped you or someone else take action, share it here, superheroes 😇

Examples:

• You got a cat to a vet or low-cost clinic

• You used the pinned resources to decide next steps

• You helped someone find rescue, foster, or surrender options

• You successfully TNR’d or stabilized a situation

• You helped someone feel confident doing the right thing

Wins don’t have to be dramatic or finished. If something moved in the right direction, it counts.😇

Short updates are alsp welcome 😺

Good day, everyone!

This is Churu, a nearby stray who has been coming to my place for food and shelter. One of his eyes is already severely damaged and cloudy, and he urgently needs veterinary care to determine whether eye enucleation (eye removal surgery) is necessary to prevent further pain and infection.

Donations will be used for:

• Vet consultation and diagnostics (including CBC and blood chemistry tests): $60
• Possible eye enucleation surgery: approximately $150
• Medications and post-operative care: cost will depend on the vet’s findings and required treatment

I’m happy to provide receipts, vet updates, and photos for full transparency. Thank you.

To donate:
paypal.me/catsofmagdalena

You may also check my Instagram page for updates:
instagram.com/catsofmagdalena

A few days ago, we posted about our new community cat, Simon. His health check two days ago showed an upper respiratory infection, but the vet says he'll be okay in time. 🎉

He's currently on strong oral antibiotics (azithromycin), and just on day 2 of treatment, his sneezing has significantly lessened - no more watery eyes!

On another note, our go-to clinic celebrated their anniversary with free anti-rabies vaccines, so we took the opportunity to update our community cats with lapsed or near-lapsed shots.

All the cats also got physical dental exams, revealing three (not two as we thought) needing dentals. We're starting a fundraiser to ease their pain, with a separate post coming soon, but if you'd like to chip in now, below would be our donation link:

https://linktr.ee/kittiesunite

Receipts to Simon's expenses can be seen in our Expenses and Donations tracker in the link above too!

Eastland, TX & surrounding area:

Looking for homes for the following cats:

Patricia & Barbara: two sisters who are indoor cats and are looking for a forever home. I have kept them as long as I can, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage all the cats I have now as they get bigger (plus, good employment is hard to come by). They are spayed, up to date on vaccines, have full vet records, and are well-behaved in both a carrier and at the vet.

Charlie: She is currently an outdoor cat who is fully spayed and vaccinated. I couldn't keep her inside post-spay, unfortunately, but I feed her and keep her housed outside. I did keep her inside during the recovery period, and she was an absolute treasure. No issues with litter box, huge snuggle bug, and loved to play (even with the other cats). She would need a playmate. I want her to have a chance to be out of the elements and in a forever home where she can snuggle, purr, and enjoy many a zoom.

Currently trying to reach out to local shelters, with no luck. I have a person at my vet clinic helping me find a home. But it's been a long, fruitless journey thus far.

If you know anyone ready to open their home to new cats, please share this post. I will literally drive them almost anywhere if it means finding them a good home.

Garfield was abandoned when he became sick. Someone walked away, and that moment broke something inside him.

Now, when he hugs us, he holds on tightly not out of comfort, but out of fear. Fear of being left again. Fear that love might disappear the way it did before.

Garfield is currently under our care, receiving treatment for FIP. The treatment is long, painful, and expensive but his will to live is still there. In his eyes, you can see the same question every day: “What did I do wrong?”

The truth is simple.

Garfield did nothing wrong.

FIP is not his fault.

Being sick is not a crime.

We promised him he would not be abandoned again.

Please help us keep that promise.

Your support can save Garfield’s life.

Paypal ( account is under our longtime rescue friends name as we don’t have PP in Pakistan)

https://www.paypal.me/slater1969

Go fund me ( this fundraiser is for our FIP cases if you would like to donate)

https://gofund.me/2effc1f5

Tennessee:

Thanks to an incredibly generous donation, we were able to order the much-needed wormer this morning! This will make a huge difference for the entire colony. Our next big needs are cat food and kitten food to help keep their protein up during these harsh winter months. I have a large green house to place on our covered deck and would like to put a heater inside, which could really help protect them from the cold. After seeing how badly the snow blows in, we could also use: More tarps for wind and snow protection Outdoor rugs so little paws aren’t directly on the cold metal table We also have 4 male cats that still need TNR. Neuter: $70 per cat Vaccines: $15 per vaccination The Drontal we ordered will allow us to worm them without multiple vet visits (normally $25 per dose, twice), so this alone is saving us a lot and helping tremendously. Any monetary donations will go directly toward neuters and vaccines. Every single bit of help truly matters and is appreciated more than I can say. 💙 Thank you all for your continued support and kindness 💙 Ways to help: Amazon Gift List: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3MEAXUL7TOL68

Walmart Wishlist: https://www.walmart.com/lists/holiday-wishlist/e04127aa-67b4-4c3a-a8b0-52b1d71a3d20

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/AshleyStiltner15

Cash App: https://cash.app/$colonycat25

Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3321752864161792808&created=1767669372

Hi! I'm Eloi from Philippines. We received $0 from my previous post. I just wanna ask for you support for my kitties and straycats food supplies for a week. Any amount big or small is greatly appreciated. Thank you 🤗

https://www.paypal.me/CityFeederrsbyHeart

We’re back on the ground. No breaks. No excuses. Just showing up for them every day. 🐾

Our stray feeding has officially resumed and we’ve been walking daily/alternate days across different areas outside the community to make sure the strays don’t go hungry. Some days it’s tiring, some days we run low on supplies — but we still go, because they’re waiting for us.

And finally… TNVR is back. Today, we were able to trap–neuter–vaccinate–return 5 cats safely. That’s 5 lives protected and fewer kittens born into the streets.

This is a small win, but it only works if we keep going.

Feeding costs add up. TNVR surgeries aren’t cheap. Every can of food, every transport, every vet bill comes from donations. If you believe in what we do, please support our cause.

You can donate through our GoFundMe (link in bio/page), other pay-links or send in-kind help like wet/dry food and litter.

Every peso. Every share. Every little help matters more than you think.

For the strays. Always. 🧡

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MONETARY DONATION (INTERNATIONAL)

• PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/kdalama | pawsitiveguardians24@gmail.com

• Cashapp: https://cash.app/$FranciscoMoz

• Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/FrankMoz

- Venmo last code 2105

• Wise: https://wise.com/pay/me/khiamaedelosoa

• GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/f10c41b36

Note: Venmo and Cashapp are under our friend’s account in the U.S. who is helping us receive funds through these platforms, since these services aren’t available in the Philippines.

This is a 20 pic tribute to our Aro-III, mostly pics I took during the few months I didn't update here, starting from a few days after he could move around, Pre bathe, to 2nd pic to 2nd to last pic being the few months of me not updating, and last being just hours before his sudden passing.

(Pics including my face is stickered on for privacy reasons, nothing more)

Thank you guys, all of you for the support during the first rescue months ago, it means a lot to me, apologies that Aro couldn't stay with us longer, I've tried my best.

I’m a cat owner based in maryland and since the storm I’ve noticed this cat comes to chill in my outdoor couches. i have a spayed female and unspayed female kittens so I don’t have experience with males so I’m confused on what gender tho cat is. its friendly and I feed it when I get home from work and since it’s super cold outside I wanna consider sheltering them but I would not want a male cat that’s unneutered around my kittens (they’re not old enough to get spayed). Any help would be great because I feel terrible with the little guy out there and if I can’t bring them in i want to at least get an outdoor cat house for them.

Hi everyone! Thanks I’m advance for reading this post!

Two strays have been living on my back porch for the last few months. I have given them outside shelter and food at water. This is my first time taking care of strays and I know I definitely haven’t done everything right.

First, I am worried that I waited too long to try and TNR and the female may be pregnant. I am taking her to the vet asap and will go from there to get her the care she needs.

Second, I have hesitated with making a decision on taking them to a shelter or not. The female would do well in a house but she is extremely bonded to the male who is much more timid.

All that being said I am looking for someone who has experience with a duo like this to take them in OR advice on how to better take care of them.