KITTEN INCOMING! Pumpkin And Casper Are Going To Their Forever Home (#655-656)

About 2 years ago, we rescued a gorgeous cat for an elderly woman who had just lost her husband, so she needed help to capture the feral cat. 

The cat, a Maine Coon, which is an exceptionally large breed, was emaciated and weighed only 8 pounds fully grown!

Those who know adult Maine Coons usually weigh in at 20 pounds EASY at that age!

So we nursed her back to health and found her a great home, and it all ended up great.

Here she is today...

Fast forward to last month.

The very same woman called us out of the blue, saying she had found two beautiful orange boy kittens abandoned in her neighborhood in Bayshore, NY.

We told them to call their local shelter because that is quite a ways from us but the woman refused and said she would only turn them over to us because she knew what a great job we had done and didn't think her shelter would give them enough attention.

Also, she said she knew we would find the two little ones a good home.

We couldn't say no.

Pumpkin and Casper go in for their final vet visit and neutering tomorrow and they already have a home lined up when they get back.

Another happy adoption!

We will try to get pictures of the two after they have settled in.

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!! Romeo Traps Me By Rolling On My Shoes! (VIDEO)

Okay... How to explain this?

When Romeo came in, he was so high-strung and all over the place we didn't know if he was feral or just traumatized from being dumped into the colony we found him in.

It was neither.

As it turns out, Romeo was most likely abandoned and was just so happy to be back inside with people he went crazy every time you pet him or tried to leave because he didn't want you to stop petting him or to leave!

One method he used to get you to stay with him was rolling on your shoes so wildly that you were trapped and couldn't go anywhere.

It was both heartbreaking and adorable.

Here is a video of him trapping me – and my dirty shoes! – in the shelter when I was about to leave... Watch, and you'll see what I mean...

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Handsome Tuxedo Boy With A Terribly Damaged Foot Recuperating With Us (#654)

Hey all,

This is Romeo, who was trapped outside a high-class pizza joint in Riverhead last week.

There is a small colony that resides at the restaurant that the owners usually take care of, but Romeo was new to the entourage and, as such, was unfixed.

That was the least of the problems.

From what we can tell, it looks as though a car ran over the poor man's right foot and left him in rough shape.

If you look at the above picture, you can make out the discoloration of the foot he is not putting weight on.

He has been to the vet, who gave him a powerful antibiotic and examined the foot while he was under anesthesia when he was being neutered.

The wound appears to be 7-10 days old and healing already.

Romeo also seems to have a problem with his left inner eyelid, which appears to be partially closed all the time.

We will have to address that at his checkup.

After being fixed, we decided we couldn't put him back outside injured, so he is hanging out in the shelter's intake room for a few weeks until he is ready to fend for himself.

Here are a few more pics of the handsome devil!

He's a sweet boy!

FERAL ADOPTIONS!!!! All The Feral Kittens Are Ready For Their Forever Homes! (5 PHOTOS)

Well, that took a while!

That being said, all of these wonderful kittens that were found at the hoarder's trailer are now officially ready for adoption!

They are all cured of their respiratory infections, eye infections, fleas, ticks, lice, and SO MANY WORMS!!!!!

They are loving, beautiful, snuggly furbabies just waiting for you to come and get them.

Here they are and their page on our PetFinder site in no particular order:

Schmoo

Click HERE for his Petfinder page!

Marigold

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

PinkyPuss!

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

Goldeneye

Click HERE for her Petfinder page!

Foxborough

Little Foxy has already been adopted! YAY!

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Three More Kittens Just Arrived From The Hoarder's Trailer (#651-653)

Hey, everyone.

Just heartbreaking.

These three kittens just arrived from the hoarder's trailer, where they were kept inside and without sunlight from the moment they were taken in by him.

The man is mentally ill and genuinely loves the cats but is incapable of understanding how to care for them.

It is so very sad.

The orange and stripped kittens are so feral they cannot be touched – we can't even tell if they are male or female – while the grey boy kitten is nothing but love and is starved for human contact.

It is so hard to figure out how all of these cats came from the same situation.

What is indisputable is that they are full of worms and fleas and suffer from upper respiratory infections and eye infections.

The little grey has mites in his ears that are so bad he can barely stand up due to bad balance because of an inner ear infection... That is why his head is tilted in all the pictures!

It is going to be a long road back to health for these babies.

Here are a few more pictures of the little ones...

FIERCE!

Pensive

Tilted!

Updates will keep rolling in.

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Hoarder Kept Dozens Of Cats And Kittens In His Trailer With No Light Or Fresh Air (#647-650)

Hey all!

These are the cases you hate to see.

We were alerted that a mentally ill man was hoarding cats and kittens in his small trailer, which he had blackened out all the windows and kept tightly sealed all day long.

The man – who genuinely loved the cats – did not know he was hurting them, but the conditions were so bad and unsanitary that they all had upper respiratory ailments, eye infections, and were terribly underweight.

The above pictures were taken almost two weeks after the cats arrived here with us giving them constant antibiotics (Clavamox), Terramycin for their eyes, and fleas meds.

You can imagine the shape they were in when they got here.

There are at least 12 more that are either headed here or to foster homes.

These little ones are very feral and hate being handled... This is going to be a tough socialization that could take months.

Here are a few more pictures of the babies as they are getting used to being in the intake room with access to sunlight and fresh air...

We are receiving 3 more of these poor kittens today so updates to come.

FERAL UPDATE!!!! BIG BOI Is On The Mend!!!! (VIDEO)

BIG BOI eating a Squeeze Up! YAY!

Hey all!

This BIG BOI was in rough shape when he first got here, but slowly and surely, he's getting better.

He has the fighting spirit of a full-grown tiger and a head that is just about as big.

We can tell he's on the mend because his appetite has picked up, and he's even demanding tubes of "squeeze-ups" for lunch.

To give you an idea of just what we're dealing with here, I filmed myself giving him the treat, and he even took a swing at me... Made me so happy!

If BOG BOI is gonna go back to the colony and rule the roost like he did, he's going to have to be at his fighting weight, and if he keeps eating like this, that shouldn't be too long!

Without further ado, here is "Lunchtime With BIG BOI!"...

FERAL INCOMING!!!! Colony's BIG BOI Was Attacked By A Predator And Almost Died (#646)

Hey all!

This BIG man is the top dog – as it were – of a large feral colony a couple of miles outside of Riverhead, New York.

The colony is taken care of by a group of kind people from around the neighborhood, and we have done several TNRs for them over the years.

Last week we got a call that the leader of the colony was attacked, possibly by a neighborhood dog, fox, or coyote, and was in bad shape.

When we trapped him he was close to death.

His ears had been ripped off, and while his open wounds weren't overwhelming, it was the internal damage to his organs, including his bladder, that was scary.

He was sedated and catheterized, and given intravenous fluids until he stabilized.

He miraculously pulled through – because he's a really tough guy - and is now on the mend in our shelter until he is well enough to go home and rule the roost once again.

We have decided to call him BIG BOI – yes, all cap locked – because he has the most enormous, most magnificent head we have EVER seen!

Updates to come.

FERAL INCOMING!!!! An Upset Boy With A Painful Ear Polyp (#645)

Hey everyone,

A few weeks ago we got a call from a woman about her backyard feral, saying her boy wasn't doing well and that he had some kind of damage to the left side of his head.

The woman said she was worried and asked if we could come and trap him and get him to the vet.

After trapping him, we realized that there was a problem with his ear and that whatever it was he was not happy about it.

It turns out he had a very painful polyp growing in his ear and that it needed to be removed.

Luckily the polyp was benign, but he would need to be held for a week until his ear healed.

The big boy is now hold up in the intake room, enjoying the A/C and unlimited food until he heals up.

He may look sweet, but no pets for this man unless you want trouble!

I think he wants to go home!!!!

FERAL INCOMING!!!! A Sweet Girl Just In For A Spay And Release (#644)

Hey everyone, this little girl just came in earlier this week and has already been to the vet to get her shots and has been spayed.

She belongs to a colony of cats that we had TNR'd a few years ago, and the person who takes care of them lets us know when someone new shows up so we can help them out before they – for lack of a better term - get knocked up!

She is doing just fine and seems very sweet, and we would attempt to socialize her, but the person who watches the colony said she would be missed if we kept her.

So little miss here will get some good rest, stay out of the heat, and get fattened up for a few days, and then she will rejoin her friends.

She's such a sweetie!

FERAL INCOMING!!!! 2 Beautiful Orange And White Beauties For July 4th! (642-643)

Happy 4th of July EVERYONE!

This brother and sister duo showed up a couple of days ago just in time for the fireworks and festivities.

Their story is actually quite sad though.

They were trapped and fixed but never released and remained in small cages separately for months until someone finally asked if we would socialize them.

Though we have a full house with the whole mess o' kittens we are presently socializing we couldn't say no to this pair.

When they got here there was no touching them. 

They were terrified and you could literally see their skin tense and shiver every time we touched them.

They never hissed or growled or lashed out they just were unbelievably scared and unused to human touch...

It's been a few days now and after letting them get used to us giving them food and water and changing out their cages we have moved the two into the intake room where they can finally stretch their legs and lay out in the sun and sleep in a cat tree if they want.

It seems to have taken the edge off and they seem to be coming around.

Here are some pictures we just took and they seem much more relaxed and even let us pet them without any fear...

PROGRESS!

FERAL KITTEN INCOMING!!!! 4 Kittens And A Mama For Father's Day! (637-641)

They all got the sniffles and goopy eyes!

Kitten season is starting off with a bang this year.

It was quiet for a week or two but no more.

Our shelter is quickly filling up with adorable but homeless kittens.

Check out these poor babies who have terrible upper respiratory infections and infected eyes to boot...

The mama is in good shape but once again is very feral like the last two moms.

For now, the little ones are on Clavamox for their respiratory infection and Terramycin for the eye goobers.

It will be a few weeks before they are infection free so it's into the intake room away from the other babies for now.

Once all their symptoms are cleared up and they get a bill of clean health from the vet they can move to the big room with the rest of the gang.

Here are one more pictures of the little ones and their mama...

FERAL KITTEN INCOMING!!!! We Got Ourselves 4 Black And White Babies And Their Beautiful – But Crosseyed – Mama! (632-636)

Our number one pro-trapper Donna got word that there were four babies and a mama hiding in a dirt alcove behind a junkyard and flew into action.

In just two days she got all of them and got them to our shelter!

The mama is very feral but amazingly her babies are all friendly and can be picked up and handled with no problem.

We are treating everyone for worms and fleas at this point and feeding them as much as they want.

We will reaccess the mama in the coming weeks but these babies are going to be ready for adoption as soon as they are old enough to be spayed and neutered.

Here are pictures of the family settling into their new digs...

INCOMING! Mama With Calico & Grey Kittens (Ferals # 629-631)

This adorable family was trapped in Riverhead.

The mama is very feral and her two kittens are plenty spicey!...

Lookit this grey girl protecting her sister and her mama!...

We have been handling the kittens as much as we can to try to get them accustomed to human touch...

We will try to see if the mama is a candidate for socialization after she relaxes for a day or two and realizes we are no threat to her or her family.

The grey girl seems to be coming along nicely... Just look at that face!...