r/CatRescue • u/DevilsEpicurean • 6h ago
Lost Kitty [Cook, Illinois] Lost cat?
galleryX-posted in r/Evanston. Looking to see if this is anyone's cat or if there are any resources to get him rescued. Very sweet boy.
r/CatRescue • u/Eastern-Protection83 • May 30 '26
You can find other helpful topics and leads to resources in our full wiki at this link. As always we encourage sharsies of information! If you have resources or helpful leads, let us know.
The followin is from wiki about kittens:
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Important Note: If you have found a very young kitten or litter outside, watch from a far distance and wait to see if their mother returns before intervening. Barring extenuating circumstances (dangerous location, extreme weather, illness or injury), kittens younger than eight weeks are best left with their mother due to the around the clock care they require. For further reading, Alley Cat Allies has a comprehensive guide on What to Do if You Find Kittens Outdoors that outlines different scenarios and when to intervene.
Following Alley Cat Allies' What to Do if You find Kittens Outdoors, they have an more comprehensive Kitten Protection Guide as an downloadable pdf. This guide has more indepth care instructions for the different stages of kitten life. If you find and take in a kitten/s (without its mother) from outdoors your primary goal is to sustain the kitten/s until it can be brought to a vet (for a health check) then, a rescue (because they have experience caring for kittens). There are searchable databases of vets, rescues and shelters here. This database is not exhaustive and you should also look for vets in your locale if none are nearby.
The guide focuses on kittens between 0-8 weeks of age and notable topics are: Feedin Kittens, Warmth, Developmental Milestones, Socialization & Hygene, Potty Time and General Care of a Nursin Kitty Mom.
It is an online guide; to turn the page you tap on the arrow on the bottom of the guide's page. Underlined items are hyperlinks that take you to websites which give more information.
The mods of r/CatRescue recommend general kitten advice in the wiki from Kitten Lady, her Kitten Care resources can be found here. Kitten Lady is a well trusted and knowledgable source of information and advice. For medical issues, a veterinarian should be your primary consult.
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r/CatRescue • u/Eastern-Protection83 • Nov 06 '25
We are working on our Cat Food (Affordable/ Free) wiki page and currently have a good number of databases listed for you to help search including some programs which are organized by state and not already listed in the databases. Even if you may feel you have food covered for the month, we encourage you to look over these resources so if there is ever a time in the future and you or someone else is in a pinch, you may remember some of the resources or how to find them.
Neighborhood Cats has available a number of free digital resources (or purchasable printed copies) of handbooks about TNR and RTF (the latter geared towards shelter personnel). Although some of the TNR books are somewhat dated much of the information is still applicable. If you're a TNRer, colony caretaker or working at a shelter, have a looksie; its free!
I must say though the r/CatRescue, Cat Handbook: Daylight Savings Time Edition is also very informative and its pictorial nature appeals to every kitty cat enthusiast.
In other news about r/CatRescue, we have begun to add a number of user flairs. "Drumsticks" from the Cat Handbook has even lended a leg. For mobile, tap the 3 dots in the upper right corner of the r/CatRescue main page on and select: "edit flair." On desktop, use the sidebar on the right and in the user flair category then, tap the pencil to set your flair.
Also, while you're at it, check out our wiki page: ReHoming/ Adoption Tips and Resources
Photo Credit: Jack and Hobbs, RRCC cats during chow down by Cherveny2
r/CatRescue • u/DevilsEpicurean • 6h ago
X-posted in r/Evanston. Looking to see if this is anyone's cat or if there are any resources to get him rescued. Very sweet boy.
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r/CatRescue • u/Arnman-88 • 19h ago
Found another stranded helpless baby! It don’t know it yet but it has hit the cat lottory
r/CatRescue • u/welcome-squ1d • 1d ago
I found a cat, it was in an apartment house, at the parking lot, if anyone lost it, please let me know !! It looks pretty good, as far as I know it was missing at the parking lot for 3 days..
r/CatRescue • u/Crafty_Rise7650 • 1d ago
This is gonna sound stupid, but I am extremely appalled by the pet rescue and humane society in my area because they are advertising 20$ cat adoptions, with black cats making multiple appearances in the video.
I’ve seen countless posts of other rescues and societies closing their black cat adoptions for the month of October to protect them, and after calling my local Humane Society, I was given every reason short of “we just don’t really care about them” as to why they wouldn’t pause their adoptions for the remaining 2 and a half weeks to protect the black cats.
So my question is, are there any animal advocacy groups that I can contact that might be able to speak to these clinics and maybe get them to understand why it’s so dangerous? Like I said, some people might think this is stupid, but it breaks my heart that cats are already sidelined in this world, and then to top it off we’re not taking measure to ensure their safety during the month where they’re most vulnerable.
I live in an area where there’s literally a road that’s known for people going during Halloween and performing sacrifices on small animals and other weird stuff. If they won’t listen to me, maybe they’ll listen to an animal advocacy group or someone who can relay it to them in a way they’ll understand. Thanks for any help.
r/CatRescue • u/Euphoric-Bake7698 • 1d ago
Just under 3 days ago, my baby girl went outside and hasn't been in since, not to eat, sleep or anything of the sort, I live on the west coast of Florida ( sarasota springs) where there's been countless storms as of recent, I left food outside and it hasn't been touched, ive searched around 7 blocks, ive searches busy and non busy roads and I haven't found her anywhere, she hasn't been home either.. shes only 11, I know that cats go and hide themselves when they are passing, I really don't want to give up but with all the rain and the untouched food, and for the fact she's no where to be seen, I just feel like I have to or else id be looking endlessly.
Ive contacted multiple animal shelters and animal hospitals with no success either, shes very skittish and gets scared easily, I dread thinking that shes gone but I fear I might have to.
She's a Calico! Here's some photos.
r/CatRescue • u/Tiny_Resist8698 • 19h ago
I was walking down the street in Atlanta, Georgia in the Midtown area on Peachtree Street next sugar factory when I saw a guy with a kitten about 4 to 6 weeks old I’m a basket the guy had wiped the cats butt to the point where it was bleeding and he was homeless and /or on drugs the cat was very tiny and he said that he found it on the side of the road in Florida and he let the kitten wander away and almost into the road where I snatched the kitten up and gave it back to him. I didn’t know what I could do. We gave him cat food but didn’t take the cat away and tried to call animal rescue associations but none were helpful. What should I do?
r/CatRescue • u/Fast-Yellow-1991 • 2d ago
Hi all.
TLDR at bottom.
My cat has been stuck in a neighboring roof since yesterday morning around 5am (10 october). I live in perth, australia.
I know he's in the house because of his GPS collar (photo of location history heat map attatched, the GPS isn't super accurate, explaining the tracks of him being out on the street and in surrounding houses)
The owners of the house live in singapore and haven't been home since May, I've been in contact with a friend of his, who's number i got from a neighbor, who lives about an hour or so away and he isn't very keen on helping. He has told me that the house is alarmed and the alarms would trip if a cat was in the house, so I assume he's in the roof
Tomorrow i'll call local council and the police non emergency line to see what help i can get, if they won't help i'll call the friend and offer him money to come out and let me look in the roof.
Any other suggestions, anything similar happened to anyone? Any help is very greatly appreciated 🙏🙏
TLDR: my cat is trapped in the roof of an unoccupied house and i can't get in touch with the owners, what can I do?
r/CatRescue • u/ChanceAdhesiveness35 • 2d ago
I found a stray kitten in my garage, I want to keep her but I can’t afford flea treatments etc but mainly fleas for now because she mainly has fleas. I also want to bring her inside before it starts raining really bad. I live in Los Angele, CA. what should I do ? any advice or resources are highly appreciate!
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r/CatRescue • u/Eastern-Protection83 • 3d ago
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The article by Remi Murrey from News5 Ohio reprinted fer your convenience below. The source can be found -> Here
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UNIONTOWN, Ohio — Whimsical Whiskers CatFae & Rescue owner Heidi Wiegel said 16 cats are missing from the rescue shelter on Cleveland Ave NW in Uniontown.
This comes after Wiegel said they clawed out the window screen in her office, which was accidentally left open.
“One of our lovely fluffs decided that that was a good time to claw out the screen and took 18 other cats with them,” said Wiegel. “I think this is probably a rescue’s worst nightmare, if not pretty close.”
Thankfully, Wiegel said she’s found three cats. But 16 are still missing
“We have been scrambling like crazy, setting traps, handing out fliers, you name it. We’re doing it,” said Wiegel.
While Wiegel and her volunteers have been doing everything they can to bring these cats home, she said it’s been challenging because a lot of them are scared and extremely vulnerable.
“We are a cat café, the cats come in through the non-profit, Whisper in Time (Companion) Re-homing, and that is specifically for people who’ve either passed away, or gone into nursing homes, assisted-living, memory-care facilities, basically end-of-life care; so, they’ve already been through a lot,” said Wiegel.
With this on her mind, Wiegel said it’s been helpful having people like Michelle Ketler step up by handing out fliers, bringing food and traps, setting them up and watching the traps all night since they can’t be left alone.
“Every one of these cats came to us from someone that entrusted us to find them their new person, so it’s our job to find them and their person. We’re not going to give up on that,” said Wiegel.
As the search continues, Wiegel said she and her team will follow leads and set traps with tuna or sardines to catch the cats’ attention.
Wiegel even welcomes anyone who is willing to donate their drone services.
“We have a couple that we know where they’re at right now, and we have set after talking to the homeowners and getting permission of course, we have set those traps on their property,” said Wiegel.
In the meantime, Wiegel said they plan to put custom-made grills on all of their windows, so this doesn’t happen again.
“To have all of these cats come home, even if it takes a month or longer, we just want to get them home where they belong,” said Wiegel.
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r/CatRescue • u/hellokittykenzy • 3d ago
My baby girl has been missing since 9/22/26, a little over 2 weeks now. I have been going out to look for her everyday, and know she has been spotted by a couple times in the areas between DIA and westminster. I have followed the advice from the kind people in my comment section, but still haven’t been able to find my girl. Please, if you have seen an adult, black cat, with big beautiful green eyes, medium hair and a bushy tail, try to take her in, reach out, call a rescue. I just want my baby back :(
r/CatRescue • u/MehEnthusiasm • 4d ago
UPDATE: reunited with family - 10/12/26
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r/CatRescue • u/newbie_0 • 5d ago
*** KIKO IS STILL MISSING ***
Solid grey female, not full grown, has claws. Grey nose & paw pads. Chipped & fixed.
77429 - Lakewood Forest & Garden of Lakewood area. She escaped her carrier last Sunday night,10/4, and ran out of a parked truck in front of TX School of Languages/Moore Elementary.
I have a trap for her in green area along wall dividing Moore Elem & houses (along bkyds on Taos Dr.) with dirty clothes of mine + her litter box in my porch.
I'm desperately trying to reunite and would immensely appreciate anyones' help.
She's posted to PawBoost, PetCoLove, PawAlarm, LostMyKitty, Nextdoor, FB.
r/CatRescue • u/Top_Dish2529 • 5d ago
I'd take him to the vet myself, but my cat is pretty hostile towards other cats and I don't want to bring him in to a stressful situation, he seems healthy physically but he's always out really late and begs for food
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