Feral Cats Count

😽Wanna know who had a vet visit and got blood work done today? Zeke! 😻 He was such a good boy for the vet, not even a grumble when she drew his blood!

We got the results and (as we assumed due to the rough life he had been living fending for himself) he is: FIV positive ➕
FeLV Negative. ➖

❓What does that mean? ❓
It means Zeke has been exposed to the virus at some point during his time on the streets and that his immune system may be weaker than a cat who hasn't been exposed.
🐾 Cats with FIV can easily live long, happy lives and may never even show any clinical signs of FIV.

🙀People often get FIV and FeLV confused with each other. While they are tested for together during blood work, they are two separate viruses, with important differences. The main one being how they're spread 🦠

FIV is NOT spread through saliva or mucus and FeLV IS, meaning that FeLV cats should not cohabitate with cats who don't have the virus. Cats with FIV (like Zeke) CAN live with other cats, even those who don't have FIV, since it's mainly only spread through deep bite wounds.

🐈 Zeke will be going up for adoption this weekend! Please keep an eye out for our post about him (and Comet) and spread the word about him and other FIV positive cats!

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

😺We have feral spay and neuter appointments on Friday so that means trapping today and tomorrow! Wish us luck 🤞🙏🩵

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

🩵We wanna give the biggest 'thank you!' to Mary Allard and family, not only for the huge donation of food and toys for our kitties (they're so spoiled!), but for adopting the grey kitten (now named Tristan) below! 😻 check out how happy he is in his new, perfect home ❤️ Thank you so much 💞

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

😺🐈‍⬛ Gabby and Gracie wanna say 'thank you!!' to Joanna Barlow Black for the cleaner to help keep our kitties healthy and to Tracy Arce for a new covered litterbox! 🩵 Thank you so much! 😻

💚It's $5 Friday and the little Muffin below wants to know if you can help? 💜
As you may have guessed, TNR can be very expensive, but if everyone who follows our page donated $5 (or really any amount!) we could help even more kitties and kittens like her! Can't donate? That's ok, we understand 😽 Please help us by sharing our posts/page to spread the word🩵 Thank you and have a purrrfect Friday!

(A gentle reminder that we are a 501(c)3 nonprofit and all donations go directly to the cats and kittens we help/care for)

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😺 Handsome fella, ☄️ Comet will be going up for adoption soon! He's neutered, UTD on his vaccinations for Rabies and FVRCP, ear tipped and he's FIV/FELV negative. He'd do best on a home without other cats, dogs are unknown. Stay tuned for more information on him and how to apply if you're interested! 🩵

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

🐈‍⬛Little Ron would like to send a big thank you to Susan Bracht for donating an amazing cat tower for him and his sisters to play on! 😽 It's absolutely purrrfect 😹

🩵Thank you to everyone who voted on this handsome boys name! From now on (while he's with us) he'll be known as 'Zeke'! 😻 Once he's SNAP tested, Zeke will be going up for adoption to find his forever home. Stay tuned 🥰

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

Can you say spoiled?! 😹 The kitties send a big thank you to the anonymous donor who shopped our Amazon wishlist and sent all this delicious kitten food 💜 As you can see, it's already being enjoyed. Thank you!! 🐾

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

😻Thank you to Kathryn Blankenship for the donation of kitty food and to Emma Polimeni for coordinating! 🩷😸

Did you know we now have a donation bin at Pet Supplies Plus in Groton? 😸 We feed a LOT of feral and homeless kitties and can't even begin to explain how helpful this is 🩷 Thank you to them and to everyone who's donated so far, we appreciate it so much! 🙏

Look at this gorgeous girl 😍 She's one of FIVE kitties we took for spay/neuter this past week. 🎉 No more heats, no more babies, reduced risk of cancer, reduced urge to roam and an overall brighter future for her and the others! 💙 Please always spay and neuter your pets! 🐕 🐈

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

Update on this big guy! Look how great he's healing up 🧡😻 He absolutely LOVES attention and being pet, meowing his head off for scritches whenever possible. He also loves food too, of course 😹 We're hoping with a bit more time to heal and some additional vetting, he'll be ready to find a home of his own. In the meantime, he'll need a name. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to share them! 😺

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

🩷Sending a big thank you to Kim Garoppolo for the donation of a comfy bed, a cat tower and toys for our kitties! 😻 They love them, thank you!!

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

🩷We just wanna take a moment to send a big thank you to Darlene Downing-Garthwait and family for the donation of beds and more to the kitties! 😻 They love them🩵

Feral Cats Count We're a small 501(c)3 located in CT, looking to help control the cat population through TNR and education.
Foster based when necessary.

🎉 Things have been so busy that we almost forgot to introduce the new admissions from this Monday 🙀 These spittin' kittens were born to a feral mama in Lisbon who we've TNR'd and is in great hands with her kind-hearted feeder 🩵 Now that the babies are old enough, we're going to work on socializing them so that they can eventually find the perfect homes 😻

Thank you to their amazing feeder and his equally fantastic family for catching these babies so swiftly! 😍

If anyone would like to help support these babies or any of the cats and kittens in our care, you can find our wishlists here, thank you!:

https://www.chewy.com/g/feral-cats-count_b117208522 -list

https://a.co/eBFhyru

😿An update on the family of kitties with eye infections.
Unfortunately, they have panleukopenia (feline distemper) and even with treatment, the white kitten and tuxedo kitten have passed 😫. Mama is sick, but slowly improving and the two grey kittens currently do not have any symptoms. Fingers crossed 🤞 that these three pull through so that they can move on to find their own forever families.

Panleukopenia is incredibly contagious and unfortunately, the survival rate for kittens is very low. Adult cats tend to recover with proper care and early treatment. The best way to avoid this terrible virus is to vaccinate your cats and keep them up to date with the FVRCP vaccine.

Please keep the remainder of this family in your thoughts and we'll update as things progress 🩷

😻What a difference! These littles have made significant progress with their eye infections after 1 week of meds 🎉 A little longer and their eyes should be fully cleared up. Mama is also doing well too 🩵Unfortunately, the white kitten has been experiencing some nausea, so he's getting meds for that as well as Sub-Q fluids to get him over the hump.🤞Fingers crossed for this little family!

😿Check out this poor guy who was caught this morning for TNR🙏 he's obviously had it rough out there. He'll be seen by a vet for his injuries and be neutered too, of course. Thank you to Ashley Parker for all that you've done for him!

New Admissions🩵

Although our main focus is TNR, it is 'kitten season' and with shelters everywhere bursting at the seams, we couldn't turn this little family away when we were asked for help. 😩 💔

As you can see, their eyes are pretty rough/swollen, but they were all cleaned up and began their treatment upon arrival. Thank you to Ky and Anne from Paws Cat Shelter CT for the continued advice and support!

We'll be posting about their progress as we go. If you'd like to help with these little ones or any of the cats we help, you can find our updated Amazon wishlist here:

https://a.co/eBFhyru

🧡Have you ever seen a cat with an ear like this? That's called an ear tip and it's a universal sign that they've been spayed/neutered and vaccinated! 😻
Don't worry, the ear tip is done while the cat is under anesthesia so it's completely painless. 😽

There's no such thing as a 'free' kitten 🐈 or puppy 🐕. When you adopt babies that haven't been vetted prior, you're not only likely to end up spending more than you would to adopt from a shelter, but you run the risk of heartbreak if the kitten or pup has an underlying illness. 🙀
So while the around $200 adoption fee may seem daunting, it's well worth it if you consider everything that's gone into ensuring the health of your new potential family member. 💙

😽No more babies for this gorgeous girl 💗 she's one of the kitties that were spayed (vaccinated) and released over the past week. Shout-out to her caretakers for being so diligent and to Barbara Kil for securing appointments and transporting! 🙏 It takes a village!

👏 Thank you to Friends of Feral Felines SECT for taking on the hissy family and continuing their care! We'll miss them all, but we know that they're in great hands with them 😻 please go follow their progress on their page and give them some support! 🩵

As for us, we're going to be focusing on some orphaned cuties (one pictured below) and we'll be trapping in Lisbon this week! Hoping to catch some feral girls who've been evading us for a while now. Wish us luck, we're gonna need it with those trap savvy ladies!

Yay it's Friday!! 😻🩵🩷