Here’s a thread of wonderful cats & kittens we have who need people!! Some are shy and sensitive and some are outgoing and extroverted! All of them are located in Elkton, MD and you can apply for them here: form.jotform.com/crits4cats/c... Starting with our longest resident of 21 months, Shoyu🧵⬇️

Sweet Coffee yesterday started running to the litter box constantly, straining to pee. She was just spayed 2 days ago, so it may be related. So vet time it is, poor little girl.

I love the reaction of cat lovers upon seeing a cat. Every single time the level of excitement is like they've read about cats for decades but never actually seen one in real life and they're SO EXCITED. Every. Single Time. Even if it's the hundredth cat they've seen that day.

The helping-est helpers.

Our sweet Shoyu is still looking for her very own home. She has never had a single application in the 19 months she has been in our rescue. She is shy and unassuming, but extremely cute and willing to show affection if you have a patient and soft way with her. www.petfinder.com/cat/shoyu-37...

With Cid making such good progress & not going back to his colony, he’s taking up the space I had planned to use for Kickstand, which leaves me looking for someone who wants to foster Kicks (or Cid!) He needs someone experienced socializing shy cats, preferably close to Newark, DE.

Another reminder to keep a cheap leash in your car for lost dog encounters. Found this very sweet girl wandering a parking lot next to a busy road. She is now on her way to our local (no kill) shelter. Hopefully she’ll find her people!!

Her technique could still use some work.

Some of our longest residents STILL need homes. All of these cats are so wonderful but are shy & sensitive, so they don’t do well in a busy adoption center. They just need people to go a little slower & give them lots of positive encouragement to show you their hearts ❤️ Elkton, MD bit.ly/4cOmi21

The hazards of wearing baggie pants in the kitten room.

Kittens are everywhere and we can’t help them without foster homes to get them safe and socialized and ready for adoption. If you’re in the Newark, DE/Northeastern MD area and you want to be a loving temporary stop for some kittens (or adult cats!) who need a little TLC, DM us!

Want to learn how to trap a feral cat for TNR? Check out Kitten Lady's video!

Happy 10-week birthday to the Breakfast Club! Omelette, Pancake, Coffee, Cinnamon Bun, and Eggs Benedict are growing into such sweet, wonderful cats.

“Shhh they’ll never find me in here.” - Cinnamon Bun

Eggs Benedict and the rest of the Breakfast Club are feeling much better after a course of Panacur (for intestinal worms/parasites.) They are back to scarfing food and going full honkers bonkers. As it should be!

The Breakfast Club has had sad tummies the past few days and poor Eggs Benedict has lost 100g in two days, so it’s vet time. Hopefully some fluids and anti nausea meds will help him feel better.

I’m putting out a call for a short term foster for Sir This Is A Wendy’s (Dave for short). He’s ear tipped but we don’t have any way to trace who had him fixed or where his colony is, I don’t have any foster space for him currently, & the local SPCA protocol is to turn him back out after stray hold.

Thank you SO much to everyone who reposted and shared perfect boy Hugh- his adopters found him through bsky and he is now headed to his forever home!!

Hugh & Setzer have pending meet & greets-! Can we manifest some homes for our other long-term adoptables? Shy Mercedes, Bentley & Ferrari are coming up on 1 year in the rescue. Silly & outgoing Elena’s been here 7 months. Shoyu, our longest resident, 1.5 years. Elkton, MD. Petfinder: bit.ly/4cOmi21

What is our responsibility in rescue, where does TNR end? Cid here is the last male cat we had left to fix at Final Fantasy colony. In October, he was a large, robust beefy guy. By January, he was just a shadow of himself, frail & thin. He evaded us until now, and limped under the drop trap at last.

Me too Cinny Bun, me too.

Somehow there have been no applications for Hugh in the almost 5 months he’s been at the rescue. He is the perfect goofy orange guy who just wants love and pets. Someone please give him the home and endless belly rubs he deserves! (Located in northern MD)

The face of a baby learning to eat meat.

Kitten season officially began for us earlier this week with our intake of a mama and her two week old kittens. Mama Mimosa is an amazing mother to her babies but isn’t too sure about me yet. Her 5 babies, Pancake, Omelette, Coffee, Cinnamon Bun, and Eggs Benedict are fat and healthy.

Spot has an extra special place in my heart and it makes me so so happy to see her thriving.

Please welcome these 5 little two-week old cuties and their very petite a shy mama. They’ll be taking up residence with the excellent @fluffandwobbles.bsky.social while they grow. They were born on St. Patrick’s day in a lady’s basement, who saw mama was about to have them & gave her shelter.

2 1/2 years fostering close to 50 kitties and it’s finally happened. My first foster fail. Ophelia (now Kira) has her forever home with me. ❤️

We really, really need more foster homes. Whether you want to do cute kittens or socialize shy tweens or just have one nice adult cat at a time, we can work with you and the space you have. If you live near Elkton, MD/Newark, DE and want to help, we cover all supplies and vet care. DM us for info!

Somebody please adopt this giant himbo of a tripping hazard. He just wants love. (Located in northern MD)

Yall don’t even know how CUTE our Shakespearean Ladies sisters are— and they could become the perfect little members of your family! Located in Elkton, MD. Check them out at Petfinder: www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...

Hue is feeling so much better after a week of antibiotics and ear drops. Head tilt has mostly resolved and the wobbles (and goop) are all gone. He’s been the easiest cat I’ve ever had to medicate! Whoever adopts him is going to get the sweetest lovebug boy.

Just a Baby.

Another intake tonight from Final Fantasy colony. This total sweetheart of an orange is probably either Mama Spot’s brother or possibly a son (but probably brother). He has an icky upper respiratory infection, a wobble and a head tilt, so he’ll be going to the vet tomorrow.

In a sea of 2025 impact wrap-ups, here is ours. It’s little, and a few cases left me a bit broken, but it’s still good. Last year we took 80 cats into our care (not including cats we TNR’d). Almost all of them were adopted (still waiting for the Auto Club cats). Rescues, surrenders, low-income help—

I feel like a these cats have been completely written off. They are shy with new people & scared in new places, like any cat would be that’s lived in one house for 6 months. We tried to send them to a bigger rescue to find them homes and they were rejected for being too fearful.

The new Shakespearean girls are de-spicing nicely. We’ve already got purrs from Juliet and Beatrice. Ophelia isn’t quite purring, but she is relaxing sweetly into scritches.

This exceptionally handsome boy has been sad and missing his family (owner surrender). But this morning I finally got to hear his purr. 😻

What I would love more than anything for the holidays is for our two most shy mama cats to find their forever homes. Porsche, mom of the Auto Club kittens, since May this year. Shoyu, who is the mama of last year’s wonderful little grass Miso & Dashi, has been in our rescue since October *2024.*

Please enjoy 2 minutes and 19 seconds of Kittens Playing with a Paper Bag.

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Data and Lal went to their forever home together today and I am deep in my feels. Love those babies so much.

So many cute babies in my house right now while @crits4cats.bsky.social deals with two very sick panleuk kittens.

Let this be your sign to buy a cheap leash and just keep it in your car. This sweet girl ran up the on ramp onto a major highway. She wasn’t letting anyone get near her but thanks to a bunch of kind people who stopped, we were able to corral her and get my leash looped around her neck (no collar.)

This sweet girl is Shoyu. Shoyu came to us a full YEAR ago, found outside with her two kittens. She’d clearly never been around people before and was completely terrified, but not aggressive. The area she was found in was unsafe to return to for TNR so we decided to give socialization a try. 🧵

Little Pye is my houseguest for the weekend.

Nothing to see here. Just innocently chillin’ on top of the bed.

Small kittens are cute but we still have so many older kittens and adult cats who need their perfect people, too. If you’ve been thinking about adding a cat to your life, check out some wonderful little souls looking for homes in the Mid-Atlantic: crits4cats.petfinder.com (Elkton, MD, DE/PA/NJ ok!)

Best boy Charlos is going to his forever home today!!

Just got Charlos set up at the local Petsmart to get more eyes on him and find him his forever home. Guys, he is So Good. Cuddly, chill personality, full of purrs, so handsome, good with kids and other cats (and likely dogs too!) Someone give this boy the home he deserves!! (based in Elkton, MD)

Soong family portraits.