Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Cats for Adoption: The Sugar Lump Family!

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Siblings.

Doesn’t everyone need a little family of sugar lumps around the house? Marshmallows? Puff balls? These three are a family, mom and son and daughter, and they are as sweet as they look. They were seen on the street and rescued, and sadly for as friendly as they are they were likely someone’s pet, or at least the momcat was.

Little mom, below, is about a year old, friendly and playful, and her kittens are about ten weeks old. All are spayed and neutered and have age-appropriate vaccinations, and they all apparently have normal hearing.

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The sweet mama cat.

The little boy is the long-haired one.

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The fluffy little boy.

The little girl has huge pink ears!

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The clever little girl.

And the little girl actually has a gray spot on the top of her head. Here are a few more photos because they are sooooo beautiful, their foster has sooooo many! This photo of them nursing was from a few weeks ago, but you can clearly see the gray spot on the top of the little girl’s head as she cleverly sneaks up on her opportunity.

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Kittens nursing from mom.

And they decided to nurse again just last night!

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Nursing just last night.

Mother and son, nose to nose—or looking in a mirror?

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Nose to nose, or mirror image?!

The Sugar Lump Family is located just south of Pittsburgh, PA. As stated above, all are spayed and neutered and have age-appropriate vaccinations, and can be adopted through PittsburghCat.

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Photos courtesy Margo Cicci Wisnieski of Pittsburgh CAT.

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Cat shelters made from styorfoam coolers wrapped in plastic and insulated.

Help Feral Cats This Winter

We not only provide spay and neuter surgery as well as vaccines for the community cats we care for, we also provide emergency veterinary care, food when necessary, and we make shelters for them to live in over the winter. We’ve had a few shelter-making parties with Rubbermaid containers and styrofoam coolers, but we are running short of supplies. Right now we need $188 to buy tape and plastic so we can convert coolers into shelters this weekend and a few weekends in the future, so we can distribute shelters to as many cats as we can. Anything you’d like to donate would be greatly appreciated, though these donations are not tax-deductible. You can PayPal to [email protected].


And read about other kittens and adult cats who are looking for homes.


ResQwalk, now for Android AND iPhone!

ResQwalk
Download the app for Android or iPhone and record your walk to raise money for your chosen rescue.
Of course, choose “Homeless Cat Management Team”!
The kitty pictured above is “Hope” rescued just this past summer, and the image was custom made for HCMT by ResQwalk.
Choose Android or iPhone.

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Amazon Wish Lists

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The Amazon Wish List for our group’s foster kittens.

I’ve lost count of the number of kittens in foster among our volunteers, and August is usually the month with the highest surrender numbers at Pittsburgh shelters. Part of the mission with TNR is to not return the kittens—once we’ve rescued them we socialize them and put them up for adoptiont.

Many rescuers pay out of pocket for veterinary care and food but the costs of raising even the average litter of four healthy kittens is more than many people have, and many rescues have greater needs, like Auntie. If you can help with just one purchase from the kitten wish list on Amazon.com you’d make some kittens and a rescuer very happy.

We have two wish lists at the moment, the one hosted by Margo which several of you have donated through already and a new one hosted by Tarra that includes items for adult cats.

Original Wish List

Summer Wish List

Autumn Wish List


Can’t adopt? Foster! Can’t foster? Donate or volunteer.

There are so many ways you can help cats who need homes and care. You may not have room to adopt another cat, but can foster a cat or kitten for a few weeks. If not that, you can volunteer at a shelter or with a rescue, or donate. You do this because you love your cat, and by doing so you help all cats. No matter which of these actions you take, you help to save a life, and make life better for all cats.

  • Adopt one of the cats I’ve posted here, or from any shelter or rescue near you, or from Petfinder, to open up a space for another cat to be rescued and fostered.
  • Offer to foster cats or kittens for a shelter or rescue near you.
  • Volunteer at a shelter or rescue.
  • Find a group of volunteers who work with homeless cats and help them with their efforts.
  • Donate to a shelter or rescue near you.

If you can foster kittens or adults cats to help prepare them for a forever home, please run to your nearest shelter and find a cat who needs you! Anyone can help with this effort at any level, even if all you do is donate to a shelter or rescue so they can help to pay for the food or medications needed for their foster, or the spay/neuter/veterinary care during a clinic.

Need to know more? Read Fostering for Your Shelter and Fostering Saves Lives


Browse some rescued cats and kittens—browse here or visit PittsburghCAT!

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Gallery view of Pittsburgh CAT cats for adoption.

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