Nevada County Cat Rescue

06/26/2026

PUT THE KITTENS DOWN.

Our three new intakes are here because of humans who thought they were doing the right thing only to be giving these cats a death sentence. The road to hell is paved with good intention.

These kittens have a mother that was on site and the person cat-napped them, and took them away to the local shelter, who has no 24/7 coverage, and they are too young to be left alone. They are fat, and healthy, and mom was taking good care of them.

You are not helping anybody if you steal kittens from their mother. These kittens were not in harms way, but were just inconvenient for someone. So now they will be our inconvenience and our very expensive lesson that we get to suffer through because humans jump the gun and make uneducated choices.

We’ve got you little kids. I’m sorry humans yet again are messing up your life, and that they’ve significantly decrease your chances of survival without your mother, but we’ll do our best to do right by you

03/11/2026

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02/15/2026

The Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento is being accused of illegal practices by a law firm specializing in animal rights.

02/08/2026

Those are the lucky ones. The ones someone found in a garbage bin, stuffed into a box, maybe tossed from a car on the side of the road, you know the story.

What we don’t hear about are the ones who aren’t found until it’s too late. Or the kittens born with severe deformities who never get a chance and are euthanized. And every heartbreaking scenario in between.

These stories aren’t shared often, because of the pain attached to them. Instead, the focus stays on the cute kittens out front, how tiny, how playful, how adorable. And yes, of course they’re adorable. They’re kittens.

But in the back rooms, the ones the public doesn’t see or isn’t allowed into, there is heartbreak. Kittens and cats fighting to live. Being monitored constantly. And far too often, despite every effort, simply not strong enough to carry on.

If you’ve ever worked or volunteered in rescue, you’ve seen it. Moments that make you stop, gasp, and cry. Moments that stay with you forever.

So what would drastically reduce these situations?

Not having community cats endlessly reproducing.

And how do we control overpopulation?

Trap-Neuter-Return.

There are always naysayers claiming TNR doesn’t work, but we know better. Just stop for a moment and imagine if we didn’t break our backs doing this work. How many kittens would be born only to suffer? Deformed, starving, dead, or euthanized? Easily millions.

By neutering, you are helping control the overpopulation, spreading of disease, fighting, roaming and suffering.

To everyone involved in this fight, a sincere thank you.

01/31/2026

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Please put their food on a tortilla or something but don't leave it in the can. They don't have forks and spoons that they can use to get the food out and oftentimes hurt themselves trying. It's almost down right cruel to feed a starving cat straight from the can.

01/31/2026

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Need a reminder of why Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the safest, most humane option for community cats?

It’s because the practice of spaying and neutering cats and vaccinating them:
✔️ Gradually reduces the number of community cats over time
✔️ Dramatically decreases the fighting and yowling associated with mating or the odor of intact toms marking their territory
✔️ Encourages them to stay close to their home base, while still helping with rodent control
✔️ Keeps cats healthier and less likely to contract and transmit disease

Keep these facts in mind when making plans for the cats in your ‘hood!

01/31/2026

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A cold stomach is a tomb. Never feed a cold baby.

This is the most dangerous mistake in neonatal rescue. A hypothermic kitten or puppy must be warmed before feeding. Feeding first can be fatal.

WHAT GOES WRONG IN THE BODY
Digestion requires heat. Neonatal digestive enzymes only work at normal body temperature.
- Below ~94°F, the gut shuts down
- Peristalsis stops and food cannot move
- The stomach becomes a closed pouch

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FEED ANYWAY
Milk in a cold stomach does not digest. It ferments.
- Bacteria multiply rapidly
- Gas builds and causes painful bloating
- Toxins enter the bloodstream
- Lungs are compressed
- Septicemia can develop

The animal dies feeling full, not hungry.

THE ONLY SAFE ORDER
Heat first. Food later.
- Warm the baby slowly using body contact or a low heating source
- Never force rapid heating
- Wait until the body is warm to the touch
- Gums should be pink and warm, not pale or cold
- Only then offer warm formula

A hungry warm baby can recover. A fed cold baby often cannot.

THE RULE TO REMEMBER
If it's cold, the stomach is closed.

01/29/2026

Ollie has slipped to 12th place there’s two free votes today to continue on. He needs to be in 10th place at the end of today to continue
Please vote for him thank you

One precious pup and one fabulous feline will win $10,000 and appear on the cover of Modern Cat or Modern Dog magazine.

01/28/2026

He’s dropped to 12th place. Just over 1 more day to vote. Thank you

Ollie also known as Olligator. Sweetest cat and an absolute menace. He chews on my hair and “grooms” me. Falls off tower regularly.

01/28/2026

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Someone cared enough…
That’s what the corner of that cat’s ear being tipped (cut off) means. Someone cared enough. Enough to take time out of their day for that wild cat. To load up trapping supplies, go to the trapping location, set traps, monitor traps, and wait hours in most cases to fill traps. Then to bring them home in the traps and get them set up somewhere overnight and care for them. To drive them to the vet the next day, wait in line, and check them in for surgery. To pay (or get vouchers) for them to be spayed/neutered and vaccinated. If they are extra nice, they pay extra for flea meds and dewormer, knowing it will only last a month, but knowing that might be the only month of reprieve they have in their whole life from being eating alive. They care enough to drive back the next day and pick them up from the vet and in most cases house them for a day or two for recovery. In that time they care for them and make sure they are healing from surgery well. Then they drive them back to the trapping location and release them back to their outdoor home. From there, back home to clean and wash the traps and supplies to be ready for next time. This takes HOURS. Hours for a feral street cat that so many people hate.
So that feral cat you see out there with an ear tip, someone cared enough to take the time to give them a better life. To stop the cycle. To try to tackle the overpopulation and suffering. To help curb the testosterone driven territorial fights and spraying. To help that female not get pyometria from having litter after litter until she dies. To try to keep the numbers down so less people threaten their lives.
That indoor cat with the ear tip…someone cared a little extra. They saw that cat had potential to thrive in a life off the streets and they gave them that chance. They worked with them to overcome their fears so they wouldn’t live that harsh street life with a much shorter life expectancy than indoor cats.
That ear tip is how us trappers identify a cat that has already been spayed/neutered. It is a quick way to look at a feral cat and know if they have been fixed or not. This helps us not trap the same cats and send them through the stress of transport to the vet repeatedly, because we can see they have already been fixed. If a cat with an ear tip ends up in the trap, we can just release them immediately and keep trying until we get a cat that is not ear tipped.
Some people don’t like how the ear tip looks, or how painful it might be (it’s done under anesthesia during their spay/neuter surgery)… But that ear tip is a badge of honor. Someone cared enough.

Written by:
Amanda Rumble
Community Cat Care