04/29/2026
The plan for tonight was simple 🐈⬛🪤
Look for kittens. Trap. Get cats to the vet.
Instead, the night turned into a chain of searches, new leads, and more unanswered questions.
1️⃣ Stop - Looking for the rest of Tiny Tim’s litter.
After canvassing the area, we couldn’t see any sign of the kittens — but did see both cats that could potentially be mom at a feeder location and think we narrowed down who Mom is.
I also noticed food left out near where Tiny Tim was found, which tells me there may be another feeder nearby.
This situation is still unfolding and until the kittens are located I’m holding off on trapping mom.
2️⃣ Stop - Checking for the momma cat and her last remaining 5-week-old kitten.
We canvassed the area. No sign of them.
After talking to neighbors, it sounds like her feeding schedule changed — which likely means she has moved the kitten and found another feeding source.
Another active situation we will keep tracking.
⚠️ While walking between locations (trap in hand), someone stopped to tell me about ANOTHER property with cats + possible kittens needing TNR.
Another lead.
Another location.
Another situation added to the list.
3️⃣ Stop - A colony we’ve been working on
This is where things got complicated…
Even though trapping was planned, food had been left accidentally (these things happen) but this meant some of the cats were likely already full.
Add in the fact that most of this colony is already done and that makes trapping harder.
🐈⬛ Flash (pregnant female) was on site when we arrived, she was almost in the trap but was pushed out by an already TNRed cat and once the possum showed up she was out.
🖤 Scruffy was lurking in the shadows most of the evening but wouldn’t come up to the trap (literally until after we left 🙄)
✅ We did catch the newbie that recently showed up - and then things got more complicated…
Once trapped, we realized she appears to be lactating — Which likely means more kittens somewhere (vet will confirm in the AM) 🥺
That part is sitting heavy on me tonight.
So tomorrow’s plan changes again.
I’ll be back out in the morning to search.
🪤 Before leaving, I left one of the traps open and baited for trap training — Less than 10 minutes after we left, Scruffy was already inside eating.
That’s progress.
Tonight didn’t go to plan.
But tomorrow starts again.
Back on the ground.
Back searching.
Back trying.
Because rescue doesn’t stop when the plan changes — it adapts 🐾♥️
📸 Newbie (she needs a name) that was caught
🎥 Our chubby possum visitor in the comments
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📣 I’ve been getting a lot of messages lately and there is something I need to address…
The reality is — I’m one person usually trying to manage multiple active rescue situations at once — and right now, doing it without a vehicle.
That means every trap location, every clinic appointment, and every emergency depends on timing, coordination, and whether I can secure transportation to even get there.
If I had a vehicle I could move between locations faster, stay out longer, cover more ground.
Instead, tonight looked like me walking block after block carrying traps, canvassing neighborhoods, following leads, talking to neighbors, trying to piece together where these cats are moving.
Because vehicle or not — it still has to be done.
The kittens are still out there.
The moms are still moving.
The cycle is still happening.
So we do our best, figure it out, and keep going ♥️
