19/11/2025
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐍𝐕𝐑 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 🥺
People see the cute ear-tips.
The “thank you!” posts.
The success stories.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲:
❗️The 5 AM alarms after you finally fell asleep at 2.
❗️The 4 to 25 traps in your trunk… and the sardine and tom-piss smell you just accept now.
❗️The texts from caregivers who are “so overwhelmed”… but won’t commit to fixing or contributing.
❗️The colonies that explode because someone waited too long to ask for help.
❗️The 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥, even when 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩.
And 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀.
The 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨.
The ones with nowhere to go.
The 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣.
The 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 “𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻” 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 😭.
People spreading misinformation.
And people being way too emotional over cats they swore weren’t theirs.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲:
😡 When someone gives out your personal number without asking.
It seems small, but it’s not.
𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙩.
We’re human. Not a ❌📞1-800 hotline.
• 40 messages in one night.
• “Can you come right now?” texts at 8 PM.
• People angry you didn’t respond fast enough.
🚫This isn’t a hobby.
🚫It’s not “just trapping.”
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱.
And yet… we keep going.
😻Because for every draining moment, there’s a cat who finally goes in the trap.
😻A 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙.
😻A 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.
😻And 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧.
That’s what keeps TNVR people going when they’re running on fumes 🔥.
But please remember:
Respect people’s boundaries.
‼️ 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻‼️
𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐭𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞. 💙🐾
If you do TNVR, what’s your burnout moment… and what keeps you going? Comment below 👇🏼
