05/13/2026
9 kitties were TNR'D this past week!! 🥰
4 spays & 2 nueters from Forest City
1 spay from Ogden
1 spay from Mingo
1 spay from Madrid
2026 stats: 48 kitties fixed/vaccinated
26 spays (25 being TNR)
22 nueters (19 being TNR)
Unfortunately, a handful of these spays were spay/aborts. Kitty Cat Rehab and 99% of rescues make the tough decision to spay/abort almost daily. It's a hard call that doesn't come easily. TNR is vital for the community but unfortunately we don't always catch the cat before they get pregnant. Spaying before pregnancy even happens is the goal. However, it's not always the outcome.
Some may ask, "how can you make the decision to abort kittens?" Here's why:
A female cat can get pregnant as early as 4mo. That is a kitten, having kittens herself. Most outdoor cats don't have the luxury of food, shelter or water supply. Most outdoor cats come bearing parasites or illnesses that will be passed onto their offspring. If the pregnant cat is very young, very old, or in poor health, pregnancy can cause even more health problems for the momma cat. The kindest and most compassionate action anyone could take with one of these cats is to spay her and abort her litter.
Spaying a rescued pregnant cat also contains the overpopulation problem. There are simply too few homes for the huge number of homeless cats. Preventing an unplanned litter may also help prevent the deaths of the living cats and kittens. Even when a pregnant female cat is adopted by the finder, and there are good homes waiting for her kittens, some people view each of those kittens as being indirectly responsible for the death of a shelter cat or kitten that might have been adopted into one of those homes.
Pyometra. This is a serious type of infection that can affect any animal's uterus. If left untreated, pyometra will be fatal. Pyometra is a bacterial infection of the uterus so it only affects cats that have not been spayed. Cats that have been spayed have had their uterus and/or ovaries removed so it is not possible for a cat to have pyometra unless the surgical procedure was incomplete.
Feral kittens outdoors face extremely high mortality rates, with estimates indicating that 50% to 75%—and up to 80% in some areas—die or disappear before reaching six months of age. Only about 1 in 4 kittens born outside survives past the first year. Even if the kitten is lucky enough to be taken from the streets, it's a high probability that they are being rehomed online either for profit or being advertised as live bait. Assuming the finder has good intentions, do they have the hundreds of dollars it takes to fully vet and alter a kitty? If not, the cycle continues.
📣 Additionally, a HUGE thanks to Paws on Your Heart Pet Rescue Support who completely sponsored these 9 kitties!! Kitty Cat Rehab has utilized 18 out of the 20 cats sponsored through this amazing organization. These 9 cats all have amazing caretakers so now they will continue to love a long happy life without adding to the population!! Thank you so incredibly much for supporting Kitty Cat Rehab's mission!! ❤️
