The Kitten League

04/25/2025

If you're looking for something sweet, then look no further than Croissant 🥐🥐

Croissant is just the sweetest girl who gets along with everyone. She's great with cats, small kids, and doesn't mind the old lazy dog at her foster home.
She LOVES to be loved and is all about the snuggle time.
She'd love best to go to a home with another cat, or one with kids to keep her busy and entertained!

To learn more about her, or to apply:
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/44402137-canton-south-dakota-cat

04/25/2025

We're excited to see what their plans are to help the animals in the Sioux Falls area!

04/24/2025

Everyone meet Betsy!

She's your typical sassy and confident calico girl! She's very loving and energetic and lets you know what she likes or doesn't like!
Betsy is a diva and wants to be queen of her kingdom; she would be a great single kitty! A confident feline companion would also be ok.. preferably a male because a kingdom can only have one queen. 😹

To learn more, or fill out and application:
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/44399771-canton-south-dakota-cat

04/23/2025

TNR Tuesday (a day late)

This is why we're such huge advocates for Trap, Neuter, Return and why we have our alter assistance program and have our alter clinics.

We were contacted by someone because what started out as them taking in one unspayed female, quickly turned into 21 cats on their property.
Luckily they've been able to catch the cats and we've been getting them altered over the last couple of weeks.

Not only will this save you money, getting one cat altered compared to 21, but cats are much happier and healthier.

**None of these cats are available for adoption**

04/22/2025

Actual tears were shed by one of Hansel's prior fosters because this perfect boy has FINALLY. been ADOPTED!
To make things even better, his new brother was a kitten of ours from last summer!
Yay Hansel!
We still have so many wonderful older kits in our care who keep getting overlooked. They're still plenty young with so much love to give!

***Adopted!***

We just don't understand why Hansel can't create any adoption interest.

He's handsome, kind, gentle, loving...look at those sad eyes and big lips.

Hansel was taken in from someone living in a truckstop hotel who saw his litter get hit. One kitten perished, the 2nd suffered head trauma and is blind as a result. Hansel was spared and has been with us over a year!

He's literally the perfect cat. He's very chill, gets along anywhere. He's not needy, troublesome...enjoys all the attention but isn't a busy minded cat always needing entertained. He does love to play with a wand toy though!

He'd be an ideal family cat with his calm and gentle nature. Perfect for a mature/Sr adopter.
He's a submissive type so if you have a bully cat, he will retreat. He's a lover of peace and calm.

Hansel is currently at the Petsmart East Playroom to visit during business hours.

04/19/2025

Happy Cat Lady Day!
We can't thank enough to all of you "crazy" cat ladies out there. The ones who opened up their homes to foster and care for our cats, the ones who've adopted from us, and the ones support us by engaging with our posts, coming to events, or donating.
We also love you "crazy" cat guys, but live up the stereotype!

04/17/2025

Happy Tortieshell Cat Appreciation Day!

They are a sassy, but loveable breed.
Drop your pics below of your cuties!
We do have a couple available in our rescue that are searching for their new homes.

04/13/2025

And just like that, we have another litter. Someone was feeding this sweet mama cat and reached out to us asking if we'd be able to take her in since she was very pregnant. We've had her just a few days and she had these 4 sweet babies overnight.
And just like that, we're full and not sure if we'll be able to take in more orphans or mamas.
It's a fine line to walk. We'd love to ask for more fosters, to help more kittens, but we need to make sure we're only taking in what we can afford to take care of.
We still have so many sweet kits from last spring in our care. Even some from two years ago.
We know little kittens are the cutest, but with older kits we know more about their personalities and they're out of the crazy kitten destruction stage. But they're still so full of life, love, and energy!
So please consider adopting some of our older, very amazing, kits.
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04/07/2025

First Mama and babies came into our care last night.
Someone reached out to us yesterday afternoon after they noticed Mama moved her kits into their garden pot. One unfortunately passed away before they contacted us.
Mom was pretty skittish and made our foster work for it. After an hour and a half of trying to wait her out, she decided it was best to set up a trap. Within an hour she was caught and was set up in her own nursery suite.
We're pretty sure there are four girls (calicos and blacks) and two orangey boys.
But we'd like your name suggestions! Typically we like a theme so it's easy to identify them as a litter. Drop your suggestions below!

04/06/2025

Happy National Siamese Cat Day for our little guy who we're suspecting is a snowshoe! It's so fun seeing the colors start to come through on these kits.

Drop pics below of your unique Siamese!

04/03/2025

We so extremely grateful to Woofs and Waves - Pet & Aquarium Supplies to picking us to be their featured rescue of the month.
They'll be attaching these adorable cards to their bags this month to try and help some of our long term/overlooked cats finally get adopted.
Also, the last Tuesday of the month they'll be donating 10% of all sales! We'll be there in the later afternoon so make sure you swing on by to say hi!
They'll also be collecting donations for us during the month.

03/30/2025

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03/29/2025

We're here, all set up, and ready for National Adoption Weekend!
If you can't make it here by 1, make sure you swing by Pet Smart East from 12-3!

03/27/2025

It's that time of the year we're trying to start stockpile kitten supplies!
We thought today would be a great time to promote with Amazon having it's spring sale event!
We're really in need of potty pads for the incubators, baby wipes, paper towels, and obviously dry and wet kitten food.
We appreciate all of your donations.
We'll also be at both Pet Smart locations this Saturday for adoption events if you wanted to drop of any donations and snag in some pets with our available older kits!

03/26/2025

🎂One week old 🎉
Each week for neonatal kittens marks a hurdle they have overcome.

Today we found out that these sweet nuggets have an additional hurdle that is absolutely heart breaking 😞 Their momma went to get spayed today and unfortunately tested positive for FeLV.

FeLV is a retrovirus, meaning it can incorporate into a cats genome, leaving them infected for life. This disease is the most common cause of cancer in cats, causes various blood disorders, and may lead to a state of immune deficiency that leaves the cat incapable of protecting itself against other infections.
Kittens can be infected in utero, via nursing, or grooming if the mother is infected. FeLV also spreads via bites, mating, shared food/water bowls, shared litterboxes, mutual grooming, and any other prolonged close contact.
Most kittens born with this disease don't see their first birthday and most infected later live much shorter lives than normal cats.

So what does this mean for for these precious kittens? Only time will tell.
In some cases the immune system wins, the virus doesn't impact their genome, and they don't end up with life long FeLV.
All we can do right now is hope that they can jump this hurdle. In the meantime we will continue to love them, fight for them, and give them the best care humanly possible ♥️

How can you help? Share this post to help spread awareness of FeLV. Support our TNR efforts so more kittens aren't born with this hurdle, and send these nuggets some prayers, healthy vibes, and positive thoughts!

03/25/2025

🐈TNR Tuesday🐈‍⬛️
Why should you care about spaying and neutering colony cats? This is why ⬇️
These sweet little boys were born to this very unimpressed momma along with 2 litter mates who had already passed away when they were discovered on a rural property. Momma was trapped and we were called. We took in momma and kits, settled them in and gave her some time hoping she would come around to the idea of motherhood but she ultimately rejected them. The babies are being well cared for by our founder with round the clock feedings and momma will be spayed, vaccinated, and returned. Studies show that about 75% of kittens that are born outside die or disappear by 6 months of age!