Community Cat Network of Cincinnati

31/07/2025

CCN is making a plea for Sir Fluff: now that he is healthy we are looking for a rescue pull that can accommodate his diet, OR an adopter who has a soft spot for a funny looking fella. Things to know:

🛑 approx 8 years old
🛑 fully vaccinated, combo tested (FIV positive, FELV negative), had a dental + extractions, and his stool is under good control with just his prescription food and the verrrry smallest dose of prednisone that he is almost weaned off of (will
Be by the time he leaves us)
🛑 he eats dry and wet Hills Z/D
🛑 has had limited interactions with other cats but doesn’t seem to react to them
🛑 has had lots of labwork - will obviously come with all of his records. We left no stone unturned!
🛑 his hair is growing back wonky. It is what it is! Part of his ahem….. “charm”

Our concern about him going into a shelter environment is his diet - unsure if this would be able to be accommodated and he has come SO far, we don’t want him to take any steps backwards.

As a reminder, Sir Fluff was a pull from a county shelter. They thought he had a pr*****ed re**um but once he was in our care and evaluated, it turns out his diarrhea was so bad, that it caused his testicles to become so inflamed that they were mistaken for a pr*****ed re**um (honestly a pr*****ed re**um would have cost us way less 😂). It took a lot of trial and error to figure out a regimen that works for him, but now he’s doing spectacular.

He is a LOVE. We’ll post a video in the comments.

If someone is interested in directly adopting him, which we don’t usually do, but are making an exception, please PM us. CCN is willing to provide a microchip triggered feeder if there are other cats in the home.

29/07/2025

Did you know that Penny, a cat who was under CCN’s care for 6+ months, is now available for adoption through Purrfect Friends Cat Rescue?! She’s a special needs cat because she’s deaf, and will always be a bit sneezy. Other things to know about Penny:

🛑 she’s about 4 years old
🛑 spayed, combo tested negative, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped
🛑 tolerates other cats just fine with a slow intro
🛑 will need to be consistently brushed (she tolerates this mostly well, she is a tortie after all!)
🛑 Penny has had the works through us! Treated for a URI, had a wound biopsied (all negative there), had a dental + extractions, and extensive labwork to rule out any liver issues. She will need a repeat liver panel in 6 months, which CCN will cover at our vet.

Penny is an absolute love, but know that she doesn’t warm up right away - she takes a few meetings to decide someone is OK, but once she does, your lap will be her favorite place.

Apply to adopt Penny here: https://www.pfcatrescue.org/adoption-application/

Volume up to hear the cutest little “merp”. Practically the only time Penny makes a peep is when she’s awoken from a deep sleep 😴 💤

28/07/2025

It’s dental day for Sir Fluff! We are so proud of how far he’s come in the months since we pulled him from Animal Friends Humane Society, thanks to Pleasant Ridge Pet Hospital, Natalie Kay Beck, and now Cincinnati Hills Animal Clinic, where he’s getting his pearly whites taken care of today. After his recovery, we’ll be searching for a rescue pull for this guy - he’s ready to spread his wings! Now if only he could grow some fur 😂🧐

26/07/2025

Be still our hearts. Our friends at the League for Animal Welfare snagged an adoption photo of our girl, Sweet Pea!

From Sweet Peas feeders, to Pleasant Ridge Pet Hospital, to board members Natalie Kay Beck and Jeff Smith, to the folks at the League… Sweet Pea had an entire village caring for her, and THAT is exactly what we’re about - combining forces for the good of rescue.

Happy Life to the bestest girl and our favorite tripod, who deserves this so very much.

26/07/2025

Alumni update!

About a year ago, “Catfish”, now Rocky, came to us as an injured stray. His story was anything but simple - brought to a county shelter with a fishing hook stuck in him, then adopted out through the shelter to a young couple who refused to keep
Him inside, he then suffered from a leg injury that required surgery.

He was in the care of CCN for treatment, surgery, and recovery, and then transferred to our wonderful rescue partners at Purrfect Friends Cat Rescue, where the aunt of one of our board members fell in love and adopted him.

Yesterday we got to visit him, and almost could not believe how wonderful he looks! He greets everyone that visits his mamma, and makes sure to sashay down the hallway so that everyone can admire his gorgeous leg floof (we call it pantaloons 😂).

It’s so rewarding to see a cat that would have been euthanized had CCN not stepped in, living his best life.

25/07/2025

🛑🛑 important announcement🛑🛑

Effective immediately, our grant applications are CLOSED.

We have been getting multiple applications per day and simply cannot keep up financially. We have committed several thousand dollars to current applications, and will honor those.

We will be in communication when our grants reopen. Please spread this word to local groups where our name is mentioned daily, so that people can plan accordingly.

25/07/2025

We spy, with our little eye…

Some *fantastic* news. In fact, when we first read it, we couldn’t believe OUR eyes! Sweet Pea, adopted?! OUR sweet pea?! The shy amputee?!

We honestly had to double check to make sure we weren’t misunderstanding. You see - we knew Sweet Pea wouldn’t be the easiest to get adopted. An adult, shy, amputee cat, in a shelter during the heart of kitten season. But we knew if anyone could help her find her forever home, our friends at the League for Animal Welfare could do it - so when we asked for intake and they said yes, we were thrilled!
And here we are, just weeks later, and Sweet Pea is HOME. We have to admit, some of us shed some tears on this one.
Sweet Pea has added two more to her Village, and we couldn’t be more grateful.

Our June-September adoptions are *dominated* by kitten adoptions.

For June and July, we adopted out 259 kittens; and only 56 adult cats.

Kittens are FOUR TIMES more likely to get adopted than adult cats. 😳😭

So we are especially grateful when somebody comes in, walks right past the kittens, and asks about the grumpy-looking senior who has arthritis. 🥹🥰

Happy life, Lillith (these lovely humans also adopted adult cat Sweet Pea!).

Come on in and thumb your noses at those insufferably adorable kittens - and choose a best friend who may not be young, but has plenty of love left to give

23/07/2025

Let’s talk about a tough subject - humane euthanasia.

Just a few years ago, when CCN was still just a vision, we knew that our main mission was to help end the suffering of community cats. Fortunately since then, in most of our cases, that means testing, treatment, and healing.
However, sometimes, a cat is simply too far gone, or suffering too much, and to end that cat’s suffering means humane euthanasia.

We trust our partner vets implicitly. We won’t stop fighting for a cat unless it is our vets opinion that there is no other option. But when that is the case, we *will* make the decision that is in the best interest of the cat - letting it go in peace, without further suffering. We will absolutely not allow human emotions to make a cat to suffer further.

Due to multiple incidents recently, we will be amending our grant application to reflect that when someone applies for a grant with us, that full control of medical decisions is given to our partner vets and CCN. We simply cannot tolerate allowing a dying cat to suffer unnecessarily.

Photo of White Paw from last summer 🩶🤍. We gave her a good few months before it became clear her body was done fighting, and we made the selfless decision to let her go in peace.

18/07/2025

It’s been an expensive few months here at Community Cat Network. We don’t share every case we take on—far from it—but each one involves medical care, and many exceed the $500 grant.

Today, we’re asking for your help. Your donations allow us to keep showing up for the most vulnerable cats in our community—those with nowhere else to turn.

In the comments, meet Mittens, who is heading to the vet today to have her ear checked out. She’s just one of many who rely on us.

We are so grateful for your continued support of our lifesaving work. Every dollar truly makes a difference. 🐾❤️

Other ways to donate:
Venmo:
Paypal: [email protected]

14/07/2025

CCN was contacted over the weekend about a community cat that was having difficulty urinating. For a moment we panicked - it was the weekend, a situation that couldn’t wait, but we also usually aren’t able to take on emergency cases, as they would quickly deplete our funding.

Then we remembered our friends at PetVet, who we have worked with in the past. Scottie’s feeder loaded him up and took him to be evaluated, and within a few hours he was on his way back “home” with a treatment plan in place.

We’re grateful for these relationships we’ve formed - they literally save lives. Thank you, PetVet365!

09/07/2025

Meet our hot mess express of the day, Sylvester! Silvester’s human passed away, and a nice gentleman across the street had been feeding him when he noticed he was having some difficulty eating. He saw our vet today at Pleasant Ridge Pet Hospital, and was a perfect angel for his exam - no sedation needed for this fine fella! He’s got multiple issues that we are tackling with our vet, and she’ll see him in two weeks for a recheck, in the hopes that his treatment plan is working. In the meantime, his caretaker will be keeping him inside so that he can take his daily medications and heal.