Catman2 Shelter

06/01/2026

You can drop off supplies for the shelter at Andy Shaw Ford 🙂

Several other businesses have also offered to serve as collection sites and we will be posting them soon!

🐾❤️ Andy Shaw Ford is proud to be a drop-off location for Catman2! ❤️🐾

Help us support local cats in need by donating supplies for the amazing team at Catman2, a cage-free cat shelter and sanctuary right here in Western North Carolina.

Some of their most-needed items include:🐱 Cat & kitten food🐱 Canned cat food🐱 Churu treats🐱 Non-clumping clay litter🐱 Paper towels🐱 Disinfectant wipes🐱 Trash bags🐱 Non-latex exam gloves

Donations can be dropped off at Andy Shaw Ford, and every item helps provide care, comfort, and a second chance for cats in our community. 💜

Thank you for helping us make a difference, one paw at a time! 🐾

📱 (828) 586-0900
📍 1231 E Main St, Sylva, NC 28779
💻 https://www.andyshawford.com

05/31/2026

‼️ Calling all spicy kitty lovers! ‼️

We have a couple litters of some former feral kittens who could use all the extra holding, petting, loving human interaction we can give! And plenty of friendly kittens who need it, too. We simply do not have the time to devote to them and we are putting out the call for socialization volunteers. Right now we have so many kittens who are too small to put up for adoption and we are waiting for 8th to get here so we can get the ones who are big enough fixed. So for everyone who is itching for a kitten, hang in there - we will have them! Come help get em’ all sweet and friendly :)

Please msg us or email [email protected] to schedule a time to come by.

05/31/2026

We agree

05/30/2026

We had a tragedy at the shelter overnight.

The toy mouse succumbed to an accidental drowning caused by happy kittens playing. It did not survive. 😓 No kittens were harmed and they were supplied a brand new, dry toy mouse and a clean bowl of fresh, non-mousy water.

😂🤣😂😇 Happy Caturday, everyone! 😉

05/29/2026

This is Edith. Edith is approximately 1,012 years old, give or take a century or so. She has been at Catman2 for seven weeks, receiving compassionate palliative care. She had been found by a Good Samaritan, emaciated and not even able to stand. They did their best to nurse her back to health for a month but ultimately recognized she needed higher level of care and reached out to us. Edith’s kidneys weren’t happy and she was only a little over 5 pounds, even after the kind couple who took her in had put weight on her. We were able to get her weight up to almost six pounds but it stalled there and then began to drop again. Her kidneys are actually happier thanks to the fluids we have been giving her, but being a supercentarian is catching up with her. Wise old Edith is getting allllll the treats she wants. And 👵🏻 LOVES treats. Hospice care isn’t always easy, but we love our Edith and will keep her comfortable until she lets us know she’s tired. It’s important that after all she has been through, she experiences as much love and care as possible. And boy is she 😻💜

I just wanted to share our pretty girl with y’all so even more people can love her. If you’d like to come visit her, give us a holler! She loves ✨ gentle ✨ attention :)

05/28/2026

*UPCOMING Community Event!!*

We are hosting an open community event, July 19, 10am-2pm. We’ll have the Tater Town food truck, raffles, a fundraising yard sale, activities and more!

Connect with us, see our systems and vendors and share an amazing summer day here!

We are welcoming donations for raffles and for our local shelters. More information as the day gets closer!

Who wants to join??

05/27/2026

Hurry and get those kitties fixed!

🐱⚡ Flash Fix for Felines — $40 Cats! ⚡🐱

Tomorrow ONLY — Thursday 5/28/26 — cat spays & neuters are just $40 on the SNIPPET BUS! 🎉

The SNIPPET BUS is a program of Noah’s Ark Humane Society, a non-profit focused on affordable spay & neuter services across WNC. We’re trying to fill a few last-minute openings for tomorrow! ❤️

📍 Located at AARC Franklin, NC
⏰ Pets are dropped off in the morning and go home the very same afternoon!

Spaying & neutering helps reduce overpopulation while giving your cat a healthier, happier future. 🐾

📞 Call or text 828-564-1110 ASAP to claim one of these discounted spots before they’re gone!

https://www.unitedspayalliance.org/feline-fix-by-five/

05/27/2026

Hi, friends! We are looking for local businesses in the Sylva area to serve as collection locations for cat food and supply donations. This kitten season is ✨ brutal ✨ and we have so many mouths to feed here at the shelter. We are also helping so many folks in our community feed their kitties in these hard times, so our pet food pantry needs some serious restocking with both wet and dry cat food of any kind. If you have a business and would be willing to collect for us, we would be happy to pick up!
Please reach out to me via email ([email protected]) if you can help.

For anyone else who wants to help, we have updated our supply wish lists to mostly food and non-clumping litter. Our shipping address is 635 Bo Cove Rd Cullowhee, NC 28723 You can find them here:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3H64IKOTAVIGU?ref_=wl_share

Chewy (best deal for food and litter): https://www.chewy.com/g/catman-2-inc_b70475539 -list&wishlistsortby=AVAILABILITY

05/25/2026

Here’s a great opportunity to support Catman2 AND get some great deals! We have taken in almost 30 cats and kittens in May alone - so you’ll be helping LOTS of kitties in need.

The Shop/Save/Give Belk Charity Sale ticket allows customers to come into Belk stores during 6/5/26-6/7/26 and receive an additional savings (20-25% storewide) on top of any current promotion! With that ticket, the customer will also receive $5 off their first purchase! The ticket is for in-store use only and can be used at any Belk location nationwide. Only one ticket can be used per customer in store. You can buy more than one to give to friends, though!
(Please make sure your mailing address is correct!)
�Catman2 will receive 100% of your ticket price. What an awesome deal! Get your tickets here (and tell your friends!):

https://www.catman2.org/shop/ #!/Belk-Shop-Save-Give-Charity-Sale-Ticket/p/834553858

05/25/2026

People have asked how we deal with feral/wild kittens or kittens who are just a little 🌶️. I recently caught five such kittens and had to get them all checked in so I made this video to show how we do it! For me it usually involves sitting on the floor with them with a lot of towel wrapping and going slow but efficiently to try and reduce their fear, anxiety, and stress… while doing what we have to do to keep them healthy while we work to socialize them so they can be adopted! These really weren’t too caliente - we have dealt with much higher levels of spice! Welcome to the good life: Jude, Julius, Jameson, Jeremiah, and Jubilee 💖 PS we need some extra socialization volunteers with all these kittens!! Call and set up a time to come by and show them humans ain’t so bad :)