Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation

Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare organization.

Our mission is "changing the way we think and feel about living with and caring for animals". Our vision is to create a no-kill, no-shelter community, by increasing community consciousness for the well-being of people, animals, and the planet.

It is just heartbreaking to see animals cast aside like trash on a daily basis. So many people see and treat animals as ...
09/21/2025

It is just heartbreaking to see animals cast aside like trash on a daily basis. So many people see and treat animals as disposable. Once again, this litter of 5 juveniles was dumped at a common dumping location that some of our volunteers monitor. These babies are beyond sweet!! At only about 4-5 months old, they were thrown into a secluded, swampy area and left to fend for themselves for food and protection from the many lurking predators. When our volunteer drove up to the site, these scared babies came running up to them for help!! There is no way we could leave these sweet babies behind in such a dangerous area. Our volunteer packaged them up, and we once again offered to help. This is once again another unexpected burden on our staff and pocketbook. These babies needed full medical intake, plus additional medication for the additional parasites they had. Plus, a couple of them had upper respiratory infections that are currently being treated.
It is difficult for words to truly express the heartache of seeing so many animals continually dumped. But, we are glad we are able to help and change their outcome to a positive one. However, we won’t be here much longer without community support to cover the expenses of the stray, dumped, injured, and sick animals we help. Can you help us care for these kitties?? Their medical expenses are estimated at $750 😓

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🎶On the road again🎶… can’t you hear Willie singing?!? Yes, we are on the road again, but wait…not to Colorado (🎤drop) …w...
09/19/2025

🎶On the road again🎶… can’t you hear Willie singing?!? Yes, we are on the road again, but wait…not to Colorado (🎤drop) …we are headed to Utah to bring these sweet FeLV + kitties to their new home!!! If these babies could talk, what a story they could tell, but finally, due to the compassion, perseverence, and just doing the right thing, these guys are getting the chance they deserve. Certainly worth the long trip and the journey! We are hoping you are willing to be part of this final leg of their journey, and chip in a few bucks to help with fuel and travel expenses. For you, we are grateful!!🙏🏼💕😻

Congratulations to Gideon and his new mama! This sweet boy has endured a lot in his young life, but this weekend he hit ...
09/11/2025

Congratulations to Gideon and his new mama! This sweet boy has endured a lot in his young life, but this weekend he hit the jackpot! If you’re looking for a handsome boy like this to be your new best friend, his handsome spotted brother Geno is patiently waiting his chance at our Calico Cat Cafe ❤️

Congratulations to barn kitties Will and Grace for landing themselves at the perfect barn home!! This pair of semi feral...
09/10/2025

Congratulations to barn kitties Will and Grace for landing themselves at the perfect barn home!! This pair of semi feral kittens could not be released back where they were trapped because all of the cats were being eaten by coyotes, but they refused to be completely tame, indoor cats. They preferred to have the opportunity to be semi social and continue there lives outdoors, but in a very protected environment, where they will be very loved and cared for. If you have a barn, shed, greenhouse, chicken, coop, or any situation where environmentally friendly pest control would be in advantage, please reach out to us… We have so many wonderful cats that we’re waiting patiently for their chance at a wonderful outdoor home.
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Huge shout out to SiteOne Landscape Supply siteonesupply (Jim Stone) and Cathy and her crew at for helping us out with s...
09/10/2025

Huge shout out to SiteOne Landscape Supply siteonesupply (Jim Stone) and Cathy and her crew at for helping us out with some much needed stone for our paths to several animal enclosures…and for helping us hand load in the rain!!! True team spirit among animal lovers! We completed the walk to the dog area…need more stone to finish Kitty Park! If you would like to chip in to help us purchase the rest of stone from the nice folks to finish this project, we would be most grateful!! Over the years, the grass and ground has eroded and there are large areas of exposed roots and just plane slop when it rains. These stone paths are a game changer for our team not having to walk through wet mud to feed and clean!! Thanks again to all who have helped, and will help with this project!

Low cost, high level care, feline spay/neuter…we have a few slots left for Wednesday, September 17th. All surgeries incl...
09/09/2025

Low cost, high level care, feline spay/neuter…we have a few slots left for Wednesday, September 17th. All surgeries include pain medication and antibiotics. Discounts on vaccinations, microchips, flea prevention and wormer all available at time of service. TEXT 985-796-4494 for more info or to secure your slot! We accept parish vouchers…no limit.

All of our cats have been safely delivered to our partners in Colorado, and our weary team is making their way back home...
09/03/2025

All of our cats have been safely delivered to our partners in Colorado, and our weary team is making their way back home. Please chip in and help us cover at least the $1,000 we spend on gas and vehicle maintenance each trip. These trips are so costly to our organization and we helped so many shelters and individuals in our community by providing the medical care needed for these animals, and then getting them quickly and safely to our partners to get wonderful loving homes. We really need your help to support our Transport program. If you want to see thousands of animals, healthy, and in forever, loving homes, rather than sick & injured on the street, or stacked up in shelters, waiting to die, please chip in. Any little bit helps! If everyone would just give a few dollars we could easily reach our goals!

Is this the best our community can offer? Less than $200 in donations? If compassionate care for animals is not importan...
09/03/2025

Is this the best our community can offer? Less than $200 in donations? If compassionate care for animals is not important to our community, then the message is being heard…
We will not be around much longer if community members cannot support us. Donate, share, volunteer, educate! Grants and donations to support our efforts are hard to come by these days. It is up to our collective community to prove that improving animal welfare and promoting education about animals in our area are a priority.

Also, TODAY is the last day to receive a free tshirt if you donate $50 or more through the ShelterLuv link in our original post. PM size and address.

Another transport successfully en route to Colorado! We faced and overcame so many obstacles to make this transport happ...
08/31/2025

Another transport successfully en route to Colorado! We faced and overcame so many obstacles to make this transport happen, and now 59 lucky kitties are on their way to their new homes!!!
We worked with 5 other rescues, pulling cats in need and completing their medical requirements to be eligible for transport, including vaccines, microchips, spay/neuter, FIV/FeLV combo tests, flea/dewormer, and more! This included helping with 2 separate hoarding cases!
In addition to helping other rescue organizations, we take in countless animals from desperate situations. On this transport alone, we have THREE different cats who needed enucleation surgery (removal of an eye) that would not have been able to receive the medical care they needed elsewhere. One of these cases was little ChaCha, who was attacked by a dog, causing her eye to rupture when she was only about 4 weeks old. And the other 2 kittens were friendly strays suffering from upper respiratory infections. Despite living in a busy, public area, no one stepped up to take these kitties to the vet until one of our regular clients became aware of the situation. When she was finally able to bring them in, each already had a ruptured eye that could not be saved.
We also took in a litter of 8 kittens who were living under an elderly lady’s trailer. They came in extremely thin, with upper respiratory infections, suffering from chronic diarrhea AND they tested positive for Giardia- a highly contagious protozoa that causes diarrhea- which they had to be quarantined and treated for.
Also on this transport is our sweet momma cat Stella, who was rushed to us with a pr*****ed uterus. She initially struggled to fight off an infection, but with lots of TLC and medical care, she has recovered phenomenally! Stella and her 4 healthy babies are on their way to a new beginning 😻
These stories are just a small glimpse of the dire and terrible situations we have pulled cats from. Our very small team works tirelessly every single day to provide access to affordable veterinary care to ill and injured animals from any and all situations. We help as many as our resources allow, stretching those limited resources as far as possible. Every transport costs THOUSANDS of dollars, with the large majority of that being medical costs. Every cat that comes in needs full medical intake, and many come in sick or injured, requiring additional surgeries, medications, or hospitalization. A completely healthy cat might cost $200 minimum x 60 cats = $12,000 😱
Plus there is the cost of housing the cats and taking care of them everyday, plus food, litter, etc. for weeks until transport departs. And let’s not forget the costs to maintain our transport van, including insurance, oil changes, and new tires, all on top of the $1,000+ in gas per trip.
Transport is a huge and expensive undertaking, but it is so WORTH IT to deliver these kitties to their new homes! Who can help us recover from the massive expenses of this transport?? Who can support our unrelenting dedication to continue to help animals in desperate and dangerous situations? We cannot bear the burden of these expenses alone!! We need our community to stand with us!!

‼️Like our tshirts? BElieve THEir is GOOD in the world!
We will mail a T-shirt to anyone who donates $50 or more between now and Tuesday 9/2 using this link: https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/BSKY
Just drop your size in the comments 👇

Other ways to donate:
- Venmo
- Checks can be mailed to 82060 Hwy 25, Folsom, LA 70437

Address

82060 Highway 25
Folsom, LA
70437

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 3pm

Telephone

+19857964494

Website

https://www.bigskycares.org/

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CATNIP (Care Advocacy and Treatment of Neglected and Indigent Pets) Foundation at Big Sky Ranch Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare organization based in Folsom, Louisiana. We provide valuable programs as alternatives to euthanasia to lower the number of animals entering shelters and the ones being killed there. Our mission is "changing the ways we think and feel about living with and caring for animals". Our vision is to create a no-kill, no-shelter community, by increasing community consciousness for the well-being of people, animals, and the planet. We work without agenda, seeking to improve the lives of animals and people through education, cooperation and collaboration. In any given month, we have well over 300 animals in our care. Most are cats and most of those have come from situations where they have been abused, neglected or just kept in poor conditions. We serve multiple parishes, most of which or rural and underserved, and many with no municipal shelter. Even the parishes where there are municipal shelters, they stay beyond capacity and live outcome rates are very low. The devastating Louisiana flood of 2016 catapulted our mission forward as we rushed in to help as first responders, rescuing, saving, and ultimately rehoming hundreds of animals, and for more than a year afterward, continued to provide much needed services, such as spay/neuter, vaccinations and flea meds to these poverty stricken and now devastated communities. A short year later, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, stretched our mission and capacity again, as once again we responded to the disaster, and ultimately rescued and re-homed hundreds more animals, again, mostly cats. Again, this year, we were called into action to assist with the devastation of Hurricane Michael and the animals that were left behind, displaced, and injured. We are still working tirelessly in this region, all while continuing TNR, Spay/Neuter and adoption efforts in this region.!These are challenges that put extraordinary stress on our resources, but ones that provided invaluable opportunity to learn how to maximize every resource we have. Year over year, we double our impact. We create and embrace new and innovative programs as alternatives to shelter intake and have proudly increased live outcomes in this region with both aggressive spay/neuter and shelter diversion.