Friends For Life Cat Rescue

07/05/2025

07/04/2025

Don't forget! Adoption event tomorrow at the North Frederick PetSmart with available kittens! We'll be there from 11:30-2:30.

07/04/2025

Pfannee of the would like to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day! Stay safe and keep those pets close and calm.

07/04/2025

Saturday at the North Frederick PetSmart we are going to have a whole kit and caboodle of kittens. These adorable kittens are all available for adoption! Run, don’t walk! Better yet, drive to get your place in line. We’ll be there from 11:30-2:30.

07/03/2025

Exciting Mews! We have not one, but TWO adoption events this weekend! On Saturday we will be at PetSmart (North Frederick) from 11:30-2:30 and on Sunday we will be at Petco from 10-1. We will have super sweet adult cats and cuddly kittens. Come at meet your mew best friend!

07/02/2025

We love Fetch Thrift Shop! They do so much for the rescue community and they have a great shop. Please vote for them for Best Thrift Store in the 2025 Sass Choice Awards. You can vote once per day. Let’s help them win!

We’re nominated! 🐈‍⬛🐾
Fetch Thrift Shop is in the running for Best Thrift Store in the 2025 Sass Choice Awards — and we need your help to win!

Vote once per day now through July 20
Find us under the Shopping & Retail category

Go here to vote: https://sassmagazinellc.secondstreetapp.com/Sass-Choice-Awards-2025/gallery?group=514864

Your daily vote supports our mission to rescue animals and serve our community through secondhand treasures and second chances. 💛🐾

Thank you for cheering us on — let’s win this together!

06/29/2025

Tips for introducing a new cat to the family

🐾 Bringing Home a New Cat? Here's How to Introduce Them the Right Way 🐾

Introducing a new cat to your resident feline isn’t always as simple as opening the carrier and hoping for the best. A slow, thoughtful process can make all the difference between lifelong companions 🐱💛

✨ Step 1: Trade Scents
Before the cats meet, let them get used to each other’s scent. If possible, exchange blankets each cat has slept on - this step lays the foundation for a peaceful introduction.

✨ Step 2: Set Up a Separate Room
Prepare a quiet space for your new cat (like a bedroom or bathroom). Make sure it’s stocked with food, water, a litter box, toys, and comfy beds. This room should be one your resident cat has access to when it’s empty, with a small gap under the door for sniffing safely.

✨ Step 3: Feed on Opposite Sides of the Door
Place food bowls near the door to associate each other’s scent with something positive. If either cat is too stressed to eat near the door, offer high-value treats like tuna. Slow and steady wins the race here, don’t rush it if there’s hissing or growling.

✨ Step 4: Scent Swaps & Room Rotations
When both cats are calm and eating well, let them switch spaces! Keep the resident cat in the new cat’s room and allow the new kitty to explore the house. Each should experience the other's scent in all areas of the home. This step may need to be repeated several times to help them adjust.

✨ Step 5: Visual Introductions
Once they’re both relaxed, set up a visual barrier like a baby gate (or two stacked if needed) so they can see and smell each other without full access. Continue feeding and rotating them during this stage to build familiarity and trust.

✨ Step 6: Supervised Meetings
If all has gone well with no aggression, and both cats are eating and using the litter box, remove the barrier and let them meet!. Keep interactions short and supervised at first.

🚨 Important Note: Don’t leave the cats alone together until you’re fully confident in their relationship. Gradual independence is key.

06/29/2025

Update: Adopted into a loving home 😍 Up next at the Friends For Life Speedway is the best looking Enzo we’ve seen in quite some time. This 3 year old, male, buff tabby is quite the looker. And we wish you had feel-a-vision, because boy is this boy soft.

This kitty is a hammy ham for the camera and loves all the attention he can get. Enzo has got a motor that purrs like a, well, like a kitten. You know what we mean - he purrs a lot.

Enzo has tested positive for FIV, but that doesn’t get in the way of all the love he has to give. He would do well in just about any home. He is good with kids, cats, and dogs (with proper introductions).

Visit him at the North Frederick PetSmart or contact us to schedule a private meet and greet.

06/27/2025

We'd like to introduce you to Juniper and her kittens, Jacob and Jasmine. Momma Juniper is a baby herself at barely a year old. Jacob and Juniper are 12 weeks old and happy, playful kittens. Juniper is more timid and would need a quiet home.
They will be at our adoption event tomorrow, Saturday, June 28 from 11:30-2:30 at the North Frederick PetSmart. Come on out and meet them in purrson!

06/26/2025

Looking for a mew love in your life? Come to our next adoption event to meet our available cats and kittens! We'll be at the North Frederick PetSmart on Saturday from 11:30-2:30 with some adorable adoptables.

06/25/2025

We are so pleased to see how well these two FFL alumni are doing in their new home.

06/24/2025

Fiyero is home from the hospital and has a lot to say about his medication regiment. While he is very glad to have the jugular catheter and nasal tube out he doesn’t enjoy his twice daily litany of medication. But we keep explaining to him that the medications are for his own good. We have to kick the effects of that virus out of his system and make sure his tummy keeps moving. He is getting supervised playtime with his siblings, but is kept apart most of the time until he is more robust and can keep up with their energy.

Fiyero has a long road ahead, but we’re cautiously optimistic that he’ll make a full recovery.

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