Kittens in Krisis- KIK

08/28/2026

Nebulizer:

08/27/2026

After lunch, my son and I stopped by Petco and met some VERY adorable kitties looking for their forever homes. 🥹🧡

The three orange boys were all cuddled up together, napping like the sweetest little pile of kittens, while the three other kittens up top were playful, curious, and very silly.

If you’re looking for that special kitty to add to your family, please consider giving one of these guys a chance!

RAIN- Rescue Animals in Need is the organization behind helping make the next chapter of their lives possible. ❤️

We had such a ball hanging out with them for the little bit of time we could.

They were all so sweet, and I’m really hoping someone finds their way to these babies soon.

Sometimes your new best friend is waiting for you in the most unexpected places…

Like a quick trip into Petco. 🥹🧡

08/22/2026

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08/21/2026

𝗟𝗘𝗧’𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗬 & 𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗥.

But I want to go a little deeper than just saying, “Spay and neuter your pets.”

Because if we are actually serious about reducing the number of animals entering 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, we have to talk about how animals get there in the first place.

And the truth is, there isn’t one single reason.

Sometimes it starts with an unwanted litter.

Someone doesn’t spay their female cat or dog. She has babies. Those babies grow up. Some of them aren’t altered either. Then they have babies.

And suddenly we’re not talking about one accidental litter anymore.

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

Some people keep the babies.

Some get given away.

And if we’ve learned anything as a community, it should be this:

𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗥.

This is where I really want people to think about what happens next.

Because giving an animal away can feel like you solved the problem.

You had kittens.

Someone said they wanted a kitten.

You gave them one.

Problem solved, right?

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆.

What happens if that person doesn’t sterilize the kitten?

What happens when that adorable little kitten grows up?

They reach sexual maturity.

They start exhibiting behaviors their owner wasn’t expecting.

Maybe they’re spraying.

Maybe they’re trying to get outside.

Maybe they’re roaming.

Maybe they’re becoming difficult to manage.

And suddenly the person who thought they wanted this cute little kitten doesn’t want the adult cat anymore.

So they put it outside.

And now we’ve taken one problem and created another.

Because once that animal is outside, it can roam.

It can reproduce.

It can get lost.

It can be injured.

It can be hit by a car.

It can get picked up by a community member.

And this is where the part people don’t always think about becomes really important.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼?

Maybe someone technically owns it.

But if that person intentionally put it outside and has no idea where it is, isn’t looking for it, and doesn’t care whether it comes home, what happens when somebody else finds it?

Now imagine that cat is injured.

A community member finds it.

They’re trying to help.

They take the animal for emergency veterinary care.

Maybe that animal ends up at a place like BluePearl because it needs immediate medical attention.

But there is no microchip.

No collar.

No identification.

Nobody is coming forward.

Nobody is looking.

And even if the community starts posting that animal’s face everywhere…

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺?

Sometimes they will.

But sometimes they won’t.

And when nobody takes responsibility, somebody else has to.

That could be the community member who found them.

The person who paid for emergency care.

A rescue.

A nonprofit.

A foster.

A veterinarian.

Or eventually, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿.

And that’s the part I want people to understand.

The shelter didn’t create that situation.

The shelter didn’t make the animal unaltered.

The shelter didn’t put the animal outside.

The shelter didn’t fail to microchip it.

The shelter didn’t decide it didn’t want the animal anymore.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀.

And that’s why I don’t think we can have an honest conversation about shelter numbers without talking about responsible pet ownership.

Because this isn’t just about spay and neuter.

It’s about everything that comes after we choose to bring an animal into our lives.

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲.

𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 instead of abandoning the animal when they become inconvenient.

And if you are giving an animal away, think beyond the moment when someone says, “I’ll take it.”

Because 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.

You need to think about what happens six months from now.

A year from now.

Five years from now.

Because that kitten you gave away for free is going to grow up.

And if that new owner isn’t prepared to be responsible for the adult animal, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.

And somebody else’s problem eventually becomes a community problem.

And a community problem eventually becomes a shelter problem.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Not just, “Why did the shelter take this animal?”

But:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

08/21/2026

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08/13/2026

𝗟𝗜𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘. 🥹💚

I may be skipping a couple of posts just to write this one, but because of the circumstances, and because with a lack of a better way to put it… he is family…

I felt the need to share the happiness that is Lil Tony.

Tony is only about 1.4 pounds right now, which means he still has a little growing to do before he can be neutered.

But the most important part?

𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

And not just any home… we found him the perfect one.

For those of you who may not know, my nephew will be turning three in September.

He asked his Momma for a kitten.

They are usually a dog household, and although Grandma does have a cat, Grandma’s cat isn’t exactly what you would call affectionate. 😂

This boy is honestly the smartest little boy, and I’m so incredibly proud of him.

If I could share his adorableness with you, I absolutely would, but I want to keep him safe.

Social media and the internet give me enough anxiety without adding my sweet nephew into the mix. ❤️

So instead, I’ll share this part.

He specifically asked for a certain type of kitten.

And that certain type of kitten just so happened to be completely compatible with Tony.

His description of what he wanted was practically verbatim Tony.

I say this very matter-of-factly in other circumstances, but sometimes things just happen exactly the way they are supposed to.

And this feels like one of those times.

Tony already has a place waiting for him.

He has a family waiting for him.

And the best part?

𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗬 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 💚

I already know the kind of life Tony is going to have.

He’s going to be the prince. 👑

He’s going to have a bestie.

And he’s going to have a dog friend who recently lost his own bestie.

I don’t always get this lucky with the kittens I take on.

The ones I really do on my own are usually the ones I take from bottle babies, watch grow, and eventually send off to their forever homes.

So when it comes to Tony, knowing that I had to take him from his mama because she simply wasn’t in a position to properly care for him, and then going through everything to get him to where he is today…

It is just so incredibly awesome to know exactly where he is going.

The happiness involved in rescue is truly never-ending.

There aren’t enough words to explain the amount of emotional, physical, and intellectual work that goes into getting a tiny life from where Tony started to where he is now.

But this guy?

𝗛𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱. ❤️

And all he has to do now is grow, get big enough for that neuter…

…and dream about his future bestie. 🥹🐾

08/06/2026

𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 Gulf Coast Humane Society 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆! ❤️

Yesterday was a big milestone. 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 and 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 got the full package—neuters, vaccines, microchips, and everything they needed to prepare for their next chapter.

Days like this are always a little bittersweet when you’ve raised kittens from scratch. You celebrate because they’re healthy enough to reach this milestone, but at the same time, it’s another reminder that they’re growing up.

One thing I love about these days is getting to see each kitten’s personality come through in a whole new way.

🩶𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻

Completely unamused. 😂

He came home, took his sweet time waking up from anesthesia, accepted every cuddle I offered, and then just sat there looking at me like I had personally betrayed him. He was such a big baby through the whole process, and honestly… it made me love him even more.

🖤𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆

The exact opposite. 🤦🏻‍♀️

The moment he started waking up, he was ready to party. By the time we got home, all he wanted to do was run, jump, wrestle, and play as if nothing had even happened.

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what you don’t want after a neuter, so Mr. Wild Child had to spend a little time in his own “rehab suite” to keep him calm while everything healed. He may not have appreciated it, but those few quiet hours help prevent complications later.

Today they’re both relaxing, eating well, and acting much more like themselves. ❤️

We’ll be hanging onto these handsome boys for another week or two before they head to their next destination, and I honestly cannot wait to share what’s coming next. A few of you were already playing detective after my last 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻 post and guessed exactly where they’re going… but for now, my lips are sealed. 😉

Until then, enjoy these adorable faces! 🖤🩶