Jellicle Cats Rescue Foundation

Jellicle Cats Rescue Foundation 501(c)3 Nonprofit cat rescue based in Long Beach, California. We focus on Trap-Neuter-Return, community outreach and empowerment, and fostering.

08/30/2026

they can be such endearing little jerks

poor sven. looks like his urinary crystals are back, and he needed a full shave and cleanup. We did labs and he's got an...
08/25/2026

poor sven. looks like his urinary crystals are back, and he needed a full shave and cleanup. We did labs and he's got antibiotics and we should have the bloodwork back in a few days.

Boyo added $1000 to my tab today.

Between this stuff - and this is like the 5th or 6th time we have done this routine - and the FIP treatments those handful of years ago, he's like a $16,000 cat 🫪

He feels much better today, thanks to the team at Primary.

💜

08/22/2026




cats, man.

It was Talk Like a Pirate Day, september 2012. A neighbor told me there was a cat under his house. I didn't even have to...
08/21/2026

It was Talk Like a Pirate Day, september 2012. A neighbor told me there was a cat under his house.

I didn't even have to go spelunking for him; even then he was totally food motivated and came out for me. I scooped him up and brought him into the Manor, and I decreed that he was Capn Jack Sparrow.

I noticed his jaw was weird, and when we went to MBAH, Dr Steinam said Jack's jaw was broken in 3 places. Wire was inserted and I had to tighten the wire a little every couple of days to get everything to go back into place. His smile was always crooked after that.

I tried to get him adopted. Failed, of course. He was so totally my cat. He was chatty and bratty and hungry and pushy. He would eat his dinner and everyone else's - including mine - if he ever had the chance. He slept on my head, or on my pillow, every night. Never a tiff or a tussle with any of the others - not even the dogs! He was pure love. well, and hunger.

Earlier this year, I took him to Primary for weight loss and tummy issues. The dr examined him and said it was likely intestinal lymphoma.

So I knew it was Quality of Life watch from that point onward.

His little body failed him last night. He ate as usual tuesday night, but not wednesday night. I knew today was coming but i didn't realize how fast.

He purred for me as he left this world, in my arms and his face soaked with my tears.

He was my cat, and there is definitely a change to the Manor tonight, a big hole in the fabric.

May the other side of the bridge bring you steady winds and fair seas, Cap'n Jack Sparrow. I love you.
🌈💔💜

we lost cap'n jack sparrow and his crooked smile this morning 💔
08/20/2026

we lost cap'n jack sparrow and his crooked smile this morning 💔

08/18/2026

alternate title: how i ensured that the cats destroyed my house in 15 minutes

08/09/2026

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Poor shy Wordsworth crossed the rainbow bridge last weekend. He was the last of the OG, the first litter of kittens I to...
08/09/2026

Poor shy Wordsworth crossed the rainbow bridge last weekend. He was the last of the OG, the first litter of kittens I took in from the Cat Cove's managed colony. Hector, Wordsworth and Kitana all came in together - and never got adopted.

He was always the shyest of the the three, but loved hanging out with the other cats in the Manor - until mealtime or treat time, when it was every cat for himself!

He was a mighty bug hunter and was on constant daddy long legs patrol - much to my consternation.

He had intestinal lymphoma, and it was time to let him pass last weekend.

And it's taken me this long to post because, as I went through tens of thousands of pics on my phone to collect the Wordsworth photos - my phone at this point is mostly a gallery of cats that aren't with me anymore, and the loss of Wordsworth on top of all the other just hit me like a train.

He lived his whole life here. And I feel so guilty about that.

It wasn't supposed to be like this. He was supposed to live in a normal home with like 2 other cats and maybe a dog. Maybe children.

The emotions that come with this loss are complex.

He was happy here, I have to remind myself. and he didn't get eaten by a coyote or hit by a car at the colony. He lived a good 13 years. I have to tell myself that counts for something.

I'm sorry I failed you, Wordsworth. But I'm glad to have had you here and to have loved you. And now you are with your brother and sister on the other side of the rainbow bridge.

Thank you for being my cat. 💜💔🌈

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