Kitten Rescue 101

06/30/2025

Less than one week away!!!

Did you know July 3, 2025 is the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future? We're throwing a Thirsty Thursday celebration to honor the iconic film — with drinks, trivia, music, and more. Join us at Birdhaus Beer Garden for a night of nostalgia and fun! All ages welcome!

Whether you're a trivia master, 80s music lover, or just looking for a reason to dust off your leg warmers and neon shades, this night has something for everyone. Picture this: a buzzing beer garden, a real-life DeLorean on-site, themed Cat Trivia rounds with prizes, live music, a DJ spinning retro hits, and a fun crowd!

👗 Come in costume or 80s attire and get Buy-One-Get-One-Free drink ticket at the door!

What to Expect:
🧠 Live Trivia Rounds (with breaks & prizes!)
🎸 Live Music by Spinout
🎧 DJ spinning your favorite 80s throwbacks
🚗 Real DeLorean photo op
🍻 Food & drinks and good vibes in an outdoor beer garden setting

 📅 Thursday, July 3, 2025
🕔 Doors open at 5:00 PM
📍 Birdhaus Beer Garden, 3821 Smith St, Union City, CA 94587
🎟️ Tickets: Early Bird $25 | Regular $35 | Door $40

➡️ Buy tickets here: https://givebutter.com/bttf2025

⏳ Full Schedule Includes:

5:00 PM: Doors Open

5:30–7:30 PM: 3 Trivia Rounds (including cat trivia!)

6:00–8:30 PM: Photo Ops with a Real DeLorean

7:30–8:30 PM: Live Music Performance by Spinout

8:30–10:00 PM: DJ Set

Grab your tickets now before they vanish into time!

All proceeds from the event go directly to support two amazing local organizations: Full Circle Cats and Kitten Rescue 101.

👉 Full Circle Cats (Oakland, CA) is dedicated to improving the lives of cats and the communities that care for them through spay/neuter, adoption, and education. 

👉 Kitten Rescue 101 (Fremont, CA) specializes in rescuing orphaned, neonatal, and medically fragile kittens, giving them round the clock care, veterinary support, and loving foster homes until they're ready to join their forever families.

06/22/2025

This week's new kittens are coming to our PetSmart adoption center today! 😺

06/21/2025

So true 😿

If you choose to rescue animals, I am going to give you some sound advice - Grow thick skin and don’t care what people think of you. I have known people to lose the battle with their minds and we just lost a kind, caring individual in my rescue network. Compassion fatigue is real, but nothing is worth your life. No pet. No rescue. No person’s opinion. Nothing.

In rescue, that person that tells you what an angel you are and how wonderful you are every time you pick up a stray pet thrown at their door will also be the first person who tells people how your organization is worthless when you don’t have space to pick up the 30th pet thrown off on their property. It’s ok.

In rescue, the adopter that leaves you the five star review about how wonderful everyone has been will change that review quick when they return the pet even though you have spent hours trying to keep it in their home. One star reviews are ok.

In rescue, your friend will be your friend until you deny their application for a pet because they are a great friend but a terrible pet owner. That’s ok too.

In rescue, you will answer 143 calls in a day (yesterday to be exact). But if you miss 6 calls in a row while you are in the shower, you will be the one who “never answers their phone”. It’s ok.

In rescue, other rescuers and random trolls will judge everything you do but never have time to pitch in a hand to help when they see something needing more attention. They will, however, have lots of time to talk about how they’d do it better while they harass and judge you. It will be ok.

In rescue, you will have to involve animal control and the police department sometimes. The people who you take pets from will hate you - and I mean REALLY hate you. Trust me, it’s ok.

In rescue, pets will be put down and pets will die at the hands of abusers.
We can’t save them all - and that’s ok. We save the ones that we can and pray for peace for the ones we can’t.

06/11/2025

Now accepting applications for our plate litter of kitties! Remember a post awhile back about a mom kitty who got her head stuck in a plastic plate? These are her babies that are now bigger, healthy, friendly, and purry! It's been a bit of a journey but here we are- all ready for adoption!

07/11/2024

Go go Power Rangers! These little guys were found outside by an elderly couple who couldn't keep up with the round the clock feeding they needed to survive. stepped up and took them in temporarily until we could make space for them! We love rescue collaborations because we can help each other out! There are 2 different litters with the smallest one weighing in at only 6 ounces!

Presenting to you the fierce, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers litter!! Jason, Billy, Zack, Trini, and Kimberly! Welcome to rescue little ones!

04/03/2024

If you can open your home to temporarily foster please help 🙏

03/25/2024

I've been doing cat rescue for over 10 years. Rescue work is HARD and I don't say that lightly. Despite the social media posts and reels of happy adoptions and cute kittens, rescue behind the scenes is a very different story. This is just a glimpse of things YOU will probably never see or experience:

- You will never experience the moment a kitten is gasping for their last breaths while you’re scrambling to pull Euthasol to help end their suffering. You don't have time to cry, get frantic, or lose your sh*t.

- You will never know what it's like to be at the emergency vet all night only to have your kitten die, wake up 3 hours later and be forced to function because there are many other lives counting on you. There's no time to cry or grieve properly.

- You will never have to make difficult decisions whether to spend thousands of dollars on one cat for a complicated surgery or to opt for euthanasia. Question “do I try to socialize these semi feral kittens to give them a chance at an adoptable indoor life or save the space for future 5-10 friendlies? Or do I take in this medical kitten who will be euthanized at the shelter?” You have to make these hard decisions every day.

- You will never have to wake up every 2 hours to bottle feed newborn kittens because someone decided to “rescue” them and brought them to you while mama cat was out trying to get food. Basically kidnapping them…But hey, they feel good because they “rescued them” and left you to do all the hard work, pay their medical bills, and spend every weekend at adoption events making sure they go to good homes.

- You will never see the cruel side of humanity where you witness animal abuse, kittens being thrown out of cars, cats taped up in boxes and dumped in the garbage, find half dead kittens in a shoe box left on the conveyor belt at your adoption pet store….and you are still expected to be a kind, polite, and a happy, normal human being.

- You will probably never have to give up your high paying corporate job because working a normal 8+ hour day and then coming home to do rescue “work” for another 8-10 hours is just not sustainable or healthy for anybody.

- You will never know what it's like to give up every weekend to “work” adoption fairs, miss family events, miss out on friendships and relationships, or have a social life. You'll never know what it feels like to sacrifice so much, give SO much, and feel SO underappreciated.

But I know all these things because this is what it's like to run a rescue.

People will say “why don't you have more cats for adoption?” or give an attitude because they weren't the selected adopter for the kitten of their choosing. People demand that I help them because “you're a rescue” and that I “should come to their house and remove these cats” or ask “why can't you help me with these kittens?” because I'm tired. I have limits. I am one person. That's what the Tri city shelter is for - but they will turn you away because even with staff and resources, they can't do it all.

If you are adopting from a rescue, if you're asking for rescue help, just read some of these things and please be kind. We are really doing our best. If you know a person in rescue, buy them a coffee, a snack, a drink- they most likely haven't eaten anything all day. Appreciate them in a way that will make their day a little bit easier. Everyday is a difficult day for us in rescue but kindness goes a long way. Like I said…rescue work is hard. Most people don't know or understand - but now you know… even if it's just a glimpse.

Written by Yurika Vu, Director Kitten Rescue 101

(Picture of my foster kitten in the oxygen chamber 3am last night at MedVet Emergency). Juvenile Lymphoma...she died.