Rob's Rescue

10/15/2023

The community cats of Owings Mills were featured in a neighborhood handout aimed toward addressing any concerns people may have about feral cats in their midst. We’re hopeful that educating people will foster goodwill and a welcoming atmosphere for these amazing cats. We covered everything from TNR to the benefits of cats as pest controllers, especially given the woodland setting. Along with information from Ally Cat Allies, we outlined how the managing and monitoring takes place and the success of these strategies in controlling the population and maintaining healthy community cat colonies. This small community of 5 cats continues to be monitored and managed by rescue volunteers who often go unnoticed and unappreciated but I hope we’ve brought them to the forefront by recognizing the invaluable service they provide this community — I couldn’t do this alone and I’m so very grateful for any help that comes our way. Pictured are the 5 cats and the names we’ve given them. May they too be appreciated for the benefits they provide rather than vilified due to fear and misinformation. May this happy community live in harmony.

10/15/2023

A few more of Ayla and her baby boy…

10/15/2023

Huck and Ayla have found their forever home — after several months of holding them for adopters who suffered setbacks, I flew them to Wisconsin where they’re now settled into the best home ever — for those who guessed my mom, kudos to you! She and her husband John were anxiously awaiting their new fur babies and they didn’t disappoint; Huck entertains them with his high wire acts and death defying leaps, while Ayla warms up with each week, trusting herself to affection and begging for treats. Huck is now called Buddy as he’s always answered to various nicknames and Buddy just seemed to stick. Both are happy and healthy and loving all the birds and chipmunks that keep them vigilantly watching from the many windows and cat perches. The community cat visits daily and they seem to have an understanding involving long hard stares and exchanges in cat language. It’s so wonderful to see them having the run of the house and their own loving family all to themselves. I look forward to seeing them every trip home; they’re now added to the long list of loved ones that I sorely miss and can’t wait to see again. I’ll update everyone on their first Wisconsin winter which I’m sure will prove interesting! Thanks for all who supported me through this long year of fostering Ayla and her babies; we can all rejoice at this happily ever after story. 😹

09/13/2022

In keeping with my brief notes from the other rescue work we do, beyond fostering, we just learned of a mom and kitten that were tossed from a car in a Delaware neighborhood. Luckily I have cat rescue helpers in the area and they've responded. Hoping to generate funds to offset their medical costs, with the most immediate being the kitten's leg injury. Emergency vet costs are tremendously high but kitten is safe and sound and friendly to boot. Mom is more skittish but both will be followed up with spay and neuter and shelter services asap. Grateful to my Delaware friends for taking care of them and hope we can generate the donations they need. I'll update here between the usual community cat and foster care demands. If you want to help, please send any donations to Paypal via my rescue ([email protected]) or send gift cards to the same email address. We especially can use Chewy or Amazon or Petsmart. We have a Chewy rescue account and wish list for those who want to utilize that. Any money we aren't spending on food and supplies can be used for other needs like medical treatment; however the coffers are always in need. Thanks again for those who always jump in to help and I hope abundance will find many more in order to make donating an option for everybody. Much love from the trenches! I promise to update on Ayla and Huck later tonight or tomorrow.

09/10/2022

Ayla and Huck are adjusting to Tucker and Teddy's departure, but Huck still cries now and then and Ayla has become even more watchful over him. While she still sacrifices her own play time for Huck's -- backing off when he dives for the toy and allowing him to make the "kill' -- she's more and more engaged with the play time, even teasing Huckleberry now and again. Here's tonights video wherein she is determined to copy her kittens by conquering the cactus -- never mind that it's only 20 inches tall and built for kittens. Even Huck looks big climbing the cactus! In truth, he's still kitten size but is growing like a w**d. He's extra long and his legs are especially so. Must be all the jumping.
I hope Ayla and Huck connect with their forever guardians soon; either together or independently. Maybe you're looking for an energetic and acrobatic kitten who is also an expert snuggle bunny, or a deserving young mom who's recapturing her own kittenhood now that her maternal demands have diminished. If not you, please consider asking the people you know, and ask them to ask the people they know -- these two deserve the very best. Please help me find that for them.

08/29/2022

Teddy and Tucker were delivered to their forever home yesterday and the transition couldn't have been any smoother. Any foster mom worries, or the lump in my throat from parting with these beloved boys, just faded away and sheer joy and appreciation took its place.
The boys are together and will have feline and canine siblings, along with the best human parents and the most loving and kitten-friendly environment they could have possibly imagined. Their first play outing was captured on video and graciously shared with me as an update. So proud of these boys! Much love to carry all of their days...

08/26/2022

Lest they be forgotten during kitten season...
A funny shot of one gorgeous community cat named Ghost. The conservancy allows for wooded protection and fun, and is shared by deer, raccoons, possums, squirrels, birds, other cats, and the occasional fox, to name a few. Ghost lived in the conservancy his entire first summer here, and while he's much more trusting than he was, he still prefers his own space; the sign is perfect.

08/23/2022

The boys have really grown and their personalities are even more pronounced, with the perfect amounts of action packed adventurousness and snuggly cuddly affection.
Teddy and Tucker have been blessed to find a forever home together, having bonded with their adopters on the very first visit. Huck was surprisingly shy, given his acrobatic and adventurous nature, but I trust the universe and its design, especially given how connected Teddy and Tucker have been. Huck is a bit of a momma's boy, so it's possible he and mom could find a forever home together. Ayla remains the ever watchful mom, but her kitten desires show through more and more.
In this video, Huck dominates as usual, but Ayla gets in a few good whacks at the toy, even while restraining herself to sacrifice the hunting skills to her boys. I often catch her wrestling with them, but only when she thinks I'm not present. I believe she defaults to mother mode whenever humans are present, but then lets herself go when she feels she's unwatched or otherwise alone with her crew. Huck and Ayla will be entertaining potential adopters the next couple days, so if you or anyone you know is interested in providing a loving forever home for either of them or both, please contact me at [email protected]

08/13/2022

Please share! This family deserves the best forever home. Thanks you so much!

The time has come for my boys to start their lives free from me, their young but loving mom. I was lucky to find a safe home and a loving human to put us up while I birthed and raised my little...

08/11/2022

Recovered from their neuter surgery, the boys are enjoying their donated toys and pretty much demolishing the cactus scratching post, which seemed a lot bigger just a couple weeks ago.
If you are interested in adopting one of the kittens or Ayla, please contact me at [email protected].
We are in need of supplies, which can be donated via Chewy by using our rescue wish list, or by giftcard which can be sent directly to [email protected].
We have two outside moms with litters to spay and neuter, along with a few new faces requiring TNR.
Please help us cover those costs by donating via PayPal using our email address, which is [email protected].
As a 501c3 nonprofit, all donations are tax deductible and much appreciated.

08/11/2022

A short clip with a lot of love...