Orchard Animal Clinic

05/23/2026

UPDATE!!! FOSTER FOUND!!!
THANK YOU!

Please if you still have time and room in your life to foster, reach out. So many on these rescue pages need help and loving family's to give these cats a soft place to land for a while waiting for their own homes and familys.

We have 6 tiny tigers, 8 week-ish & under 2 pounds who need calm loving fosters/501c3 rescue group that can show them all humans aren't bad so they can find indoor homes with forever family's.

If not, they will need to be TNRed and returned where they live among the dead corpses of their clowder members before them.

**Colony is at a trailer park where the trailers are not enclosed and the cats (all the animals) go under them, the trapper said the stench is horrid like death.
Their care was sporadic as "the boyfriend" dictated if and when the cats could be fed....🤬💩
They have a committed daily caregiver now and the plan is to try to get the area cleaned and the trailers secured.

The 3 brown tabbies are vocal, and engaging.

Two of the 3 lynx points are handleable, spicy, scared little nuggets, but you can tell they want to relax and give in.

One is more accepting and ready to "give up" and snuggle.

We are evaluating and working with them thru the weekend as the trapper had to go out of town for family, but really can't commit to 6 more that need hours of handling a day for the next week+ and continue to trap.
WE NEED THEM TO TRAP, so we can stop the cycle!!

OAC will spay/and neuter when ready in a couple weeks no charge, we just want them not to have to be returned to the uncertainty and harsh outdoor life.
They are young enough to definitely be socialized to be fully adoptable.

05/09/2026

FIV sounds bad, but Marmalade's FIV+ and as you can see he's pawsome, it's not a big deal... Purrlease don't overlook FIV+ cats in shelters 🧡

05/09/2026

05/08/2026

This handsome guy showed up at a feral colony... ..Emaciated, dehydrated, starving, FRONT DELAWED, mats so tight they caused wounds, cataracts, and an old trauma to his sternum likely from a kick.......and still the sweetest old man ever!!

He is safe now but will be looking for an indoor home with a family who will show him more love and safety he's ever known.

Another reason we require confirmed, dedicated caregivers for all feral/tnr cats/colonys. How many people ignored him.

05/05/2026

05/01/2026

THIS!!!

You cannot claim to stop unplanned litters or reduce suffering while actively taking in pregnant cats for the purpose of having those kittens born.
THAT IS NOT PREVENTION
IT'S PARTICIPATION IS THE CYCLE

This might be hard to hear, but it needs to be said. Allowing pregnant cats to give birth is NOT rescue.
It may "feel" like rescue and it may "look" like rescue... but it is NOT rescue.

It directly contributes to the overpopulation crisis we are all trying to fix.
Every litter born adds more kittens into an already overwhelmed system. It takes resources away from cats already here and increases suffering long-term.

TNR exists for a reason.
You cannot claim to stop unplanned litters or reduce suffering while actively taking in pregnant cats for the purpose of having those kittens born.

THAT IS NOT PREVENTION
IT'S PARTICIPATION IS THE CYCLE

Real prevention means making the hard call and spaying the mom BEFORE birth.
Actually stop the cycle. You are in control.

This work isn’t about what makes us feel better in the moment. It’s about the animals and what actually reduces suffering over time.

Because the truth is…
you’re not saving them if you’re creating more of them.

4/28/26 - I am adding to this post as it seems many missed what was being said. This post wasn't about any specific rescue. No specific organization was being called out, it wasn't even about "a rescue"... it was about a practice being used. Purposely seeking pregnant cats for the kittens and discarding the mother cats.

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

LOOK AT THIS FABULOUS MEATHEAD!!
LOOOOOOOOOK...
We love these big sweet meatheads but in all honesty wound not be sad to never see one again.

Because it would mean all would have been neutered by 3 months old.
Never having to go thru testosterone surges, roaming, endless fighting and wounds, isolation, pain, then death-alone.
For the females no endless heat cycles, pregnancy's, pyometra, loss, hiding, fear, mammary tumors, pain, suffering, death.

Cats are domesticated pets, NOT wildlife, the same rules do not and should apply to them.
Spaying and neutering, keeping indoors and safe with proper housing and care is what should be the standard for all domestic cats.

We are going to kiss and hug with a few "pinch cheeks" on this big guy while hes under for TNR...

PLEASE TNR, spay and neuter, be a responsible human today, the endless pain and suffering these cats endure is suffocating.

04/30/2026

We don't believe in their "females first, males last" comment, when conducting "colony containment" ALL cats first. In most cases you can't tell male from female, especially when younger.
**Please listen to people that have helped multiple large situations get fully under control.
People who have done this timely, and with the cats well being first.

For 20 plus households (which are common)….it is crucial to prioritize females of mating age first for spay/neuter. Here’s why…

Let’s say you have just 5 out of the 20 that are female (lucky!) - all 5 of them are pregnant or will be pregnant by the time all the males are fixed. Each female has 5 kittens. Congratulations….you now have 45 cats.

But let’s say more realistically that you have 10 females and they each have 5 kittens because you wanted males fixed first. Congratulations….you now have 70 cats.

This will all happen in a very, very short time.

But don’t worry - you won’t be stuck with 70 cats because you are about to see more death than you ever thought possible. Kittens don’t survive in numbers like that due to inbreeding, moms and dads killing them, and numerous illnesses that will begin spreading.

Males fighting and spraying are not emergencies.
Numerous females giving birth in an already out of control situation is an emergency.

Females first. Males last.

Please listen to people that have helped multiple large situations get fully under control.

04/30/2026

We have fresh "bud" this morning for trappers so they can enrich their colonys with some play time, or steep in warm bone broth for a nice, calming tummy soother.

Reminder..oac still has disinfectants for trap cleaning, paper, covers, food, whatever you may need for tnr. Just ask, or shoot us an email and we can see what we can help with.