Ivy and Friends

Ivy and Friends We are a small group located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, focused on maintaining cat colonies in commercial areas. We are not currently a 501(c)(3).

We all started as volunteers with different rescues and shelters with backgrounds in colony set up and maintenance, TNR (Trap/Neuter/Release), socialization and special needs foster care. We are not a typical “rescue” as we do not take in and adopt out cats. Rather, if there are friendly cats, we rely on and have received support from local rescues and shelters who are set up to find homes for hom

eless cats. Our goal is to educate people how to set up housing and feeding in a safe, clean, controlled way in commercial locations. We also provide information on how to conduct TNR and utilize the resources available to insure that these cats are not adding to the cat population. In many of these settings, the cats are seen as the problem when the fact is they are very likely there because the location has a rodent problem. In exchange for housing and food, these cats will be healthy and will provide a service as rodent patrol while they remain out of sight for their sake and the sake of the business.

Thank you to the kind individuals who sent wet and dry food for the colonies. Your support means so much to us.
06/15/2026

Thank you to the kind individuals who sent wet and dry food for the colonies. Your support means so much to us.

Good evening friends ! It’s another Wishlist Wednesday. After feeding tomorrow we will be completely out of dry food aga...
06/10/2026

Good evening friends ! It’s another Wishlist Wednesday. After feeding tomorrow we will be completely out of dry food again. We are coming to you in hopes that you can help us restock our pantry shelves. We’ve attached our Walmart and Amazon links below.
Please help us spread the word by sharing the post.

Walmart 👇

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon 👇

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2R43K2MHHBX0?ref_=wl_share

Thank you in advance.

Good morning friends ! It’s Wishlist Wednesday. Our pantry shelves are again only a day or so of being empty. It takes a...
06/03/2026

Good morning friends ! It’s Wishlist Wednesday. Our pantry shelves are again only a day or so of being empty. It takes a lot of food to feed 150 cats. Dry food is our immediate need as this is their main source of nutrition. We are asking our community members for assistance if you have the ability.
Please help spread the word by giving this post a share.
We’ve attached our wishlists below ⬇️.

Walmart Link 👇

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link 👇

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2R43K2MHHBX0?ref_=wl_share

Thank you in advance!

Thank you to the kind and caring individuals who blessed us with wet and dry food for the colonies. Your support means s...
06/01/2026

Thank you to the kind and caring individuals who blessed us with wet and dry food for the colonies. Your support means so much to us. Thank you for loving these cats like we do.

Thank you to the kind individuals who sent dry food, wet food, batteries, lysine, and a gift card from our wish lists. T...
04/21/2026

Thank you to the kind individuals who sent dry food, wet food, batteries, lysine, and a gift card from our wish lists. Thank you for helping make a difference in their lives.

Over the last month or so Ivy and Friends alongside our wonderful friends over at Return 2 Home Lost Pet Resources have ...
04/19/2026

Over the last month or so Ivy and Friends alongside our wonderful friends over at Return 2 Home Lost Pet Resources have worked on a TNR clinic with Compassion Veterinary Center. Melissa from Return 2 Home Lost Pet Resources had been contacted from a previous case about an injured cat. When going out to help the homeowner it was discovered they had some cats that needed TNR. We have a wonderful low cost spay/neuter clinic but when you have more than one or two to do at a time sometimes you have to have a back up. So Melissa called Compassion to ask if they would consider doing a clinic for us. They agreed and it was on a Saturday too which was great. Melissa then contacted us to see if we had cats that needed to be trapped and just so happened we did. We had already been out the last two Sundays in March and trapped 5.
When you are caring for colonies new cats always show up whether they are dumped or they make their way into the colony. So over the months we’ve had cats show up that we needed to TNR so this was perfect timing for us. So on Thursday and Friday all hands were on deck out trapping. We even recruited two friends to help us. Trapping started in the morning and went into the wee hours of the night both nights and on Saturday morning we had to have all cats there at 7 am. Every bit of what we have to go though to trap the cats so worth it. Just wish we had more people on board to help trap over all. Not just colonies but out in the community.
In total 21 cats were spayed/netured. 12 from R2H and 9 from our colonies.
Thank you to all the trappers and helpers who gave your time to help community cats life a better live. Jamie, Angie Debbie, Denise, Melissa, Laura and Terri.
Thank you to the clinic for agreeing to work with us and giving your time to also come in several hours early to do the surgery.
It also brings me (Debbie) great joy when we can partner together for the greater good of the animals. This is team work at its best.

On this Wishlist Wednesday our pantry shelves are bare. Our greatest need is dry food. We are asking that our community...
04/15/2026

On this Wishlist Wednesday our pantry shelves are bare. Our greatest need is dry food. We are asking that our community please help us fill the pantry. When feeding 150+ cats the food flies out of the door as fast as it comes in. Thank you in advance.

Walmart Link 👇

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

Amazon Link 👇

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

It’s Wishlist Wednesday and our pantry shelves are just about empty. We are in need of dry and wet food. It takes a lot ...
04/08/2026

It’s Wishlist Wednesday and our pantry shelves are just about empty. We are in need of dry and wet food. It takes a lot of food to fed the amount of cats that we do. Any help would be so appreciated. I’ve attached our Amazon and Walmart wishlists.

Amazon Link 👇

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FBO9LD3Z31PU/?ref_=lol_ov_le&fbclid=IwAR0tn0gtc0IBKzMTAkjmzZ-oJlDFFkFUbgg_OL3Ajr9dbp5lpK-L68EMUsw

Walmart Link👇

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/6c923501-dd46-4e35-a7df-0c26cbe58ba9

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03/12/2026

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