PAWSitive Chances Animal Rescue

24/04/2025

The story of Ranger

Estimated to be around 10 years old, this steet savvy community cat has been an elusive capture for years. He has fathered so many liters in Tara Hills, many of which have been adopted out, or TNR’d themselves.

In January 2025, he arrived at a feeders home with obvious signs of an Upper Respiratory Infection (URI). With no schedule of any kind, trapping and treating Ranger was very difficult.

Unfortunately, in April 2025, Ranger finally became weak enough to hole up inside an outdoor cat house. With his eyes almost sealed shut and his body drained of life, he was taken to CCAS as part of the Return to Field program.

While the community held onto hope, we all knew he was suffering. He was humanely euthanized and his spirit is now free of pain, able to run free, like the Lone Ranger he is.

Fly free Ranger. 🌈🐾❤️

18/04/2025

It works!

19/01/2025

Update on Pugsley

After the removal of his ear polyp, he’s recovered beautifully! He’s well cared for at his colony.

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15/01/2025

2 year old Pugsley

This community cat arrived at his feeding station with his right ear oozing blood. It took some time to trap him and he was taken to the awesome people at Animal Fix Clinic for an evaluation. It turns out Pugsley had a pretty big polyp inside his ear! Dr. Goh and her team removed it and cleaned his ear up so he looks good as new!

Polyps can be caused by a number of things - trauma, bacteria accumulation, inflammation, or debris. He was released and his feeder will keep an eye on him.

To help us continue for our community cats, please head over to our website: https://pawsitivechances.org/donate/

02/09/2024

3rd brother enjoying his lunch.

01/09/2024

Update on the little nuggets left in a hamster cage.

All 3 are boys, around 5 weeks old. Despite being covered in ants and fleas, they are adjusting well and eating like piggies. The 3rd brother was in a food coma, at the time of this video. 🤣🍔

To help with their food and medical costs, head over to https://pawsitivechances.org/donate/

31/08/2024

The small team here at PAWSitive Chances has been busy with our full time jobs and caring for community cats. While mainly TNR, sometimes we come across a case that we can’t say no to.

These 3 kittens were found this morning. Covered in ants and fleas, but otherwise healthy (so far). They are receiving medical care and some much needed food.

If you would like to donate to their care, head to our PayPal at https://pawsitivechances.org/donate/

12/08/2024

Ivan was found by a great Samaritan in Hercules. He was being attacked by dogs, plus he’s infested with fleas and ticks. Despite all of this, he is so sweet, purring all the time to the medical staff at El Sobrante Veterinary Hospital

14/05/2024

Archimedes

This petite brown tabby turned up at a feeders home. Despite his scowl, he has a fantastic demeanor. Named after the owl in Disney’s The Sword in the Stone, Archimedes is in the rescue program at El Sobrante Veterinary Hospital. He’s recovering from his neuter nicely!

To help with his food and medical bills, please donate at https://pawsitivechances.org/featured-stories/

13/05/2024

This very injured cat showed up at a known colony. The feeder has not seen him before. We were able to trap him last night and he was dropped off for evaluation at El Sobrante Veterinary Hospital.

Until we get more information, he is named (Darth) Maul the Stray. Stay tuned for details! To help with his medical bills, please donate at https://pawsitivechances.org/donate/

18/04/2024

❤️

𝗣𝗦𝗔 thanks to Precious Paws Community Cats - TNR Group: An ear tipped cat DOES NOT always mean the cat is JUST a feral or stray community cat.

Sometimes, after a cat is TNRed, it can be found to be adoptable. Often times friendly ear tipped cats are the ones that do have a microchip because they don’t want people to think that they aren’t owned just because of the ear being tipped which only indicates that the cat has been spayed or neutered.

If you see a new cat roaming in your area - eartipped or not - take photos, talk to neighbors, and check and post on nextdoor, lost & found sites, etc. to see if anyone knows the cat - unless the cat really seems sick, injured, lost or traumatized than intervene quicker.

If the cat has no owner or caregiver take the cat to the vet to be scanned for a microchip to see if it's registered to a rescue or individual. (If the cat is unowned and not fixed, please make sure the kitty gets spayed or neutered.)

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𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:
• 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 means a free roaming cat that is NOT friendly.
• 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆 means a free roaming but friendly cat.

Feral cat colonies or feral feeding stations are not what we should call them, as they aren’t always all feral. Community cat colonies or community cat feeding station is better to use.

When you see someone post an ear tipped cat, the wrong thing to do is tell people that it’s probably just a feral cat. This can deter people from following normal protocol and result in the death of a cat if the cat isn’t taken in and left outside rather, as it could be a pet that has no idea where it’s at and then ventures out into the road etc.

If you plan to comment on missing pet posts, instead of saying “just a feral cat because it has an ear tip”, let’s try, “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗧𝗡𝗥 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝘁; Please check with neighbors to see if the cat is owned and/or has a caregiver and if not, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 the cat 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽 (𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴).”

12/04/2024

It truly takes a village to do rescue

Marvin the Blind went in for a check up. The “pus pockets” seem to be gone from his eyes, but his eye pressure is still down and the internal structure of his eyes is still off. He still has no sight of any kind. He still needs to see an optometrist. In the meantime, he’s happy in his foster home, lazily sleeping in his cat tree.

We can sure use your help with his medical bills. The eye specialist alone is estimated to be $700! Please make a tax deductible donation here:

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