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Fuzzy Whiskers Cat Rescue

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My soon to be rescue name. I've been working on it for a while now. It wont fully be operational until I finish my outdoor enclosure and recruit volunteers and foster homes in my area. We desperately need a cat rescue in this area. We have one other one and she is always full to capacity. Our spca is also always at full capacity. This is something I've been working on for a long long time. IT TAKES forever to do stuff.
post #2 of 6
That is GREAT! Good luck!
post #3 of 6
That is amazing congrats and good luck
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now im pricing the stuff i need for my enclosure
2x4s are 2.97 each
poultry wire 24 inches by 50ft is 16.99
my neighbor just cut down a bunch of trees and gave me alot of large branches, and trunks to use for climbing.
post #5 of 6
that is great - there are lots of people very involved in rescue who can probably give you pointers for recruiting fosters etc and tips for rescue
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I don't want to be the only spoilsport, but is something changing in your financial situation soon? As I recall, you can't afford to get all your current cats spayed/neutered right now, and have to take advantage of free rabies vaccine clinics. Having one cat spayed/neutered every month isn't going to work if you run a rescue.

This won't be cheap. The new cats need to be spayed/neutered as soon as you get them, tested for FeLV/FIV, vaccinated, de-wormed, and de-fleaed. At my vet it would be around $150-$180 for all of that. Then there's the day to day expenses like food, litter, and urgent vet care. I have 17 cats indoors right now. I think I've learned how to do everything as inexpensively as possible. It costs me $35 a month for litter, $120 a month for food, and of course urgent vet care can't be predicted and it's hard to budget for such things. It seems to cost me an average of $200 every time there's an urgent vet problem. To treat everyone with Advantage during flea season is about $30 a month (since I buy the largest size and split it). Figure around $20 a month per cat for just basic maintenance. And what will you do with all the cats if you have to move again?

"Rescuing" badly is worse than not doing anything at all.
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