The Nobody's Cats Foundation

Kelsie's hard at work redoing our entire retail area for the July 3 Bake Sale and Gift Basket Auction, when we will reopen the facility to the public! Lots of great new items in the store -- from wallets to coloring books, from magnets to matches, new earrings, and new garden flags and charms! Be sure to stop by and check out all the great gifts, including wonderful toys for cats! Saturday, July 3 from 11 am to 2 pm at our facility in the Slate Hill Business Center, 3909 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 905, Camp Hill.

Now THAT'S a #catguy!

Pie snuck into the SUV yesterday and hid from her mom until they were about 5 mins from the clinic to pick up their cats. She loves cats, kids, and car rides. It was a long ride from home in Honey Grove, Juniata County, but we're sure mom didn't notice Pie at all during the ride down!

As a follow up to yesterday's post about summer caretaking tips, here's a great article from the NYC Feral Cat Alliance, including lots of great recommendations about flea management: http://www.animalalliancenyc.org//medicating-feral-cats-k/

Summer Caretaking Tips: Stick to a feeding schedule. Don't leave food out for long periods of time or you will likely attract flying and/or crawling insects, slugs, and/or hungry wildlife. Feed approximately 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups of dry food per cat at the same time in the same place per day. This way the food should be eaten within an hour or so. You may also want to refrain from using canned food during the hottest weather, as this quickly attracts insects and/or becomes dang...erous to eat if left out in hot weather for too long. Got Bugs? Place a small bowl in the middle of a slightly larger bowl, a shallow tray or a flower-pot saucer and then add about a half an inch of water in the bottom to create a barrier for crawling insects. OR Surround food bowls with a ring of baking soda or food-grade diatomaceous earth (free of chemical additives and NOT DE for swimming pools) to discourage crawling insects (and slugs!). Elevating feeding stations slightly off the ground also helps to deter insects. Keep them hydrated. Make sure you provide plenty of water and try to place water bowls in a shaded area or feeding station out of the worst of the summer heat. Try using narrower, deeper water bowls to reduce the rate of evaporation. Put out extra bowls for summer. Try adding ice cubes to delay heating. Provide shade if you can. Many colonies have their own preferred shady spots under bushes or undergrowth and/or under decks and porches, sheds or other structures. If possible, you can create shade with patio umbrellas, tarps, or chairs, and if you can, make sure shelters aren't directly on concrete or macadem, which heats up quickly in the hot weather. Do you have a tip to share? Post it here so other caretakers can benefit from your good idea!

Purrs to Shaaron for the Chewy Gift Card (for three bags of dry and one case of cans) and Susan for the food and distilled water! #nobodyscatsfoundation #nobodyscats #communitycats #tnr #TNR #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #spayandneuter #centralpa #southcentralpa

Join us for our next bake sale and gift basket auction! Saturday July 3 from 11 to 2 pm. Our completely renovated retail area will also be open with all kinds of great new gift items!

Let's celebrate #catdads today, on the first annual #NationalCatGuyDay! Created by #CatManChris, Cole and Marmalade's dad. Here are some cat guys we've known; send us a photo to [email protected] and we'll post your guy too!

You can now drop off your Community Aid donations to benefit our account at any of the six Community Aid locations! Donate your gently used or new clothing and shoes, using our Virtual Partner ID #10384. Feel free to use the form below when you make your donation. OR you can drop off your donation on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday on the cart by our door, 3909 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 905, Camp Hill in the Slate Hill Business Center. Every bag adds up to more funds for our spay/neuter clinic!

Wow! Great job to the folks at Forever Love Rescue and all those who pitched in to create this fabulous result! Amazing!

Your chance to win a Beemer! United 4 Animals is raffling a 2021 BMW X1 to raise funds for animal-welfare organizations in Pennsylvania! Nobody's Cats is among the organizations supported by this great non-profit grant maker. $25 per ticket or 5 for $100. The drawing is July 8 and you don't have to be present to win! Plus there's an early bird cash prize for tickets purchased by June 4. Lots of great local organizations benefit from United 4 Animals efforts. Tickets are available at various locations noted below or you can purchase via http://www.animals-r-us.org/

And more purrs today to the two new Chewy shoppers who chose Nobody's Cats as their first-purchase charitable beneficiary! Chewy makes a donation for each new customer who uses our referral link: Here's the link to use to benefit Nobody's Cats: https://chewygivesback.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ladeh Please be sure to share this with your friends, family, and others so that we can earn financial support.

Purrs to all our friends at Mella Luna Studios in Mt. Holly Springs and to the anonymous Amazon donor of dry food for all the great supplies and food today!

Check out our newest fundraising opportunity! We Fund Local. 20 percent of your purchase is donated to Nobody's Cats to support our spay/neuter clinic! Just use the fundraising code Nobodys Cats at check out! https://wefundlocal.com/

to the anonymous donor who dropped this food donation today for area caretakers! #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks #southcentralpa #centralpa #nobodyscatsfoundation #spayandneuter #nobodyscats #communitycats #TNR

It's Kitty Town Coffee time again! Pre-order now to pick up Saturday, July 3 at our Bake Sale and Gift Basket Auction. (We will also have a coffee selection for sale that day but supplies will be limited and if you want Kona, you'll need to pre-order.) Remember we receive 50 percent of every bag sold! Forward any orders to Jeanine via [email protected] and she'll organize everything.

Congratulations to Jen Wentzel and all the wonderful volunteers of the Cornwall Community Cats program! Working with various non-profit partners and local veterinarians, the group has spayed or neutered 63 cats since its inception in September 2019 and placed 37 kittens for adoption! Imagine all the kittens who will not be born in the future and how much better the lives of those 100 cats and kittens are today thanks to that amazing collaborative effort and so much hard work and dedication! Community cats initiatives depend on the support of the local community and Cornwall residents really stepped up! https://www.facebook.com/CornwallTNR

Purrs to our donors of pee pads! Cassie was busy prepping them for surgery patients today! #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks #southcentralpa #centralpa #nobodyscatsfoundation #spayandneuter #communitycats #nobodyscats

Join #CommunityCatsPodcast and @nbrhoodcats (Neighborhood Cats) for their next free seminar: The Drop Trap: A Trapper's Best Friend, Saturday, June 26, 2021, 2:00-4:00. Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist/9082168766372614928

Colony caretakers in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County -- You can now receive vouchers to cover services at our spay/neuter clinic! Upper Allen Township has a new voucher program to cover the per-cat fee for our standard service (spay/neuter surgery, ear tip, parasite treatment, post-operative antibiotic injection, and rabies and distemper vaccinations). Vouchers are only for free-roaming cats who will be returned to their outdoor homes through Trap Neuter Return (TNR). If you are caring for a colony in the township, stop by the township building at 100 Gettysburg Pike in Mechanicsburg to pick up your vouchers. Any questions? Contact Promyse Mountz in the Community Development Department during regular business hours by calling 717-766-0756.

February is Spay Neuter Awareness Month. The community cats, after a brief break in late fall and early winter, begin reproducing again with the winter solstice as daylight hours lengthen. Within 64 days the kittens appear and any of those surviving to fall will start the cycle too. #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks #nobodyscats #communitycats #nobodyscatsfoundation #spayandneuter #southcentralpa #centralpa

Soften the blow by helping us raise funds when you get your taxes prepared by H&R Block or Block Advisors. Use referral code 40010001096167 and present it at your appointment. If you are a new client, we will get a $20 contribution. Spread the word! http://www.hrblockreferrals.com/Non/KitFlyer/40010001096167

Emma shows us that compassion is going strong in our community. She's learning all about spay/neuter and TNR (and lined up our retail stuffed kitties for surgery this morning). One even went home with her (including ear tip)!

Need ideas for easy-to-assemble shelters? Check out lots of ideas and a link to Alley Cat Allies Shelter Gallery on our website: http://www.nobodyscats.org/tnr_resources.php#TNRToolbox #communitycats #nobodyscats #nobodyscatsfoundation #spayandneuter #tnr #TNR #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks #southcentralpa #centralpa

The big day has arrived! Dr. L is spaying #33,000! Purrs to our wonderful staff and volunteers, our generous supporters who make it possible for us to make ends meet, our municipal and non-profit partners, trapper/transporters (such as our friends Tracy and Alann of Righteous Rescues, who brought this girl all the way from Huntington County today), and of course, all those caretakers out there doing the right thing for the community cats of our region! #communitycats #nobodyscats #nobodyscatsfoundation #spayandneuter #tnr #TNR #tnrsaveslives #tnrworks #southcentralpa #centralpa