When I looked into the cage at Briarlight I thought ... this cat does not look blind. Her eyes are bright and clear and dilate in the dark just as any other cats eyes. 

     Animal control called me and told me that a pet owner had left their blind cat behind because she had to make an unplanned move back east because of health issues. Where she was going her pet was not allowed. I know this must have really grieved Briarlights owner to know that she was forced to leave her pet in a situation that would most likely mean euthanizing. The chances of a 5yr old blind cat being adopted in a room full of very nice young cats at Animal Control would be tough.  In hopes that we would take Briarlight, Animal Control called us to let us know about her.

     When I heard about the blind cat I just had to go see her. They described her as a very pretty and friendly cat.  I was expecting to see a sad looking face on this cat with  clouded over, missing, or infected eyes. I was thinking how in the world will I ever be able to find a home for a blind cat when it is hard enough to find homes for young pretty cats. 

     When I saw her I could immediately see that she would be very adoptable. Then when i opened the cage door and petted her she rolled over  and presented her tummy to me and purred! How trusting Briarlight was to a total stranger ... someone she could not even see.  I felt her paws and realized that she had also been de-clawed by her owner. Briarlight has had a rough life and there was no way I was about to leave her, I had to take her to Kitty City so we can work on finding her a good home.

      At first thought you may think that it is a huge problem for a cat to be blind. Actually they live a very normal happy life. Most only need to be shown the litter box once and may bump into a few things at first but they will learn to navigate a home very fast. Cats have very keen senses and are more intelligent than most people give them credit to be. I do not think that i would have even known at first that Briarlight is blind had they not told me.

     We feel Briarlight would need a home where she is the only cat. We would not want her pretty eyes to get damaged from a cat scratch that she could not see coming. Briarlight is spayed and vaccinated. I think she could make a great "Therapy Cat" visiting the rest homes and those who are in Hospice care or are in a situation where they would like to spend some time with a cat but are not allowed to own a pet.

Briarlight is a tough situation for us on where to put her, because we do not feel the cattery with multiple cats would be a good environment for Briarlight.  We would not want another cat to take a swipe at her and damage her pretty eyes. We feel the best situation would be for her to be fostered in a home where she is the only cat and eventually adopted into a one cat family.  

     If you are interested in meeting Briarlight, she is available for viewing at Kitty City NM. Come out and see her she loves company!

Kitty City has not only broken ground on our new facility we have finished the building shell and will start the interior framing the inside of the building  in the next few weeks.  The new Kitty City NM, once it is completed, will house 48-50 adult cats in 5 separate enclosures. Each cat enclosure will have indoor and outdoor access.  The outside enclosures will be safe from predators and allow our cats to enjoy playing or napping outdoors when the weather permits.  There will be a nice size room for our kitten nursery and playrooms for the older kittens! We have set aside one third of our new 3200 sq. ft. facility for a spay/neuter clinic and vaccination clinic.  Our vet  will be working one day per month in our clinic.  Other vets that have shown an interest in helping out by providing spay/neuter clinics or shot clinics.  Besides having vet care for the Kitty City cats, the vet clinic will help save more lives by reducing overpopulation with spay/neuter clinics and also helping low income families that are not able to afford the full cost of spaying or neutering their cat. The entrance and reception area will  be our gift shop with pet toys and souviners and a place to spotlight a few adoptable cats!  We believe this facility is one step forward in our lifelong commitment to helping animals who have no hope ... either rescued stray on the streets ... or in a cage at a kill shelter with time running out.   This facility will not only provide a better place for adopters to view our adoptable pets, it will be safer and more comfortable for the cats. Opening the new facility will allow us to use our existing facility for our FIV and Leukemia cats. 

     We would like to thank everyone who has donated to Kitty City to make this dream a reality!  So far we have aproximately 38% of the estimated funds needed to complete the new facility.  We estimate the facility to cost approximatley $120,000.00, so we still have a long way to go!  If you would like to help out with the new facility go to "ways to give" to make an online donation. We have the man power to make this happen but desperately need help with funding. Together we can finish the facility and all be a part of saving more lives! Kitty City and you ... nobody loves them better!       

Meet Ricky and Rocky. Are they Raccoons? Are they Gremlins? Are they Lemurs?
What are they ...  well we know they are kittens but we do not know what breed these two may have within them to cause such a unique and exotic color pattern.  We have them listed on our available cats page as Himalayan/mix simply because we could not find any cat breed that looks quite like these two kittens. The description of the kittens that do match the Himalayan are their longhair and color points, however these guys have green eyes.  Odd that their color points go around their eyes forming what looks like a mask that resembles a Raccoon or Lemur. Ricky and Rocky arrived with three other litter mates from Colorado. The lady who brought the kittens said that a grey tom had mated with her cat and she did not know what breed the the cat was. Their were seven kittens in the litter and she had found homes for two of the kittens before she had brought the kittens to us.  Besides these two kittens there was a calico, a buff, and a black with white tufts in her ears and grey fur on her back.  We put them up on our Facebook page and have had lots of comments on the kittens. We would like to see these two go to the same home but we would break up the pair if it meant that they would both go to the best homes. 

     WHAT? 2 CATS FOR $50

     All of the Kitty City cats that are 6 months old have all had their spay or neuter surgeries and have been fully vaccinated. We now microchip our cats with 24 petwatch microchips which allows us to offer our adopters 30 days of free pet insurance when they adopt a Kitty City cat. 

     As soon as a cat arrives at Kitty City we begin a very strict vaccination schedule to protect our cats from respiratory viruses. Each intake cat is checked for fleas, ticks, ear mites, and de-wormed.  We work hard to make sure our cats are healthy and get the medical attention that they need. 

      We could set our adoption prices high to be in-line with the prices of other shelters and animal control agencies but this would only slow down our adoptions.  We would rather keep our adoption prices low so we can adopt as many cats as we can into loving, indoor only homes.  We will continue to keep our adoption prices as low as we can and depend on the donations to Kitty City to make up the deficit we incur for the vet care on our cats.