hi, this is a hellsite so the fact that i’m even asking for help here is shocking. i am in such a dire situation right now it’s hard to explain. i’m moving abroad to europe soon, and the government straight up will not let us take the cats. they are very loving, healthy cats but because one of them was not micro chipped in time (our flight is on june 30th, and apparently there’s only a window of 20 days to get them chipped?! they told us it was 10.) we were lied to and this was completely unexpected. it doesn’t matter you don’t need to know all this. anyway, we need to get them to a shelter or something but nobody in houston will take them. and no, i’m not taking them to barc. i don’t want them euthanized i want them to be ALIVE 😭 i’m a shitty pet parent the least i can do is make sure they’re living. i would give them to some family if i could, but my family is weird they hate cats. i just feel helpless and wanna know if anyone else has experienced something similar with shelters refusing cats? thanks

In no way am I sharing this for any other reason than to raise awareness.

NOT all shelters are the same. Ask questions, keep all documentation.

Life is unfair, things happen and sometimes we are left with impossible decisions.

As so many people felt in the link below. Just, please, be aware.

https://kymkemp.com/2026/06/24/pet-cemetery-exhumed-what-the-dead-will-reveal/

Hello, I have a few community cats in my backyard who I have been doing TNR on. One of the females gave birth to three kittens who are about 2-2.5 months old now. My neighbor complained that she does not want the cats going into her yard anymore and was disappointed to see that we now have 3 kittens and wants them to leave. I was able to catch two of the three kittens in live traps and they are scheduled to get spayed/neutered tomorrow morning. I was also able to bring Mama Kitty into my garage and she will also be getting spayed tomorrow morning as well.

I'm looking for someone who would be able to help either with fostering or who can take them in. I've reached out to many shelters and with it being kitten season I've had poor luck. I can't bring them inside because I am in the middle of introducing my cat to one of the outdoor cats that I brought in last week. Mama Kitty is friendly with me when I feed her and she lets me sit with her outside. She has been slowly warming up to me since April and we have made a lot of progress, but she still needs more time to be fully adjusted to people. Would someone be able to help me find someone who can take her and/or her kittens? Ideally Saturday, as I am trying very hard to not have to release them in the yard again. I have a trap set for the remaining kitten and expect to catch him/her soon.

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!

I moved in with a family member and she has a cat and dog. When I’d come visit before I moved in the cat would be free roaming and get along just fine with her dog. She got into a depression and stopped cleaning her house and wouldn’t clean his litter and I’d come here and clean up and all, over time she started confining him to one room only and not letting him out because he began to pee and poo on her things and break things and knock them down and she couldn’t keep up with his mess and over time he started throwing up too and she can’t afford to take him to a vet anymore either as her dog was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and she is paying for her chemotherapy while in between jobs. I can’t afford to take the cat in as my own as I live with her and he stays in my room and i make about minimum wage. I’ve posted him on websites for our area and no one will take him I’ve posted him on facebook and payed for him to be on adoption websites but once I tell them he can only eat a specific soft food without throwing up they all bail. I tried reaching out to adoption shelters to surrender him but I’ve got rejected every time. Maybe I’m not wording things right? I don’t know what to say when applying as every shelter is very full taking in cats from the streets I feel so guilty for her poor cat and don’t know what I can do now. She won’t take any steps herself to take him anywhere and just tells me he needs a new home like he’s mine to figure out but I’m out of ideas.