Almost two months ago, the Bastrop Animal Shelter took in scrawny, suffering, ringworm-inflicted kittens. It was the worst case of ringworm many of the staff and volunteers had seen– plus they were suffering from coccidia, ear mites, and other medical issues. These kittens needed immediate help. The shelter called upon their dedicated network of resources […]

Twice in the past month, we’ve been called on to assist cats who have been shot. The cruelty of some people is unbelievable.    Chester is a big, sweet orange tabby who was living his best tomcat life when someoneheartlessly shot him, shattering his leg bones. When we found him, we could see that the […]

We recently helped a client trap an indoor cat that had escaped the house and was running free for two weeks. They were unable to grab her by hand as she had crawled into a culvert that ran under a driveway.  We brought two traps over and disguised them with a big, brown, paper lawn […]

Starting in January 2021, the requested spay/neuter donation will be increasing from$30 to  $35. This is in conjunction with the clinic increasing their charge of that same amount. They, in turn, are raising their fee because there was a price increase in the injectable sedation drugs and surgical supplies (such as surgical thread used in […]

This Giving Tuesday consider giving to Bastrop CATS, your local TNR organization.  With your generous donations through PayPal, Amazon Smile, our Amazon wishlist, Give Gab,  and mailed checks, we are able to pay for medical cases like the seven kittens with ringworm [link] and Mongo Jerry [link]. We are able to help low-income individuals who […]

Step out of the way, Beyoncé, because this is the type of ring that no cat wants: ringworm.  Last month, two litters of kittens came into the animal shelter within a day of each other, and these kittens had the worst case of ringworm Bastrop CATS leader Martha has ever seen. They were missing fur […]

Mongo Jerry is a 2-3 year old Siamese stray cat that someone in our community was feeding when they noticed that Mongo Jerry was having some difficulty with his ears. When his ears got worse instead of better, Mongo Jerry was taken to see Dr. Daily, a feline oncologist at Heart of Texas Veterinary Hospital, […]

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The pandemic has kept many of us home from work and staying in rather than shopping, vacationing, and socializing, but Bastrop C.A.T.S. is still hard at work trapping feral cats and getting them fixed before returning them to their outdoor homes where they were trapped. COVID hasn’t stopped the cats from “socializing,” so our mission […]