by TerrieLynn Bach   Last month, we heard about Donkey, a calico kitten who found love with his new furever  family’s pitbull-mix, but he isn’t the only cat to find love at first sight!  Several years ago, I fostered Harriet and her litter of adorable kittens. A former street cat and part feral, part somewhat-socialized, […]

People always ask if they can bring their TNR cats in a carrier to the vet clinic because they, the caretakers, want to be able to touch them or pet them and provide comfort to their pet.  However, it’s safer for the cat and the veterinary staff if the cat receives their first knock-out shot […]

by TerrieLynn Bach    Last month, I helped Bastrop Shelter at a cat adoption event at Petco where seven kittens were adopted into new homes! One of those kittens is an unusual kitty, with an unusual name and an unusual adoption story. Donkey is a male calico with some patches of gray  tabby and one […]

Wow! Way to go, Cats Community! Y’all are on PAWSitively on fire with your giving, and we are more than 75% of the way to our goal of raising $1,000 by November 14th! Great job!   Bastrop CATS has been chosen to potentially receive a matching grant of $1,000 from The Community Cats Podcast Grant […]

We are thrilled that Bastrop CATS has been selected for a $1,000 matching grant from The Community Cats Podcast Grant Program!  Our goal is to raise $1,000 between now and Sunday, November 14 via a $5 Friday Campaign. When we hit that $1,000 mark, The Community Cats Podcast Grant Program will double our impact! One […]

TNRTexas.com is a website managed by a small group of people in the greater Austin area who volunteer in some way to improve the quality of life for animals. Most of us are involved in a few different ways of doing what we can to make things better but all of us share a love […]

By: Eileen Haag Hey, All You Cat Lovers! You can support Bastrop CATS’ Mission to assist the feral, free-roaming, and stray cats in Bastrop County, and it’s super easy! Are you actively trapping cats in our TNR program, doing your best to help out, but simply cannot afford to pay surgery costs for all of […]

By: Terrie Lynn Bach   Late one Sunday night last spring, we got a message that there was a single neonatal kitten found. The finder did not want to take care of such a tiny kitten who needed to be bottle fed and was not interested in learning. Our Cat Team had to hustle to […]

by: Terrie Lynn Bach Just before Mother’s Day, we got an urgent message regarding an emaciated, friendly cat who wandered up to the home of our TNR volunteers who lives in Smithville. Bastrop CATS got this very sweet, very sick kitty into the vet and posted lost cat notices in the local lost and found […]

Get out your money trees because if you’re not spaying and neutering the community cats in your neighborhood, you’re going to need an extra money tree or two!  We did the math to show you just how cost effective it is to spend $70 to spay and neuter a male and female cat rather than […]