Missoula AdvoCats

09/05/2026

🐾 WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY’S HELP! 🐾
We have a goal of raising $2,000 to help cover our growing medical, spay, and neuter bills. So far, we’ve raised $20, which means we still have $1,980 to go!
Every donation truly makes a difference. Whether it’s $5, $10, $20, or simply sharing this post, every bit helps us continue providing medical care to cats in need and spaying and neutering cats throughout our community.
💰 Raised: $20
🎯 Goal: $2,000
🐾 Still needed: $1,980
❤️ WAYS TO DONATE ❤️
Venmo:
Cash or check can be mailed to:
Missoula AdvoCats
P.O. Box 093
Missoula, MT
We know $2,000 is a big goal, but with our amazing community behind us, we know we can get there! Please donate if you can and share to help us reach more people. Every dollar helps us continue saying “YES” to cats who need us. 🐾❤️

09/05/2026

Congrats to Sally, Dorthy, and Stephen on their new furever homes! 💕💕💕

09/05/2026

🐾 Want to help cats but trapping and TNR aren't your thing? There are SO many other ways you can make a difference! ❤️

You don't have to be the person setting traps to be part of the solution. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Here are just a few ways you can help:

🍎 Start a pet food pantry
There are SO many hungry mouths to feed! You can start one independently or work through a rescue or shelter. And remember, some people may need help getting food delivered. A bag of food can make an enormous difference to a family trying to keep their pets or colony fed.

❤️ Provide respite care
There are many reasons a kitty may temporarily need somewhere safe to stay. Life happens. People lose jobs, have emergencies, face housing changes, or simply go through difficult seasons. The goal should be to support people through those rough times so they can keep their pets whenever possible. Reducing abandonment should always be part of the goal.

🐱 Be a colony caretaker
TNR programs often care for cats at many different locations, so they can always use extra hands! If you don’t want to take on a colony full-time, you can offer to step in when the primary caretaker is unavailable.

🏠 Be a foster
Every shelter and rescue could use more foster homes. Fostering opens space and gives cats a safe place to land while they wait for their forever home. If you want to foster independently, you certainly can, but please 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 of proper veterinary care, especially spay/neuter.

🚗 Transport
Sometimes someone is willing to help a cat but simply has no way to get that cat where they need to go. You can help by providing transportation to and from a spay/neuter appointment, shelter, rescue holding location, or veterinarian.

🛖 Build winter shelters
Want to help community cats but don't want to trap? Build shelters! Building one may feel like a lot of work, but once you streamline the process and start making several, it becomes much easier. And those shelters can provide 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 when temperatures drop.

📣 Advocate
This one costs you absolutely nothing! Share posts. Make your own posts. Educate your friends and family. Start your own page. Use your voice to spread accurate information and help connect people with resources.

There is no single way to help. Maybe you can't trap. Maybe you can't foster. Maybe you don't have the time or resources to take a cat into your home. But there is almost certainly 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 you 𝗖𝗔𝗡 do. 🐾

09/05/2026

Kitten of the day!

Meet Poppy!

Meet Poppy! This sweet 3-month-old kitten is full of playful energy and loves to have fun. Whether she's chasing toys, exploring her surroundings, or soaking up attention, Poppy is always ready for an adventure. With her affectionate personality and playful spirit, she's sure to bring lots of love and joy to her forever home.

Adoption application: https://form.jotform.com/240536855540155

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

⚠️🐱 PSA: CATS, KITTENS & COLLARS — PLEASE READ! 🐱⚠️

We had a SNAP kitten come into the clinic to be spayed wearing a beautiful little green velvet collar. It was a very stout collar with a metal buckle.

It looked adorable.

But it could have been a death sentence.

I took the collar off, buckled it, and gave that buckle several REALLY hard tugs.

It did NOT break away.

After three decades in rescue, I can tell you some horror stories about cats and collars. Personally, I am not a fan of putting anything around a kitten or cat’s neck.

Cats climb. They squeeze through fences. They crawl under things. They jump into trees. They get into places we couldn’t imagine them getting into.

A collar can become caught on a branch, fence, crate, piece of furniture, or any number of things. A frightened cat doesn’t calmly wait for someone to come help. They panic, twist, pull and fight to get loose.

And if that collar doesn’t release, the outcome can be horrific.

⚠️ IF YOU MUST PUT A COLLAR ON YOUR CAT, PLEASE USE ONLY A TRUE BREAKAWAY COLLAR. ⚠️

And don’t just trust the package because it says “breakaway.”

TEST IT YOURSELF.

Buckle it and pull it apart with your own hands BEFORE you ever put it around your cat’s neck. It should release under firm pressure. If that buckle won’t come apart, think about what could happen if your cat were hanging from it.

I learned firsthand just how important this is.

I have a barn cat who LOVES to roam. Because he hunts critters along our private gravel road at night, I wanted him to be more visible, so I kept putting reflective breakaway collars on him.

That cat lost at least a DOZEN collars. 🤦‍♀️

I finally gave up replacing them.

Then one night, I spotted him way up in a tree in my orchard. I shined a flashlight up there to see what the heck he was doing.

I found my cat…

AND AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN OF HIS REFLECTIVE COLLARS HANGING IN VARIOUS TREES! 😳

Those collars weren’t failures.

THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

Every one of those collars represented a time he potentially got caught on something and the collar released from his neck.

Now imagine if I had put a heavy-duty collar with a metal buckle on him that wouldn’t let go.

That thought still makes my stomach turn.

❤️🐾 THIS IS ALSO WHY WE MICROCHIP OUR CATS AND KITTENS.

A collar and tag can be lost—and in the case of a breakaway collar, sometimes we WANT that collar to come off if it means saving the cat’s life.

A microchip provides permanent identification that stays with your cat and can help get them home if they’re ever lost. Just remember that the chip needs to be registered and your contact information kept current.

So please:

🐱 If your cat doesn’t need a collar, consider going without one.

🐱 If you choose to use one, BREAKAWAY ONLY.

🐱 Test the buckle yourself before putting it on your cat.

🐱 And MICROCHIP YOUR CAT and keep that registration information updated.

A pretty collar isn’t worth your cat’s life.

If it can’t break away, don’t put it on your cat. ❤️🐾

09/04/2026

Kitten of the day!
Meet Jasmine!

Jasmine 2-month-old Tabby Kitten
Meet Jasmine! This sweet 2-month-old tabby girl is a wonderful combination of playful and affectionate. She loves romping around and enjoying kitten playtime, but she's just as happy to curl up for cuddles when the fun is over. Jasmine has a loving personality and would make a wonderful addition to a family looking for a sweet and playful companion. Come meet Jasmine at the Missoula PetSmart Adoption Center!

Adoption application:

https://form.jotform.com/240536855540155

09/03/2026

🐾 Help Us Save Lives & Reduce the Cat Population 🐾
Missoula AdvoCats needs our community’s help! Every donation to our medical and spay/neuter funds allows us to continue providing critical care to cats in need while working to reduce the overpopulation of cats throughout Missoula County and surrounding areas.
Your donations help cover emergency medical care, medications, vaccinations, spay and neuter surgeries, and our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts for community and feral cats. Every cat we are able to spay or neuter means fewer unwanted litters and fewer cats struggling to survive outside.
No donation is too small—every $5, $10, or $20 adds up and makes a real difference. ❤️
💙 DONATE VIA VENMO: Scan our Venmo QR code or donate directly through our Venmo.
📬 DONATE BY MAIL:
Missoula AdvoCats
PO Box 93
Missoula, MT 59806
We cannot continue this work without the support of our amazing community. Whether you're helping us pay for a sick cat's medical care or helping us prevent the next litter of kittens, your donation directly helps cats in Missoula County and the surrounding communities.
Thank you for helping us save the cats already here while working toward a future where fewer cats need rescuing. 🐾❤️ .