Once Upon a Kitten Rescue

Once Upon a Kitten Rescue We have been fostering and rescuing animals since 2015. We registered our own 501(c)3 nonprofit (currently pending) in 2025!

Saving lives…one paw at a time 🐾
501(c)(3) registered charity; EIN: 33-3996313
on instagram is our official page! 🩷
http://linktr.ee/shannonsfosters Our main focus is helping animals in need; we get them healthy, fully vetted, and find them safe, forever homes in Southern California.

05/28/2026

We have 4 of the most adorable, sweet angels available for adoption now! 3 torbie females and their panther brother. These are some of the sweetest kittens we have had all year, it’s gonna be sooo hard to say bye to them when they get adopted!! Literally all they wanna do is get kisses and be cuddled (when they’re not playing). I love them sooooo much!! 🥰🩷

Fill out an application if you are interested in adopting! 🩷

Dot (orange), Diana (blue), Debra (yellow), and Dennis (black).

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We went back to the property tonight, to set traps for the cats, and to grab this opossum. Poor thing was still in the s...
05/27/2026

We went back to the property tonight, to set traps for the cats, and to grab this opossum. Poor thing was still in the same spot, sleeping under an old grill. He was up walking around and drinking water when I got there, but he went right back into his bed. He wasn’t disturbed by us at all, the poor thing. I was able to pick him right up and put him into a carrier. We set 3 traps for the homeowners to keep an eye on to catch some of the cats, and I brought this sweet opossum back to Simi Valley and dropped him off at 🩷 Hoping for the best.

We picked up 4 kittens today, which ended up being 2 different litters. At first we only knew of the older 3-week old ki...
05/27/2026

We picked up 4 kittens today, which ended up being 2 different litters. At first we only knew of the older 3-week old kittens, but it turns out that kitten’s siblings all died a few weeks ago and there was only one left. But there was a second litter of newborns that were also found, which have swollen, infected, pus-filled eyes already. 😢 The homeowners don’t want any more cats born on their property, because the kittens die, and the adults all have flea allergies with thinned fur and it costs them a lot of money to feed all those cats. They are elderly and have been trying to trap the cats themselves to get them fixed, but have not been able to yet.

They said there are 6 feral stray cats which need to be fixed, and we have a plan in place with my friend who does TNR near that area to try and catch them tonight. We hope to reunite these newborn babies with mom if we can.

And i am also looking for help for an emaciated, injured opossum that was sleeping in the yard as well if anyone knows of a rehabber in the reseda area. The opossum basically lives in their yard and they don’t mind it there at all, but it looks like it needs help. 🙏🏼

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This new family was rescued from an industrial area in LA 😢, we aren’t sure if mama is feral or just scared right now, b...
05/25/2026

This new family was rescued from an industrial area in LA 😢, we aren’t sure if mama is feral or just scared right now, but she seems really calm (just wants to escape) and not aggressive. 🥰 Babies are about 4 weeks old and super cute. 3 boys, gray tabby, flame point, and seal point, and 1 orange girl. 😍

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05/21/2026

This baby does have CH or some kind of neurological condition going on. But she’s fully functional as far as we can tell and seems totally fine. 🥰 We have consulted with a few of our vets and CH is the consensus for now, which is not a big deal. 😄 She is on clavamox, and just started eating on her own (with help) last night. Shes 5 weeks old. 🩷

The thing is…this family had a LOT of issues, and this baby is lucky to even be alive. She is strong and a fighter. She is the only surviving kitten from 18… 😢💔 8 had already passed away before we rescued them with their 2 young moms, and then one passed away shortly after. And then it seemed like every day another kitten was mysteriously crashing… it was honestly devastating for their foster mom who kept rushing them to the urgent care…just to lose another one for seemingly no reason at all. Healthy, bellies full, go from active and thriving, to struggling and dying the next minute. Their foster mom then decided to return them to me because she couldn’t take the heartache of losing any more kittens when there were just 2 left. 😢💔 Sadly we lost the other sister soon after, which was 2 weeks ago, but this little one has persevered. I hesitated to even post but I just can’t hold it in anymore, she is so precious and special and we love her very much.

The moms have always been healthy (yes we have tested them probably 6 times at least for panleuk, always negative), zero symptoms of anything from any of them. It’s really been the most bizarre thing. The only explanation we have been told is that they must have very bad genetics from all the inbreeding at the hoarding house they came from, and that the other babies likely had neurological issues or internal congenital defects that caused them not to thrive. We feel blessed that baby Miley is still with us. 🙏🏼🩷

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05/21/2026

Both her mamas love her very much. 🥰 This was a 5-minute video…it went on forever and they were too cute to stop haha. And no, baby is not stuck up there, she gets up and down on her own. Mama Sia is incredibly loving, and very much a kitten still herself… we don’t know which mom was hers, there were 4 moms and 18 kittens. Since she’s an orange female, there’s a good chance mama Tori is her actual birth mom. 🥰

05/21/2026

This feisty little semi-rare orange female kitten is sooo loved by her two mamas. 🥰 I could watch them all day… 🩷 Mama Tori is the sweetest kitty, and so is Mama Sia. 🩷

Our next adoption event will be on Saturday May 23 from 11-2 at in Simi Valley! Fill out an application ahead of time a...
05/16/2026

Our next adoption event will be on Saturday May 23 from 11-2 at in Simi Valley!

Fill out an application ahead of time and send me a text to get preapproved for adoption. This is the easiest way for you to be fully prepared to bring home a kitten. 😊✅ & Bring a carrier just in case!

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Our beautiful and fluffy kitten Mike is starting his final week of FIP treatment. 🥳 🤬 Back in February he was diagnose...
05/12/2026

Our beautiful and fluffy kitten Mike is starting his final week of FIP treatment. 🥳 🤬

Back in February he was diagnosed with neurological FIP, the most severe and deadliest form of FIP. 😢 He was likely just a few days from death when he was diagnosed…he was unable to walk, his eyes were cloudy, he was lethargic, he was not eating on his own, he could not even get up to go to the bathroom. It was a very scary time indeed, but with a high dose of GS started immediately, we were able to slowly bring him back to life. 🩷 And now we are on the last stretch and it’s practically as if nothing ever happened. He’s such a loving, playful, curious, and wonderful 8 month old kitten…and he will be available for adoption very soon. 🥰

Literally this kitten is a survivor. He lost his mom, had to be bottle fed, survived coccidia, panleukopenia, and now neurological FIP. 🥹🩷

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Unfortunately, Milo was returned to us today for having too much energy and playing too much. He is a kitten still, afte...
05/11/2026

Unfortunately, Milo was returned to us today for having too much energy and playing too much. He is a kitten still, afterall. 🩷 Milo will be back up for adoption, he’s really confused right now but is already being his same sweet self. He was so happy to see me when I picked him up. 🥰🩷

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05/09/2026

We picked up some new babies today. 😸🥰🩷 These little ones are about 4.5 weeks old and still on the bottle for another week or two. But they are also starting to eat kitten food on their own. 4 boys (lynx point, seal point snowshoe, and two blue point snowshoes) and 1 girl (blue point ragdoll?). They seem pretty healthy so far, just minor eye infections, and malnourished because their mom abandoned them a week ago. 😢 Their panleuk test was negative 👏 (we were told one of their siblings did pass away the other day, so we always test for parvo in those instances), and they will have a f***l test done next week to see what parasites they have. 😸

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