About Us
How We Started
The beginnings of Bayberry Feline Rescue can be traced back to April of 2022, when a neighborhood mama cat, Big Mama, chose a tool shed as a safe place to raise her young. Despite her best efforts, her previous litters were unfortunately preyed upon by coyotes. However, when she brought her latest litter to the shed, the founder of Bayberry Feline Rescue was moved by the sight of these young, vulnerable animals and reached out to the local humane society for assistance. This marked the beginning of their journey as a foster volunteer, and soon they realized the need for more care and support for neonatal orphan, unwanted, and abandoned cats. In response, they converted their sunroom into a socialization room and established Bayberry Feline Rescue in October of 2022, driven by their passion for animal welfare.
The OGs
Baby Luna
Baby Gus Gus
Sir Fluffs
Unlike other rescues, at Bayberry Feline Rescue we raise all our fur babies in a home environment and treat them as our own family member. They enjoy the same awesome treats as our resident cats; home-cooked chicken, salmon, beef, and pumpkin, just to name a few! They take the same daily vitamins: NOW Pets L-Lysine Immune System Support & Nutri-Vet Multi-Vite Multivitamin Paw Gel for Cats: Daily Vitamin and Mineral Support. We also incorporate a bit of diatomaceous earth into their diet for health maintenance. We have regular routine nail trimming days and bath/ear cleaning days to stay on top of their hygiene and to get them used to these practices. Ask us about Bayberry Feline Rescue's Etiquette and Continued Education Training! Needless to say, we love and treat them like family, and we hope you will love them the same. :)
*Ask us about their report card & an in-depth catsonality profile, including a star map!
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to providing loving homes and comprehensive care, including medical treatment, to felines in need until they find their forever homes. Our goal is to not only rescue cats, but also to reduce the population of feral cats in our community and surrounding areas through education and the implementation of trap-neuter-return programs.
What We Do
TNR
Trap, neuter, release (TNR) is a program where feral cats are trapped, spayed/neutered, and released back into the environment. Spaying and neutering these feral cats help with reducing the feral cat colonies in the area. There has been a growing feral cat population in our area, which has in turn attracted more coyotes as well. We want to safely reduce the amount of feral cats in the area and provide our rescues with safe homes.
Neonatal Care
Neonatal kittens are kittens that under 4 weeks of age. These orphaned kittens are still too young to eat solid foods on their own. They cannot thermoregulate nor pee or poop on their own. With how young they are, they require feeding every 2-3 hours, including overnights. Our rescue has had hands-on experience in caring for neonatal kittens, as well as taken classes for neonatal care in order to provide these babies the best support possible. We also have a special nursery set up in a separate area for these precious angels!
Foster
We work closely with our volunteer foster families. We treat all of our rescue like our beloved pets, and we believe all pets are family members. Our babies are all raised in a cage-free, home environment, with LOTS of attention and love! If you are interested in becoming a foster, please fill out our foster application.
Vaccinations
The vaccine Nobivac: Feline 1-HCPCh (4 way vaccine) by the (Merck) is a Feline Rhinotracheitis-Calici-Panleukopenia-Chlamydia Psittaci Vaccine. One-year duration of immunity study demonstrates improved protection against chlamydia challenge. Long history of proven protection.
The vaccine Nobivac: Feline 1-HCPCh+FeLV (Merck) Includes Feline Leukemia protection is a modified live virus and chlamydia vaccine for the vaccination of healthy cats as an aid in the prevention of disease caused by feline rhinotracheitis, calici, and panleukopenia viruses and Chlamydia psittaci Plus Feline Leukemia (The most complete feline vaccine on the market)
We offering our services to the community at cost. Price subject to change at anytime.
Please contact us if you are interested in scheduling a vaccination appointment for your kitten series or booster for your current cat.
Dewormers
We offering our services to the community at $10 each dose. Please contact us if you are interested in scheduling an appointment for your pets.
Adoption
Interested in adopting a new cat? Please carefully review our rescue's page for our animals that are looking for a new home. When you find a cat you are interested in, fill out our adoption application. If you don't have an exact cat in mind, fill out the application anyways and meet our lovable rescues in person to see for yourself! Once approved, we will contact you for our initial meet & greet. We would like to ask that the whole family comes to meet and interact with all of our adoptable babies first in our socialization room. You just never know who you will fall in love with or vice versa.
Adoption are done on a first-come, first-served basis and can only be completed in person at our location. However, filling out the application does not guarantee adoption. We are looking out for our rescues and want to do our best in finding them loving homes.
*Our adoption fee is a "pay-it-forward" fee. To prepare for adoption, we incur expenses including but not limited to food & routine veterinary care (vaccinations, spay/neuter, parasites treatments and necessary testing, etc.)
Our $200 adoption fee includes dewormers, the complete series of kitten 4-way vaccines, rabies vaccine, microchip and spay/neuter.