We would love to find a home for Albert. Albert became a regular at a feral colony and once trapped we realized he wasn’t feral. He loves to be around people, follow them, supervise their every move, talk to them. He can get annoyed with excessive petting, but his soft, claw-retracted swats are few and far between lately.
Albert is now neutered, vaccinated, and on monthly Revolution for heartworm. We will have him retested in a few months. He’s currently living an indoor/outdoor life but it’s a less-than-ideal temporary arrangement.
Let us know if you can give this boy a permanent loving home ❤️ He would probably do best as an only cat, but seems to be unbothered by other well-mannered cats in his presence.
Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend and posting our July & August numbers:
49 neuters
53 spays
72 cats TNRd
14 friendly adults and 7 kittens held for adoption
18 kittens and 8 friendly adults transferred to rescue partners
We get lots of calls. We visit lots of colonies. We have a small number of trappers and very limited funds and with limited spay neuter appointments we have to prioritize. Colonies with the potential to quickly increase in number go to the very top of the very long list.
This week’s priority: A colony of 4-5-month old kittens who could soon have kittens of their own and their mother who is pregnant again 😿 All are quite skittish so we doubt any are adoptable but we will see. This is also a colony that needs shelters, a feeding station, and supplemental food. Fortunately they are living in a quiet yard with a concerned caregiver. Other cats roaming around across the street need eval too.
So if you’re still waiting for help from us, please know we didn’t forget you… we just can’t get to you… yet.
As always if you can donate towards our spay/neuter costs we would greatly appreciate it…. Thank you❤️
Link to donate in our bio.
If Bagel were actually a bagel, she’d be an everything bagel. 🥯❤️
This beauty is affectionate, snuggly, and generous with kisses. She loves to lounge around, watch birds, and generally enjoy the good life. She gets along with agreeable cats and wisely avoids the ones who give her the eyeball.
Bagel’s story is typical of what we see in our managed colonies these days. We don’t have kittens — our colony cats are all fixed. Instead, new adult cats show up.
“Found cat” reports are made, but rarely does anyone respond with, “That’s my cat.” It’s been a few years since that’s happened.
These new adult cats overwhelmingly turn out to be friendly — cats who were left behind, put outside, abandoned for some reason. And, sadly, they’re rarely already spayed or neutered. So if a few weeks go by and they’re still out there, still skittish, still unclaimed, we trap them before our next clinic appointments.
We don’t know Bagel’s history. While very shy at first, within a week she made her own story pretty clear: she’s a wonderful, loving cat who deserves a safe and loving home.
Bagel is:
🐾 Spayed
🐾 Vaccinated
🐾 Negative for FIV and feline leukemia
🐾 Flea-free and dewormed
🐾 Microchipped
If Bagel sounds like everything you’re looking for in a cat, please contact us. 🥯❤️ link to adopt in our bio!
Kittens, kittens, and more kittens 🐱 Or going, going, gone as some of this super-friendly and high-energy group have been adopted. These sweethearts love everyone ♥️
Meet them Sunday Aug 30th 2pm - 4pm
Pet Supplies Plus 531 Monroe Ave at S. Goodman St.
Get a head start on your adoption application, spin the prize wheel, and find out how our volunteers help Rochester’s cats 🐱 Hope to see you Sunday!
Link to adopt in our bio.
We have an urgent need for a foster or foster-to-adopt home for sweet Genny. A home with no cats and no dogs!
This high-energy, super sociable girl is spayed, vaccinated, dewormed, de-flea’d, microchipped. She is positive for feline leukemia (FeLV). Further testing related to her FeLV status showed that her viral load is low—consistent with regressive feline leukemia. It’s likely that she will remain symptom-free for many years.
Genny loves all humans. She dislikes cats (and we suspect dogs) and must go to a home where she will reign supreme. Her sweet demeanor got her quickly adopted into a home with another feline leukemia cat which is where we learned she will not compete for human attention. This girl wants you all to herself.
Please share with family, friends, coworkers, neighbors. Genny will make someone very very happy and you’ll be doing the same for her 🐱. Food, litter and other supplies provided for foster. Contact us if you can help. Please share widely ♥️
From real trees to cat trees, Alfie’s had a lot of changes in his life over the past six weeks.
Every time we saw this cutie outside, he was up high—on a roof or in a tree—meowing at the top of his lungs. When his feeder was hospitalized and we went back to look for him, he made sure to let us know exactly where he was.
Alfie still longs for the outdoors and loves hanging out by an open window, but we think he’s adjusting to indoor life pretty well. 🐾
Now he’s ready for a place of his own—and he probably wouldn’t mind if his relative Alicia tagged along. ❤️
No more kittens for Oriole! She’s happy to be out of that trap and back with her cat family. Oriole was one of 12 spays and 6 neuters from last week ❤️
Although the number of clinic appointments varies week to week, the routine for our volunteers stays the same: assess the colony, trap, pre-op care, transport, post-op care, evaluate for temperament, consider options for friendlies, return if feral, educate feeders, clean traps, wash linens. Repeat!
We are looking for a committed volunteer, able-bodied and detail-oriented, for trap cleaning and disinfecting and laundry (generally on a Saturday) to take some of the load off our trappers and cat carers. They need more breaks!
Contact us by email [email protected] if interested and we will tell you next steps🐱 We are located in the North Winton Village area of Rochester.
Come see us, meet some kittens and check out some cool merch from KASA (@kids_art_supporting_animals ) until 4pm today at Pet Supplies Plus on Monroe/Goodman (@psp_monroeaveny )!
Kittens, kittens, and more kittens 🐱
Meet and greet the super-sociable, cuddly, and adorable “P” kittens
When: Saturday Aug 22nd 2pm - 4pm
Where: Pet Supplies Plus 531 Monroe Ave at S. Goodman St.
(@psp_monroeaveny )
These cuties are ready for their forever homes ❤️ Fall in love with this gang, get a head start on your adoption application, spin the prize wheel, buy merch from Kids Art Supporting Animals (@kids_art_supporting_animals ), and find out how our volunteers help Rochester’s cats 🐱 See you tomorrow!
Morris wanted to send a special thank-you to Pet Pride (@pet_pride_of_new_york ), their incredible staff, veterinarians, and volunteers for giving him a new and improved life — one no longer controlled by his hormones. ❤️
Morris is well-known in his neighborhood as the father of many kittens and a fighter. After having his wounds cleaned and treated — and his manhood snipped — he’s now back at his colony ready for a less stressful life. Everyone loved this boy and his jowls, but he turned out to be a bit too feisty to keep 😿
Morris is part of a large colony that came to our attention after a feeder reached out to us. We got a good start here getting five females spayed and two males neutered this week. Many more still need our help to have healthier lives and keep this area kitten-free.
Thank you Pet Pride for providing much-needed affordable spay/neuter this week ♥️
We have so many wonderful cats who need homes. These are just a few of the lovely adoptable kitties waiting for their special someone 🐱 Message us for more details so we can match you up with the purrfect companion ♥️
Percy here, with some very important announcements on this International Cat Day 🐱
First: THANK YOU to the fabulous folks at The Little Theatre for another year of CatVideoFest and for your generous support of RocKats❤️
Second: THANK YOU to all the wonderful humans who come out to watch cats being cats on the big screen🍿
Third: I’M UP FOR ADOPTION! I have to be adopted with one of my co-stars but there are eight of us to choose from🐱
Happy International Cat Day! 🐾
We frequently trap by bottle-and-string. It’s perfect for trapping the females in a colony when appointments are limited, when a new cat shows up and there are lots of tipped cats around, and for kittens.
It’s easy:
—Put a large, plastic or paper dish at the back of the trap with a lot of food.
—Prop up the trap door with an appropriate size partially-filled bottle of water with a rope tied to it.
—Watch from a distance with the rope next to you
—Watch the other cats go in to eat before your target cat does 😔 — the decoys
—When the cat(s) you want are in the back of the trap eating, pull the rope quickly so the bottle clears the door.
Tips for smoother trapping:
—First time? Do a test run away from the trapping site so you know how quickly you need to pull to clear the door.
—Use a double-door trap if available (easy to get the food to the back and replenish it if a bunch of cats you didn’t want ate it all)
—Trap train in an unset trap for a few days
—Place the trap in alignment with something, where it won’t wobble and nothing will interfere with the door closing
—Be patient: if a kitten is eating and others are nearby, don’t pull until you give the others a chance to enter the trap
Our list of cats to trap is so long. We’re always happy when we call someone back and find out they’ve scheduled an appointment but just need some trapping guidance. Bottle-and-string is often the way to go 🐱
Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to help us out of a financial slump. We asked and so many of you came to our rescue! With higher vet costs the past few months, along with many kittens and friendly cats needing additional vet visits, the bills were piling up.
We took advantage of every low-cost spay/neuter appointment offered to us last month. In July, 25 females were spayed and 24 males neutered thanks to your generosity 🐱
To the wonderful person or people (we don’t get donor info from Chewy so sadly we don’t know who you are) who donated much needed Friskies, Fancy Feast, and dry food — Thank You ❤️ Between our TNVR cats, our colony cats, and our current fosters (18 kittens and 20 adults) we go through so much food every week 🐱 This was an incredible surprise.
Thank you everyone! We couldn’t do this without you. ❤️
It took eight months to earn a feeder’s trust. We kept going back until she agreed we could fix the cats we saw in her yard. We TNVRd two cats at a time - females first. Each week, she saw cats come back healthy and doing well. We had just fixed 8 cats with 5 more to go, when one day we noticed the house was quiet and the caretaker not around. She was hospitalized, unlikely to come home, and suddenly 9 adults and 4 older kittens were without the person who cared for them every day — fed them, let them outside every morning, brought them indoors overnight, and loved them.
Finding a nearby feeder wasn’t appropriate in this case. These cats were very tied to this yard and this caretaker and most, if not all, are adoptable. Working quickly, every cat found a safe place:
Five adults went to a colony room at Lollypop Farm (@lollypopfarm ) and some have been adopted.
Four adults and four older kittens are with us in foster homes & awaiting further vet care.
With our limited resources, we simply could not take in 13 cats on our own. Situations like this remind us how important it is to have partnerships with larger, well-established shelters and rescues ❤️
Sharing the Neighborhood Cats TNR course happening again tomorrow Saturday July 25th. Registration is through Community Cats Central (communitycatscentral.com)
Lots of helpful information if you are just getting started with TNR or have done some but found it intimidating and not as easy as you expected. With long wait times for our volunteers & our spay/neuter appointments you may want to get started on your own. We are happy to loan you traps as long as you have appointments scheduled.
We realize you probably don’t want to spend a nice Saturday indoors but if you register, you can watch the recorded version at a later date.
Most of our RocKats volunteers are required to take this course even if they don’t trap. It’s helpful to know how our adoptable cats started their journey with us 🐈⬛
Last December, just before Christmas, a photo of two cats huddled near a pipe appeared on the Rochester Lost Pets Facebook page. The very next day, one of our volunteers found these two cats in an alley, tucked inside a makeshift shelter. They were quickly and safely lured into traps and brought to our holding space.
A week later, household belongings were at the curb near where we found them. Someone had moved, been evicted, or passed away and there was a good chance these two cats had once belonged with those belongings. Sadly, we see these situations often.
As expected, both cats were shy and frightened. Even after spending a few weeks together in our care, they didn’t seem especially bonded. After being spayed and neutered, vaccinated, flea-treated, and dewormed, Benny went to a foster home and was soon adopted but the brown tabby’s journey took a little longer.
Betty needed extended courses of antibiotics and antivirals to overcome persistent GI and respiratory illnesses. During her many months with us, we discovered she adored curling up in any available lap—and she eventually found a special friend in George (a sweet boy also with an unknown past).
Today, we’re happy to share that Betty has found her forever lap, and she and George were adopted together.
Your support gives cats living on the streets a chance at a healthier, less stressful life. It also helps us find those cats who can get off the streets.
Thank you! Every donation counts towards a brighter future for Rochester’s cats ❤️
Stop by Park Ave Pets 993 Monroe Avenue and meet Angie. Angie’s a friendly, quiet beauty who LOVES people and LOVES windows. This sweet girl is about 2 yrs old and has been with us for eight months. Up until this week Angie was out and about at our foster space on Merchants Rd. We loved having her around, but she deserves a home of her own. Thanks Park Ave Pets for giving our cats a better chance of finding their purrfect match ❤️
Scroll for more details. Contact us if interested [email protected]. Please share.
A busy day of spay/neuter with the wonderful Whiskers to Tails mobile vet and an amazing climate-controlled recovery space. Sharing our appointments with GRASP (@grasppetrescue ) made the day more affordable for us. A few senior ferals “enjoyed” a spa day with some long-overdue grooming and updated vaccines. Lots of friendly cats and Siamese mixes in this group—nice to have the option to avoid an eartip when you know a cat won’t be returned to the streets 🐱
Your support allows us to continue helping these lovely cats. Thank you ❤️
Whoops. We forgot to post some of our kittens yesterday on National Kitten Day (July 10). This adorable bunch is in good hands with one of our fosters getting bigger & healthier every day. They’ll be up for adoption after they get all their necessary vet care.
Several weeks ago we were alerted to mom cats and kittens living in not-so-great circumstances - a house without electricity and no running water. A few of the cats were pets and others had come in off the street. The situation was chaotic but we focused on removing the kittens immediately as they were clearly at risk of a bad outcome. Two weeks later we spayed their beautiful moms and they received vaccines, flea/earmite treatment, and dewormer. Now, one of our volunteers is focused on making sure these three females are properly cared for in this home (utilities now functioning).
There will be “next steps” for sure but the critical needs were taken care of. We would greatly appreciate donations to cover the vet costs for the 9 kittens in our care, Fancy Feast canned kitten food (chicken is their favorite), or Purina One Kitten dry food. Thank you as always for your support❤️ Link to donate and to our wishlist in our bio.
Yesterday 9 females spayed and 9 males neutered. Ollie also needed a tail amputation. Thank you to everyone who spent time trapping, transporting, and monitoring these 18 lucky kitties. Very grateful for the Whiskers to Tails mobile vet, those who offered up their climate-controlled warehouse for immediate post-op, and our hardworking volunteers in the holding space 💕 Thank you!
With too few trappers, limited spay/neuter appointments, and dwindling funds we spent June focusing on three high-risk colonies each of which had kittens, lots of females, and fighting males.
We used our limited resources to stabilize these colonies & prevent more kittens from being born into this crisis of too many cats.
June numbers:
- 45 total cats and kittens
- 20 females spayed (10 were pregnant)
- 7 males neutered
- 9 new kittens in foster
- 6 kittens transferred to rescue partners
- 30 vet appts for non-spay/neuter medical/surgical care
- 7 adoptions
- 33 total cats & kittens in foster for us
We are stretched to the max to say the least. No available foster homes, many wonderful kitties waiting for an adopter, and vet debt for medical and non-spay/neuter care higher than a typical month.
We’ll be concentrating on showcasing our amazing adoptables, fundraising, and TNR for Rochester city streets in 14606 (for which we do have funds).
Please donate to help us cover the cost of higher-priced spay/neuter over the next few months. Thank you for your support 💕 Link to donate in our bio.
Double Trouble: Henry & Hopscotch!
These adorable siblings spent the winter scurrying around outdoors, staying one step ahead of the kind family who was feeding them. Now they’re enjoying the comforts of indoor life and are ready for a forever home—together!
Henry and Hopscotch are playful, sweet, and closely bonded. They love each other and must be adopted together 💕
✅ Neutered
✅ Vaccinated
✅ Flea-treated
✅ Dewormed
✅ Negative for FIV & feline leukemia
If you’re looking for a double dose of love, purrs, and zoomies, this darling duo is looking for you! ❤️
Contact us if interested and please share
Tomorrow Saturday 6/20 we’ll be at the Lyell Avenue Branch library from 12-2. If you live in the area, love cats, are feeding outside cats, are concerned about the cats you see on your street, or simply want to learn more about how TNVR helps cats and the community, stop by to talk with us.
Find out how we’ve improved the lives of 243 cats in the 14606 zip code (City of Rochester streets) since 2022 and how devoted caretakers are keeping their fixed cats healthy and their colonies kitten-free.
Hope to see you!
Claudia is 12 years young and needs a special someone who will shower her with lots of love! This sweet kitty found herself at a large colony and made her way into our trap. Turned out she was chipped but efforts to connect her with her former family were unsuccessful. Claudia loves laps, belly rubs, and just about everything 💕
She’s spayed, up to date on vaccines, negative for FIV and feline leukemia, flea treated and dewormed. Claudia is toothless (with documented tooth extractions in 2022) - so no dental work in her future - and had perfect labs at her vet visit last week🎉. She is gentle, laid back, and loves food of all varieties. Contact us for more info and please share 🐱
We’re making some changes to cope with the many challenges of TNVR. Limited funding, a shortage of spay/neuter appointments, too few trappers, and an ever-growing list of cats and caretakers needing help are constant worries. While we have always focused on colonies of cats with dedicated feeders throughout the city, we now need to narrow our focus.
For the next several months, we will be concentrating our trapping, spay/neuter, and colony support efforts in the 14606 ZIP code (City of Rochester streets). We have already helped hundreds of cats in this neighborhood, and a focused approach, with guaranteed funds to fix 50 cats, will allow us to better assess ongoing needs, educate residents about the importance of spay/neuter, and, most importantly, identify and support local cat advocates who can help maintain stable, kitten-free colonies.
Our goal is not simply to sterilize cats, but to create a sustained decrease of cats on the street. Through this concentrated effort, cats in the area will be better protected from diseases such as rabies and distemper, colonies will be monitored and maintained, and friendly strays will have a greater chance of finding indoor homes.
We know there are cats in need throughout our community, and this decision was not made lightly. However, by focusing our limited resources, we believe we can achieve more meaningful, long-term success for both the cats and the people who care about them. If you love cats and want to be part of this effort, we would love to meet you on June 20th 12-2 at the Lyell Branch Library. If you can donate to our efforts, the grant money goes further. Donation link in our bio.
Funding for our FIX 06 project is provided in part by Neighbors in Action (NIA), a joint funding project by the City of Rochester, Rochester Area Community Fund, and ESL Federal Credit Union. NIA offers small grants and support for residents to come together to strengthen their neighborhood.
Mr Chunks hobbled into a trap a year ago, got neutered and vaccinated, hissed at us, ate heartily, hissed at us some more, got xrayed, hesitantly complied with crate rest for his ailing leg, stopped hissing at us, moved from one foster home to another, went on a diet, and ultimately showed us just how special and loving he could be. Now he’s found his purrfect someone. Thank you to everyone who was a part of his journey 🐱
Kayden is in need of urgent placement as he will lose his foster home on June 15th. This sweet guy is charming and playful and can usually be found tagging along behind you as you go about your day. He’ll sit on your lap and sleep in your bed. He loves his toys and your board games. Approves of respectful cats. No dogs!! Loves to be pet but dislikes when you stop & and can get a little edgy — so no small children.
Kayden’s head tilt and cauliflower ear are the result of chronic ear infections which will require periodic rechecks at the vet. Help us give this sweet boy the loving home he deserves 🐱Contact us for details & please share.
May numbers:
—66 beautiful cats & kittens
—18 males neutered
—30 females spayed
—12 kittens and 6 friendly adults transferred to rescue partners (💕)
—7 friendly adults and 2 kittens held by us
—25 cats returned to their colony feeders
—9 pet cats fixed
—1 tipped cat retrapped for relocation
—2 cats euthanized for severe illness
—29 cats in foster
—4 adoptions
—15 vet visits for medical issues
— 1 adult cat continues eval for friendliness
—7 colonies fed daily
—400+ lbs of food to colony caretakers
—279 volunteer hours in our holding space and adoption center
—countless hours of trapping, transporting, communicating, cleaning, and doing laundry.. we are literally drowning in cats and calls about more cats.
Please donate to spay/neuter — lack of affordable spay/neuter is the primary reason we are overwhelmed with cats in need.
- Every female we spay prevents another litter of kittens, prevents the suffering and deaths of kittens born outdoors, prevents kittens from becoming “feral” cats because no one scooped them up quickly enough to socialize them.
- Every male we neuter prevents roaming, fighting, marking and mating.
- Every cat we vaccinate prevents the possibility of rabies and distemper.
- Every cat we trap for TNVR gets a chance to be evaluated for friendliness preventing them from being returned to the street if they can have a home.
- Every fixed, vaccinated, and flea-treated cat has a better chance of being invited indoors by a devoted feeder preventing another winter outdoors.
We can only help cats when we have funds. Thank you for your support 💕 Link to donate in out bio.
This little family is adorable but mom is quite grumbly and on high alert. We brought them in quickly when we saw that several of the kittens had eye infections. The mother was trapped and all are enjoying the comforts of a warm space and lots of food. We wish all cat moms were friendly but this feisty mother will be returned after her kittens are weaned and she is spayed. The little ones will be transferred to a rescue partner or go up for adoption through us. For now, all are safe.
Tip when caring for a feral mom and her babies: Keeping the carrier door firmly shut with a stick placed through the crate allows you to safely lock the carrier door with your hand (which should be protected by a towel). With mom secure in the carrier, you can safely clean up the crate, feed, scoop litter, and handle the little ones 💕
Your donations keep us going as we help the city’s many cats and kittens living on the streets. Thank you 🐱 Donation link in our bio.
#tnrsavelives #communitycats #adoptdontshop❤️
Tapioca, Moonbeam, and the rest of the gang are looking for volunteers to spend two hours a week with them at our foster space in North Winton Village. They’d like you to feed them, scoop their boxes, keep their place clean and tidy, and last but not least …. play with them and pet them 🐱Can you help them out and commit to two hours once a week? We have shifts morning, afternoon, and evening and need dedicated people 18 yrs and older to help 💕
Contact us at [email protected] or fill out our volunteer application www.rockats.org/support-us/
We recently spent over 16 hours re-trapping fixed cats who needed to be relocated when a business asked for them to be removed. One feeder cared for the cats here for almost 10 years. Not only did this take time away from situations where cats needed to be trapped for spay/neuter, but it was also a task that makes us incredibly sad. Cats are highly bound to their territory. They know where to shelter, hide, eat. They know where it’s safe and where it isn’t.
Moving cats to a barn, no matter how idyllic it seems to humans, is far from a Beatrix Potter-type existence for truly feral cats. It’s scary. Many will try to get back to their original home. Friendlier cats adapt better. We are still in the process of finding the most appropriate barn for these feral cats but want to remind you of the basics of barn relocation:
- Relocate with a familiar colony buddy (ie relocate in pairs)
- Quiet barn that must have a hayloft or an area with abundant hay
- Four week confinement for feral cats
- Two to three week confinement for friendlier cats
- Confinement cage that comfortably fits individual hidey boxes for each cat, litter, food, water, scratching post/box
- Plentiful food including canned food every evening
- Committed caretaker who talks to the cats and spends time outside the confinement set up so the cats get to know voice and person
- Gradual enlargement of the cats territory after the confinement period is up
We can almost always avoid relocation when we explain the benefits of a managed colony. In urban locations, we have been very successful finding a nearby feeder if someone moves or is no longer able to care for the cats. When we say relocation is a last resort, we mean it.
We’ve included some pics of cats we relocated over the past few years who are thriving in their rural settings…. We are so happy it worked out for them 🐱
April stats:
—68 beautiful & special cats & kittens
—23 males neutered
—17 females spayed (11 were pregnant)
—2 females gave birth in the trap prior to spay (moms & little ones transferred to rescue partners — thank you 💕)
—19 kittens and 5 friendly adults transferred to rescue partners
—3 friendlies held by us
—31 cats returned to their colony feeders
—1 lost cat reunited with owner
—2 pet cats fixed
—3 tipped cats retrapped for relocation or medical issues
—5 adoptions
—6 vet visits for medical issues
And a few kitties still being evaluated for friendliness 🤞🏻
MANY hours of care, trapping, coordinating, transport, laundry, and cleaning.
As always this is only possible because of your donations and our volunteers. Please support spay/neuter — preventing more kittens from being born not only prevents the suffering so many of them endure outdoors, it also gives us more resources for the cats and kittens already living on the streets. Thank you 💕
Link to donate in our bio.
We trap a lot of diamonds in the rough - big unneutered boys who are really just gentle giants. If you can open your heart and home to one of these kitties please contact us.
- Tapioca — super sociable, scheduled for dental work, up for adoption
- Ferdinand — gentle and affectionate, on a diet, up for adoption
- Mr Chunks — loves people, tolerates cats, anti-dog, on a diet, up for adoption
- Sammy — quiet, independent, up for adoption
- Cayenne — undemanding and loves to be pet, fully recovered from severe jaundice and bilateral ear infections, needs a foster
- Kayden — goofy and sweet, battled some severe ear infections, might do best in a foster to adopt home
- Teddy — post-neuter eval in progress, a talker who’s awaiting a cardiac consult for a grade 4 heart murmur
- Albert — post-neuter eval in progress (hoping this boy is adoptable)
We appreciate the caretakers who kept these guys fed and contacted us for help with their colonies. Many are surprised when these beleaguered tomcats show their soft side once in the trap.
Your support lets us continue helping these cats and this group of boys has run up a high tally. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated 💕
Calling all cat lovers in 14608🐱
Whether you’re already feeding outdoor cats or simply want to do more for the cats in your neighborhood — we’d love to meet you.
Meet RocKats volunteers at the Phyllis Wheatley Library
📍 33 Dr. Samuel McCree Way
🗓 Saturday, May 2nd | 11am – 1pm
We’ll have resources on affordable spay/neuter, vaccine clinics, and community cat care — plus easy ways to get involved right where you live.
Not fixed yet? Get your cats on the list and help us make a difference, one neighborhood at a time.
No registration required.
Questions welcome at [email protected] or 585.225.5296.
Hope to see you there 💕
#RocKats #14608 #RochesterNY #CommunityCATS #CatAdvocate TNR OutdoorCats
Thank you Milo for your kind words, colorful art, and donation 💕 We agree! Our cats are pretty cool and we’re glad they brighten your day like they do ours 💕
Stop in and meet Bobby at Park Ave Pets 993 Monroe Ave. This affectionate, gentle boy will win your heart . Thanks to your donations, Bobby had his foot surgery, and is now fully recovered. He’s playful, goofy, and has a gentle demeanor. Always eager for human attention, he’ll nudge you for pets and make conversation as he follows you from room to room. Bobby would make a wonderful companion for anyone who can give him the attention he craves ♥️
Such a great group of cat advocates at our trap training today. Some have been spaying and neutering the cats in their neighborhood for years and others are just getting started. Thank you for everything you are doing 🐱Our volunteers and 19th Ward Community Cats are happy to support your efforts and assist as needed. The more we work together the more we accomplish 💕
Be a hero for the cats in your neighborhood and join us on Saturday April 11th 11am to 1:30 pm to learn the essentials of TNVR and find affordable spay/neuter options. We have decades of experience trapping and caring for these forgotten cats but we are too few, our list is too long, and it can take months before we get to your colony.
We’d love to meet you and help you be a safe and efficient trapper.
Details on the flyer. Email us to register [email protected]
March numbers:
40 cats - each one beautiful and special
20 females spayed
19 males neutered
Countless litters prevented
23 vet visits for medical needs
10 adoptable cats transferred to rescue partners
3 adoptables staying with us
4 families assisted with low-cost spay/neuter for their pets
7 adoptions
And one sweet soul, severely disabled, finally at peace. 🌈
Behind every number: hours of trapping, transport, laundry, cleaning, vet runs, early mornings, and late nights.
Want to be part of the difference? We always need:
🐱 Fosters and volunteers
🐾 Cat food donations
💛 Financial support
Link in bio to donate or volunteer. Every contribution helps. Thank you 💕
#donateandsave #tnrsaveslives❣️ #helpcommunitycats
If you’ve wanted to help the cats in your neighborhood but aren’t sure where to start, this workshop is for you.
Join us and @19thWardCommunityCats on Saturday, April 11 from 11AM–1:30PM at the Thomas Ryan R- Center, 530 Webster Ave, Rochester.
What you’ll learn:
→ How to set up spay/neuter appointments (always the first step)
→ Trapping tips and best practices
→ Caring for cats in traps
→ Hands-on practice with box traps and drop traps
Space is limited. Register by contacting us at 585.225.5296 or [email protected]
#CommunityCATS #TNR #RochesterNY #CatWelfare #19thWard
TNVR is just the beginning. The real impact comes from TNVRM — Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return, and Manage.
Colony caretakers across Rochester manage their colonies every day, and Rockats TNRs their cats and supports them as needed. At the same time, we manage several colonies ourselves. Here’s a snapshot of just ONE of our managed colonies:
2023
A request to TNR 3 cats led us to finding more at a nearby dumpster. So we got started
• 39 cats trapped
• 22 returned to colony
• 15 adopted
• 2 returned to owners after spay
2024
• 16 cats trapped/retrapped
• 8 adopted
• 3 returned to colony
• 3 returned to owners after neuter
• 2 fixed colony cats retrapped for medical intervention (one rehomed, one euthanized)
2025
• 19 cats trapped/retrapped
• 8 adopted
• 5 returned to colony
• 3 returned to owners after spay
• 2 fixed colony cats retrapped for grooming or medical intervention (one returned to colony, one rehomed)
• 1 fixed colony cat brought in for excessive sweetness
The impact:
In just 3 years, 69 cats in this 8-block target area were spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and assessed. Many were adopted into homes. Owned cats showing up to eat were fixed too.
Today, at this site, we feed 10 regulars daily. Others wander in and out and eat at other feeders. We monitor them, care for them, and intervene when needed. Every so often we place trail cams to see who we’re not seeing. We know the cats. The community knows us.
This is what TNVRM looks like in the city. Fewer cats on the streets. Healthier cats in colonies. Litters prevented. Communities strengthened. Heartbreak, worry, and frustration. Joy and satisfaction.
♥️Thank you to our fosters and the rescue partners who helped make happy endings possible for the friendly cats in this colony: Keller’s Kats, Kitten Korner, Right Meow, Flower City Kitties, Rochester Animal Services, and Lollypop Farm.
Your donations help the cats and are greatly appreciated ♥️ Donation link in the bio.
Are you currently cat-less and in need of some kitty companionship? We have several beauties who would love to be your one and only valentine.
Major is a quiet, gentle boy who had a rough start in life and has been waiting two long years for his special someone. He’s uber chill, loves to be near you for some chin scratches, and enjoys having his silky soft locks brushed. Major is approx 5 yrs old, neutered, vaccinated, FIV+ and ready to meet you ♥️
Lucille is a vocal, confident girl who has an opinion on everything. She somehow found herself out on the street where she tolerated other kitties until she didn’t. Lucille’s about 5 yrs old, spayed, vaccinated, negative for FIV and feline leukemia and eager to tell you why she’s so special ♥️
Major and Lucille need to be solo kitties.
Contact us at [email protected] if interested in adopting and please share.
Some pics of the 24 cats we helped in January. Each one has a story we often never know in full. We want to thank every kind person out there who is feeding, offering warm shelter, contacting us for help with the injured, ill, and abandoned, and making the decision to take a colony cat indoors after they get their basic vet care. We ♥️ working with all of you during these cold months.
Thank you to those who donated to Bobby’s & Nelson’s vet costs. We met our goal to have these more expensive bills paid in full thanks to your amazing generosity 💕 We could not do this without you.
In addition to this incredibly tough winter, we’ve started the year with some big vet bills. These two very special boys need your help 🐾
Bobby showed up at a colony with a badly injured right hind leg. In February he’ll have surgery to amputate dislocated toes and biopsy his poorly-healing paw. Estimated cost is $1471. He hasn’t let any of this dull his sweet demeanor and always wants to be right near his foster mom 🐱
Nelson was surviving near a dumpster and kept his distance from his feeder. Once trapped we discovered he’s a total lovebug. This week he had his painful blind eye removed. Cost $547. Nelson loves cuddling with his foster mom, kittens and even puppies. Not the shy guy he presented as at the dumpster.
Every donation helps these boys and other cats in our care get their second chance. Thank you for your support ❤️ Link to donate in out bio.
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🥶 We make a lot of decisions when we do TNR but during the winter there are even more. Each week, we carefully prioritize which cats can safely fill our spay/neuter spots—those with injuries, abandoned cats not acclimated to the outdoors, or friendly cats who won’t be returning outside. Our holding space is small - another limiting factor.
A huge THANK YOU to feeders who can offer indoor access during the cold months—you make a lifesaving difference. ♥️
Stubby is one of the lucky ones. After lots of short indoor visits, he received care at Lollypop Farm (@lollypopfarm ) and is now recovering from his neuter and paw injury in his feeder’s home.
With a warm space, the right setup, and safe practices, these cats can be protected even in bitter cold. We’ve included a picture of our basic “feral” setup and we’re happy to offer guidance and support.
Endless gratitude to our volunteers for longer hold times and loving care.
Your donations help make this possible. Any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. ♥️ link to donate in out bio.
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