😍Here’s a sneak peek of just some of our newest little jellybeans and their moms.

🐱Kitten season is picking up quickly here! With this time we’d like to kindly remind everyone to try to spay & neuter their cats as soon as possible. Upstate SC has been putting a lot of resources into affordable spay & neuter, both for your pets and any stray/feral cats you may feed.

💛If you need assistance or are looking for resources to help get your pets or ferals fixed, you can reach out to us at TNR@missdixieskittenrescue.org

🫶Let’s work together to make this the smallest kitten season the Upstste has ever seen and reduce kitten suffering and deaths. ...

💖Recent Adoptions💖

💛Amelia
💛Posh & Baby Spice #togetherforever
💛Ezra & Kanan #togetherforever

You may have seen our posts about both Posh & Baby Spice and Kanan & Ezra who had been adopted, but returned recently. While we are sad when a home we thought was a great fit doesn’t work out, we always happily accept our former kittens back and we prefer it this way. We want bonded pairs to always get to stay together and when an “older” pair of bonded cats are up for adoption, it can be a much harder placement than two small kittens. We are overjoyed that we found AMAZING homes for both of these sweet pairs and they still get to be #togetherforever. ...

🎉March is the month for birthdays around here! Please help us wish a very happy birthday to Val, our TNR Coordinator.

💛We are so thankful to have Val on our team! She is one of the most passionate people we know and we are better for it. Val had been doing an impressive amount of TNR and fostering all on her own before she joined our team. Her expertise, compassion, and energy that she displays everyday is inspiring.

🫶Thank you for everything you do Val! You’ve improved the lives of every cat & kitten you come across, no matter the situation. We hope you had a wonderful birthday and you have the best year yet! ...

Hey all, This is Mary, Founder of Miss Dixie’s Kitten Rescue, and today I come to you all with a special request:

Please help me wish the happiest of birthdays to our Program Director, Bethany!

When I say Miss Dixie’s would not exist without the guidance, support, organization and passion Bethany brings to the table, I mean it. Her relentless drive and focus to help every single animal that crosses her path is truly out of this world. She has gone from just a foster to a foster + TNR coordinator to Foster + Program Director (and let’s be honest here…the glue that holds us all together) in the span of the two years she has been with us, and all the kitties (and the humans) are better off for it.

Miss Dixie’s is beyond fortunate to have a soul like Bethany on our team, and every single kitten who is fortunate enough to be fostered by her is one of the luckiest kitties alive. Thank you for everything you do.

Happy Birthday, Bethany! We hope it’s your best one yet, and that you get to celebrate many more birthdays with us. ...

Do you all remember the sweet senior gal we rescued last month? After her dramatic make-over and a few days to settle into her foster home, we took her in for her follow-up appointment with our vet.

During the visit, our vet determined that she has polycystic kidney disease, arthritis and a grade III heart murmur. Kidney disease can be managed through diet (which she is adjusting to well), and we are working with out vet to determine what best route we can take to manage her arthritis and heart murmur (if there is anything we can do).

Dory is an easy going gal. She likes her warm bed, her food and lots of attention. She took to the litterbox very well, and only has an accident every once in a while. And although she eats a lot, she has been having a very difficult time putting on weight. She is still a young senior (8-9 years old), we aren’t sure how much time she has left.

So what does that mean about her future…

We believe Dory deserves to have a loving home experience, but we understand her condition will make it more difficult to find. We are looking for what is called a “fospice” home for Dory. Her foster will need to be willing to provide a safe and loving space for her for as long as she has left, and Miss Dixie’s Kitten Rescue will continue to cover her medical expenses to keep her happy and as healthy as possible. A fospice is essentially an adoption with benefits. She will be your girl, but we will handle her medical expenses.

Because we will be staying involved with her medical care, we are looking for the foster to be within a nearby range of Clemson, SC or if you are wanting to adopt Dory, we require her potential home to be within a 3hr drive of Clemson, SC. If you feel called to provide a long term home for Dory, please reach out and fill out an adoption application.

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Hey friends, we need your help with sharing to find these babies a home! You might remember Posh and Baby Spice, two super sweet, bonded sisters that were finally adopted together last year. Unfortunately, their adopters developed severe asthma and they are being returned. Their adopters are heartbroken and we are glad they came back to us to help get them a new home.
We’re hoping to find the perfect place for them as soon as we can! They are playful, loving, still under a year old and the best of friends. They get along great with dogs and kids!
If you are interested, please fill out an application for them on our website. ❤️ ...

We were very busy this weekend! We have some new intakes that we’ll share with you, but first, we want to share some more adoptions!

💖Vision
💖Leo
💖Starlight
💖Chomp & Lemon #togetherforever
💖Inez & Karma #togetherforever

We’re so excited for these amazing homes, especially the ones that have taken in some of our longest kitty residents like Chomp & Lemon and Leo. Happy forevers babies! 🤍 ...

Starlight is a beautiful green-eyed gal that we took in with her six kittens. Her babies have been adopted, but we are still looking for a home for her. She is still basically a kitten herself!

While we typically require adoptions in pairs or for our cats to go to homes that already have a feline companion, we think Starlight would like to be an only cat. So, if you have been looking to just adopt one cat, she is the one for you!

Starlight has the best laid-back personality. She is extremely sweet and loves humans. She is happy to be near you and likes to be pet and loved on, but she is also independent and is just enjoying her new indoor life.

You can apply for her on our website at missdixieskittenrescue.com. ...

We had a full day of adoptions yesterday for some very deserving kittens!

✨Katja! This little girl has been with us for a while and has finally found her perfect home!
✨Leonardo (went solo, but is joining his new brother, Goose)
✨Vigilante
✨Este
✨Cornelia & Haze #togetherforever

Fun little story from adoption day: We will often allow our adopters to do a meet and greet with the kittens to make sure it is a perfect match or to help them decide between two kittens. In the picture with Este, you can see Haze (the tuxedo) on the shoulder of the adopter being his charming self, but they were only there for Este. When Cornelia’s mom’s came in to adopt her, Haze really turned up the charm and while they weren’t planning on adopting two, they couldn’t leave him behind and adopted them both! We love to see a #togetherforever moment. 💕 ...

This sweet young mom cat and her four kittens are our newest intakes! And they also come with a bonus: mom cat’s bff! A sweet little tuxedo girl. This little co-parenting situation is so cute and sweet to see. 🖤🤍

While it’s still a little early in the year, we are starting to see litters of kittens popping up. The phrase “kitten season” sounds adorable, but it’s actually a phrase that rescues dread. It’s a time when we are flooded with requests for help, we find kittens at every colony we TNR, and we are well over capacity within our foster network. It’s awful to know there are kittens suffering that we just don’t have space for.

If you’d like to help support us prepare for kitten season and throughout the year, consider becoming a monthly donor! Even a small monthly amount is incredibly helpful to us because it will give us an idea of what our funds will be at the beginning of every month. The donation portal is on our website, missdixieskittenrescue.com and we are a registered 501c3 nonprofit. We couldn’t make the kind of impact we do without all of the support we get from our community, near & far. 💕 ...

💛 Foster Follow-Up 💛

These two beautiful babies, Wally & Tessie (previously Macadamia & Cashew) were adopted as a pair from us last year. Look at them all grown up and gorgeous now! They are thriving in their home and are still the best of friends. We love to see our past kittens living their best lives! #togetherforever ...

You may have already learned about Dory, this sweet older cat that we rescued a week ago, but we wanted to give everyone an update.

She was founded huddled up outside and getting rained on. It was clear she was malnourished and in need of care. We got her into the vet and an appointment for an emergency groom. The groomer removed what she estimated to be around seven years of matting off of her.

Dory is now in her foster home staying warm and dry. She is extremely sweet and gentle and she loves getting pets. After so long outdoors with no care, we are glad to be able to offer her a good life! ♥️ ...