🥹We have someone for you to meet! This is Amelia Noel. She is an adorable, sweet little tuxie girl… and she only has three legs.

💛We were contacted by a very kind older woman who found her right before Christmas and started taking care of her. She is so happy for Amelia Noel to have other kitten friends (once her quarantine is over) and for her to find a safe and loving indoor home.

♻️Our work won’t stop with her intake though! We practice Full-Circle Rescue. So any kittens we rescue or intake who were found outdoors, we search for the potential colony of cats that they came from and work with the caretakers to get them all TNR’d (trapped, neutered, & returned).

🐱If we were to just take kittens like Amelia and leave it at that, her mom will most likely have another litter in 4 months and that location will be no better off than before we were there. More kittens born in an unsafe, outdoor environment with low chances of survival on their own.

TNR works and it’s the best way to lower the outdoor cat population. If you feed feral cats or even have an indoor/outdoor pet cat, please make sure they are fixed!

🤝If you need TNR assistance in your area, many shelters now have programs and will spay/neuter feral cats for free or low cost. @oconeehumane recently launched their program and @andersoncountypaws_sc offers this service as well! ...

It may not quite be kitten season yet, but we still have quite a few wonderful kitties up for adoption! Some are looking for their homes in bonded pairs (as noted) and some can go solo or into a home with another feline friend!

While our mission is focused on sick, injured, and orphaned kittens, we do sometimes end up taking in an older kitty. These are harder for us to place because they are often overlooked for the cute tiny babies, but they are just as deserving of great homes! Adopting an adult cat has a lot of benefits that might be better for some people than adopting a kitten. They are usually a little more settled, prone to just want to cuddle to enjoy your company, and they really seem to appreciate and understand the new home you’ve give them. 🥺🥰

You can read more about all the adoptable kitties we have on our website: missdixieskittenrescue.org or on Petfinder.com and search Miss Dixie’s Kitten Rescue! ...

We can’t believe Stranger & Danger haven’t been adopted yet! This adorable sister & sister duo is sure to bring all the energy, joy, and snuggles to your home!

They came from a colony we were helping to TNR. At the time, we were extremely full, but their litter wasn’t doing well and they were the only two who were still left. When we took them on, they were crusty, sick, and very underweight. Getting them to eat was a huge challenge, but once they finally regained their appetites, all was well!

They have a strong bond as you can see, so we are looking for a home that will adopt them together! If you are interested, please fill out an adoption application from our website. 🥰 ...

New faces! Say hello to our newest intakes. Some of these sweet babies are already up for adoption, so check out our available kittens to read more about them! 💛🐱 ...

💛 Foster Follow-Up 💛

Wasabi & Rayu were two foster kittens we had back in 2021. They were what we call ✨spicy✨ babies. Meaning, they were a little older when they were rescued, so they didn’t trust humans and were hissy & shy. They warmed up pretty quickly and turned into the sweetest little babies! Now, Wasabi & Rayu are living their best lives in their forever homes! We love seeing our former kittens all grown up! 🤩 ...

💕Chomp & Lemon: 🍋
An Unlikely Friendship Story

You may have already read about Chomp and Lemon separately. Chomp is an approximately 3 year old rescued former colony cat who had pillow foot and was quite beat up by the cats in his colony (resulting in his “chomped” and missing ear). Lemon is a smol baby kitten who was thrown out of a car window and was rescued by a kind caretaker of a feral colony that we have been working with.

Despite Chomp being an outcast in his colony, it was clear he wanted to have feline friends. He would lay by the door of his room and meow and chirp to the other cats he could hear on the other side of the door. However, most of the other fosters in the home were older and not interested in making friends. Even though he was being hissed at, Chomp continued to try to offer his friendship. 🥺

Since Lemon was a singleton kitten and she and Chomp were both staying at the same foster home, after their quarantine periods were both up, the decision was made to slowly introduce them.

The first time they met face to face, Chomp licked Lemon’s head and we knew they would get along just fine. They had supervised play dates and they bonded over chasing ribbon wands.

One day, Lemon was left in Chomp’s room while the foster went to vacuum and when she returned, she found Lemon cuddled up in the rainbow bed with Chomp. 😍

Lemon gets along well with all the other foster cats in the house, but it is clear Chomp is her favorite. She meows at his door when she wants to visit and she LOVES to wrestle with him. Probably because he always lets her win. She has helped him become more confident and he is her favorite nap buddy.

While it is not a requirement, we would LOVE to find a home that would be willing to take Chomp and Lemon together. Chomp has been through a lot and while it doesn’t seem to hurt his feelings when he is rejected by other cats (he is pretty bad at cat social cues, haha!), he wants to make friends more than anything and he loves having Lemon as his friend! 🥰 ...

🎉Adoptions🎉

Adorable one-eyed Chuckie and sweet Cheeto went to their forever homes this past week! If you’ve kept up with the Rugrats group, Tommy & Angelica are going home together today! Happy lives babies! 💕 ...

🎉First TNR mission of 2023 & we left with 15 cats! Trap, neuter, return (TNR) is the best and most effective way to control the outdoor/feral cat population. This colony started like most others do, with just one unfixed cat (the gorgeous fluffy lady in the 4th slide) and quickly grew! Now, there will be no more kittens born here and the cats can live out the rest of their lives happily. 😸 ...

Kanan and Ezra are now officially our longest foster residents. We’ve had these gorgeous twin sisters since June. They were somehow looked over during the height of kitten season and now that they are a little bigger, they haven’t had many inquiries. We think these girls are a perfect pair!

They are very bonded, so they have to go to a home together, but that just means you get a pair of kittens that are already best friends! They are both extremely sweet and loving. Ezra especially will lay in your lap for hours and purr. Kanan can be a little shy at first, but she comes out of her shell quickly and is just as sweet and loving. She is super talkative and gives the cutest little chirps when she’s happy. We hope to find these babies can find their forever home soon! You can read more about them on their adoption page on our website. 💕 ...

💖Recent Adoptions💖

Here are all the sweet babies who made their way to their forever homes recently!

💖Pukwidgie & Mothman #togetherforever
💖Rougarou
💖Posh & Baby Spice #togetherforever (and one of our longest waiting duo)
💖Azalea & Magnolia #togetherforever
💖Embry & Gravy #togetherforever

We are always so happy to see our kittens off to their best homes! We still have plenty of other kittens still looking for their forever homes. Check them out on our website! missdixieskittenrescue.org ...

Chomp would like his future family to know that he is a gift any time of the year. But he is willing to come with a bow for up to 19 seconds if you insist. 🙃 ...