Wild Blue Blog

Wild Blue’s blog is full of wonderful stories of our latest rescue projects, our volunteers of the month and our kitties of the month, who may still be waiting for their forever home!

Cat-A-Day 2023

12/10 – Cat-A-Day – Hamlet

Cat-A-Day- Day Seven – Meet Hamlet! Hamlet is our sweet loving diabetic kitty with severely limited vision. Volunteers quotes – “He is such a sweetheart! He takes his insulin shots twice daily with purrs and cuddles! He’s such a great cat!” Hi! My name is Hamlet. I am a DSH grey tabby & black male…

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12/9 – Cat-A-Day – Whimsy

Cat-A-Day – Day Six – Meet Mama Whimsy – Volunteers quotes- She is such a sweet girl. Loves to play. Really goes after pets. Enjoys rubbing all over you. I’m Whimsy! I’m a DSH grey tabby born approximately 4/28/21. I like to rub against legs to show my affection, and entertain myself with toys. The…

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Cat-A-Day 2023

12/8 – Cat-A-Day – Fila

Cat-A-Day – Day Five- Meet Fila – Volunteer quotes – She loves to play but isnt a fan of the other cats.. She likes human attention so much! Hi there! My name is Fila and I’m a pretty DSH Torbico (Tortoiseshell, Tabby and Calico mix) who was born approximately 02/22/20. I am a super friendly…

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12/7 – Cat-A-Day – Yarda

Cat-A-Day – Day four – Meet Yarda- Yarda is a 6.5 year old gray tabby, Quotes from the volunteers, she loves full body pets and really loves her belly rubbed. She will roll over and purr, purr, purr. Hello! I’m Yarda, a DSH grey tabby born approximately 03/20/17. I was a mama to 5 kittens,…

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12/6 – Cat-A-Day – Duo

Cat-A-Day- Day three! Meet Duo- adorable orange tabby with the sweetest meow! Quotes from volunteer socializers – Loves head and chin scratches, purrs like crazy, very affectionate, loves to play. He is a friendly DSH orange tabby male who was recently returned to Wild Blue. After some adjustment time, he is back to loving human…

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12/5 – Cat-A-Day – Blowfish

  Cat-A-Day – Day two! Today our featured kitty is Blowfish. Such a fun guy with a great personality. Quotes from volunteers socializing Blowfish – total purrfest, loves head bumps, loves to be pet and brushed. Hey there, it’s me Blowfish. No, I don’t have spines, but I do have fluffy hair. I’m a medium-haired…

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12/4 – Cat-A-Day – Lars

Cat-A-Day! Every day for the next few weeks we will feature one of the cats available for adoption at our Sanctuary or in Foster. Today our Cat of the Day is Lars. Lars is a friendly short-haired Calico female is Lars. Her estimated DOB is 11/21/2015. She has grown so much in her comfort around…

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10/21 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

October 21, 2023 Next update on 10/24 after the kittens first vet check since the plasma eye treatments have started! This has been an extremely rough week for our little fighter Varum. He was taken in for emergency surgery to remove a foreign body stuck in his esophagus and stomach. Varum had started losing weight…

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10/10 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

October 10, 2023 Moving to a few days between updates as the 18 kittens continue to heal and grow with their foster families. Today was the day! Exams, treatments and possible surgeries for our 16 older Eye Caramba 18 Kittens…. And we feel it went well but some of our kittens aren’t quite out of…

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10/6 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

October 6, 2023 Next update on 10/10: Thanks to all our wonderful fosters and medical team the 18 kittens are improving and thriving! Our medical team continues to assess the eyes of all the kittens and I’ve included some photos of the ones who are back to 100%! Some of the kittens we thought might…

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10/3 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

October 3, 2023 Moving to a few days between updates as the 18 kittens continue to heal and grow with their foster families. The next big day for our 18 kittens will be on Tues October 10th, our veterinarian will assess the kittens’ eyes to determine which can be saved and which kittens have eyes…

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10/1 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

October 1, 2023 The Update you’ve been waiting for and didn’t know it… Side by Side photos from intake to today 9 days later! WARNING: Some of these photos are graphic and I’ve blurred the worst two from Varum and Valorian, the worst ones are lower down so you can stop scrolling if it gets…

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9/29 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

September 29, 2023 Little Valorian had his eye removal surgery and it went very well! He is resting and starting to feel much better with the severely damaged, swollen, infected eye removed. So far his second eye seems to be healing so time will tell if he gets sight back on the left side. Our…

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9/28 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

September 28, 2023 Today has started with another kitten on its way for emergency eye removal but this time thankfully with our veterinarian rather than the ER. Send out some good vibes to Valorian as he undergoes surgery to remove the extremely swollen and infected eye! He is currently purring in the lap of the…

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9/27 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

September 27, 2023 We’ve got kittens moving forward in healing!! Our surgical team is on their way to Roswell, NM to do a low cost spay neuter clinic for the community so the 16 kittens have moved to four different fosters who have medical training so they can continue to keep the kittens improving. Our…

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9/26 – Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 18 Kittens

September 26, 2023 Wild Blue Cats “Eye” Caramba 16 Ranch Kittens On Friday Sept 22nd the Wild Blue Cats TNR team was contacted about kittens on a ranch who appeared extremely ill. Our founder Lauri and one of our medical team Brandie jumped into their car to go pick up any kittens they could. Upon…

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Rescue Story

Please Donate to Help Xenomorph!

Xenomorph is a very special little guy and he needs your help! Xeno’s mom came to Wild Blue after her humans split up and didn’t want her anymore.  After being in foster care for just under 2 weeks Xeno was born. He was born as a single kitten which is fairly uncommon for cats and…

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Rescue Story

Please Donate to Help Ray Stevens!

Ray Stevens came to Wild Blue from a TNR project in Elizabeth Colorado in late November with a brother and sister. He and the brother had significant hair loss and lesions on their faces and paws due to a bad ringworm infection.  Some cases of ringworm can be cleared with topical ointments and baths but…

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Rescue Story

Reeves’ Rally for Roswell 2023

Wild Blue Cats! Is announcing the continuation of our program to support the cats and kittens of Roswell NM, going beyond our normal operating areas around Colorado Springs to help others in need!  This year, our program, now called Reeves’ Rally for Roswell 2023 will include low cost Spay/Neuter Clinics for the residents of Roswell…

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Rescue Story

Another TNR Success Story!

Wild Blue was invited to Village East Trailer Park in Trinidad, Co, by the owner, Allison F because the trailer park had become inundated with feral cats. So, the TNR team went down and spent 4 days trapped, then hosted a two-day S/N clinic.  The team trapped almost 40 cats.  19 females were spayed, and…

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Rescue Story

Bilbo’s Barn Buddies

Wild Blue Cats! Has a rather unique program in Frontier Feral’s.  This program specifically addresses the feral cat population not only in our Trap Neuter Return (TNR) program but also, on some occasions, where it’s unsafe to return a kitty to its current location, we bring the kitty (kitties) into our Bilbo’s Barn Buddies enclosure…

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Rescue Story

An Amazing Donation

WOW what a blessing!! Wild Blue has received the most AMAZING donation!  Many, many thanks go out to Mike, Carolyn and Rachel, who adopted Demi, now Meera, from Wild Blue in 2017.  This week they donated their awesome 2011 Coachman Concorde RV!!  It is in terrific condition with only 41K miles on it!  We plan…

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Rescue Story

A TNR Success Story

Sometimes…not always and probably not often, life just works out for a group of wild, feral kitties.  We got a call a few months ago from a fellow down in the southern part of Colorado Springs about a group of 5 wild kitties trying to survive in his not friendly to kitties neighborhood.  He had…

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Rescue Story

2022 TNR Lollapalooza

The Wild Blue TNR team went on an amazing adventure this past March, partnering with 2 ladies and 2 different locations, one in Calhan and the other in Latigo Trails.  Each location underestimated their potential cat population.  The Calhan location thought between 20-25 which turned into 30 and the Latigo Trails location went from 15…

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Rescue Story

2021 Raton Project

The Raton Project started November 2021 when Pat, the Regional Interpretive Ranger/Northeast from the New Mexico State Parks office in Raton NM reached out to us via email for assistance about a large colony 50-60 cats in their area.  A local cat advocate there had referred her to us.  Good to know our good work…

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Our Wild Blue Bestie Program is a Success!!

Our Wild Blue Bestie program has been a success!….. but who doesn’t need more “Besties” in their life? Sign up today to be a monthly donor to Wild Blue Cats! and become a best friend to the felines at Wild Blue. Click on any “donate” button on our website, follow the prompts and be sure…

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Kitty of the Month

Hi, I’m Ferguson!

Meow! My name is Ferguson!  I am a senior male DSH orange tiger tabby with white on my neck and nose. I was transferred from Fremont County back in 2017, and now I’m living life with my foster mom along with younger foster kitties. I am FIV+, and had some work fixing my inner eye…

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Kitty of the Month

Hi, I’m Oliver!

Meow, meow, my name is Oliver! I am a male, adult cat, unfortunately declawed in the front. My birth date is approximately 12/20/2007. I’m incredibly lovey, enjoying laps and pets. I’m also diabetic, which means I need to be given insulin twice a day on time. My medication costs about $100 a bottle, so I…

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Kitty of the Month

Hello, I’m Sabana!

Hello I’m Sabana, Cibolo’s sister. I am a torbie (tortie+tabby mix) and I have a small brown speck in my eyes that tells me apart from my brother. My front paws are declawed just like my brother and I’m feeling much much better after my dental visit. I’ll give you a nice soft purr if…

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Meet Dahlia, our special needs girl!

UPDATE!  Dahlia has been adopted! From Dahlia’s foster mom: “[Dalhia’s Adopters] came to meet her last night and just fell in love with her!!  They came as I was giving her a bath, so saw that process.  Helped me get her into a new diaper and then saw her walk around and play a little. …

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Meet Raji, the Bengal!

Meet Raji, the Bengal! He’s 10 years young, front declawed, neutered, micro chipped and vaccinated. Wandering cold and hungry in Security, CO for a couple of weeks, he walked up to a good Samaritan and asked for help.  He’s been with us since Sept 2018 and needs a special person who can appreciate his distinct…

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February’s Volunteer of the Month: Christine!

My name is Christine, and my family and I moved to Monument five years ago after my husband, Joel, retired from the Army. Together, Joel and I have a 19-year-old daughter named Mallory and a 16-year-old son named Nate—both are animal lovers, I’m proud to say! We have a geriatric terrier mix named Mia, two…

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Adoption Success!

Udall, such a cat!

Meet Udall!  A handsome 6 month old orange tabby guy looking for a home.  His foster family made this great video of him to help him find a home. This is one of the many things we love about our foster families, they go above and beyond to help the kitties they love and foster.…

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A need for beds

Here at the sanctuary, we are always going through supplies.  We now realize that we have a need for beds for our furry residents!  To meet existing needs and to populate the Critical Care unit, we need many more beds.  Kuranda Shelter Beds are wonderful beds that our cats all love.  They are easy to…

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Adoption Success!

The Great Zaxby!

My name is Zaxby, I’m female and I was born on April 18, 2005. I’m a DSH and I have a beautiful dark tortoise shell coat. I had a loving home for most of my life, but when I started having some health issues I was brought to Wild Blue.  I had treatment for my…

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Wild Blue Cats! Disaster Relief Help

Wild Blue was eager to help out with both hurricane Harvey in Texas and hurricane Irma in Florida providing local support to the families and the community animal organizations.  We have learned that in a natural disaster it is not only the people and animals that need support, but it is also the community shelters…

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Back to School!

It’s that time of year again, school busses rolling, and mornings seem to start that much earlier.  Don’t forget Wild Blue when you shop at Amazon for school supplies, even the small purchases help us keep our cats safe, fed and happy.  Thanks for shopping!

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Join Us at the Black Forest Festival!

We’ll have some kitties, face painting and our merchandise at the annual Black Forest festival this Saturday, August 11.  Information/Merchandise table from 8:00 to 3:30. Kitty Face Painting for Donation from 8:00 to 2:30. Kitten Kisses & Kuddles for Donation 11:00 to -2:00. We are in booth #7, just north of the community center building.…

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Catio Plans and a discount!

Isn’t it time you treated your favorite furry friends with something special? Cats love the outdoors, but they also need to be safe.  Catios provide a safe environment that also lets cats be outside.  The best of both worlds! Check out the online offers in our store and be sure to use the Wild Blue discount…

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Our July Volunteer of the Month, Jenn McGilton

I started volunteering at Wild Blue Cats in October 2016 after helping with a TNR project headed up by Allison Duval in Monument. It was such a rewarding experience that I decided to join the team. It all began with helping at the sanctuary on Monday evenings after work and has blossomed into a rewarding…

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Meet Kerry, Our June Volunteer of the Month!

Meet Kerry Phillips, our June volunteer of the month. Wild Blue asked Kerry to tell us something about his experience and here is what he said. I started volunteering at Wild Blue last October. I had attended events and made a few contributions before that but I had a job where I was on call…

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Meet Kelsey our April Volunteer of the Month!

Kelsey has volunteered with Wild Blue Cats since July 2017. Kelsey spends most of her volunteer time with Mike and Jeff in Maya’s Village, caring for the feral colony. She loves socializing and taking pictures of the feral colony. Kelsey has always had a heart for animals, particularly felines. She volunteered four years at the…

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Meet Jeff! March Volunteer of the Month

Volunteers come to Wild Blue Cats with a variety of skills. When we met Jeff Laboissonniere we knew that he would be a perfect fit for us. Here is a little bit more about Jeff, our March Volunteer of the month. Jeff moved from Southern California to Colorado in August, 2006 following his company as…

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Colorado Springs’ Area Emergency Animal Care Locations

Please call to confirm hours and availability before taking your pet. Tender Care Veterinary Center http://www.tcvetcenter.com/ 8036 Meridian Park Drive, Falcon, CO 80831 (719) 559 8282 Map They are located in Falcon, just behind 7-11 gas station off of Meridian Road. Animal ER Care, LLC http://www.animalercare.com/ 5520 N Nevada Avenue, #150 Colorado Springs, CO 80918…

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Happy New Year! – New Changes to Wild Blue!

Wild Blue has grown tremendously over the past year, so it’s no surprise that we rescued a record high number of kitties in 2017. To keep up with the demand on our volunteers and our resources (we’re a volunteer-run organization, after all), we’re making a handful of changes this year. One such change is our…

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December Volunteer of the Month

Join us in congratulating Paige for being awarded our volunteer of the month. When asked what got her interested in Wild Blue, here is what she said… Starting with a black and white cat named Punkins, who slept in the crib with me soon after I was born, I’ve had a lifetime of living with…

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Volunteer of the month – Debbie Carter!

Debbie grew up an Army brat which allowed her the wonderful opportunity to live throughout the world…….she was born in Japan, and started 1st grade in France, finally graduating from high school in Greece. She now tells her grandkids the stories. She is an ex-nurse who worked in the VA system during the Vietnam war.…

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Deming and Tommy

Deming came to us as a teeny kitten with a bad case of feline herpes that fused his eye shut and ultimately required surgery. His herpes, though no longer dangerous to him, still manifests in some sneezes and eye goop, but it’s nothing a damp wet rag can’t handle. Unfortunately, he was overlooked because of…

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Volunteer of the Month – Kevin Hogan!

Kevin Hogan, 19, has been a volunteer with Wild Blue since 2012. Kevin has high functioning autism and some learning challenges. Fortunately, Lauri Cross made a connection with Kevin and invited him to begin volunteering at the rescue in 2012.  At first, Kevin only worked at the shelter, with assistance. Over the years, he has progressed to working the…

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Saving Florissa

When we received a call about a kitten that couldn’t walk and had a bloody nose, we knew we had to get them to a vet ASAP. Bleeding from the nose coupled with disorientation or being uncoordinated often meant heavy trauma, like being hit by a car or falling from a height. Wild Blue gets several…

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Deming and Tommy

Deming came to us as a teeny kitten with a bad case of feline herpes that fused his eye shut and ultimately required surgery. His herpes, though no longer dangerous to him, still manifests in some sneezes and eye goop, but it’s nothing a damp wet rag can’t handle. Unfortunately, he was overlooked because of…

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50% Chance to Live: Brain-Damaged

Receiving the Call When we received a call about a kitten that couldn’t walk and had a bloody nose, we knew we had to get them to a vet ASAP. Bleeding from the nose coupled with disorientation or being uncoordinated often meant heavy trauma, like being hit by a car or falling from a height. Wild…

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Meet Namtip, Volunteer of the Month

Please join us in congratulating team member – Namtip – as our AUGUST volunteer of the month! She says “I relocated from Thailand about 8 years ago and the first couple years trying to adjust to life in the U.S. were very hard. I became very homesick and missed my cats in Thailand very much.…

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Kitty of the Month

Cat of the Month – Deming

I’m a very loving, short-haired, 1-year-old male kitty with dense, plush fur that everyone enjoys snuggling into and really cute markings on my head and tail. I’m eager to be around people and I also enjoy the company of the other cats at my foster home. I came to Wild Blue when I was just a few days old and have had…

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