Forgotten Felines Rescue

Most Denver area homeless cats never make it to a shelter. Unowned and breeding in perpetuity, they experience extreme suffering. We work together with citizens, volunteers and veterinarians to prevent kittens from being born on the street and to improve the lives of those already born or abandoned.

Success Stories

Sauron (formerly Tiny) and her siblings were found by a volunteer in Eastern Colorado when she heard cries coming from a storage shed. There she found four three-week-old kittens under an unused refrigerator. The whole litter was very ill; each kitten had eye infections, upper respiratory infections and intestinal parasites. They also needed supplemental bottle feeding several times per day.

Unfortunately, despite treatment, one of Tiny’s eye infections did not completely heal and her vet recommended that we remove the eye which had ulcerated and ruptured. She recovered well though, and was adopted with her sister Ethyl (formerly Goober). Now she is queen of all she surveils, and loves her new family, even the Guinea pigs!

Ethyl (formerly Goober) was found with her siblings at only three weeks old. The whole litter needed supplemental bottle feeding, and she proved to be the ultimate stubborn baby, refusing to eat from a dish until well after her siblings learned to. She wanted her Baba!

Once she did start eating solid food though, Goober’s foster mom realized that she was having problems digesting, instead, regurgitating each time she ate. Her siblings were quickly surpassing her in weight.

Knowing that this wasn’t normal behavior, Goober had several vet visits and was eventually diagnosed with a persistent aortic arch, which was constricting her esophogus. Forgotten Felines quickly had her scheduled for chest surgery and the constriction was alleviated. Almost immediately, she was eating like a champ with no problems at all.

Now she is Ethyl and lives with her sister Sauron. These two little ladies had so many health issues as kittens, we know that without the intervention of our fosters, volunteers and care-givers, they would not have survived as feral cats. Now they will live long lives in a loving home with affection, care, kisses and cuddles.

Meet the Honeymooners, Trixie and Ralphie! As kittens, they were found by Forgotten Felines Rescue volunteers at two different feral colonies in the Denver area. Since they were only a few weeks old, they were good candidates to leave their lives on the street forever and become loving pets, so they were brought to the same foster home to be socialized, spayed and neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. When they met, it was love at first sight, and the babies immediately bonded. Trixie was underweight for her age and Ralphie had an upper respiratory infection when he was found, but with the loving care of their foster family, and support from each other, they rapidly recovered, learning to be their best kitten selves. After seeing how much these two sweet kittens had begun to rely on each other, their foster mom decided it was important for them to stay together. So, once they were old enough, she started to look for a family who would take them as a bonded pair.

Unfortunately, as they neared adoption age, Ralphie was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP).  A few years ago, this diagnosis would have been a death sentence as there had been no cure or even treatment for FIP. However, veterinary medicine has advanced in the last few years, and Forgotten Felines Rescue and his foster mom decided to try a relatively new treatment protocol. After several months of treatment and several more months of testing, Ralphie was cured of the potentially fatal disease! Of course, Trixie was a big help in his recovery and they grew closer than ever. 

We are so glad they have found the purrfect forever home together! 

Felix’s face and jaw were injured when he was struck by a car, when he was about 12 months old. He was very lucky and survived, but he had to spend a lot of time in the veterinary hospital with his jaw repaired and wired shut. He had to be fed through a feeding tube in his neck. Forgotten Felines paid for his vet care and he was fostered with a very special family who could give him all the extra care he needed to recover.

Today, Felix has recovered quite nicely, though he still has some effects from the car impact. He loves to be scratched on his head and has a loud, deep purr. He is a very sweet snuggle bunny and very playful. He's loving life in his new home!