AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! This sweet grey polydactyl was exhausted and fighting chronic diarrhea when she walked right into our cat carrier with her three tiny kittens in tow. Veterinary care, time and diligence helped heal her and once her kittens were old enough to be adopted, Gigi was spayed. Now our website model is ready to find a home! Please help if you can!

ADOPTED! Named (though only as placeholders) for the black-and-white ball founders Truman Capote and Katherine Graham, this tuxedo cat pair of siblings were maybe four weeks old when we found them alone outside on a cold September night. Now at roughly 11 weeks old (that’s an old photo), they just moved in with their new loving family!

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Caught two weeks after his siblings, Cappy+Kate—which is why the black-and-white ball naming continues—Candace “Candy” Bergen seemed a perfect name when we thought this magical kitten was a girl. Wrong! But we’re sticking with it (or “Bergie”) because of the Halloween season and that this outgoing fella is just so sweet.

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Frankie (after Sinatra) was the last of her litter—the Black and White Ball kittens—to be caught. (Yes, our guessing wrong streak continued.) She had an upper respiratory infection and wasn’t thrilled about coming inside, but as her health improved so did her spirits! Now this black beauty is ready to find a home!

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! We grabbed supremely lovable and muppety Little Murray Sparkles with his equally swell brother Toast on a chilly night and the two immediately acted like they owned the joint. He’s the only long-haired kitten in his litter and polydactyl. We’d love to keep these tight-knit playmates together, if possible. Both purrballs are 100% heart melters.

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Toast is Little Murray Sparkles’ brother and BFF. Initially nicknamed Toes because he’s polydactyl, we liked when the vet tech thought we said Toast. He is the perfect color of a toasted honeywheat. This happy fella’s personality is unbeatable. We’d love to keep him with Murray, if possible. Both have had their first round of shots.

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Stella came inside maybe a week after her brothers Little Murray Sparkles and Toast. She immediately decided two things: She isn’t interested in being alone and she is interested in being a lap cat. She is the only female in her litter and is a sweet companion to her slightly shier brother D’Oro.

AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! D’Oro was the final of the four in his litter to come inside and he was worth the wait. He’s a little shier than his outgoing siblings, but this a-d’oro-ble boy is sweet. Like his brothers, he’s polydactyl! He keeps Stella company nicely, so we’d love to keep them together, if possible.

RETURNED Heathcliff is a sweet-as-can-be male, and was the third in his litter to be TNR’d. (His mom is “Mama” and other siblings are “Houdini” and “Jelly Bean”.) We finally caught him and now he is neutered and back with his bonded sibling, Kathy.

RETURNED Sweet-but-skittish Cathy was the last of Jelly Bean’s siblings to be trapped for TNR and is now spayed and back with her bonded sibling, Heathcliff. (The other sibling is the elusive Houdini.) During her surgery the vet discovered (and repaired) her umbilical hernia too!

RETURNED This little lady has been through the wringer. At a young age she endured a neck injury after an animal attacked her, but she was too shy to let us help her. We finally caught her and hoped we could socialize her enough to be adoptable. She opted out.

ADOPTED! We noticed this little “Fluffball” waiting for her mom in a woodpile. Once we determined she was old enough—and we weren’t in danger of knocking the wood on top her—we grabbed her. Our favorite foster mom found “Puffin” a home, where she’s living her best life with her new mom and doggy brother.

ADOPTED! “Gary” and his sister (not pictured) were not happy to be caught around the same time as the slightly younger Puffin. Both had upper respiratory infections that needed to be treated before getting adopted. Fortunately, they both came around and now have homes. These days Gary loves cheering on the Lions with his new dad!

ADOPTED! Jelly Bean was teeny (pictured) when we first spotted him, but a little too little to be away from “Mama,” so we reunited them. Eventually, we trapped him for TNR and even though he was probably around four months old, he was “chill,” sweet, and quick to purr. At a vet visit, a tech asked if she could adopt him and home “Bean” went.

Houdini immediately outwitted his handler who tried to transfer him into a crate for a few days of R and R after being neutered. He then managed to escape the basement room altogether when the handler left to get him food and water! Since then, Houdini’s had a fun run with basement life, but he’ll soon return outside to be with his colony.

RETURNED Mama is the mother of Jelly Bean, Houdini, Heathcliff and Cathy, among others. Because she’s had the misfortune of having several litters a year, we were particularly grateful to catch her. She’s sadly not quite friendly enough to be a house cat and was eager to get out so once she was spayed and recovered, she returned outside.

When Cally-Coo was just a wee little kitten, someone in the neighborhood wanted to adopt her. Unfortunately, we didn’t get around to catching her until she was already grown and had her kitten, Puffin. The neighbor backed out, but I’m still hopeful someone might want this smart, feisty calico, currently reigning over my basement. Ugh.

RETURNED “Boxcat Willa,” as we’ve dubbed her, swings by this box every evening, seemingly to take a little rest and grab a little snack. This one-and-a-half-year-old female is now spayed and back with her colony.

RETURNED After raising the sweetest kittens in the world—the beige crew now up for adoption— Snowshoe needed to be TNR’d. The vet spayed her, tried to treat her chronic conjunctivitis, and fixed her umbilical hernia, and she is now returned.

RETURNED Charlene “Tilty” Tilton is a neighborhood favorite. No spring chicken, her final litter was the Black and White Ball kittens. Once they were safe and on the road to being adopted, we caught her, had her spayed and she is now “returned.”