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Cat Care Network of Central Iowa
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We love cats + people who love cats! We help low-income families keep their cats (provide food, litter, supplies through crisis) + TNR, rescue, foster. 501c3. www.CatCareNetwork.org

Support our work at https://donorbox.org/ccn-help-us-help-cats
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Part 2: Out
The same tiny brown tabby kitten has squeezed his front half out sideways of the cat tree cubby hole to say peek-a-boo! His eyes are still wide and eager. He is gorgeous- beautiful black stripes and lush brown fur with gold and white flecks. He has a white muzzle and perfect black eyeliner. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Part 1: Let meowt

#CatBoxSunday
#FormerFoster Bello (2022)
#KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky
A tiny brown tabby kitten peeks sideways out of a cat tree cubby hole. The pic is blurry with action. His eyes are wide and wild. His little paws are clutching the sides of the cubby hole with claws extended. The vibe is very chaotic because he’s playing! Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Sophie 🌈 was my Best Girl and only true shelter adoption. I saw her kitten photo and fell in love!

Good folks at a MN shelter rescued & fostered her & her siblings 🙏 Huge appreciation for all shelter workers… you change lives! 🤩

Here’s her famous 2016 diva photo that was published in a magazine 🤩
A silver tabby cat reclines with her head tilted back. She has a magnificent smile with whiskers forward and eyes nearly closed. This was a photo snapped at just the right time at the end of a yawn. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Learn more about this Angel & Heaven/Stella here:
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Important: These 2 adoptable cats are reigning Big Stretch champs!! 🤩😻
A big orange and white cat sprawls on the floor looking up. Angel is massive, maybe 15 lbs?!? Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org A swirly torbie with adorable white paws stretches on the floor, showing off her perfect little mittens. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Big Boy “Angel” and petite “Heaven” (renamed “Stella”) have been approved for adoption by the good folks at @arliowa.bsky.social 🥳😻

Just look at these sweet faces! They were a fun duo when I held them a few months for #CatCrisisCare.

They’ve had such a tough time… 1/🧵

#AdoptMe #CatsOfBluesky
Closeup of a white and orange cat’s face and front paws. He is laying upright with paws out looking into the camera with curious dark eyes. He has beautiful orange tabby markings, including a single gorgeous stripe extending back from the outer corner of each eye. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org A beautiful torbie cat is perched on a tabletop looking very intently at something just behind the camera with wide greenish gold eyes. She has gorgeous tricolor swirls and distinctive brown and black stripes plus white bib and socks… and a perfect pink nose. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Hiya Jinx! We are big fans! 🤩😻

This is Bosscat Hallie showing how well she can protect nana phones, watermelon, and favorite boxes.
A medium hair brown tabby with wildly shaggy bib hair sits in loaf position on top a white box with a catnip banana right in front of her and a watermelon in the background. Her expression is mildly perturbed, as usual. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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We cannot be having leftovers AGAIN?!?

#WhiskerWednesday
Sophie 🌈
#CatsOtBluesky
A beautiful silver tabby cat wrinkles her nose and glares at the camera in distain and disgust. She is gorgeous but judgmental. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Right?!? Looks like he face planted in it 😹
A sleek black cat with big “wow” gold eyes is living his best life with snowflakes all over his face. He had been playing in a big tub of snow brought into the porch. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Monday memory: When my tripod “foster fail” Captain Oso met snow for the first time ☃️

Does your cat like snow? 😹

#CatsOfBluesky
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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A little loaf and drumsticks in honor of Thanksgiving 🦃

So grateful for YOU and our online community’s joyful love of cats! 🫶🏽

#HappyThanksgiving
#FormerFoster Jessie (2022)
#KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky
A tiny brown tabby kitten lays in a modified loaf position with his front paws tucked neatly at his chest. But his back leg is awkwardly extended forward so it looks like a little drumstick. So silly! Photo owned by CatCareNetwork
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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There is so much beauty and light in the world… 😻

#TortieTuesday
#FormerFoster Piper (2024)
#KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky
Closeup of a gorgeous tortie kitten around 6 months old. Her fur is a galaxy of specks and swirls of gold, white, and black. She wears a striking gold swish on her nose bridge. Her stunning eyes are looking directly at the camera. Piper is such a beauty! Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Prepare for the FIVE POINT PALM EXPLODING HEART TECHNIQUE of fluffiness (Baby Yzma was on another level of adorableness 😹)
An adorably chonky and fluffy grey kitten lays on her side in the sun. Her round belly is exposed and her fur is backlit so it looks like she is glowing with every floofy hair illuminated. She has achieved a transcendental level of fluff. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Kiki was such a gorgeous baby… and those ear tufts were just magnificent! 😻🤩
A beautiful long-haired tabby kitten with gorgeous gold eyes, perfect eyeliner, and huge ears with crazy long white tufts of hair sticking straight out. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Thrilled to share a celebratory “thank you for making it possible to purchase essential equipment” 🥰 kitten tax:

Your favorite big-mitten kitten fluffball…
#FormerFoster Baby Yzma (2025) 🤩
#Caturday #KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky
A ridiculously chubby and round kitten with dense grey fur is cradled triumphantly in the air. Her polydactyl paws and big blue eyes make her irresistibly adorable. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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HUGE THANKS to so many friends of cats! Blew past my goal in less than 12 hours… ya’ll are just too kind! 🥹🫶

I just ordered the cages (plus bonus hammock!), thanks to YOU promoting, sharing, and donating $5-$200 at a time via Donorbox, Chewy, and Venmo 💪

1/🧵
Screenshot of a Chewy.com receipt showing order total $396.31. I got a discount so added an extra hammock to the order! Screenshot of the Chewy receipt, continued, showing purchase of 2 heavy duty cages. This will be so helpful! My heart is full and thankful!
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I’m trying Donorbox for the first time in the hopes of using it ongoing 🤞🏽

You’ll also see CCN’s new official logo & branding 🎉 I’d love to hear what you think!

Thank you for considering! Your kitten tax:
A tiny perfect lilac point Siamese kitten trots toward the camera while licking his lips. His happy little tail is raised high, showing off his little white “tail light” on the tip of his tail. Surprise, it’s our foster fail Noodle from 2021! Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Oso agrees and furthers your assessment.
A very grumpy black cat stares disapprovingly at the camera. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Heading into the weekend in full gremlin mode 😼😹

#FormerFoster Kiki (2023)
#FelineFriday #KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #SkyCat
A fluffy brown tabby kitten looks grouchy as she is held tightly by a human. She has beautiful white eyeliner, white muzzle, and magnificently long ear tufts sticking straight out. Her expression says she has had enough of all this nonsense. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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My family loved Suki 😻

She’d visit often to annoy our Bosscat Hallie + get scritches and fresh water on a hot day. She kept us company when working in the yard.

Fly free sweet little Suki 🙏😿🌈
A medium hair tabby with white nose, bib, and paws stands on a deck outside getting pets. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Thinking of sweet Suki, who passed last month 🌈 The beautiful old gal got very confused after her family (our back neighbors) moved about a mile away.

For over a year, Suki would occasionally show up at our door, disheveled and hungry 😿 She navigated 8+ blocks of busy city streets to return. 1/🧵
A brown tabby with a white nose and paws looks through a glass door. She is very skinny and appears to be asking “why won’t the people in my old house let me in?” Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I found a pic of Jimmy D all grown up… a magnificent sweet sunshine boy! 😻
A large medium-hair orange and white tabby reclines by a door. His fluffy hair looks so soft. The door’s kickplate shows his reflection. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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I mean, Pedro appears to be PERFECT 🤩 Look at his adorable face!! 😻
Photo from ARL website of a black cat with a perfect white bow tie sitting up. He looks like he’s begging on his haunches with bright gold eyes and the cutest little lips!
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Sweet little Jimmy D says HI! 😻
A fluffy yellow and white kitten with big blue eyes and white paws. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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You deserve a sweet treat today! 😋

#TongueOutTuesday
#FormerFoster Jimmy (2022)
#KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #SkyCat
A perfect yellow and white tabby kitten with white socks sits in the sun while licking his lips. His fur looks cottony soft and slightly rumpled. His bright blue eyes are fixated on something behind the camera… maybe treats? Photo owned by CatCareNetwork
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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If a crazy cat lady can build trust with random strangers, ANYONE can 😻 Start talking to your neighbors and community members about beloved pets… you never know where those convos may lead!

Thanks for listening! 😊

Here’s the well-earned kitten tax:
A gorgeous Siamese tabby kitten with brilliant blue eyes sits on a cat tree. He’s one of the most beautiful and unique looking kittens I’ve ever met. #FormerFoster Martin (2023). Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM