🐾 Need Help With a Cat? Start Here!
At Cattyshack, we want to connect our community with the right resources—whether you need help with spay/neuter, pet food, vet care, rehoming, or a stray cat situation.
✂️ Need Spay/Neuter Assistance?
We would much rather help you get your pet fixed than help rehome a litter of kittens later. Prevention truly saves lives.
We can often help schedule (and sometimes help cover) appointments at:
🐾 North Alabama Spay Neuter Clinic
🐾 Flint River Animal Hospital
🐾 Best Friends Animal Hospital
📧 Email us first: rescue@cattyshackhuntsville.org
Other local programs:
💙 Fixin Alabama ($5 spay/neuter for Huntsville residents)
👉 https://fixinalabama.org
💙 SNAP (Madison County, income-based)
👉 https://snapalabama.org
✨ Let’s work together to get pets, strays, feral colonies, and barn cats fixed!
🍽 Need Help With Pet Food or Vet Care?
There are several programs available to help:
Food Assistance:
🥣 Greater Huntsville Humane Society – King’s Kitchen Program
👉 https://ghhs.org
🥣 Huntsville Animal Services Pet Food Pantry
👉 https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/environment/animal-services/
🥣 Pet Help Finder
👉 https://www.pethelpfinder.org
🥣 FindHelp.org
👉 https://www.findhelp.org
🥣 211 (local assistance directory)
👉 https://www.211.org
Low-Cost Veterinary Care:
🩺 Monte’s Wellness Clinic (Huntsville – $10 exams)
🩺 The Pet Fund
👉 https://www.thepetfund.com
🩺 RedRover
👉 https://redrover.org
🩺 Tractor Supply PetVet Clinics
👉 https://www.tractorsupply.com/petvet
🏡 Need to Rehome Your Pet?
Cattyshack is a shelter-priority rescue, which means cats facing euthanasia or critical medical situations must come first.
We may be able to assist if you can:
✔️ Foster your pet until adoption
✔️ Ensure required vetting is completed
✔️ A suggested donation of $75 as a rehoming service fee is requested to help cover time and resources that are being put into your pet, which is time and resources taken away from the ones being euthanized. Why a rehoming fee? Read this article to see what goes into approving an adopter. Additionally, we are trusting your description of the cat vs actually knowing the cat – which is a huge liability for us.
Minimum vetting required:
✔️ FeLV/FIV test
✔️ Current FVRCP & Rabies vaccines
✔️ Spayed or neutered
📧 Vet records must be sent to: info@cattyshackhsv.org
💡 If housing costs (pet rent/deposits) are the reason, we can also point you toward ESA resources—just ask!
🔎 Rehoming on Your Own?
If the above isn’t an option, please take steps to do it safely.
⚠️ Never post a pet as “Free to a Good Home.”
Always require:
📌 A vet reference
📌 Commitment to indoor-only living
📌 Agreement to never declaw
Self-listing options:
🔗 Home To Home
👉 https://home-home.org
🔗 Adopt-A-Pet Rehome
👉 https://rehome.adoptapet.com
Helpful local Facebook groups:
👥 Responsible Pet Owners and Rescuers of North Alabama
👥 Animal Rescue and Rehome of Alabama
👥 Rehoming Pets Responsible in North Alabama
🐈 Found a Stray Cat?
Before assuming the cat is homeless, make sure an owner isn’t looking for them.
Steps to take:
1️⃣ Have the cat scanned for a microchip (any vet or shelter)
2️⃣ Post on:
📱 Nextdoor → https://nextdoor.com
📱 PetFBI → https://petfbi.org
📱 Local Lost & Found Facebook groups
3️⃣ Notify Huntsville Animal Services
👉 https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/environment/animal-services/
📌 Stray cats must complete a stray hold at a shelter before we can take them in. We would need to have a photo and their kennel number.
👉 If you are able to foster, we can often step in quickly after the hold period.
⚠️ If you have been feeding and caring for a cat long-term, it is considered your pet. Please refer to the rehoming section above. ^^^
🔍 Lost Your Cat?
🔎 Check Huntsville Animal Services listings:
👉 https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/environment/animal-services/
🏃♀️ Visit the shelter in person (this is the most effective step)
Bring:
📸 A clear photo
📌 Identifying details
💡 Many cats are brought in by well-meaning people who believe they are strays.
💬 Not sure what to do? Reach out—we’re happy to point you in the right direction.
🐾 Our goal is simple:
Keep cats safe, healthy, and in loving homes.