98 Hoarding Cat is a 1 year old Mix-Breed in Richland Center, WI, who needs $2,000 for medical care.

OMHS was alerted about a hoarding situation from one of their partner shelters, where 98 cats were found in a small home. Their partner shelter typically takes dogs, so they did not have the capacity to house cats.

OMHS is amazingly providing care for 73 of these 98 cats, which is a MASSIVE undertaking, especially as they are already caring for so many animals. All aside from 5 require spaying and neutering. All need vaccinations, deworming, felv/fiv testing. A few will need dental care. One very old guy will need some senior lab work and, most likely, a full mouth extractions. All are rather underweight and will need to gain weight. 2 of the cats in the house had such severe cerebellar hypoplasia that one (the male) needed humane euthanasia immediately (he couldn’t walk at all and his back legs were severely atrophied from never being able to use them. The couple told them they kept him draped over the sink to rinse off his backend 😞).

They performed lab work on the female (she’s just slightly less severe) and wanted to rule out toxoplasmosis as part of her problem. Unfortunately, after the 1 month of treatment, she has no improvement. They recently lost another after severe malnutrition and a possible congenital issue caused him to have severe illness. They hospitalized him and tried so hard with treatments, but he didn’t make it.

A couple of the cats have head tilts from chronic ear infections. One guy has it quite severely and will need multiple treatments to his ears to resolve it. Six were pregnant, and four had babies in their shelter and in a partner shelter. Tragically, there was overwhelming evidence in the home of the female cats giving birth, but no kittens were found.

These are only a few of the horrific cases found in this home. None of these cats deserved this kind of treatment, and we are grateful that OMHS is helping so many of these poor babies. With so many of them needing medical attention, the bills are stacking up quickly and draining their emergency funds. OMHS desperately needs your help. They can't do this alone. Please contribute any amount you can. Thank you for your continued support.

Update 12/8/25 These babies are doing really well! They’ve become so friendly and loving. And many have been adopted already! Thank you for your continued support!