not people commenting "why do those kittens look sick and unhealthy" on videos where you literally talk about rescuing kittens from an environment where they've become sick and unhealthy... why don't you know how to wave your magic wand and make them instantly better?? on the reals tho thank you for what you do, i'm not in a position to foster at the moment but i'm going to start volunteering with a local TNR group. thanks for the inspiration

@kellyngrey4950

5 ай бұрын

Not only that, but in her videos she always mentions something about being in vet school.

I used to think that off-the-wall names were terrible. Unfortunately for me, my rescue loves off the wall names. Eventually the names grew on me and now I have three fosters called... Side Hustle Gig Work Robber Baron I named these kittens and I have never been prouder.

@mollyrosales8537

5 ай бұрын

Those are awesome names! 🤣😻🤣😻

@ashpags

5 ай бұрын

Perfect names!!!

@sosukelele

5 ай бұрын

Robber Baron is an excellent cat name!

@bek7562

5 ай бұрын

Ok but these are great goofy names. I've seen so much worse LOL

Mary fixing the set up so that the kittens can't keep getting into trouble climbing it and then Momma cat immediately knocking the whole thing over, onto Mary, while scattering kittens is great comedic timing xD

We need a word, like mansplaining, for when unqualified (usually internet dwelling) people try to give advice about subjects they know nothing about! Maybe “subvising”… kinda like advising, but they’re subtracting brain cells from the general population 😂 Please never stop giving your fosters such brilliant and crazy names! They never fail to make me laugh 😂 and thank you for the incredible work you do ❤

@abydosianchulac2

5 ай бұрын

Commentoring? Laysplaining?

As someone who likes adult cats and wants to foster senior cats when I get the opportunity, I can't imagine all the energy those sweet little fuzzballs take from you lol Thank you for for taking care of them and I personally love their names.

@happy_ducky_wash508

5 ай бұрын

I love the babies names. My boy Oliver (😸), loves watching the kittens. He is completely enthralled. Love your videos. Thanks for all you do for the kitties.

@kellyngrey4950

5 ай бұрын

Something to consider before fostering is doing so as part of an organization. Context: I foster for an organization and they: 1. provide medicine and medical care, 2. provide supplies (when they can), and most importantly, 3. they handle the adoptions. Fostering is very expensive, so you'll need help with the vet costs. But also, you want to find an organization that is active in getting cats homes. If you can only have 2 foster cats at one time, but then YOU are responsible for getting them homes... well, you probably be stuck with them for a good year or more. And that defeats the point of fostering. My organization handles the adoption process for my foster kittens and they go quickly. That is why I am able to foster so many per year - because I'm not "stuck" with them because I have to advertise for them. Hopefully this ramble doesn't scare you away from fostering! It's 100% worth it, but definitely find a good organization first!

Glad to hear the assumptive comments don't bother you beyond "hey there's context y'all should know." You're doing amazing work for these babies and you deserve to be celebrated, not talked down to or roasted. (And for the record, I think your kitten names are hilarious and perfect.)

I lovingly call the cats I work with who are suffering from bum goblins as my "Muddy Buddies", because it's everywhere, they often step in it, spread it around, and it takes a little as a couple minutes. Cool thing is, I now can clean up the grossest stuff without gagging. It's like an unhelpful superpower. Thank you for sharing with us. You and your babies are awesome!

If I lived close to you, I'd be applying to adopt Babwitch and Disco Ball. Those little dinks are so cute. Name those kittens whatever you want. If the adopters don't like them, they can just give them new names. Some people aren't happy unless they can find something to feel superior about. They clearly haven't watched enough of your content to realize how much you do for these babies (like sweet little Fennec Fox 😢). It's good that you don't let those negative comments get to you.

@Madronaxyz

5 ай бұрын

Exactly!

Yes to the “day in the life” videos! I had been watching your videos since 2021, but I still didn’t understand how difficult fostering kittens could be when I took in my first litter a few months ago. All is good now and they’re all adopted out, but all of the unforeseen issues no one talks about much caught me off guard. My resident cat was FURIOUS about the mama cat, and I tried so many ways to keep them separate after reintroductions failed. The yowling when one was locked away while the other roamed was awful. Once Mama went to a new foster so her kittens could be weaned, my cat was fine with her kittens. I now know I can’t foster adult cats, only kittens. It was little unanticipated issues like that that tripped me up and caused so much stress. However, I loved helping them and will be fostering again soon.

Mary I am so impressed at how calm and patient you are with comments, you educating is amazing. I have a 17ish week old kitten and all I know is they are pure chaos and so much energy lol so just knowing a healthy kitten is that a sick one is so much more and all you do and vet school is amazing.

I like the realistic presentation of dealing with real world animals. You’re super professional! I laugh with you at these silly comments.

@ExoticTerrain

5 ай бұрын

Love the names ❤️

@RandyKatterson-uf9sv

4 ай бұрын

Ppl be roasted on spit

Idea for next batch of kittens: bizarrely human names. Steve, jessica, robert, jason.... 😁

So many people think kitten rescue is just about scooping up cute little fluffballs and if a kitten is sick it must be poor care. Not the case at all. We get a some pound rescues of cats, usually around a year old that someone "found" hanging around their apartment building. Often the person that "found" the cat is the owner and has gotten tired of the cat. They are usually clean and healthy and about the only clean healthy cats we get. Pretty much every other cat we get has been in the wild for awhile and they're dirty, often sick sometimes very sick. Certainly they have worms, etc. And often they are traumatized and it takes awhile for them to trust people again. It's hard and dirty work. But when you see that cat over their problems, happy again, and going to a new and better home - it's worth it.

As someone who worked as a shelter tech for a shelter who was also animal control, kittens are 100% little chaotic trash goblins. Sometimes, I feel like it's easy for people to forget that kittens that end up in foster usually came from awful backgrounds. They were found on the street, behind/under a dumpster, hit by a car, and so on and so forth. It's common to get kittens coming in with upper respiratory infections, eye infections, fleas, worms, diarrhea/vomiting, and (god forbid) ringworm. And I'm saying with all of those things at the same time. It's a lot to handle. Kittens run through their food, their poop, their water, and then ping-pong around like they're not filthy. There were so many times where I would get a kennel of kittens perfectly cleaned and nice, and literally, a minute later one of them would dump their water bowl or just shoot out liquid poop. Fosters and rescues would love to document and share videos/photos of their rescue but there's just so much to do it's hard to find time. As a shelter tech, working during the summer, I was working about 60 hours a week on average. One day, due to coworkers being sick and other things beyond my control, I took care of about 80 cats by myself. I started work at 6am and didn't get done until about 6pm. If you do have concerns, please ask questions! But more importantly, VOLUNTEER! Help fosters and shelters with the cleaning! That is what shelters usually need. We don't need people to play with the kittens. We need people to help us take care of animal babies. We need people to help with sanitizing, and cleaning litter boxes, and all of the other nasty jobs. Or, become a foster yourself! It's hard work but it can be so rewarding. Anyway, instead of choosing hate, educate yourself instead. Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk. Have a good day.

@PoissonDemiVide

5 ай бұрын

Best Ted talk ever 🤣 “ little chaotic trash goblins” is 100% accurate!

Yay Dr. Mary is back keeping it real in a world where aesthetic is everything 🎉

I’m dying, if the kittens were clean and healthy, they wouldn’t need rescue!

As you say, those people don’t know you and don’t know to trust you. Ignorant comments can be a sign of new viewers and channel growth. ❤❤❤ P.S. Love the funny and ironic kitten names!

Dr Mary: Ma’am get down from there right now! Kitten: Okay! *extreme parkour* I would like to formally request a kitten group with antidepressant names. Who wouldn’t want to adopt a little fluoxetine or Zoloft?

I LOVE the names you give your rescues! 🤣 If people don't understand that you are constantly working with your veterinarian AND you're in vet school, then they need to read your profile! Plus, the people who think that rescuing kittens is easy and clean have never truly rescued anything! Kittens are hard. But SO rewarding in the end! I would love to learn where you advertise your kittens, since I have several who need good homes. Thank you for everything you do for the kittens, and keep sending us videos! 😻😻😻

@CricketsBay

5 ай бұрын

They have the adoptable cats and kittens on the Miss Dixie's Kitten Rescue website.

cat Jenna loves garbage plates too

I absolutely love the off the wall names. I named my childhood kitty "Fuzzy", so let that be some inspiration for you. Fuzzy, Wuzzy, Wuzza, and Bear for your next foursome.

@cuteologist82

5 ай бұрын

my dad named a long haired diluted calico we had wooley booger

@Monocultured01

5 ай бұрын

Seconding those name ideas lol

@meeshybee1654

5 ай бұрын

I should note those names would work best if the tiniest, most fluffiest one is the one named Bear.

all I could think of was the poor babies that the woman who treated their eyes with ACV 🙈

I personally love the ridiculous names!! I always kind of thought the silly names helped you to not get too attached to them too, because there’s a really good chance they will be renamed by their forever family anyway.

Some people just desperately need to learn not to jump to conclusions. That would help comment sections everywhere immensely. I'm so happy you're not emotionally distrought by people being mean or ignorant on the internet, and are approaching it with maturity. I respecc you a lot 🖖

@kharmachaos667

5 ай бұрын

P.s. the off the wall names is very popular in the furby fandom. If you can't name your mechanical or flesh gremlins of joy "meatball supreme", wjat joy is left in this cold dark world? 😂

I am so glad Disco Ball now has friends with which to wreak havoc. And this entire video was some A+ kitten havoc.

Rescue names are temporary, and it’s not like the cats care.

@TheNerdyFosterMom

5 ай бұрын

I have three foster kittens named Gig Work, Side Hustle and Robber Baron. I am damn proud of these names.

@vwbeetle1985

5 ай бұрын

If I adopted a cat called Ponzi Scheme, you bet that they’re keeping that name 😂

I volunteer at a cat shelter - one of the things they tell people who clean the kitten room is ‘clean and walk away or you will be cleaning the whole day’. Kittens make messes in seconds LOL I fostered twice, the little gremlins are hard to keep up with. I had two litter boxes for four kittens and if both were even SLIGHTLY used one of the boys would pee in the water dish

@mindyschocolate

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Girl I'm a relatively new subscriber and I have to say, you are awesome. Bless you for rescuing all these precious lives. I have 3 cats right now that were from the street and they are the best ever. I'm in Texas and I wish I could adopt a little one from you. Although the three needy ones I have might not be too happy. Anyway, much love and respect 🩷

My cat when he was a kitten had liquid poops once! One time and it was chaos. So 5 smols and mama aaannnd they were sick. All who foster are angels true angels

The teeny tail tip on Garbage Plate has me over the moon!

Goodness, I hope some of those commenters never have kids. I rescued years back, before the interwebs. Luckily, noone judged me. There is so much poop in rescue, you quickly learn that said poop needs time to come out (of multiple kittens and mom), or they literally poop while you are cleaning. Every few hrs is appropriate. Eye yuckers happen for so many reasons... Treating their eyes sounds like a minimalization of what goes into curing whatever is causing the eye thing. Long story short, sick kittens eyes always look infected to laymen. Mary, you have such a great attitude on this stuff. Keep up the EXCELLENT work!

I love the dink fam and all the cute Jenna references. Garbage Plate is just so adorable!

i unwillingly fostered my first kittens this summer and one of them had coccidia… it was… such a different experience than what the internet had led me to believe 😅 poop! poop everywhere

This is 100% the content I'm here for. Not so much the well meaning, but woefully incorrect comments, but the "Mary gets distracted by the complete chaos around her non-stop" 😅

It honestly humors me to see comments that take away from the whole point of what you do -saving lives!! As a lifelong cat lady at 41, I can relate, understand, empathize and absolutely adore you and salute you!! And when the days get overwhelming with 17 cats and kittens that are currently in my care, I find a new video from you and find humor within the complete chaos 😅 I appreciate you and may your lighthearted, entertaining and educational videos reign in the Land O Lions! Thank you girl, so very much 💖🥰

I'm very interested in what you are learning in vet school. Maybe you could do short videos based on things like... "The Most Interesting Thing I learned in Vet School Today" "What classes I am taking" "How I feel about dissection" "Learning about surgery" "Learning about infectious diseases" "How vaccines and drugs work" "Cat anatomy" "Tools of the trade, antiseptics to x-rays" "How to handle human clients" "Vet school tuition" "How to set up a brand new vet clinic, what I need, what it costs?" "Taking exams, what are they like?"

@srenchin

Ай бұрын

Please make a video about these subjects!

for the record, I ADORE your kitten names. I follow someone who named their foster-turned-foster-fail Deli Department.

I'd loose my mind with these comments, I doubt any of them actually clicked on your profile and instead just took that 1 minute clip as all of their existence in your care ever 💀

I think you are keeping it real. The good , the bad and the stinky😅 Keep up the great work❤❤❤

I’m sorry but those people who commented on the cleanliness or smell must not have ever taken care of real, live cats. Unless they are stuffed, real cats, especially sick cats, will cause messes that smell, be it poop, pee, a runny combo of that, vomit, or all manner of effluvia from various infected or otherwise orifices. That’s just part of rescue. Many are too used to watching highly produced videos from rescuers who only focus on the shiny, pretty kittens in pristine, PR-worthy settings. Don’t let it get to you; we who know appreciate the love you give and the work you do for all your dinks. 😊

OMG, how dare you post videos that show ACTUAL REALITY! I wonder how many of these posters understand that you run a rescue, which means you take in sick, injured, frightened, traumatized animals, and that rehabilitation takes time and effort. Also, kittens are not just very cute, but very destructive; that's just part of their inherent nature when growing up. Edit: The worse cat names ever are those that run along the lines of Lord High Count Furdinand Purrilator the Third. Your choices rock in contrast to that.

The wildness to me is that in so many of your videos you show short clips of the kittens getting the treatment they need.

@CricketsBay

5 ай бұрын

Right, she shows them getting the treatment they need, and she explains the treatment, and she tells us what the vet said. How do these people get "you don't get the kittens the right care" from all the stuff Mary shows and tells us in every single video?

As for me, whatever "comes out of your brain" sounds perfect. Hearing about your experiences as a vet student, when you have time and energy to tell us, sounds great.

Flashbacks to the litter of 6 with their mama all having horrifying diarrhea every hour or so, and I could barley be done bathing the last kitten before the rounds started back up again 😰 every 2-3 hours needed a full towel change and baths and supplemental feeding. The shelter I work with and their vet were totally unconcerned and they were right-all 7 pulled through just fine! Me, not so much...

Mary's true form....The human cat tree~ Also all the names you come up with are *chef's kiss* Udon Noodle is probs my favorite so far. My partner really loved the finance crew!

I love Garbage Plate. Those names rock. And what a gloriously fluffy kitten. 😽😽😽😽😽 I love that you and your place are crawling with kittens. Animals make a house a home. I’m editing my comment as the video goes on, lol.

Hey, I'd love to see day in the life videos, you're a fun person!! Man, I know what you mean about stinky kittens. I've rescued a few that had some pretty gruesome phases. Still adorable though. Stop teasing me with Garbage Plate's cuteness, augh, my heart! I want to snatch her up and keep her in my pocket forever. Also, mama kitten looks so much better, I'm so happy. Sob. Good luck with the recent poop sitch, I have faith you'll figure it out!!

So many things bouncing around in my brain so in no particular order: -I love the off the wall names, they're the best and inspire me to name my own creatures wild stuff -Apple cider vinegar???? what the actual eff -It blows my mind that people give drive by "advice" that has no basis in reality for what you're doing OR what's actually helpful -I love it when people make observations about what's actually happening, A+ paying attention there bud

I get so squeamish even when my cats cough up a hairball, I cannot imagine the gross that you go through with healing these sweet babies. You are a trooper. Thank you for your service 🫡🫡🫡

Would love anything you have time to make. Really enjoy the kitties and do not understand people criticizing. They’ve no idea…..

Thank you for show the reality of cat/kitten rescue and care...and how quickly a freshly cleaned area can be destroyed! It's a struggle that gets worse the minute you sit down and try to catch your breath...

Mama says "I'm the real star here lady" edit: I also had a childhood cat I named kitty!! lol

As someone with ADHD I loved this video! So funny, informative and heart-meltingly cute. Love from Berlin

The "MA'AM. What are you doing!" Is *so* familiar to me 🤣🤣

Garbage plate is just adorable. Such a loving little kitten. ❤ Would really appreciate a day in your life video!

It’s crazy how people comment when they have no clue. They feel like experts because they fostered one litter of kittens. Ridiculous.

I will say youve made it look so easy. I've always loved cats and cows. I finally have the time to be able to foster amd participate in one of the locals rescues. I had 7 bottle babies (2 died from parvo worst thing to ever have to watch) but continued with the 5 left. I was pure joy BUT also chaos and panicking. They stank, the amount of "soft serve" poop that just would come out of them.....wow. thank you for always sharing.

I also foster and do local TNR. My guest bathroom is the foster area and I swear I clean it multiple times a day (and I typically only take ones that have been medically cleared by the rescue.) Babies of all species are just messy! 😂

i called 2 of the strays i got into the shelter "t-shirt" and "sweater-vest." we had a dog named "puppy" when i was little. she was named by my older sister when she was a toddler. had a coworker insist that her friend had named a kitten "bathmat." then she told me the other kittens in the litter were named "lucifer" and "beelzebub"...."bathmat" was actually "baphomet."

Thanks for posting this, Mary, you just made my day 🤣🤣🤣 You're amazing for taking everything in stride, and I absolutely love the names that you give the kitties! Honestly, with how many you rescue, it's got to be hard to come up with names unless they're off the wall like that! Thanks for all you do, I hope vet school is going well 😁😁😁

@Solo.Dissonance

5 ай бұрын

Also! The panic room comment made me think of Au/Ra's song, I love it so much ❤❤❤ kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKNpk7WufNzOaKQ.html&ab_channel=heyitsauraVEVO (flashing lights and hospital content trigger warning)

I fostered one newborn kitten. It was so hard. I can't imagine taking care of more than one!

You are so inspiring! I started fostering about a year ago and you have taught me so much❤❤

Literally the best cat names I've ever heard

Kitty's, whether adults or kittens are a mess. I wonder how people can keep stuff clean and mine are healthy adults 2 inside and 5 outside. You do amazing work!

I sometimes Overnight hedgehogs in the U.K. before taking them to local rescues. 1 hedgehog = the same amount of mess as 5 kittens… poop, wee, water and feed Bowls tipped over and walked through…. And again 5 mins after you’ve cleaned them out again! Rescue is messy.

6:51 They really ate that up huh??? 😅 Guess you need a new one 😘

@Fortheloveofkittenrescue

5 ай бұрын

You’re so kind! Ordering a new one meow

What?? I put vinegar in my eyes all the time and I’ve only lost like... half my eyesight!

I found your channel purely by chance and fell in love with your content. I love what you're doing, I love seeing even the hard, dirty work that goes into fostering and rescue. It's amazing what you guys do. The silly names are perfect, and my husband thinks they're hilarious so keep them coming. Also, the Jenna Marbles refs with the Dinks? Oh my gooood. Love it. We all miss her but dedicating kitten names to references from her channel is just beautiful lol. Rabbwitch and Aries are my favorite names, but Garbage Plate is just a delight on camera. She's so mischievous and curious, climbing all over you and just soaking up the attention. Keep doing what you're doing, I'm loving your channel so much!

So rude people can be .. so proud of you young lady for taking care of these babies

Them just pointing out obvious stuff will never not be funny to me. Like wow what astute observation there bud. 😂

I rescued a kitten that I found running in my yard after work earlier this year now he's my folks dog best friend they play every day. The day after I got him we had a bad flood I'm so thankful I was able to save little Shadow cause he wouldn't have survived that storm.

I love how distracted she is by the kittens. 😂😂

9:58 I'm so glad I'm not alone in doing that dang farmer's jingle haha

You are doing a wonderful thing and an amazing job ❤Really enjoy your videos and appreciate all you do for the cats 🐈 😻

Your comments ring true. I had two baby raccoons to handle at one point (not 5 and a mama!) and it was EXHAUSTING trying to keep up... We moved them to an outdoor pen as soon as we could and then moved that pen around the yard because it was really not possible to clean it out any other way. Only two months, and when they were ready to go back out into the wild, I was too!!!

I had my kitten at 9mths get a tummy bug and my house was toxic. And that’s just 1 baby. I think we need to remember that babies, human or animal, are chaos, absolutely. We do what we can to take care of them. Sometimes stuff gets messy. I love you so much Mary. You are a great human. ❤

The amount of people who have supreme confidence to watch one KZread short (maybe two) and be like "ah yes, I have all the information I could possibly need to post the most condescending and judgemental comments to a real person". So many of them write things that are answered in other shorts! 60 seconds is rarely enough time to have a full grasp on a situation.

The only vinegar that should be within a cat is in their attitude~. /gen This said due to my family's tradition of saying that my cat is full of sauce or vinegar when they're in a play-fight mood. i.e. "Sir, are you full of sauce?" "Mrregh!" "Oh no? Perhaps vinegar?" "Myrah!" "Sauce AND vinegar!? What a conundrum!" "Mrrf..." "I agree."

I LOVE the name of the Trash Mountain litter! So hilarious!!! 😂

I really tried to listen, but the mischievous kittens entertained me just way too much 😂

I have 5 kittens- well know what are you talking about! About “clean “ place 😂😂😂😂

I have 5 cats. One of them is named Kitty. I feel personally attacked. 😂

This reminds me of when I worked at a dog groomer and we sent a cute picture of a client’s dog to them. There was a little hair on the floor because, you know, dog groomer. And the client freaked out! She went on a whole rampage about how dirty it was and her poor dog. The hair on the floor came off of clean dogs straight out of the bath. The walls were squeaky clean and we sanitize the floors every night. So yeah, people don’t seem to understand how animals work.

If people don't like the names, they can always adopt and name the cats whatever they want. It's how a cat that was going to be named Oreo got adopted by my mom. My mom hates Oreos, but loved that kitten, so she took her home and named her Natasha. Tasha was a great cat.

These comments make my eye twitch 🥴. Glad you can laugh it off Mary, any sick kitty is lucky to be taken care of by you and your team!

Sigh! We love you Dr Mary - please keep up your wonderful work with those fab naughty bad pooping kittens with the best nemes ever❤❤❤

Yeah. I totally feel for you. I had to nurse my two big cats through giardia. Oy, what a mess everywhere! What a terrible smell! I was washing the floor, the bedding, the cats' butts ALL the time. Plus, having to corner them to give them their medicine, which I must assume tastes extremely nasty.

Argh! The unsolicited advice comments drive me nuts. Not just on your videos but on any rescue's videos. Like... are you serious? You're going to give advice to a rescue, that has a team of people, vets likely on speed dial and actual veterinary students and/or techs volunteering with them. Okay then. I'm so glad that you can take it in stride and laugh about it. Laughter will keep you sane.

love it, you are doing a great job!

I never thought about the funky names helping out with petfinder. That's a great idea!

I'm not a foster parent, but i got two Kittens a few years ago from a Foster-station, one of them had Catflue, which was treated when i got him but trough the stress it came back(not that bad thank goodness and till now he's clean even after two house movings *crosses fingers*) and after this my second baby got also sick. And it was nasty. But they where sick, i'm nasty when i'm sick xD. I had just the flue was disgusting, sneezing and sniffing and tearing all the time. People are just so weird ...

Belly, belly, belly!!! I love kitten bellies!

Some people are concerned and some people are just trolls. Lord help them if they ever discover Wisp

@vickiatabi4235

5 ай бұрын

what is 'wisp'? 🌚🏜️🐈‍⬛☑️

@ashrowan2143

5 ай бұрын

​@@vickiatabi4235a kitten on tiktok that was/is a medical mess and looked like a gremlin mixed with a used tissue paper for a long time

Yes I want to see Day In The Life, school edition! As someone who is also in school and working full time, I am endlessly curious how you have structured you day!

Medicine doesn't work overnight. Don't assume care hasn't been given.

Omg you are a saint. I took in two baby street kittens and it was “let’s destroy the house with poo day” every day!!!!!! I bottle fed them and took care of them but those little monsters cause constant mess. People need to relax. Watching even just one video I can see how huge your heart is, how hard you work to help kittens, they get more vet visits than most kittens and how much you know yourself!! You’re amazing. Thank you!

I love alll of the off the wall names

You should make a disco ball sleeve for Disco Ball's disco ball belly.😆

Honestly, until you foster or rescue cats you can't say a thing. Even healthy cats are messy and can smell, people need to stop judging and start helping. I love your videos, I admire what you do and I appreciate that you keep things real. 😻🙏👏💪🙌💞

I am grateful you do this work. I've done foster work, and it's messy indeed! I assumed you did all the common sense stuff "off-screen".