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October 2024 by Tanya Sweet
Heartbreaking what I saw at the TY Warner event last weekend. The kitten truck was there and wanted to see these sweet babies. 1) The kittens had diarrhea clearly sick and several other babies were stepping in it spreading poo throughout the cage 2) no water or food was available for this 90 degree hot event 3) a Bee was stuck in one of the cages and a kitten was batting at it. I told a volunteer (scrolling on their phone) where I got a very passive "we know." Even when I pushed for them to help with a kitten not getting stung, they were very disinterested. 4) The inside of the kitten truck was unbearably hot and smelled like POOP it made me dry heave. This was my only encounter with this rescue but from what I saw, they do not care for these kittens like they should, and I'm concerned about the kitties health. YIKES.
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August 2024 by s
I can’t even begin to describe how disappointed I am. I wanted to adopt a cat so I found st Sophia’s and found one I was interested in meeting. we scheduled a day to meet, I took a day off of work, and then they texted me that day saying they didn’t have any volunteers available. fine, I’ll wait til next week. next week comes around and same thing. I finally take another day off work to meet this cat and they tell me they moved him to another shelter. fine. so I drive there and meet the cat, fall in love and adopt him. now this is when I realize how little care they have for their animals. I’m not sure the last time this cat saw a vet or a groomer. as a long haired cat he has matted fur. mats all over him. he has health issues that were never listed on the website. and I’m at the point where I don’t even know what to do because I was not equipped to dealing with a cat with health issues. 0 stars, avoid this place, find somewhere that actually loves their animals! I feel so sad because I don’t know what’s going to happen with my cat. I would return him to the shelter but I think he’s safer here with me! PLEASE AVOID. THESE POOR CATS! :((
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August 2024 by Nohra Samrah
I got 2 siamese kittens and I'm SO in love!!
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August 2024 by Linda Maffie
marvelous organization with dedicated people who truly care for the animals but the parking at this facility is atrocious ,horrendous ,impossible access? ...where's the effort but perhaps have somebody drop you off and come back and get you ?
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July 2024 by Isabelle Echevarria
I can’t speak for adoptions, but I would NEVER foster through here again. I tried to foster three kittens this summer and it was a disaster: I am an experienced foster, but when the kittens had ringworm that’s something I haven’t dealt with before. The shelter offered almost no support. I had to ask separately for the medication, the dosage, and how long for them to be on it. It shouldn’t be that hard!! After expressing that I was overwhelmed and didn’t feel equipped to take care of them anymore I was literally bullied and yelled at by a leader in the organization. I have screenshots of her telling me my mental health doesn’t matter, she doesn’t respect me for not being able to handle them, and that I have no integrity. She was HORRIBLE. That’s not normal behavior, your shelter should be helping you through issues, offering information, and teaming with you to make a game plan. These kittens never even saw a vet because these random people think they’re qualified to diagnose and dose medication without vet approval.
In summary: leadership is horrible and will literally bully you. Foster elsewhere! Catnap in Lagrange, tree house in Chicago, or PAWS!!!! I had better experience at all of those places
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July 2024 by Eligh Arellano
Great place, parking sucks. Got stuck here for a little while because I had to use the parking around back and someone else came around the side of the place and blocked me in.
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July 2024 by Melissa Distel
We were lucky enough to have been able to adopt two wonderful kitten brothers! They are so fun! Thank you to the staff at St. Sophia's for your assistance for a simple and easy adoption process! We love our boys!!!
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July 2024 by Kevin Wang
Super friendly & informed staff that genuinely cares about both their pets and prospective adopters - would absolutely recommend adopting from here!
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June 2024 by emily miranda
I saw this little girl on the petsmart adoption site and immediately filled out an application. After a few days she was mine! St. Sophia's was very informative and even provided a certificate for a free exam at selected animal hospitals, because of this we were able to send a fecal sample to be tested for intestinal parasites for free! unfortunately she did test positive but if it weren't for the free exam we wouldn't have known and she's been set up with a great vet! it's been a few weeks with her and she's settled in well with us!
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June 2024 by kayla brown
I was recently blessed to get a kitten here about 10 days ago and I have never been more thankful. They were super quick to reply and get me through the process to adoption.
My partner and I just moved into a new place about two months ago and we have a male kitty who is a pretty laid back chill cat. Not super cuddly but he is a great kitty! I noticed he had been causing some trouble in the house and then just sleeping a lot and not playing or really being active & I felt he was depressed. So I made the decision to search to get him a brother to keep him company while I’m at work!!! To make a long story short to anyone who is still reading this, I ending up adopting a kitten named ‘Purps’ at the time (His name is now Mac) during the entire adoption process he just sat chill on my lap and just let me pet him. The other kitten I was handed jumped right off to me and was more chill with my grandma, and I just knew that he was the one. He ended up bonding & playing with my cat 2 days into being in the household and there was no problems! They are now playing, snuggling, calling out for each other when they can’t find each other. I really think they’re gonna be the best of friends. Mac is definitely a curious handful but I wouldn’t change my decision for the world & I’m so happy that this place exists!!
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June 2024 by Laiba Chohan
St Sophias has been amazing! We adopted our kitten from then 1 year ago and they were absolutely amazing with making it happen. We recently adopted an 8 week old kitten to add to our little family and the process was effortless. Our application was approved for a year from previously adopting. Everyone is super friendly and helps you in any way they can and gives you all the information you need when you're looking to adopt. Highly recommend them! If I could adopt more kittens I would, but now I can't imagine myself working with any shelter if I am looking to adopt. Thank you St Sophia's for helping us complete our family :)
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June 2024 by Gianna Chavez
I found that working with St. Sophia’s Forgotten Felines was such a friendly and easy process for adopting our newest member of the family. I filled out an adoption application and met a group of lovely people from the rescue at PetCo for a kitten adoption event. I fell in love with Keaton (now Millie) after holding her. I think she makes the perfect addition to our family. Thank you St. Sophia’s!!
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June 2024 by Sharon Jenkins
Very helpful and do all they can to save these sweet animals so they can have happy healthy permanent indoor homes
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May 2024 by Jeanette Tomsaelli
We recently adopted an adorable tabby here and would highly recommend this organization. They take great care of their felines and carefully vet each applicant. The staff is warm and friendly, and very accommodating. We are so happy that Luca is part of our family ?
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May 2024 by Erika Kramer
I adopted my babies (brother and sister) from St. Sophia's in March. They are SO sweet and affectionate- they're perfect ?.
