His story
He came back the second time.
And didn't make a sound.
I brought Biscuit in myself. Eight weeks old. Two pounds. Found alone in a parking lot off Route 18, no mother anywhere near. They called our rescue line. I drove out and picked him up.
He cried the entire way home. I kept telling him it was going to be fine.
I meant that then.
His first family returned him after ten days. Said he was not what they had pictured. I took him back without asking questions.
I found him another home a month later with a woman who told me she had been waiting for exactly a boy like him. She returned him three weeks later. Said he did not bond the way she hoped.
I want to tell you what a cat looks like when it comes back the second time.
He did not cry in the carrier. He did not try to get out. He sat in the center of the room and looked at me through the grate. Not at the toys. Not at the other cats. At me. And he did not ask for anything.
That is what two returns looks like on a twelve-week-old kitten. It is very quiet. It does not make a sound.
Three days later I brought one of my toys into his kennel. He had been against the back wall since he came in. I sat on the floor and turned it on.
He watched it for a long time without moving.
Then he reached out once. Just barely.
I went home and made eleven more toys that night.
He is still here. He is still reaching. But the rescue runs out of space in 8 days. When that happens, decisions get made that nobody wants to make.
"He has 8 days before I have to make decisions I do not want to make. I know what that means. You do too."
Every person who reads this and does nothing is one fewer reason he makes it to week twelve. Every order extends the window. There is no neutral choice here. Leaving is a choice too.
"I was there the afternoon Susan brought the toy in after Biscuit came back the second time. He had been in the same spot against the back wall for three days. We had been watching him closely. Susan sat down on the kennel floor and turned it on. He watched it for a full minute before he moved. Then he reached out. Just once. Susan did not say anything. She just sat there with him. I have been volunteering here for three years. That was the quietest I have ever seen her."
Donna K. — Furry Foundation Volunteer · Medina, Ohio
Scrolling past this will feel like nothing. It will not feel like a decision. But it is. And Biscuit is the one who pays for it. Not you.
He eats because of orders placed here. That number only changes when someone decides to act. The 55 missing meals need 55 reasons to exist. You can be one of them.
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The Flying Bird Cat Toy
Susan builds every one of these by hand in her kitchen in Medina, Ohio. Every order through this page directly funds Biscuit's care at Furry Foundation. Your cat gets a toy. Biscuit gets another day.
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About the Flying Bird Cat Toy
Built for cats that have stopped trying.
It reached Biscuit in under sixty seconds.
of cats respond to the Flying Bird within 48 hours. Biscuit reached for it in under sixty seconds. He hadn't moved toward anything in days.
is all he has — not because he is broken, but because shelter space is purchased by orders placed on pages exactly like this one.
of buyers saw a visible change in their cat within the first week. 95% said knowing their order helped a rescue cat made buying easier.
Furry Foundation · 501(c)(3) Verified Rescue · Est. 2015
Biscuit's intake &
placement record.
Furry Foundation is a 501(c)(3) registered animal rescue operated solely by Susan Briggs since 2015. The following is Biscuit's official intake and placement history, reproduced here in full for anyone who wants to verify exactly who they are helping before they order.
Animal received by Furry Foundation following a call to our rescue line. Subject was found unaccompanied in a parking lot off Route 18 in Medina, Ohio by a member of the public. Age estimated at approximately 8 weeks at intake. Weight: 1.8 lbs. No evidence of litter or mother in the surrounding area. Animal was vocalizing on arrival and responsive to handling. Named Biscuit upon intake.
First placement: Adopted by a family in Westerville, OH. Returned after 10 days. Adopter stated animal was "not what they had pictured." Second placement: Adopted by an individual adopter approximately four weeks following first return. Returned after 21 days. Adopter stated animal "did not bond as hoped." Animal was returned without incident in both cases.
Biscuit is currently in residence at Furry Foundation. He is in good health. He is eating. He has shown no aggression toward staff or other animals in care. His engagement with staff decreased significantly following the second return. On day three of his second intake, he responded to stimulation from a handmade Flying Bird toy introduced by the rescue director. That response — one reach, less than a second — was the first movement he had initiated since returning. He was eating this morning. That is what I can tell you.
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From the maker
A note from Susan Briggs
"I started Furry Foundation because of a cat I did not save.
His name was Percy. He was at our county shelter for 47 days. I knew about him. I kept meaning to go get him. I kept thinking someone else would.
Nobody did.
I started this rescue the week after. Nine years ago. I carry Percy with me every time I have to make a hard call. I do not let myself forget him. Forgetting him would be the wrong kind of peace.
I built the first Flying Bird Cat Toy two years ago for a cat named Ruthie. She had been in her kennel for six weeks and gone completely quiet. I put the toy through the kennel bars and turned it on. She reached for it within thirty seconds. I had to go outside after.
I started selling them to keep this rescue open. I make every single one by hand in my kitchen. Each one takes about an hour. I think about Percy while I build them.
I am asking you to help me keep Biscuit here long enough for someone to choose him. I have $43.18 in savings. That is not something I wrote for sympathy. That is what I checked before I sat down to write this.
Please don't make me carry Biscuit the way I carry Percy."
— Susan —
Guarantee
"I build every one of these by hand and I stand behind every single one. If your cat doesn't respond within 60 days — for any reason — email me and I will refund you in full. No forms. No return shipping. No hoops. That is not the kind of woman I am." — Susan
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What cat owners are saying.
★★★★★
"My 14-year-old tabby hasn't played in almost two years. She batted at it within five minutes. I sat on the kitchen floor and watched her for twenty minutes straight. I don't know the last time I cried happy tears over a cat toy."
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"After one of my bonded pair passed, the surviving cat just shut down. Stopped eating. Stopped finding me in the mornings. The Flying Bird got her moving again. It didn't fix the grief — nothing does — but it reached her."
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"Our cat has ignored every toy we've bought for three years. This one she actually hunts. It dips and flutters unpredictably — exactly like something alive. My husband was speechless."
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"My 16-year-old with arthritis lay on her side and batted at it for ten minutes like she was a kitten again. I cried. Knowing part of my order helped a cat like Biscuit made buying easier."
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So is Biscuit. For now.
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He reached for something
when he had nothing left.
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