Resources/Services
Need Behavior or Socialization Support?
Our founder, Shannon, is an IAABC Associate Certified Cat Behavior Consultant and a Special Education Teacher with 31 years of experience supporting students with behavioral needs. She helps cat guardians in our community with a wide range of behavior concerns, such as litter box issues, scratching, aggression, stress, and multi-cat household challenges, and specializes in helping shy, unsocialized, and fearful cats build confidence and feel safe. She can help you and your cat find purrfect solutions so everyone can be happy and have a wonderful quality of life.
Donations to Mojo’s Hope are welcome and help support our special needs animals. To get started, email Shannon at mojoshopeharpurr@gmail.com or text her at 907-230-6394.
Need Beautiful Photos of Your Cat?
Shannon also offers cat photography, "PURRtography", using each cat’s comfort and body language as her guide. Payment is a donation to Mojo’s Hope, supporting the special needs animals in our care.
To get started, email Shannon at mojoshopeharpurr@gmail.com or text her at 907-230-6394.
Useful tools available to the community
Mojo's Hope lends the following items/services to Alaskans who need them for their animals:
• Cat and Dog kennels
• Live traps for lost or stray cats
• Cat and Dog wheelchairs
• Microchip scanners
• Ramps
To borrow one of these items, please complete our Equipment Loan Agreement form and email that to us at mojoshope@gmail.com.
Veterinary Clinics/Services in Alaska: This is a working document, it is not an opinion document. This is a listing of the Veterinary Clinics and Services throughout Alaska in one place to assist our community.
Purroactive Ways to Help Monitor Your Cat's Health and Behavior ⚕️
We don’t believe cats are meowsters at hiding pain. We believe we just haven’t been taught what to look for. 🩶
The signs are there, and they’re subtle. Once you know how to see them, you can’t unsee them. Being purroactive means catching those small changes early and getting your cat purroper medical care before the situation develops into an emergency.
🐾 Download our 5 Point Health/Behavior Assessment⚕️ to learn what to look for at every stage, from everyday normal to emergency.
Cats will only "hide" what you haven't learned
Purroactive Habits:
😻Know your cat’s “normal,”
😻Do regular gentle hands-on checks
😻Keep a quick log of appetite, litter box habits, and energy
😻Take photos or videos of anything unusual
😻Keep up with vet checkups.
😻If something seems off, trust your gut and call your vet. 🩶
Resources: 📋
We have resources for education, lost cats, cat behavior, pet-loss counseling, transitioning into the home, and more.
We have several user-friendly brochures available to assist our community to download for your use.
Resource Topics: Click on each link to access the document
• Avian Flu Influenza and your cat
• Cats with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease)
• Cats with Cerebellar Hypoplasia
• Cats Showing Signs of Cognitive Dysfunction
• Cats with Idiopathic Seizure Disorders
• FIV+ Cats
• FLUTD (Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease)
• How to Express a Paralyzed Cat
• Let's Chat About Parasites 🦠 in Cats
AdvoCATcy SupPURRorts: Click on each link to access the brochures
• Enrichment for your cat
• Volcanic Eruption Preparation
• Guidance if you need to surrender your cat
• Harness Training for Your Cat!
• What to Expect When You Bring Your Cat(s) Home
• Paws Need Claws
• How to Help Your Grieving Cat
• Are You Ready to Adopt a Cat?
• How to Transition a New Cat into Your Home
• What to do if you find a lost/stray cat
• Why your cat should be indoors
• How to prepare for a vet visit
• Helping your cat relax after a crisis
• Understanding cat body language-Ears
• Understanding cat body language-Tail
• How to Interact Purroperly With Cats-created for the AHS Cat Shelter
• Clicker training and food puzzles
Self Care
Self-care is an integral part of animal welfare and is a must when it comes to caring for the animals we all do. But this can take a toll on your heart, mind, body and spirit. It is imperative to pay attention to the signals, have a strong network of support, accept help when needed and step back when necessary. We aren’t doing the animals we rescue and care for any good if we do not care for ourselves properly.
If you know someone who is experiencing this, we must stress the importance of being supportive, kind and being an attentive listener.
Here are three fabulous resources that we refer to often ourselves:
The Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
Also, Shannon is a Certified Pet Loss and Bereavement Counselor, if you just need to talk about any of the struggles you may be having.
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Mojo's Hope Outreach Program
The goal with our Outreach Program is to help community members keep their cats with special needs (family members) instead of being put in the position of surrendering him/her due to veterinary needs.
This is a two step process. To qualify, purrlease complete our Outreach Application first. Once this is approved by our board and vet team we will email to let you know. Then you will need to complete the 2nd form before each vet visit and email that to us at mojoshope@gmail.com. Both forms are available to download below.