Her story
She came in at two pounds.
Already giving up.
I brought Molly in to Indy Rescued Animals myself. Two pounds. Eleven weeks old. Already shutting down.
She walked straight to the back of her kennel and stayed there. For days. She stopped coming to the front. Stopped responding. Stopped reaching for anything.
That is what hopelessness looks like in a kitten. It is very quiet. And I was the one who had found her. I recognized it.
I build handmade cat toys out of my craft room in Anderson. I came back on a Tuesday with the Flying Bird under my arm. I sat down on the floor of her kennel and turned it on. Forty seconds later, Molly stood up and reached for it. The staff told me it was the first time she had moved toward anything since I brought her in.
She is still here. She is still reaching. But the rescue runs out of space in 8 days. When that happens, decisions get made that nobody wants to make.
"She has 8 days before we have to make decisions we don't want to make. I know what that means. You do too."
Every person who reads this and does nothing is one fewer reason she makes it to week twelve. Every order extends the window. There is no neutral choice here. Leaving is a choice too.
"Carol Briggs came in that Tuesday with the toy under her arm and sat right down on the floor of Molly's kennel. Molly had been against the back wall for three days straight — we'd been watching her closely. Within about forty seconds of the toy moving, she stood up and reached for it. That was the first time we'd seen her move toward anything since she came in."
Jamie R. — Volunteer Coordinator, Indy Rescued Animals · Anderson, Indiana
Scrolling past this will feel like nothing. It will not feel like a decision. But it is. And Molly is the one who pays for it. Not you.
She eats because of orders placed here. That number only changes when someone decides to act. The 26 missing meals need 26 reasons to exist. You can be one of them.
Your order keeps Molly here
The Flying Bird Cat Toy
I build every one of these by hand in my craft room in Anderson, Indiana. Every order through this page directly funds Molly's care. Your cat gets a toy. Molly gets another day.
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About the Flying Bird Cat Toy
Built for cats that have stopped trying.
It reached Molly in forty seconds.
of cats respond to the Flying Bird within 48 hours. Molly responded in 40 seconds. She hadn't reached for anything in days.
is all she has — not because she 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.
Verified Rescue Partner
Indy Rescued Animals
confirms Molly is real.
The following letter was issued by their director confirming my community partnership and Molly's intake record. Reproduced here in full for full transparency.
This letter confirms that Carol Briggs of Carol's Craft Room is a verified community partner of Indy Rescued Animals. Carol Briggs has visited our facility on multiple occasions and has donated handmade Flying Bird Cat Toys directly to our cats in residence.
We can confirm that the kitten named Molly is currently in our care. Molly was brought to us as a neonatal case weighing approximately two pounds, with limited responsiveness on intake. Carol Briggs visited the facility and introduced her Flying Bird toy to Molly in our care area. Staff present observed Molly engage with the toy within approximately forty seconds of introduction — her first visible engagement since arrival.
We are grateful for Carol Briggs's ongoing support of the animals in our care and are happy to confirm the nature of this partnership for any prospective customer wishing to verify it before making a purchase decision.
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At least don't
disappear on her.
She has 8 days. If you genuinely cannot order right now, leave your email below and I will keep you updated on how she is doing. Ten seconds. It means she is not invisible to one more person.
I will never sell your information. I will only write to you about Molly — and only for as long as she needs someone to know her name.
An email keeps you informed. An order keeps her alive. She has 8 days. Order here — it takes less than two minutes.
You're on Molly's list.
Thank you for not scrolling past her. Every person who knows her name gives her one more reason to keep reaching.
If you can order today — even just one — she has one fewer meal she's waiting on. She has 8 days. You have right now.
Don't need a cat toy?
You can still help keep Molly here.
If you don't have a cat, or already have a toy — you can still be one of the 26 reasons she makes it through the month. Every amount goes directly to her food and care at Indy Rescued Animals.
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From the maker
A note from Carol Briggs
"I built the first Flying Bird for my late cat Willa. She was 14 and she had already gone quiet. She passed before I ever got to finish the first model. I carry that. I carry it every time I build one of these toys, and I carried it the afternoon I sat on the floor of Molly's kennel and watched her bat at it for the first time. I had to step outside for a minute.
I am asking you to help me keep Molly here long enough for someone to choose her. Please don't make me carry Molly the way I carry Willa."
— Carol —
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." — Carol
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Reviews
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."
★★★★★
"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."
★★★★★
"Our cat 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."
★★★★★
"My 16-year-old with arthritis lay on her side and batted at this for ten minutes like she was a kitten again. I cried. Knowing part of my order helped a cat like Molly made it feel exactly right."
Still here.
So is Molly. For now.
You have been on this page long enough to know what happens if not enough people order. You are one of the people who decides whether the number gets there. This is you deciding.
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She reached for something
when she had nothing left.
You are reading this
because you haven't left yet.
That means something. Use it.
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