The cats are born with the weird tails. It's a genetic mutation they have. Nobody is going around chopping off their tails, neither are all the cats here having weird tail accidents.

We often get messages asking us to come help a cat or kitten here or there. Unfortunately we cannot go around picking up cats, we have no staff we could send look for cats. We need YOU to help by bringing the cats to us.

We are basically a one human project, so we simply have no time or possibility to drop everything and go look for cats or kittens that need help and that someone saw somewhere.

We never turn away cats or kittens in need, as long as someone brings them to us. So if you find lonely hungry kittens or otherwise sad kitties, you can bring them to us.

If the cats are seriously sick or injured, then the right place to go to is the island vet clinic. In those cases please contact them directly via WhatsApp +6281239495308. The clinic is privately owned, not ours.

There now is a vet clinic on the islands (Gili Trawangan), so in case you see a cat who is sick or injured and in need of veterinary treatment, please contact the vet clinic directly. You can reach them best via WhatsApp: +62 812 3949 5308

The clinic is not ours, but privately owned, so we do not have information about how to book appointments or how much this or that treatment there costs. So any questions you have, please contact the clinic.

You can see many cats with a marked ear, just like in the picture here.

The ear mark means the cat is spayed/neutered, aka sterilized, and this cat will not be making more kittens.

The mark is done by a vet when the cat is still sleeping after their spay/neuter surgery.

This kind of ear mark is a common way of marking the cats in areas that have a big population of stray cats. Not just in Indonesia, the ear mark is used globally.

The point is that we can easily spot from a distance that this cat has already been done, and we do not have to try catch it and bring it to the vets to get snipped.

The ear mark has nothing to do with whether the cat is vaccinated or not, it only tells you the cat has been spayed or neutered.

As for the vaccines, people ask a lot whether all cats here are vaccinated. The answer is no. Many cats are vaccinated, though. We vaccinate all kittens who are in our care and our kittens are not allowed to go outside until they are fully vaccinated. Responsible cat owners also get their own cats vaccinated.

And vaccinated for what? Panleukopenia, most importantly. It's a vicious disease and very dangerous especially for kittens.

Vaccines are quite expensive to buy, so it is simply not possible financially to vaccinate hundreds or thousands of cats yearly. But the more we do vaccinate, the less breeding ground the panleukopenia virus has. Compared to how the situation was years ago, we don't see cats with panleukopenia nearly as often as before.

We do not have rabies on Gili islands. Read that again, please, before you send us a private message asking if we have rabies on Gili islands. Bali is a different island and there is rabies there. And no, we are not in Bali. We are in Gili islands, Lombok.

So once more: THERE IS NO RABIES IN GILI ISLANDS.

If the situation changes, I will update it here. But as always: if you are worried about your health, go see a doctor, instead of messaging crazy cat ladies in internet. Also, if you were bitten by a cat, cat bites get easily infected, so you may need antibiotics. So: go see a doctor!

We will not reply messages asking about this.

And if you still want to contact us and make sure if what is written here really is true, please don't. We have nothing else to add.

Cats Of Gili is a tiny, tiny project. We do not have time or resources to go around and look for cats someone saw somewhere days/weeks/months/lifetimes ago. Sorry about that. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of cats on each island, and finding one is pretty much impossible. Try contacting the hotel/resort/bar where the cat love of your life was living at the time you met, maybe the workers there will know how your feline friend is doing?

No, I am sorry but I cannot help. Cats Of Gili is located in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia and we concentrate our efforts to helping the cats on the Gili islands.

Please Google for an animal welfare organization, animal shelter or a vet clinic near you. There are organizations everywhere, so I am sure you can find one that is at least in the same country or same continent! GOOGLE! Do NOT bring sick cats or kittens here from Bali or Lombok. There are several animal welfare organizations and vet clinics in Bali, contact them for help (For example Villa Kitty Foundation, Sunset Vet clinics. And hey, also, please GOOGLE!).

And there are several veterinarians in Lombok too, in case you find a cat needing help in Lombok. (For example: Scotty's Pet Care in Mataram). Or you can contact Naughty Little Cat Park in Mataram, Lombok for advice.

Please follow our social media for any updates and information about coming events, cat clinics included. We will always share info on our Instagram and Facebook.

Yes. There is a vet clinic now in Gili Trawangan. It is not our clinic, so we do not have information about free apppointment times, prices etc.

Please contact the clinic directly if you need a vet for your cat, or if you find cats that need help. You can WhatsApp them at: +62 812 3949 5308

First: we understand you fall in love with our island cats and want to save them all and take them home with you. Totally understandable.

However, we will not be able to help with the process. All we can say is it will not be easy, it will not be fast, it will not be cheap. You want to do it, you need to handle the whole show yourself.

But where to start with it? Well, start with Google. Find out what your home country requires if you bring in a pet from Indonesia. Is it even allowed? What paperwork you need? Vaccines for the cat? Will there be quarantine? What else should you be aware of?

Most likely you will need some paperwork, the cat will need vaccines, possibly blood tests, microchips etc and you need to go to a proper vet clinic for all that. Contact Sunset Vet in Bali, they can do all that.

Please note it is illegal to take any animal to or from Bali, since Bali is a rabies area (Lombok/Gilis are not!). So you can not fly out with the cat from Bali airport. There are commercial companies who do pet transports from Bali (transporting the animal to Jakarta and flying from there), but it is still smuggling. So seriously think it through and consider the risks.

And if you have thought the whole process through, if you have money and the time needed, and are ready to take the risks involved, and you think this really will be worth it and at the best interest of the cat, then we wish you the best of luck and hope all goes well.

Ps.The cats in Gili islands do have pretty easy and fantastic life. We have no cars, no dogs, the beaches are the biggest toilet sand boxes any kitty has ever seen, and most people love cats here. Do the cats really need "saving" from this environment? Will the beach bum cat be happier somewhere else? Would it maybe make more sense adopting a cat in need from any rescue center at your home country? And if you still want to help the cats or other animals in Gili islands, why not donate to the active charities here, instead of spending thousands of dollars/euros for taking one cat out of here? Just to give you something to think about.