About Us

Hess Haven is a 501c3 domesticated animal rescue in Citrus County, we specialize in neonatal, prenatal and postpartum care. We take in around 30 pregnant and or nursing mothers a year as well as around 70 litters without mothers this is not including singletons or kittens old enough to not be given formula. At this time Hess Haven has no volunteers or fosters and is ran completely by its 23yr old founder and her family when they're in state. 

Our founder Jordyn has been rescuing animals for at least 8 years, but at 19 she started doing so consistently/full time and has stuck with it for 5.5 years.  She worked along side a wildlife rescue for 4 years caring for neonatal wildlife as well as kittens and was working as a pet nanny at the same time. Due to this she was quickly recognized as someone who could be contacted for all neonatal kittens so was quickly slammed and it was in her and the wildlife rescues best interest for Hess Haven to be created in January 2024. As of April 2025 she is still the sole caregiver to the hundreds of animals that come in a year.

Our ambassador Pita came to us from another rescue on May 17th 2024 claiming he was healthy but unfortunately he was severely malnourished weighing just 11oz at 6weeks old, he also was covered in urine scald and infested in fleas and parasites and due to this it took months to get him ready to be adopted. Due to many failed adoption attempts we took Pita to an rescue event on 2/1/25 and everyone absolutely loved him and suggested we keep him as our mascot due to his sweet demeanor. We took some time but ultimately ended up agreeing and couldn't imagine our lives any other way, he brings such joy to everyone he meets including orphaned kittens.