Don’t Make Us Trap Your Cat!
Prepare and take caution this upcoming holiday weekend to prevent your cats from ending up outdoors. Cats can take on feral behavior in order to protect themselves from dangers that they never imagined in the safe confines of your home. Keep doors shut (if you have workmen coming on that additional day off from work, contain your cats!), provide a central location in your home that is buffered from the explosions, provide distracting noise and activities, here are tips. If you have not micro-chipped, do it ASAP! Cats can join nearby colonies, resulting in trapping a cat that is not eartipped but neutered, not acting friendly, wasting a surgery slot and how do we get it back home? Please, don’t call us to ask for help in trapping your fearful, now semi-feral acting cat, after it ends up outdoors! Prevention is 100%!
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| This chaos consists of the cats for two trips for s/n, kittens we are holding to tame, and a cat awaiting relocation. |
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| 6/28 - We're very thankful for our volunteers who transport and own SUVs!!! |
Over 300 And Still More Coming!
6/18/24 – ADOPT – 4 ferals, 1 friendly, 3 females, 2 males.
6/20/24 – DCAS – 9 ferals, 14 friendlies, 7 females, 16 males. One feral male was euthanized due to a massive abscess from his left shoulder and down his leg, so glad he is no longer in pain.
6/25/24 – GEAH – one friendly female – on of our fostered kittens was developing a prolapsed anus and while she was spayed the vet performed a purse string procedure that tightens the sphincter, preventing further growth of the problem.
6/27/24 – DCAS – 4 ferals, 3 friendlies, 3 females, 4 males. One feral male had been in the colony for years, caretakers moving, future care in the neighborhood unlikely, they brought him in, luckily an injured paw was found and treated. One feral female had a severe case of pyometra, in foster being treated with additional long term antibiotics to make sure she is healed.
6/28/24 – ADOPT – 6 ferals, 4 friendlies, 6 females, 4 males. Four of the feral females were from a location we had last been at in 2012 – a neighbor contacted us as the colony was growing. We also caught 9 kittens at the same time and there are more kittens to trap.
7/1/24 – DCAS – 2 feral males. We could not fit in one cat over our limit on 6/28 and then another showed up on Sunday – DCAS was very generous and squeezed them in so that they would not have to wait until 7/11 – our next spay day.
That makes 65 cats in June, 2 in July, 322 year-to-date, 15,202 since 2007.
Hope the details we’ve been sharing are helpful in understanding the scope of what we do. Clearly we don’t just TNR, although that is the goal!
As Many as Possible As Soon as Possible
Upcoming Adoption Dates
- Saturday, 7/20, 11am-3pm - PetSmart in Finley Square Shopping Center (1550 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove, IL)
- Saturday, 8/3, 11am-3pm – Feral Fixers, 330 Eisenhower Ln N, Lombard, IL.
We have just 18 cats posted but many more are on hand. Filling out an adoption application earlier than later makes a huge difference in finding the right cat for you! We have dozens of kittens who are or will soon be of age for spay/neuter and then be adoptable, but we are still experiencing a shortage of surgery slot availability.
Don’t Forget -We’re the Charity of the Month in July at Lynfred
The winery is a non-tipping facility, but the staff will accept donations to the Charity of The Month – Feral Fixers for the month of July! They have new wines and the ones they have been known for for years! Check them out and benefit Feral Fixers!