Things Are Progressing!

This Spring, two of the HVAC units on the roof that were not working were removed. This past week, three new HVAC units were installed! Three units enable us to heat and cool efficiently, adding to the life of the units themselves as each are not carrying too heavy a load and making us better able to separate air flow inside the building. Gatwood Crane Service  donated the use of their cranes and people for both steps of this process! Check out the pictures of the HVAC work and new shots of the interior with the carpet gone – you can really tell we're working on it. The picture on the top left shows the empty room where the vault used to be - glad it's finally gone! Holes in the walls off of the laundry area are for the piping for sinks in the TNR & ISO rooms.

And a couple of short videos to share with you. The first one shows the ancient carpet attached with horrible glue has been removed! New flooring will be one of the last steps. And the second shows the vault has been removed and plumbing roughed in for sinks and washer & dryer!

Garage Sale

The pandemic is still with us. We know that. We would like to try to have a garage sale tho and we've seen others having sales. We are asked constantly when we are going to have one as many people are holding onto stuff for us. We're planning one for August 15th. We'll spread things out, it will be outside and everyone should observe social distancing, we do not want anyone to get sick from this event. Please only donate things that will sell, stuff that if you came across it at a different time you would buy it. NO CLOTHING, NO ELECTRONICS! We emphasize, sellable stuff! If it doesn't sell we have to take it somewhere or get an organization to pick it up from us. Donations in the past have been GREAT and we know that people have had a lot of time to sort thru their belongings and we thank you in advance for sharing those items with us to raise funds!!! Same as previous years, drop off is this coming weekend, August 8 & 9 at 29w560 Butterfield Rd, Warrenville, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to ask questions and arrange anything special. Sale will be Saturday, August 15th from 8AM to 3PM at that location. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather!

More Cats Already!

On 7/30/20, we sent 27 cats to DCAS, 15 friendlies and 12 ferals. One feral was already neutered and one friendly was already neutered, resulting in 15 males and 10 females receiving surgery. This trip also included our 12,000th cat neutered by Feral Fixers! A large, gray/white male, Chester is now already back at his colony and will have a longer and healthier life after being neutered and vaccinated! On 7/31/20 we sent another 5 friendlies into ADOPT, 3 males and 2 females. We have so many kittens on hand now that are available for adoption – please get pre-approved and work with our adoption counselor to bring home that special new family member! Go to our Want to Adopt? and click to fill out the questionnaire. With 30 additional surgeries, the July total is 114, year-to-date is 329 and the total since our start in 2007 is 12,014!​

A couple of notes on the pictures below. The top, right-hand picture shows Veterinarian extraordinaire Dr. Jessica Von Waldau holding up Chester while he was under anesthesia. Cats under anesthesia will usually have open eyes. Ointment is administered as part of the pre-surgery protocol to keep the eyes lubricated and moist during sedation for surgery. It can be alarming to people unfamiliar with cats in surgery but the cats are fully sedated and unaware of their surroundings even if their eyes are open. The sedation causes a disconnect between the eyes and brain, fully restored when the cat awakens. This is not something you see on TV or have common knowledge of, but good to know if you are ever present when your cat is sedated so that you don't worry.

The middle row, right-hand picture is a panorama of the garage. There are more traps in the row behind the carriers.  15 friendlies and 12 ferals sent in that day.

The bottom, right-hand picture is another one of Chester - cats often make caves out of the newspaper in their traps!

DuPage County Animal Services (DCAS) noted on their Facebook Page "It was a great Thursday on our surgical vehicle. Our partners Feral Fixers celebrated helping their 12,000th cat! Since our veterinary vehicle arrived in 2018, we've assisted them with about 900 of those surgeries!

Thanks to Dr. Von Waldau, our vet techs, DuPage Animal Friends, and all the generous donors for making this milestone possible!"

(Click on any of the picture thumbnails to see a larger version of the picture)

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