Sailing into June

• On 6/2 we took 5 feral females to DCAS – 2 were moms graduating from our moms & babies fosters – they did not choose to be friendly in their time with us and were returned.
• On 6/3 we sent 6 friendlies to ADOPT, 3 males, 3 females – of which one was already spayed.  Four kittens were already old enough from the Spring litters.
• On 6/10 we sent 11 cats, 3 ferals, 8 friendlies, with 7 males, 4 females.  8 kittens, of which 2 already have adopters waiting for them!  One of the ferals is a mom who absolutely did not want to be friendly!  We let them decide what they want.

This brings us to 21 for June, 184 for the year and 13,398 since our start.  When we get calls involving kittens, we try to let them remain until the kittens are old enough to eat on their own but not too old to turn around easily.  As of this writing, there are at least 40 more kittens that we know of to bring in during the next two weeks.  We will do our best to support bringing in as many kittens as we have fosters – we always need more fosters!!!  When we say we are at capacity, you can be sure that all the other rescues are full as well – we must TNR before more are born!  We absolutely hate having to leave kittens out there til they are big enough to neuter – typically that is too late to make them adoptable.  Speaking of adoptions – we will have our next Adoption Event at the building on 6/25.  Let friends and family know to fill out adoption applications in advance to get approved before the event!

6/3 Friendlies ready to go, ferals from 6/2 trip recovering in background.		11 cats ready to go!

Current Needs

Carriers - Each kitten must be sent to s/n in its own carrier.  We try to have enough on hand to accommodate this, but some have gone astray, so we’ve had to buy – when there are so many sitting unused and gathering dust in basements and garages!  We like the small ones, Petmate has the easiest to take apart and put back together – necessary when you need to put 100+ in storage for the off-season, but as long as they are hard plastic and kitten sized, we need them!

Kitten food – the kittens seem to prefer the Iams purple bag kibble and do well on it.  They also like the Authority kitten canned food but most kitten canned pate will do.  Check out our Chewy and Amazon lists!  Think about feeding 100 kittens!

Gas cards – our trappers and transporters do a lot of driving!  Since gas costs have doubled – and who knows how high it could go – a donation of gas cards would be a huge help to them and us as we need their help so much to get the cats and then transport the cats to be neutered!

Storage space – cat shelters are donated all the time, can be stored outside as that is where they are meant to be, but we need outside space to store them until the Fall when they are in great demand.  Do you have room in an industrial yard or even your own big backyard to help us recycle these donations?  People move, no longer have ferals that need the houses and we would rather they did not get discarded but instead continue to be used.  Storing them inside is not the best answer and we are limited on that space as well.  Please think about it and let us know!  Some can be very heavy, if you have the resources for moving them as well, how great could that be!

Fund Our Ferals Future

Thank you all for your donations!  A donor saw our last blog post and sent a check for the remaining funds needed to reach our goal!  This was extra wonderful, and we cannot express our gratitude for their generosity and for everyone who made donations during this fundraiser.

Two Bostons Supports Us!

From May 31, 2022 to July 3, 2022 – TwoBostons is having their annual Food Drive! You can make a donation to Feral Fixers! When you donate a case of 12 cans, Two Bostons will match your donation. The group with the most donations at the end of the food drive will get their donations doubled by Two Bostons! Cans donated to cat rescue groups will be converted to cat food, dollar for dollar, and the end of the drive. There are several TwoBostons in the area and the locations are listed on the donation web page. Thank you for your support!

Ambushed!

You may have seen this - so many questions about where they came from, etc. TNR people have nightmares like this! (Click on the picture to see the video).