Black Cats at No Increased Danger at This Time
Many studies have been done to show that black cats are at no greater danger around Halloween compared to other times of year. Black cats are a joy to adopt!
Cat Surge in Cyprus
Cyprus is experiencing a huge surge in their cat population – calculated to be more than one cat per resident of the island, spay/neuter attempts are not meeting the needs to limit the growing numbers. This is what can happen in a land locked area.
More Than Halfway Thru October!
- 10/1 – ADOPT – 10 friendlies, 6 female, 4 male
- 10/2 – DCAS – 21 ferals, 10 friendlies, 20 females, 11 males. 1 female had been microchipped in North Carolina without being spayed – we found her people
- 10/3 – DCAS – 1 friendly, 1 feral, 2 female.
- 10/9 – ADOPT – 8 friendlies, 4 female, 4 male
- 10/9 – DCAS – 22 ferals, 9 friendlies, 16 female, 15 male. One female received a flank spay due to inflamed mammary glands – may have been the first in over 16,000 surgeries!
- 10/16 – ADOPT – 10 friendlies, 8 female, 2 male.
- 10/16 – DCAS – 17 ferals, 10 female, 7 male.
Total: October 109, year-to-date 702, since 2007 16,436!
Ferals from 10/2/2025.
ADOPT friendlies from 10/9/2025.
As Many As Possible As Soon As Possible
Adoption Event
Saturday, 10/18 11-3pm at PetSmart, Finley Square Shopping Center, 1550 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove, IL. The atmosphere is always upbeat during the PetSmart adoption events. Many of our fosters try to attend the adoption events so that you can get a full picture of the cats/kittens. Check out our Adoptables link on our Home page. Fill out an adoption application in advance, meetings can be scheduled at our building for those not in attendance!
Last S/N Trip Is October 30th
We will most likely have adoptables on hand, a situation where we absolutely need to neuter an adult, but October 30th is our end date for ferals. We did too much at the end of last year, beginning of this year and we completely wore ourselves out! We would so much like to s/n as much as possible by 10/30 in order to lighten the load come Spring – always our goal! We have limited ourselves to only doing cats in DuPage as much as we can – saying “No” is one of the hardest parts of TNR. If you do not get to us by 10/30, plan on caring for the cats until the end of February, depending on the weather. Make shelters, buy straw, and keep the cats healthy. Do the best you can to care for them.
Apache Halloween – Just Two More Dates!
They’re doing it again! Always a fun display, donations benefitting Feral Fixers! Stop at the Apache Halloween display on the following dates: October 25, 31. (Dusk - 10pm) Weather Permitting. Address: 2301 Apache Ln, Woodridge, IL 60517.