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Friends and Ferals Cat Rescue My name is Brogan and I rescue cats in the area of Tweed, ON. My goal is to reduce the number of stray & feral cats in our community. Follow along for more!

I provide TNR services for ferals, and with help of foster homes, adopt out the friendly ones. My name is Brogan, and I am the self proclaimed "Tweed Cat Lady". I started Friends and Ferals in 2021 as sort of a "hobby" to try and help reduce the stray cats in my neighborhood. Since then, with the help of my community and other willing hands, I have been able to help over 200+ cats/kittens. My main

goal for Friends and Ferals is focusing on TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) services for the feral cats of Tweed and surrounding areas. I spay and neuter as many stray cats as possible and find homes for the ones that are adoptable. I rely on donations to raise the money to fund spays/neuters, for food and other veterinary costs that come associated with running a rescue. I will always continue to advocate for feral cats and do as much as I can to help the many felines in our community. Friends and Ferals is always looking for fosters, adopters, and donations of ANY kind (not just monetary). Any and all support is greatly appreciated. For any inquiries, or if you would like to make a donation, emails or e-transfers can be sent to [email protected]

Jon Snow says “adopt me! I’m cute as heck!!”🥹
06/08/2024

Jon Snow says “adopt me! I’m cute as heck!!”🥹

Earl says it’s sad being the only sibling left to be adopted!! This girl is so ready for her family!! Could that be you?...
04/08/2024

Earl says it’s sad being the only sibling left to be adopted!! This girl is so ready for her family!! Could that be you?!🥹🖤

31/07/2024

JON SNOW & YGRITTE💛
Both have yet to receive an application! How?!?
Just look at them!🥹

Charlotte🤍This little girl is doing so great! She will be spayed in the next few weeks and available for adoption. She i...
30/07/2024

Charlotte🤍
This little girl is doing so great! She will be spayed in the next few weeks and available for adoption. She is the sweetest most playful girl and is amazing with other kitties! We think she is around 5 months or so💗

ADOPT EARL🩷This girl is fearless, spunky and full of beans!! Her siblings Chai and Pekoe are heading to their furever ho...
28/07/2024

ADOPT EARL🩷
This girl is fearless, spunky and full of beans!! Her siblings Chai and Pekoe are heading to their furever home very soon and this little lady would love to find a family of her own!
Please send me a message if you’re interested in Earl (the girl!)🩷

This is the kind of post I hate having to make, more than asking for money, but here we are; We are FULL.At the moment I...
26/07/2024

This is the kind of post I hate having to make, more than asking for money, but here we are;

We are FULL.
At the moment I cannot take in any more cats and kittens than are currently in foster care. Almost all our foster homes are full and adoptions have been slow. We cannot add any more cats into care until we “make room” physically (and mentally) for more kitties.

Although we have multiple foster homes and do have newbies offering to foster, at the end of the day I am the one solely responsible for all of these cats and I simply cannot add any more to my plate.

Right now I am receiving upwards of 5+ rescue requests daily (remember I am ONE person), most of which I am having to turn away. It hurts my heart terribly, but at the end of the day I cannot save the world (as much as I would love to). I am one person with a full time job and am doing the best I can with the time and resources I have.
Sick, injured, or elderly cats are my main focus right now, as well as the cats right in Tweed. I do cover areas like Madoc, Marmora etc, but right now I cannot even keep up with the cats in Tweed alone.

I am happy to chat and offer as much advice as I can provide, but we just cannot take in any more at the moment.

At this time my suggestions are as follows;

Call the Southeastern Spay and Neuter clinic.
They offer low cost spay and neuter services, which includes feral and barn cats. Their prices are the same that we would pay. Anyone dealing with stray/feral/barn cats is welcome to call their clinic anytime to book a spay or neuter. It typically is a very simple process and I could even lend a live trap and some tips if needed.
I can also tell you it is a lot easier and cheaper to trap 1 or 2 stray cats than leaving the problem until you have a much larger problem on your hands.

Get the kittens vet checked and vaccinated.
I understand is not cheap to take cats/kittens to the vet, but I can promise you it is a heck of a lot easier to find homes for them if they have been vetted and vaccinated.
Posting FREE KITTENS on Facebook is a lot more appealing when people know they are going to be taking a “healthy” kitten.

STOP FEEDING THEM!
This, this and THIS!! I cannot stress this enough; DO NOT FEED ANY CAT THAT YOU DO NOT PLAN ON TRAPPING. You may think you are doing the kind thing by feeding them, but the second you start feeding a stray cat, it becomes YOUR responsibility (The Humane Society will tell you the same).
Unless you have the intention to feed a cat/kitten to trap it to get it spayed/neutered/vetted- DON’T FEED IT! By feeding stray cats you are only enabling the problem and I can promise you, you won’t only be feeding 1 cat for long. This happens all too often and all too quickly. 2 cats can easily turn into 25+ cats in less than a year and in no time at all, you will have a colony on your hands.

As the saying goes “If they wanted to, they would”. This could not be truer when it comes to rescue. Almost anyone is just as capable as I am to set a live trap, call the spay/neuter clinic, book an appointment and take them in. Just like everyone else, I do not have separate space to isolate cats. I have a home, with a spare bedroom and a bathroom, just like you. I try my best to help as many people as I can, but at some point, people also need to learn to help themselves. I am not a registered charity. I do not get grants or receive tax breaks or discounts. It cannot be my responsibility to fix everyone’s stray/feral/barn cats. If everyone could just do a little more to help out, the cat world be a much better place.

(This post is not meant to lookdown on anyone who has ever reached out for help! It is simply to educate those on how easy it could be if we all did our part to help 😊)

NALA + BABIES🥹This mama came into care Tuesday evening and although we usually spay every female that comes into care, t...
26/07/2024

NALA + BABIES🥹
This mama came into care Tuesday evening and although we usually spay every female that comes into care, this gal was just cooking way too long.
This evening she welcomed 5 healthy babies and everyone including mama are doing great!

Huge thank you to Bryanna for taking her in so last minute and getting her all set up for delivery❤️

More to come in the next few weeks but for now I am so happy everyone is safe inside🥰

Jon Snow & Ygritte ⚔️ I can’t believe neither of these cutie pies have received any inquiries! They are adorable, sweet,...
23/07/2024

Jon Snow & Ygritte ⚔️
I can’t believe neither of these cutie pies have received any inquiries! They are adorable, sweet, and full of beans!
This is truly one of the most fun ages for kittens so don’t wait to adopt one or BOTH of these babies!❤️

Send me a message or fill out an application on our website site!

Charlotte🤍We have some pretty adorable kittens available for adoption as well as some older kitties too! Please check ou...
23/07/2024

Charlotte🤍

We have some pretty adorable kittens available for adoption as well as some older kitties too!

Please check out our website/page to see the cuties looking for their furever homes!❤️

!!!FOSTER FOUND!!!FOSTER NEEDED ASAP FOR PREGNANT MAMA!We received an update that this mama is about ready to pop any da...
21/07/2024

!!!FOSTER FOUND!!!

FOSTER NEEDED ASAP FOR PREGNANT MAMA!
We received an update that this mama is about ready to pop any day now (these pics are old)
She is friendly and desperately needs somewhere safe to deliver and care for her babies. Can anyone please foster this soon to be mom?!🙏🏻🩷🥺

FOSTER NEEDED ASAP FOR HARRY🤎This boy is WAY too sweet to be outside! We need a foster before we can take him in. He wil...
17/07/2024

FOSTER NEEDED ASAP FOR HARRY🤎

This boy is WAY too sweet to be outside! We need a foster before we can take him in. He will be neutered, dewormed and treated for fleas prior to fostering!

Please send me a message if you can foster handsome Harry! He is such a HAM!!!!🥹

These two adorable boys are looking for their furever home!!! Would be even better together!!!🧡 Send me a message if you...
14/07/2024

These two adorable boys are looking for their furever home!!! Would be even better together!!!🧡
Send me a message if you are interested in these handsome gingers!

Cal🥹Oh my heart. Anytime I get an update on this sweet and sassy little mama I get emotional. She was one of the most sp...
12/07/2024

Cal🥹
Oh my heart. Anytime I get an update on this sweet and sassy little mama I get emotional. She was one of the most special kitties I ever fostered and my first experience birthing kittens. I will forever feel a bond with this girl and I’m so beyond happy to know she is living her very best life with the most perfect mom for her.
I just love a happy ending🥰

09/07/2024

ADOPT JON SNOW🖤

This boy is soooo sweet. He is playful, brave and full of love! He is looking for a family to love him forever! Could that be you?!?
Please send me a message or fill out an application if you are interested in this handsome little man!!

*A reminder- I am OUT OF TOWN at a cottage for the week with very limited cell service. I will NOT be replying to messages this week- so if you reach out for adoption or rescue requests, they will likely go answered until next week. Please understand I need a “break” too and I’m really trying to allow myself that (IT’S REALLY HARD!)
This is a scheduled post.

HOLIDAYS—!!!I am taking some much needed time away for the next week while I spend time at the cottage with my family. I...
06/07/2024

HOLIDAYS—!!!
I am taking some much needed time away for the next week while I spend time at the cottage with my family. I will not be answering messages (unless from my fosters of course) for the next week or so.
Posts this week will be sporadic but I’m recharging my rescue brain 💛

LOTS OF ADOPTABLE KITTIES!!!🥹We have plenty of kittens and kitties available for adoption and more coming soon!! If you ...
02/07/2024

LOTS OF ADOPTABLE KITTIES!!!🥹
We have plenty of kittens and kitties available for adoption and more coming soon!! If you are looking to add a furry friend to your family, please check out our website!!☺️

https://friendsandferalscatrescue.ca/adopt-us/

FOSTER FOUND!!! URGENT- ‼️ KITTEN FOSTER NEEDEDWe are looking for a new foster home for these 3 stinkers as it is just t...
28/06/2024

FOSTER FOUND!!!

URGENT- ‼️ KITTEN FOSTER NEEDED
We are looking for a new foster home for these 3 stinkers as it is just too much for their current foster who already has kittens from another litter.
We can provide food and supplies.
Please send me a message if you can foster these 3 cuties! 🙏🏻

On another note, I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who donated over the last couple of days. I woke up yesterday morning absolutely blown away from the amount of donations that came in. Truly, it brought tears to my eyes. We have such an unbelievable little community and I cannot say thank you enough to everyone who continues to support us!!
This took such a huge weight off, and we now have enough to get us by for the next little bit while having all our bills paid off too!! Thank you thank you!!!!🙌🏼🥹

DONATE IF YOU CAN🩷Our funds are EXTREMELY low right now. We barely have enough to get us through the rest of the week😓. ...
26/06/2024

DONATE IF YOU CAN🩷
Our funds are EXTREMELY low right now. We barely have enough to get us through the rest of the week😓.
Between $400+ today on spays, $300 on kitten vaccines, $400 on Friday for a poor kitty hit by a car, we are draining fast. We have more kitties in tomorrow for vaccines and so many hungry mouths to feed.

I will be working on some raffle fundraisers this weekend but if anyone is in a place where they can send some $$ our way, that would really ease some stress.
I feel like a broken record, but as anyone knows, we run on donations alone and in the last month and a half we have taken in SO many cats and kittens compared to the rest of the year. When it rains, it pours and it seems to be raining kitties in our neighbourhood. (Why can’t it rain money?!💰😝)
Our e-transfer is [email protected] for donations!
Please also send me a message if you’re looking to add a furry friend to your family! We have lots of kitties coming up soon for adoption☺️

Clementine, Apricot, Mango and Peach🧡Available soon for adoption! (Peach has been spoken for)
25/06/2024

Clementine, Apricot, Mango and Peach🧡
Available soon for adoption!
(Peach has been spoken for)

UPDATE: DRIVER FOUND!! Thank you everyone who offered! You guys are the best!!DRIVER NEEDED TOMORROW!! 🚗 I desperately n...
25/06/2024

UPDATE: DRIVER FOUND!! Thank you everyone who offered! You guys are the best!!

DRIVER NEEDED TOMORROW!! 🚗
I desperately need a volunteer to pick up 2 kitties tomorrow in Trenton between 4-5pm! I can meet you or you can deliver to me!! I just need someone to pick them up before 5pm!
If you can help, PLEASE send me a message! Friends and Ferals shirt in your size as thank you! 🙏🏻

It never ends. I have yet to sit down today but this evening we unexpectedly took in these 3 wee ones found in a garden ...
22/06/2024

It never ends.
I have yet to sit down today but this evening we unexpectedly took in these 3 wee ones found in a garden near our house. All 3 safe inside with full bellies and lots of snuggles ahead.

Happy weekend everyone! Please spay and neuter your pets!!❤️

Apricot🧡 (available soon!)We have very quickly gone from having no kittens, to many kittens in several different foster ...
20/06/2024

Apricot🧡 (available soon!)
We have very quickly gone from having no kittens, to many kittens in several different foster homes. They are eating food like crazy so we have updated our Amazon Wishlist. If anyone would like to help out and purchase some food for our kittens, that would be a huge help!

https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2637NW02VN887?ref_=wl_share

FOSTER NEEDED ASAP 🏠  This is Joni. She is shy and nervous, but she is not feral at all. She has been hanging around my ...
17/06/2024

FOSTER NEEDED ASAP 🏠

This is Joni. She is shy and nervous, but she is not feral at all. She has been hanging around my house, as well as several other houses close to us. She comes to eat a few times a day and hangs out on decks, hoping to find food.
This girl has been on my list to trap for a few MONTHS, and finally we have her. Huge shoutout again to Beverly who caught her this morning for us. This is the 3rd kitty she’s secured for us in the last 3 days!!

We need to find a foster home for this girl as soon as possible. I am away this weekend, so ideally we find her somewhere before Friday!
If you have a spare bedroom, a bathroom, laundry room and can offer a safe space for her, please send me a message!!

3/4 kittens caught! 👏🏼 Way to go Beverly for catching 2/4 of Penelope’s kittens and to Kelly for catching the black one....
15/06/2024

3/4 kittens caught! 👏🏼
Way to go Beverly for catching 2/4 of Penelope’s kittens and to Kelly for catching the black one.
The black and white is a boy, the tabby is a female. Although they were both spicy (especially the tabby) they have both come around and have been reunited together.
The black kitten has been taken in by someone else who was unaware we were trying to catch these guys. The person has full intentions of adding him/her to their family and I know personally it is in good hands🖤

There is 1 tabby kitten left on the run. Fingers crossed we can catch him/her soon and reunite it with its brother and sister.

Tweed friends in the McCamon/Metcalf/River street area- please keep an eye out for the last tabby kitten!
We would love to have the last one safe inside!

We’ve had an influx of kittens the last few weeks, so we will have 10+ ready to be adopted in the coming weeks!! Stay tuned!💛

561 days in foster care💔!!Boo and Midnight are still waiting for someone to give them a chance. They have been in foster...
12/06/2024

561 days in foster care💔!!

Boo and Midnight are still waiting for someone to give them a chance.
They have been in foster care for over a year and a half, the longest we’ve ever had cats awaiting adoption.
They currently only know life inside “their” bedroom and it would be so amazing to see them have more space to thrive.
These two sweet house panthers desperately deserve a chance to live their lives to the fullest. I know with time and patience they would acclimate wonderfully into a loving home, as they have in their current foster space.
They are both extremely timid but once you earn their trust, I have no doubts they would settle in well with a quiet family.

Boo and Midnight must go together as they are very bonded at this point.

561 days in foster care is just heartbreaking. I know with the right family these two would flourish. I just need someone to give them that chance.
Please help us find a home for Boo and Midnight! 🖤🥺

Dahlia🖤This girl was adopted awhile back after being in foster care for far too long. She was SO shy but she clearly has...
11/06/2024

Dahlia🖤
This girl was adopted awhile back after being in foster care for far too long. She was SO shy but she clearly has found her happy place. I am so thrilled for her!!🥹

Summer sunshine☀️
09/06/2024

Summer sunshine☀️

Fiona💛I can’t believe this girl has not received a single inquiry! She is so sweet and so ready for her forever family! ...
08/06/2024

Fiona💛
I can’t believe this girl has not received a single inquiry! She is so sweet and so ready for her forever family! Could that be you?!🥹
Send me a message to adopt Fiona or fill out an application on our website!

‼️URGENT FOSTER NEEDED‼️ Penelope is looking for a foster home ASAP!The plan was to spay her today, but unfortunately li...
06/06/2024

‼️URGENT FOSTER NEEDED‼️

Penelope is looking for a foster home ASAP!

The plan was to spay her today, but unfortunately little miss appears to have the beginning of what is suspected to be mastitis. She will be on antibiotics for a couple weeks, after which time we will reassess and spay her if she’s ready.

She tested negative for FIV/FeLV which is amazing.
She is very shy and unsure of everything quite yet, but she is allowing pets from us and I have no doubts she will come around quickly. She is VERY food motivated and has finally figured out her litter box too!

If anyone is able to foster this cute little skunky lady, please send me a message! I will supply everything needed ❤️🦨

Penelope!! 🦨 This girl has been frequenting our house the last month or so. Although not outright friendly, she doesn’t ...
05/06/2024

Penelope!! 🦨
This girl has been frequenting our house the last month or so. Although not outright friendly, she doesn’t appear to be feral either 🤞🏼

I set my trap today in hopes of catching at least one of the several that are hanging around my house and within an hour I had her.

Unbeknownst to me, Penelope has kittens somewhere.
They have not been sighted in a few days, but our hopes are they are okay and still out there somewhere.

In all the times she’s been at my house, I’ve never once seen the kittens, so my hope is we are able to find them too.
They were last seen near the Jameson street area of Tweed- if people can keep their eyes out!!

In the meantime, mama will decompress and get some much needed rest and nourishment. If she comes around, she’ll never have to spend another night outside again.

Welcome to the gang Penelope🦨

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