Focus on Ferals

09/17/2025

Thank You! 💜

We have received a ton of food which will keep our kitties’ tummies full for the next couple months. Cats like Diggory, who was seemingly dumped in the parking lot of our building’s complex, depend on our shelter to be here. And we depend on your generosity and support.

09/15/2025

🐴 🐄 🐓 Barn Home Needed!! 🐴 🐄 🐓

Teeny 🐈‍⬛ and Lady Grey 🐈‍⬛ are young adult sisters. Fully vetted. They came from an unsafe area and have decided they would rather be placed into a nice cozy barn, than make friends with us. They aren’t friendly cats; they are used to being fed and within close proximity to people, but do not want to be handled. Do you have a space for these girls?

Requirements:
A barn, garage or outbuilding suitable for cats to keep as their shelter in inclement weather.

Fresh water and food daily (yes, they will still keep 🐁 mice away).

Agree to our acclimation process which means 3-4 weeks of crate confinement before release to the full property. We provide all supplies!

We do not charge an adoption fee for barn cats. We just need them to go to a place that welcomes and will care for them. We will 🚕 💨 drive them to you and do all the setup!

📍 We are located in Byron Center MI 49315 and are willing to drive up to an hour one way for the right accommodations for these cats.

⚠️ Please note: serious inquiries only. We will have a few follow up questions and will want to see photos before we load everyone up and drive hours 😟 only to find the location isn’t suitable. We also have people commenting they will take cats, but never follow through with reaching out to us. We aren’t going to stalk or harass people to take barn cats. Please contact us so we can move forward!

Email: [email protected]

📱 Text: 616-826-0927

Please share! Teeny and Lady Grey have been in cages for months 😞.

09/14/2025

🌟 Terrific Tabby Teenagers! 🌟

These kiddos are all in the 4-6 month range and ready for adoptive 🏡 homes.

Rascal is the last of his litter (others were all adopted) and we can’t figure out why. He is a sweetheart. Lois would be happy to provide a listening ear anytime. She understands feeling sad and confused at the world 🌎 around you. Pippin and Jinx have nearly grown up in their foster home and long to spread their 🪽 wings in forever homes that will be patient and accepting of their difficult start to life. Christopher and Daphne are hanging out at PetSmart in Grandville MI until October 2nd, and can be visited during store hours.

Please don’t rule out the ‘older kittens/juveniles’ when you are looking to adopt a kitten. They can still grow with you but are past the ridiculously fragile stage.

Application to adopt ➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/adopt/adoption-application/

We are located in Byron Center MI 49315. Please share! 🐾

09/13/2025

🐾 Adopted! 🐾

Finding homes this week were Nora, Freda and Vincent, June, Walter, Nina, Stella, Kiwi and Evander! We couldn’t be more thrilled for all of our adults who finally got chosen! We also want to thank our community partners whose $25 vouchers helped offset costs to people adopting adult kitties:

Nora: 4ONE2 Distillery in Wayland

June: Next Adventure Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Grandville

09/12/2025

🎥 News Story Today! 🎥

Guest appearances by ADOPTABLE cats Big Ed, Angelica, and Kyo (who proudly held his bladder while being held by the reporter 👏!).

Focus on Ferals, a volunteer-run shelter in Byron Center, has been caring for cats of all ages for 20 years, and now they are requesting food donations for the upcoming fall season

09/09/2025

Our cats are ‘starving’….

At least they would have you believe that. The riots every evening are insane. We have dry kibble available 24/7 and give canned food once a day. We also depend on canned food for sickies and kittens. We 🔥 burn through a 48 count pack every single day 😳 just in our building of 100 cats.

👏 We haven’t had to ask for canned food since before Memorial Day!! You guys stocked us up BIG TIME and it lasted all summer.

We need to ask again to get us through fall and hopefully well into the holidays….😬.

🐈‍⬛ Chewy Wishlist:

https://www.chewy.com/g/20-3228587_b74061017 -list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT

🐈 Amazon Wishlist:

https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1VQ6GIBHGGVTN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2zW2ybJD2M8PZ

Canned food and other donations can be left at any time in the drop box behind our building!

7962 Clyde Park Ave SW
Byron Center MI 49315

We have less than 2 weeks stock remaining 😞.
Thank you for all the ways you continue to support our mission! 💜

09/08/2025

We only had Bear for 10 days. 🐻 🌈

We had to send him for euthanasia on Saturday evening. But this isn’t a tragic end to life like so many street cats experience.

Bear was loved and cared for by a woman who feeds her trailer park strays. He had also been neutered quite awhile back; likely how he evaded ever picking up FIV or FeLV, both of which are rampant in his home territory. When Stephanie emailed us asking for help, we made space immediately. She reported his age being 10 years, and him suddenly having loose stool everywhere and laying in his own excrement. She just didn’t have the financial resources to help him.

Bear was diagnosed with intestinal lymphoma at our vet. We had been doing daily fluids and a steroid shot had somewhat eased up his uncontrollable diarrhea. He was probably the most physically comfortable he had been in awhile. But we knew it was a bandaid.

We have a team of people here willing to take our rescue cats for euthanasia and comfort them in their last moments. But when I asked Stephanie if she maybe wanted to be with him, she said yes without hesitation. So Bear went to sleep peacefully, in the arms of the person he knew best, and without endless suffering outside. We just covered the cost. This is SO MUCH MORE than most street cats get.

Thank you Stephanie for caring. And thank you supporters for donating your hard earned money which made it possible for us to help Bear. Bear has joined all the other FOF kitties in a better place.

09/07/2025

🐾 Adopted! 🐾

Poptart, Ethel, Habanero, Squash and Sylvian (foster fail) are all in new 🏡 homes today. We love kittens getting adopted, because it opens space in foster care for us to rescue more homeless and hurting kittens. But. We also feel sad for our amazing adult cats who are waiting….and waiting…and waiting. Please submit an application if you’re interested in meeting an adult cat. We know our cats and can help match you with the right one for your lifestyle and home.

Application ➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/adopt/adoption-application/

Available Cats ➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/our-kitties/

We are located in Byron Center MI 49315.

09/03/2025

A Home for Starla ⭐️

~written by FOF volunteer Carlie

I was at the shelter on the day that ⭐️ Starla was moved into her room. She was transported right in her covered bed. You see, Starla likes her space. Her covered bed made her feel safe. She acclimated to her new space, however, if another cat stole her 🛏️ bed while she was out getting a bite to 🥘 eat or using the 🚽 bathroom, she always let them know that is not ok; Boundaries!!

The first day ⭐️ Starla was in her room she stared at me through the screen door. I was convinced by the look on her face 😒 that she didn't like me one bit. I was doing the dishes, and every time I glanced over at her she was staring 👀 at me intently. I soon learned I was very wrong about this girl.

She may not want other cat friends (unless it’s a quiet studly one like Dudley 😉), but ⭐️ Starla LOVES ❤️ a human friend. Starla has become one of my favorites. Yes, Starla still needs her boundaries to be respected. But the nice thing is, she knows just what she can handle. Her room is full of some of the most loving and snuggly cats in our whole shelter. Starla gets overlooked because she doesn’t participate in the 24/7/365 snugglefest of the rest of her roommates.

Instead, ⭐️ Starla always patiently waits for me to finish petting her roommates. She watches me with that same stare from the first day I met her, and waits for her turn to be pet. When everyone else has had enough, I walk over to Starla to give her the personal attention she seeks, and she is always so grateful. Starla would love a human companion of her own. And she would love a covered bed to be available for when she wants her own space.

Please share and help ⭐️ Starla live her best life in a new adoptive 🏡 home! She is located in Byron Center MI 49315.

Adopt Starla ➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/adopt/adoption-application/

08/31/2025

Welcome to FOF 💜

😍 Big Ed has lived on the streets for years. He seemed to be asking his caregiver for help recently so she asked us to take him. He is scheduled for a dental and neuter this week. Big Ed seems ready to turn in his stray card for the comforts of FOF and we are happy to oblige. It’s rough out there for these cats.

🐻 Bear is a 10 plus year old cat who has been blessed with a caregiver. But when he started dripping 💩 and laying in it….she knew he needed help. We have been making fluids as stress-free as possible. He only weighed 5.1 lbs on intake. He finally started eating recently which is cause for celebration here. But until we get his diarrhea diagnosed and full vet evaluation, he is on a guarded prognosis here. It could be more than just parasitic infection 😞.

🥊 Bruiser was actually seen being dumped out of a vehicle. But not everyone hates cats, and some kind hearted neighbors had been feeding him. They also said he was getting into tussles with raccoons 😬 and was looking worse than when he was first seen. He is safe here now. Just a big lug of softness who will make someone very happy.

🧡 Sammy was a trailer park stray, bedraggled and desperate, when someone took him in. Now that he’s been given good care, he is ready for a new home. Sammy has all the s***k and energy a juvenile should have…mixed with some wild boy tendencies that we think he will grow out of (like biting when playing). He really needs a playmate and a lot of exercise! Orange. Cat. Energy. 😉

😔 Thaddeus showed up in someone’s barn. With a horrible wound to his foot. Whatever happened, the whole foot was dead (that’s why the toe pads are black) and the infection had traveled up so his whole leg had to be amputated. He has been an angelic patient.

We have been BUSY here. Doing what we can for all we can. Thank you for your unwavering support. 💜

08/30/2025

🐾 Adopted! 🐾

Shrimp ($25 voucher courtesy of Mitten Kids Dentistry!), Sweetie, Mariah, Simon and Cookie ( #2) are all in new homes this weekend. We are so fortunate to have such great adopters! Donations also came in 🙂.

08/29/2025

UPDATE!! Cas is now named Dutch. Dutch is doing wonderfully! I sent out a message to his previous foster with an update and photos, mentioning how he has really brought balance into our home. Dutch is getting along well with our two senior cats and has bonded closely to our Golden-Doodle, Charlotte. Our kids are equally enamored!
Going through your adoption organization has been nothing but a wonderful experience! The commitment to the animals in your care is very apparent! We speak highly of your program and would easily adopt down the road! Thank you once again! Here are some current pictures of Dutch. He goes to our veterinarian clinic for the first time this week for his wellness evaluation (Cascade Animal Hospital).