Focus on Ferals

Our vision is to bring about a No-Kill nation through the effective use of these humane strategies, where every cat is treated with care and compassion.
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Being either born in the wild and never having had human contact, or reverting to a wild state after having been abandoned; the great majority of feral cats cannot be tamed. Generally, attempts at taming or adoption of ferals prove to be fruitless. Our efforts can be realized one-hundred-fold if we do the greatest good for the greatest number of ferals by stopping the cycle of reproduction. Commun

ities can help these forgotten cats by providing them with food, water, shelter, and spaying/neutering services through the "Trap-Neuter-Return" full management program. Briefly, TNR consists of the humane trapping, sterilization, and return of feral cats to their familiar habitat to be cared for daily by dedicated volunteers. Kittens under eight weeks and/or tame cats are placed into adoption programs.

11/15/2025

Are you a patient person with love in your heart for the best bromance around? 💙

Credence and Bruce Campbell are two boys who totally fell for each other. You have Credence who is such a lover boy, he loves pets and lap cuddles. He is affectionate and so stinkin' cute. Then you have Bruce...who would rather not cuddle with people, but absolutely adores Credence. Credence gives Bruce confidence and makes him braver than he's ever been. While he is a beautiful boy, we have not been able to touch him as he is so nervous around humans.

I think it's safe to say they would love to go home together, with the understanding that you'd be adopting one sweetheart lap cat, and one reserved boy who needs a patient family who allows him to be himself.

What we can promise you, is you'd be keeping two amazing bros together who get to live their lives safely in a forever home, where they can cozy up to each other endlessly. Could this be with you?

Apply to adopt them!
➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/adopt/adoption-application/

We are located in Byron Center MI 49315.
If you already have cats, both Credence and Bruce Campbell are also great with other 🐈‍⬛ cats.

11/14/2025

We had to say goodbye to Sylvia.

After 4 days of intensive care and hospitalization, her kidneys could not recover. Her caregiver Lisa who has loved and looked after her, stayed with her during euthanasia. We want to thank everyone who donated. Her bills will be covered in full. And Lisa will get her ashes back. A very, very hard loss here. She was a beautiful sweet cat. 💔

11/13/2025

On this episode of ‘Men Adopting Cats’….

We present Keely, Queso and Pozole, Echo, and Brooks all in their new homes! Nothing makes us happier than seeing our cats find forever homes. But it’s an extra feel-good bonus when men aren’t afraid to love cats. We also appreciate the ongoing donations from all of you! 💜

11/12/2025

Safe.

We are full and have to schedule intakes so as to manage a well run shelter. We do not put cats to sleep for space or treatable medical issues. That means intakes are done strategically. But when we got a message yesterday about a cat ‘in my hallway with earmites and in urgent need of help’, we thought earmites are easy to treat so let’s make room for this one unplanned cat.

When he got here, he broke our 💔 hearts. We estimate this cat at least 10 years old, unaltered, rotting 🦷 teeth, bony, badly dehydrated and of course, the ear-mites and secondary infection from scratching. He let out a few pitiful meows as if to say, ‘thank you for noticing me’.

Even after getting SQ fluids, he downed a whole bowl of 💧 water. Then he went to 💤 sleep. And from his condition it seems like his first sleep in a warm comfy bed 🛏️ in a really long time.

We have named him Papi. Welcome to FOF buddy. 💜

11/11/2025

Sylvia 💔

We have this cat at Cedar Animal Hospital where she has been since Sunday late afternoon. She is in acute kidney failure. We believe she may have been poisoned or gotten into something toxic.

Sylvia was a stray for quite awhile until her caregiver decided to make her an inside cat. She brought her to us twice in September for vaccines and FIV/FeLV testing. Sylvia was an extremely sweet and healthy-appearing cat both times we saw her. We do not believe she had CKD (chronic kidney disease) as those cats slowly decline and signs are evident. Sylvia wouldn’t stay inside the house and around October 28-29, we believe something happened to her outside. Her caregiver was then out of state and when she returned home on November 8, Sylvia was found in horrible condition.

Since her caregiver only had $100 for vet care, we have taken Sylvia under our care so she at least has the opportunity to get help. Her condition is absolutely heartbreaking. The estimate for 72 hours of hospitalization was $3,000. That includes a lot of diagnostics. We hoped the first 24 would give us reason to continue and we had no intention of asking for that $1,600 because we can swallow that. She is on IV fluids with antibiotics and has been on oxygen up until last night.

Sylvia was just lateral and mostly unresponsive, vet staff was having to rotate her, up until this morning. She got up and moved herself around a tiny bit. This is a glimmer of hope. But it’s a very thin line between hope, and keeping a cat to languish.

We don’t want to transfer her care at this point because we have been extremely happy with the care she is receiving at Cedar Animal Hospital. We want to see this through but cost is getting up there into the thousands now. If you can help, please do. If you can share, please do. If you believe in a higher power or just want to send good juju, Sylvia needs all of it.

Please keep your pet cats inside if at all possible. Keep them safe.

Venmo:

PayPal: [email protected]

We will absolutely update when we have something definitive to share on sweet Sylvia.

11/10/2025

🆘 Budgie Needs to be Rescued 🆘

One of our volunteers spotted this bird outside our facility on 10/21/25. It has been staying in the area and eating from our bird feeders. Has been sighted at least once daily.

We are a CAT rescue. We don’t have the skills or know-how to secure this bird. My volunteers have spent HOURS outside with nets trying to contain it. It will not fly to anyone. It heads over to the ravines by our building when we have tried to catch it, where it is too steep for anyone to get down in there with a net.

We have an open bird cage near the feeders. We have reached out to a bird shop who said it’s gonna be extremely difficult now that the Budgie is hanging out with the sparrows.

We are concerned this bird is going to die out there. We don’t need advice. We need experienced BIRD people to come out and work their magic. You have permission to be at our building 24/7 if you are coming out to get this bird contained.

📍 Focus on Ferals
7962 Clyde Park Ave SW
Byron Center MI 49315

11/08/2025

🐾 Adopted! 🐾

Kitties continue to find new homes! Ford, Flimore, Wiley, Skai, Frederick, Cocoa, Karma and Ziggy, Voodoo, Patches and Kira all went home recently. Some of these are repeat adopters, which we adore. 💜

11/07/2025

Getting his own damned help 😂…..

“Hi, Gina; Abner Brown here....furbaby of Suzanne Brown, who completed an on-line application on 10/16/25 to have my manhood compromised. She didn't want to bug you, but they say the noisy cat gets the snip, so I offered to remind you that I am patiently waiting for word from you that you will be able to snip, snip soon. If it is easier for you to text or call, you can text her at 616-###-###x. Or you can call her at that number or her landline, 616-###-###x.
Thank you.”

➡️ Hello Abner, this is Gina at FOF. I have hundreds of emails since October 1 and 73 unheard voicemails. Just happened to see your email. I am so happy you understand the importance of getting yourself neutered. Are you in Kent Co and are you an inside owned cat, or an outside stray? Can your mom drive you to us tomorrow evening around 7? We can squeeze you in this week.

“I am in Moline, which is Allegan county. I was a stray that Mom brought in the house in August, to join 6 others. (She is a sucker for any animal. ) She will have me there..”

➡️ Thank you Abner. Tell your mom you can eat as you normally do and you need to be in a secure carrier. When you arrive tomorrow evening, she can park at the back door and knock. Moms can come back to get you on Wednesday evening around 7pm. See you soon! 🍒 ✂️

We don’t want to make light of anyone not getting help especially after they’ve been trying for some time. There isn’t enough help to go around. But instead of getting angry, rude, and downright nasty, which is what rescuers experience 9/10 times, Abner’s mom got creative. We can’t express how lovely it is to help people and their cats, who make it easy for us TO help.

Your cat(s) can contact us here (but keep trying other organizations as well) ➡️ https://www.focusonferals.org/about/contact-us/

We are located in Byron Center MI 49315.

11/06/2025

❄️ Winter Shelter Distribution ❄️

Saturday 11/8 from 2-3pm

Don’t wait! 🥶 Chilly nights and ⛈️ wet weather are here! Outdoor cats who are just trying to survive need your assistance. We also have fresh straw to replace old straw in your existing shelters. Please bring a garbage bag for us to fill!

💰 Suggested Donation is $10/shelter. They are free to those who cannot afford to donate.

📍 Pickup Location:
7962 Clyde Park Ave SW
Byron Center MI 49315

🅿️ Park at the BACK door and knock.

💜 Thank you for caring about our community cats. 💜

11/05/2025

Welcome to FOF 💜

🩶 Nermal was living outside with his old lady Taffeta in Flint MI. Their caregiver asked for help as they already had a bunch of pets and couldn’t manage anymore, but these strays had shown up and stuck around. Nermal is your typical big old soft 😍 tomcat. Ready for adoption soon!

🩷 Taffeta was hanging out with Nermal in Flint. When she arrived here we discovered she was in poor health with rotten teeth and a flea infestation. After a dental, she has only 2 🦷 teeth left and is feeling much better. We think she is senior. She will also be ready for adoption soon.

🤍 Socks and Reyna were found in a 🗑️ dumpster. That is certainly no place to live 😒 but fortunately a person with a conscience found them and brought them to us. They are sweet and playful little ones who are available for adoption now!

❤️‍🩹 Clancy is from a neighborhood in the Division corridor that continues to be overflowing with stray and feral cats. Since he had a nasty foot injury, we made space for one more. He is feeling better after antibiotics 💊but will be getting a thorough evaluation of that leg and foot to make sure there isn’t more damage than we can see. His spirits remain good despite his injury. Clancy tested positive for FIV but that isn’t a barrier to adoption. He isn’t available for adoption yet.

🤎 Cosette was a shelter transfer from the Humane Society of Macomb. Because she has the feline leukemia virus 🦠 (FeLV), they were struggling to place her. This girl sure has a confidence and zest for life that we see frequently with our amazing FeLV kitties. She is available for adoption and we can answer any questions you have about her condition.

🧡 Chuck was being offered up for relocation to a barn but we didn’t want to see this poor cat get shuffled 🚗 💨 off to a different place, being friendly and unaltered. Fortunately we were able to intervene before that happened. He will be available for adoption soon.

🖤 Eight ball is from the same place as Chuck and was also in danger of being shipped off to a strange place simply for being unwanted around the property. Without getting into too much nitty gritty, there is a known drug house nearby where he was staying, so we thought 🎱 Eight Ball was better off with us. He is available for adoption now!

We trudge forward with the small amount of cats we can save, in the overwhelming sea of need. Thank you for following our work.

11/04/2025

How to Help…

We have been too busy to post the many recent donations we’ve been gifted. But they are so needed and appreciated. Caring for approx 100-120 cats in-house plus an additional 100 in foster, takes a lot of consumable product. Your donations matter. Thank you! 💜

Also, an easy way to donate if you can’t give us products or cash, is to donate your returnable cans and bottles! We are collecting about $450 a month from this program!! We have a large donation spot behind our building where you can leave bags of rinsed out cans and bottles at any time.

Your support helps us keep saving cats.

11/02/2025

🐾 Adopted! 🐾

We have had such a wonderful past few weeks of increased and much needed placements. But these two deserved their own post.

🐈‍⬛ Raphael came in with 3 other cats from an abandoned property. They all had respiratory illnesses but Raphael was hit the hardest. A crusty snotty nose was a daily occurrence. On top of his chronic respiratory issues he had severe stomatitis and needed all his teeth removed. We had been managing his respiratory condition with occasional steroid shots and frequent nebulizer treatments. When this couple expressed interest in adoption, we were so excited, we almost blew it by scaring the h*** out of them with explaining what he would need. They gave it a try anyway, on a foster to adopt basis. Once out of the shelter, his respiratory issues have improved to where he only needs a neb treatment once a week. They finalized him this week!!

🐈 Yoko has been waiting since Jan 30, 2024 for a home!! That is 1 year and 9 months. She had been to PetSmart twice and not been chosen. We couldn’t understand why. She had no health or behavioral issues, was very playful and social. Good with other cats. Things were becoming desperate as each cat she watched find a home, seemed to add to her despair. But then, they arrived. Her people. They knew immediately it was her. Yoko found her way home.

What a fantastic fall season it has been so far. Thank you all for your support and shares.
You are a BIG part of our shelter’s success.

Address

7962 Clyde Park Avenue South West
Byron Center, MI
49315

Telephone

+16168260927

Website

http://www.focusonferals.org/donate/

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