Feral Cat Consortium

01/09/2025

The benefits of spay/neuter - please share and help spread the word!

📚 Our BACK TO BASICS SERIES: spaying and neutering 🐾 What are the benefits?

The benefits of spaying (females) include:
✅ Population control! No more unwanted litters!
✅ No heat cycles; therefore, males will not be attracted.
✅ Reduction or elimination of mammary gland tumors, ovarian and uterine cancer, especially if done before the first heat cycle.
✅ Reduced incidence of pyometra.
✅ Better overall health for the cat whose body is no longer stressed and depleted by constant reproduction.

The benefits of neutering (males) include:
✅ Population control! No more unwanted litters!
✅ Reduction or elimination of spraying and marking.
✅ Elimination of hormone-fueled cat fights.
✅ Risk of testicular cancer is eliminated, and the incidence of prostate disease is decreased.
✅ Less desire to roam. Toms stay closer to home and tend to become calmer and friendlier.
✅ A reduction in the spread of FIV, a virus spread between cats by deep bites/puncture wounds received while fighting.
✅ Longer lifespan: outdoor intact male cats tend to get hurt or die while roaming in search of a female in heat. Neutering removes the urge to roam.

Sterilizing our community cats is beneficial to the community as well. Cats that are spayed/neutered during the TNR process are healthier animals and make better neighbors. Complaints of overpopulation, fighting, yowling, and marking will decrease, making the cats more welcome members of the community. Sterilization also saves taxpayer and animal welfare dollars as fewer animals will be captured, impounded, and eventually euthanized due to illness, injury, or lack of homes. Save a life! Spay or neuter all the cats -- your pet(s) and those outdoors.

Want to save 100 cats? Just spay one! We can save them all from a life of suffering. Please spay and neuter! 🐱💙

Original content provided by Stray Cat Project.
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01/05/2025

01/04/2025

Freezing temps are on the way, y’all! 🥶
Caretakers and fellow cat lovers, are you ready? Are your outdoor community and feral cats protected? Here’s a collection of images with excellent information on how to help 🙏

And here’s a quick video tutorial for making an insulated cat shelter: https://youtu.be/bQmli3Y760Q

01/02/2025

Excellent TNR overview from Stray Cat Project

📚 Our BACK TO BASICS SERIES: What is TNR? 🤔

TNR is an acronym for trap/neuter/return and is the most humane method of community cat population control. TNR is a process whereby unowned, free-roaming cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and returned to the outdoor habitat where they were found. 🐾

TNR is a team effort. A trapper will humanely trap any number of cats. The cats are then transported to a TNR clinic where a veterinary team prepares the cat for surgery. (Most "regular" veterinary offices will not treat feral cats.) The cats are spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian at a clinic and are vaccinated for rabies and distemper. The vet will also use a cauterized knife to remove the tip of the cat's left ear, giving the cat an ear-tip. (An ear-tip is the universal sign that a cat has been through the TNR process.) Afterward, the cats are retained until they recover. Males are usually released as soon as anesthesia has worn off completely. Females are typically held 2 - 5 days, depending on their stress level and the condition of their incision. No removable stitches or cones are used during the TNR process as most of these cats cannot be handled. There are no scheduled follow-up visits.

After the cats return to their outside homes, a caretaker will typically provide food, water, shelter, care and love. Outdoor cats in a managed colony have a typical lifespan of 10 years. Outdoor cats without a caretaker have a lifespan of 2 years. Your indoor pet cat might live 15-20 years. Human interaction is critical to their well-being!🤗

In addition to preventing unwanted litters, TNR also improves the health of community cats by providing essential vaccines to protect against disease. Also, the risk of certain cancers are mostly eliminated thanks to sterilization. Community cats also become better neighbors once sterilized as undesirable behaviors associated with reproduction -- such as fighting, yowling and marking -- are eliminated. TNR is a win-win proposition!🤝

Original content provided by Stray Cat Project. ✅

01/02/2025

PSA🗣️

If you are feeding cats without spaying/neutering them or giving kittens away before having them spayed/neutered, you are part of the problem.💔😿

12/30/2024

More pets go missing on July 4th and December 31st than any other days of the year… 🎆🎇

Fireworks are LOUD and can be quite scary and confusing for our beloved pets, community animals, and of course wildlife, too. Please do what you can (and help spread the word) to mitigate the fear for our furry and feathered angels on this Earth. Thank you! 🙏 

12/28/2024

This is 100% true. Please help us educate others 🙏

12/25/2024

Merriest of season’s greetings to all of you, and especially to all the feral kitty caretakers, rescuers, and supporters ❤️
May your holiday be filled with peace, love, joy and purrs.

12/24/2024

The concept is so simple, yet so many in our general population have yet to grasp the full understanding. 💔

Our goal is to gently educate, without judgment. Folks can have all types of different circumstances factoring into their current situations. Do what you can to assist those you are able.

1️⃣ cat matters.

12/22/2024

Our most recent mission included 8 cats. 3 were officially TNRs while 5 were only TNs, but were kept for transport with Big Sky Ranch/CATNIP Foundation - as always, thank you to Dr. Catherine and Team for such unrelenting feline care, community support, and true dedication! 🩶

12/22/2024

Success! This little pup was lost on December 7th and was trapped just yesterday by a caring person that asked and borrowed 2 of our large cat traps. Little girl only weighs 10lbs and has somehow avoided all traffic and coyotes while on the loose these past couple weeks! 🙏

Pet on the loose and too scared to come to you? Well, did you know FCC kindly lends traps? 🪤
There is no charge and all we ask is that you return the traps in the same condition as when they were borrowed. It’s important to reach out and ask for help ASAP in the situations.

12/20/2024

💡TNR!

12/19/2024

🐈‼️ EDUCATE ‼️🐈

How to TNR:
neighborhoodcats.org/how-to-tnr/trapping/trapper-tips

https://www.alleycat.org/commun.../pre-trapping-preparation/



– Post shared from Stray Cat TNR – Learn About TNR.

12/17/2024

Please share! 🙏

Please spread the word about this program which provides financial assistance to veterans, recipients of Medicaid and SNAP, and college students receiving need-based financial aid to have their pets spayed/neutered. Interested individuals just need to send us an email to request the application.

12/17/2024

The R (return) of TNR can be bittersweet. We wish all cats could enjoy the comforts and safety of being indoors, but the truth is truly feral cats belong in their communities… in the places they feel safe.

Forced socialization can be detrimental as feral cats have little to no contact with people. “Socializing” adult feral cats CAN happen over time when feral cats are outside and with dedicated caregivers IF the cat welcomes it. You must first earn a feral cat’s trust before socialization can happen (and then you MIGHT be able to bring that cat indoors to socialize if the cat is more semi-feral than truly feral.)

The best thing to do ASAP is trap, neuter, & return (TNR) to help the community cats live longer, healthier lives, and reduce community cat overpopulation. Then, after being fixed and vaccinated, a caregiver can slowly earn the trust of the cat.

🐾 If you feed, please TNR before you have a huge colony. It can happen so fast!

🐾 If you rescue kittens, please TNR the mommas and tom cats.

🐾 If you see community cats in your neighborhood, please take the initiative to help them and TNR.

It all starts with one person helping just one cat!

12/17/2024

A success story and lesson learned…
This is Raven. After being successfully trapped, Raven immediately escaped the owner while attempting to retrieve her from the trap. Very thankfully, we were able to trap her again.
The lesson: always take the trapped dog to an indoor or fenced area before removing from the trap whenever possible!

12/14/2024

Please share: these two beautiful dogs are in need of a new home! Please DM us if you’d like to meet them.

3 year old cheetah-mix (dogo argentino and mastiff) and 8 year old Hulk-presa canario. They are not blood-related, but have been together for 3 years. Inside pups! Up-to-date on vaccines.