Ferry’s Ferals

01/07/2024

Thanks for everything, Ferry. 🫶🏼

01/07/2024

Meet Finale! Last month, we announced that we would be taking a pause from TNR to focus on our personal and professional obligations. Stepping away is never easy, specially when we found this sweet girl at our original Ferry colony!

If you don’t know Ferry’s story, here is a brief summary: Ferry was the first feral cat we ever met. She lived next to a warehouse we frequent for work. Soon she had a litter, and then another, and then another, so we watched a dozen youtube videos on TNR and Ferry’s Ferals was born. Our Ferry colony was just 3 cats, all of which went through TNR and the colony was very stable. In fact, we haven’t had a new cat at this colony in 3 years.

That is, of course, until Finale appeared the exact month we decided to step away from rescue. We lost Ferry in April of 2023 and we couldn’t help but feel like Ferry sent Finale to us.

We brought a pressure trap with us to work and little Miss Friendly walked right in. She went to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where she received her spay and then came home with us to recover before being released.

While she was with us, we realized Finale was one of the sweetest cats we had ever encountered. It’s always hard to release the friendlies but sometimes that’s just the nature of animal rescue in South Florida. Our angel Ferry must’ve been watching us closely because Friends of Felines had the space to take her in!!! So after a couple of days with our sweet Finale, we handed her over to her new caregivers who will find her a forever home. We miss her already!

Finale brings our total to 111 ferals saved because of Ferry. Thank you, Ferry. How’s THAT for a grand Finale? 🫶🏼

You can watch their entire story in our “Ferry Colony” highlight!

12/15/2023

12/15/2023

To our incredible community of supporters,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure (for now) of Ferry’s Ferals. We want to express our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support over the last two years. Because of you, we were able to provide TNR, medical care and even some forever homes to 110 feral friends!

Ferry’s Ferals started out as a passion project when our own feral, Ferry, was in need of TNR. We performed TNR on Ferry and her daughter, Gidget, in February of 2022. Our goal was to continue to do this, on the side, whenever we had some down time. We quickly learned the needs in South Florida were much greater than this and before we knew it, we were elbows deep in animal rescue.

As most of you know, animal rescue is an emotionally demanding endeavor that requires immense dedication and compassion. With the demands of our personal and professional lives, we have found that we are no longer able to dedicate the time necessary to effectively help our feral friends.

We can not begin to explain how much we appreciate the trust you’ve placed in us and the meaningful relationships we’ve built. Most of all, we will forever have a place in our hearts for the 110 ferals who rescued us. It is not a decision that we take lightly and our hearts break as we write this.

110 ferals is not nothing, but there is much more work to be done.

It is very likely we will return at some point down the road but until then: We have updated our website to include resources for Broward and Miami-Dade TNR programs. We will also keep this page active as we continue to advocate for TNR.

How can you continue to help? Donate to local TNR groups, CREATE your local TNR group, volunteer at your local rescue, adopt don’t shop and always always always, have your pets spayed and neutered.

We thank you for everything. 🫶🏼

12/11/2023

Cat Quote 😸

12/11/2023

Meet Frutti! Frutti is from our Family colony!

The Family Colony is located at a family friend’s house! They stumbled across a litter of kittens and realized that they had an entire little family. So we set out to catch Mom, Dad and all the babies. We thought Frutti was the mom of the colony but it turns out she is just a look-a-like! If you can believe it, there are two ginger girls who live in this colony. Frutti did not have an ear tip when we caught her so we took her in anyway! She went to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where she received her spay.

Frutti stayed with us in our recovery room and after recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Family” highlight!

12/11/2023

Meet Fusilli! Fusilli is from our Family colony!

The Family Colony is located at a family friend’s house! They stumbled across a litter of kittens and realized that they had an entire little family. So we set out to catch Mom, Dad and all the babies. Luckily, Fusilli and her two sisters went into our drop trap together! We took them all to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where they received their spays.

Fusilli stayed with us in our recovery room where she was a shy little kitten. After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Family” highlight!

12/11/2023

Meet Fettuccine! Fettuccine is from our Family colony!

The Family Colony is located at a family friend’s house! They stumbled across a litter of kittens and realized that they had an entire little family. So we set out to catch Mom, Dad and all the babies. Luckily, Fettuccine and her two sisters went into our drop trap together! We took them all to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where they received their spays.

Fettuccine stayed with us in our recovery room where she was a complete disaster. But what can you expect from a sassy little kitten. After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Family” highlight!

12/11/2023

Meet Farfalle! Farfalle is from our Family colony!

The Family Colony is located at a family friend’s house! They stumbled across a litter of kittens and realized that they had an entire little family. So we set out to catch Mom, Dad and all the babies. Luckily, Farfalle and her two sisters went into our drop trap together! We took them all to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where they received their spays.

Farfalle stayed with us in our recovery room where she was a complete disaster. But what can you expect from a sassy little kitten. After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Family” highlight!

12/11/2023

Meet Formaggio! Formaggio is from our Family colony!

The Family Colony is located at a family friend’s house! They stumbled across a litter of kittens and realized that they had an entire little family. So we set out to catch Mom, Dad and all the babies. We suspect Formaggio is the dad! We took Formaggio to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where he received his neuter.

Formaggio stayed with us in our recovery room where he was a very good guest. Certainly much better than his children!!! 😹 After recovering overnight, he was released back to his colony the next day!

You can watch his entire story in our “Family” highlight!

12/11/2023

Did you know? 😸

12/11/2023

Meet Fia! Fia is from our Formula 1 ferals colony!

We started this colony during the Formula 1 race week in Miami but are now wrapping up on some newcomers. Unlike Flat, Fia took some convincing to trap. She is very skittish and ultimately her feeder had to pretend to place food in the trap for her to finally go in! We took Fia to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where she received her spay.

Fia stayed with us in our recovery room where she insisted us on showing us how much she hated us! 😹After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Formula 1” highlight!

12/11/2023

Meet Flat! Flat is from our Formula 1 ferals colony!

We started this colony during the Formula 1 race week in Miami but are now wrapping up on some newcomers. Flat was the easiest catch we’ve ever had. We weren’t even set up and had just placed a trap on the floor when Flat walked right in! We took Flat to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where he received his neuter.

Flat stayed with us in our recovery room where he was the sweetest guest. After recovering overnight, he was released back to his colony the next day!

You can watch his entire story in our “Formula 1” highlight!

11/26/2023

Meet Flutter! Flutter is from our Biscayne colony!

Flutter, like Fork, is a young tabby mom who has already had at least one litter! We have been working on this colony for over a year and Flutter was one of the last cats still needing TNR! We named her Flutter because she was so sweet and tiny that she made our hearts flutter. We took Flutter to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where she received her spay.

Flutter stayed with us in our recovery room where she was a perfectly tidy guest. After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “Biscayne II” highlight!

11/26/2023

Did you know? 😸

11/26/2023

Meet Fork! Fork is from our North Miami colony!

Fork is a young tabby mom who has already had at least one litter! We named her Fork because she kept trying to steal the bait in the trap by using her little tongue as a fork! We took Fork to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where she received her spay.

Fork stayed with us in our recovery room overnight and man was she a disaster!! Let’s just say this beautiful mom enjoyed chaos 😹 We spent a bulk of her time with us just cleaning up after her. After recovering overnight, she was released back to her colony the next day!

You can watch her entire story in our “North Miami II” highlight!

11/26/2023

This month we hit a new milestone! 100 Ferals! When we started Ferry’s Ferals in March of 2022, we were “shooting for the moon” and set a goal of 25 ferals per year. Well thanks to our incredible donors and supporters, we were able to DOUBLE our goal! Imagine 100 cats who now will have a better life because their feeders and community members loved them enough to reach out to us for TNR! Thank you thank you thank you for trusting us with your community kitties. Here’s to 100 more!
 

11/26/2023

Meet Feat! Feat is from our Tennis Court colony!

Feat is part of a colony of about 8-10 cats in that live right next to some tennis courts in North Miami. Feat is extra special for us because he was the 100th feral to go through our program!! That’s quite the “feat!” We took him to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where he received his neuter.

Feat stayed with us in our recovery room overnight where he lived up to his title. He was super sweet, very tidy, and so so patient with us. If only the previous 99 were more like Feat! He was released back to his colony the next day!

You can watch his entire story in our “Tennis Courts” highlight!

11/26/2023

Meet Friction! Friction is from our Tennis Court colony!

Friction is part of a colony of about 8-10 cats in that live right next to some tennis courts in North Miami. He hated us right from the beginning, so of course we named him Friction! We took him to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where he received his neuter.

Friction stayed with us in our recovery room overnight where he made several attempts on our lives (😹) and was released back to his colony the next day!

You can watch his entire story in our “Tennis Courts” highlight!

11/26/2023

Did you know? 😸

11/26/2023

Meet Federer! Federer is from our Tennis Court colony!

Federer is part of a colony of about 8-10 cats in that live right next to some tennis courts in North Miami. He was the first cat we caught at this location, so naturally we named him after tennis player, Roger Federer. Federer made us laugh so much because he was so demanding of pets and affection! It was nearly impossible to clean his cage because he required so much attention 😹 We took him to the Community Cat Center in Cutler Bay where he received his neuter.

Federer stayed with us in our recovery room overnight and was released back to his colony the next day!

You can watch his entire story in our “Tennis Courts” highlight!