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Forgotten Felines of Forsyth is an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, committed to humanely reducing the feral and stray cat population in Forsyth and surrounding counties of North Carolina through a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program. FFF Does:

Sterilize feral and stray cats
Provide rabies and distemper vaccinations at the time of surgery
Provide flea and ear mite treatment at the ti

me of surgery
Permanently notch the left ear of sterilized cats
Return the cat to the original location

FFF Does Not:

Accept cats for adoption from the public
Relocate cats
Participate in cat trapping for euthanasia
Participate in cat trapping for release to animal control
Establish feral cat colonies
Trap kittens under 3 months old, unless prior arrangements have been made to keep them inside to await adoption or until old enough for sterilization and a rabies vaccine
Spay/neuter personal pets (we can direct you to other resources offering low cost s/n options)

11/18/2024

Today’s clinic was a real party because two of our volunteers spent their birthday with us helping to spay and neuter 39 cats! Happy birthday to our volunteers Dawn, Erica, and Erin! 🥳

If your birthday falls on the second or third Sunday of the month next year, this could be you! 😂🫣 Or if you’re interested in joining the party any time, visit our website to sign up to volunteer.

11/12/2024

This November we are so thankful for the growing community of supporters, caretakers, volunteers, and friends we have made through our feral cat spay and neuter program. ❤️ It’s all of you who make this important work possible and allow us to go above and beyond for these feral cat colonies.

Food from this drive helps feral cats across all of Forsyth county and surrounding counties stay fed through the winter. Thank you for your continued support!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UA2RHGY4FBBK?ref_=wl_share

11/10/2024

It’s that time of year again! Help us share a thanksgiving feast with our feral cat colony caretakers. Items can be sent through the Amazon wishlist below, or send us a PM if you’d rather drop off in person. We also can take donations of items for our consignment booth at Unique Treasure and Collectibles in Kernersville! We can resell items in good condition including figurines, pet items, kitchenware, decor, name brand or in style clothing, and purses! If you think someone would buy it, we’ll give it a try! PM us and our volunteer Beth can coordinate getting those items. Thanks for all your support.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UA2RHGY4FBBK?ref_=wl_share

10/29/2024

Boo! 👻 In the spirit of Halloween week, we are sharing SCARY facts and why it's important to spay and neuter early! Cats can go into their first heat as young as four months! It is best to spay or neuter by five months, to prevent accidental litters. 👍

10/27/2024

This is a home one our volunteers visited today, and unfortunately we see and hear about this same kind of story month after month. A few cats show up, maybe they were dumped or strays, maybe they were feral cats displaced from their original home- whatever the case, it begins as 2 or 3 cats. The caretaker begins feeding them out of the goodness of their heart but cannot afford to get them fixed, or don’t know how to access spay and neuter resources. In just a year or two this is the outcome. Litter after litter of kittens. Illness spreading. Some kittens don’t make it to adulthood. A spayed or neutered adult prevents the unnecessary suffering of kittens.

Supporting us financially helps us provide low cost spay and neuter in Forsyth and surrounding counties to help get these kind of situations under control, and to prevent these types of situations from happening to begin with.

09/29/2024

We’re so thankful for Feral Cat Assistance Program for letting us join them at their new facility today for a joint clinic. It was a busy day and we appreciate everyone’s patience while we learned our way around the new layout. Together we spayed and neutered 70 cats today. WOW!

Check out some of the cats who came through our clinic today… just proof that beautiful coloring is naturally occurring in nature. These cats belong to feral colonies and wouldn’t make good pets, but if you’re looking for a stunning cat to call your own- no need to go to a breeder, check out your local shelter or rescues! 🥰

09/29/2024

🚨 URGENT: Asheville Humane Society needs our help! 🚨

The catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene has overwhelmed the Asheville Humane Society, and countless animals are in desperate need of safety. We’re partnering with BISSELL Pet Foundation to rescue as many pets as possible, but we can’t do it without your help!

We need emergency fosters to help us take in these animals! If you’ve never fostered before, that’s okay! Fostering is completely free—Forsyth Humane Society will provide you with all of the supplies you might need to help care for one of these animals. Every foster home we can secure is another life we can save! 🐾❤️

If you can step up to help us out, please email [email protected] with the subject line “Hurricane Helene Foster”, or check forsythhumane.org/foster for incoming animals. THANK YOU for your willingness to help and your dedication to animals in need. Please share this post to help us reach as many fosters as possible!

09/28/2024

'Twas the night before clinic, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The kitties were trapped by their caretakers with care,

In hopes that Dr. Waterman soon would be there;

The kitties were nestled all snug in their traps;
While visions of catnip danced while they napped.

The vets in their scrubs, and volunteers ready,
For tomorrow’s spay and neuter clinic to go smooth and steady! ❤️

09/02/2024

We have an exciting new way you can help support our spay and neuter program! We now have a small booth at Unique Treasures & Collectibles in Kernersville where all proceeds will go to supporting our spay and neuter efforts. You can support by shopping or if you have any items you’d like to donate please reach out to us on messenger.

If we have any crafty followers who would be interested in making us a sign for the top of the booth to identify us as Forgotten Felines of Forsyth, please reach out on messenger.

We’re excited to have another opportunity in the community to raise funds and raise awareness for spay and neuter of feral and community cats. ❤️

08/18/2024

We had a great time bringing our volunteers out to Humane Solution’s new surgical suite at FCAS for a joint clinic today. We’re excited about all of the recent and upcoming opportunities to expand spay and neuter resources across Forsyth and surrounding counties. Check out some of our favorite cats from today’s clinic.

08/04/2024

Hungry Cats!

We are out of cat food to provide to local feral and community cat caregivers in Forsyth county. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. We’ve added many different brands of food to our wish list below and it should be set up to allow you to send items not on the wishlist if you choose.

Thanks for all your continued support of our work! ❤️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UA2RHGY4FBBK?ref_=wl_share

07/26/2024

We had a busy clinic last weekend! Lots of females in heat who now will not go on to get pregnant. Thank you to our vets, volunteers, and financial supporters who make this clinic possible.

06/15/2024

Our primary focus is spay/ neuter and vaccination for community and feral cats, but sometimes cats (or recently for us, some dogs) are trapped that need medical assistance beyond what our typical clinic provides. This has been such a wild summer already! We’ve had several cats come through the clinic needing extensive follow up dental procedures, one of our trappers ended up trapping some puppies and helping to get 6 dogs spayed/ neutered and vaccinated, many young kittens that have needed socialization and vaccination, and recently a cat who came from a managed colony needed extensive blood work for strange behavior that resulted in a diagnosis of diabetes. We’re thankful to our partner organizations who help us get these services done at a reduced rate. This fundraiser is to raise money toward these extra services that have been needed over the last couple months which total over $3,000. We always want to make sure our regular donations go toward our core mission, so these extra funds let us help out in these extenuating circumstances.

Thanks for all your support!

05/19/2024

We had a very scary ferocious visitor at our feral cat clinic today. He saw all the big Tom cats doing this and wanted to show them he’s a tough guy too! 😂🥰😘

04/20/2024

This is a new one for us… While trapping cats for this weekend’s clinic, one of our volunteers trapped puppies! After releasing them from the trap they were given some food and further conversation with the residents unveiled a sad story. This was an “oopsie” litter and they tried to give away the puppies but were unsuccessful. They can’t afford to feed them as much as they should be eating as growing pups and also free roam with no protection from cars or predators. All three were very friendly to our volunteer. Do any of our friends have connections with a reputable dog rescue? There are three puppies in need of rescue, all short haired. The mom is a small terrier mix, dad unknown. White/brown male, white/brown female, all brown male. Our volunteer is helping get momma spayed to prevent another oopsie litter.

03/24/2024

✨Microchip Success Story✨

Today this big chonky guy was brought to our clinic as part of a TNR effort. We found that he was already neutered and microchipped. Thanks to his microchip we were able to get in touch with his owners and get him safely back home.

Even if your cat is indoor only and you never intend to let them outside, accidents happen and the low cost of a microchip is worth the peace of mind to know your furry friend has a way to be reconnected with you.

We also highly reccommend getting your cat ear tipped at the time of spay/neuter if you plan on having them be indoor/outdoor. This lets trappers know that they don’t need to come into the clinic and can be released. We’re so happy to be able to reunite this guy with his family. ❤️

03/24/2024

We are often asked why we “ear tip” feral cats. Ear tipping is the removal of a top section of the left ear to indicate when a cat has been spayed or neutered. This makes it easy to tell just by looking at a cat from a distance that it doesn’t need to be trapped. The reason we do this instead of tattooing the belly is exemplified by the cat in this photo. Belly tattoos are great for friendly cats that will roll over and let you look at their skin, but for a feral cat that you can’t get close to, how would you know that small green mark is there? On this furry girl, it was only apparent once her fur was shaved. Ear tipping does not cause any harm to the cats and prevents them from being unnecessarily sedated if they’ve already been fixed. This kitty received updated vaccines, flea treatment, and is going home sporting a brand new ear tip!

03/08/2024

Happy Feral Cat Friday! And International Women’s Day! Did you know, our volunteer base is 90% women?

We’re having a food and supply drive to help out our volunteers who spend their time and money caring for feral cat communities throughout Forsyth and surrounding counties. Visit our Amazon wishlist below! Thank you 🙏

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UA2RHGY4FBBK?ref_=wl_share

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Winston-Salem, NC
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http://forgottenfelinesofforsyth.org/

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Videos

Ferocious Kitten

We had a very scary ferocious visitor at our feral cat clinic today. He saw all the big Tom cats doing this and wanted to show them he’s a tough guy too! 😂🥰😘

In addition to trapping adult cats for spay and neuter, many of our volunteers trap kittens born into these colonies in hopes of socializing them and placing them with rescues. Enjoy this video one of our volunteers captured today trapping a kitten behind a busy shopping center.

Drop Trap Capture

One of our trappers had an exciting day! Every clinic this year she has been patiently trying to catch this elusive momma cat. She has tried spring traps, gravity traps, roundhouse traps, drop trap with her kittens underneath, you name it, it’s been done! She wasn’t expecting momma cat to show up today but used the opportunity to get her with a drop trap! Momma cat will be spayed this weekend and won’t have any more litters of kittens in the crawlspace.

TNR (trap, neuter, return) is an important resource to manage feral cat populations. This Tom cat returns to his colony, neutered and vaccinated, where he won’t have to fight with other Tom cats to mate and no more kittens will be born outside.

Trapping kittens

Trapping takes a lot of patience and it’s always an adrenaline rush when you are successful!

TNR

This cat sure was ready to go home after being TNR’d!

Trapped. Neutered. Returned to his colony. 💕

Back by popular demand! See some of our feral kitties return home after their vetting. ❤️

Everyone knows that spring is kitten season, but it’s also breeding time for all the bugs and parasites that catch a ride on feral cats. This video is a close up of a male cat who came into our clinic today with a bad lice infestation. Every cat who comes through our program is spayed or neutered, dewormed, and treated with an anti parasitic flea/lice treatment. One of our volunteers is going to be working with this colony caretaker to apply an animal-safe treatment to the area to help prevent further spread of these bugs through the colony.

Tomcat Returns to His Colony

This is one of the male tomcats who was neutered at our clinic this weekend. He was happy to return home to his colony where he’ll no longer have to worry about making babies and fighting with other tomcats. He was the second largest tomcat at the clinic this month!

Feral Cat Colony Feeding Time

Today I went out a little early to feed my colonies and decided to take my camera along to document what it's like when I feed. I only focused on one of my colonies, but I get a similar reception at most of the places I feed. Since I was earlier than usual, I didn't get all of my usual customers, but I think you'll get the idea. As you can see they recognize my car and come out to meet me...