Some cats don’t seem to want to go into the trap, no matter how hard you try Here are a few tips and tricks we’ve collected over the years that may help you nab your wily kitty.

Don’t feed – You may need to withhold food for a night or two. Sometimes a cat needs to be really hungry to have incentive to go into the trap. Make sure your neighbors aren’t feeding the cat either; if they tell you it’s not “nice to withhold food, tell them it’s a lot …

Every time you shop and use your Ralphs Rewards Card, Ralphs will donate between 1% and 4% of your monthly grocery total to FixNation. It’s that easy and it costs you NOTHING!
Annual enrollment expires every August 31st, so if you enrolled prior to August 31st, 2009, you will need to re-enroll to make sure FixNation is still receiving your Ralphs Reward Card charitable proceeds. Since you are already a member and have an account, re-enrollment can be done quickly in just a couple of minutes online. See below for details.
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FixNation loans out humane traps, carriers and equipment free of charge to the public.
The traps we loan out are humane traps that won’t harm the cats. While the traps may look intimidating, they are actually very safe. Using a humane trap is the safest solution to catch a feral cat – safer for both the cat and for you. It’s also the best way to temporarily house and transport them. Furthermore, it’s safer and easier for our vet techs to anesthetize the cat through a trap, as well as monitor …

FixNation clinic is featured in the recent Best Friends Magazine, 25th anniversary edition. The article is titled “Caring for Community Cats in California” and highlights our East Valley Outreach Project.
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This article originally appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Best Friends Magazine. Reprinted with permission from Best Friends Animal Society.

We are a non-profit organization providing free spay and neuter services for homeless/stray/feral cats, which are then returned to their colony and looked after by their caregiver.

We focus on providing free spay/neuter for “managed colonies”, which means a feral colony where food, water and shelter is provided to the cats on a daily basis.

Our current operations focus on:

Operating a full-time spay-neuter clinic for homeless (and tame) cats, with all services free to caregivers of homeless cats.
Maintaining a collection of traps which we loan out to caregivers and trappers of feral …