Are you feeding feral cats? Whether you are a rookie feeding a few cats in the backyard, or whether you are a “pro” who has been feeding large colonies of cats in back alleys for years, here are eight great ways to make sure your feral feeding stations are stellar set-ups.
1. Proper Placement of Stations
Feeding stations should be discreet, low-profile and they should blend in with the immediate surroundings as much as possible. Try to keep them out of sight from the general public. Two reasons for this — first, …
December Vaccine Clinic Cancelled
We apologize for any inconvenience and will share updated schedules and details for 2012 vaccine clinics as it becomes available.
Why should you come to FixNation’s vaccine clinics instead of the ones held elsewhere? Because all of the money raised goes directly to providing free spay/neuter for homeless stray and feral cats. So it’s win-win all around — it’s good for Fido and Fifi to stay up on their shots, it benefits the homeless cats in LA, it’s good for the community and last but not least, it’s …
January 18, 2011
By Carl Verheyen
Soon after we lost our very old cat Elvin to diabetes, my wife suggested we get another cat to ease the grief we all felt. I said, “No, it’s way too soon.” But she insisted on checking out an abandoned stray kitten who had showed up at FixNation, the spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats in Los Angeles founded by our friends and neighbors Karn Myers and Mark Dodge. The kitten had been discovered one night in FixNation’s parking lot hiding under …
by Liz Cava
Some cats just don’t seem to want to go into the trap, no matter how hard you try. You’ve used smelly bait, you’ve withheld food to get them hungry, and yet you still sit out night after night and come up with an empty trap!
Here are the top 10 tips and tricks I’ve collected over the years that may help you nab your wily kitty:
Pray. Even if you don’t pray…pray.
Drink. Even if you don’t drink…drink.
Communicate telepathically with the cat. Even if you don’t believe in communicating telepathically with a cat…send …
In honor of Nat’l Spay Neuter Month in February, we have a very exciting challenge! Found Animals and the Heigl Foundation have generously offered to match our donations, dollar for dollar, up to $30,000. So this means if we raise $30K in February, they will match it ($25K from Found Animals and $5K from the Heigl Foundation), for a grand total of $60,000 to FixNation!
The two groups are running this donation program for three lucky recipients in the Los Angeles area: FixNation, Clinico and Spay4LA. Donations must be made before …
We know, it’s been a while coming. We’ve stepped into the modern era. We finally have a merchant account and a credit card machine at our front counter!
We are now accepting Visa, Mastercard and Discover cards (sorry, no Amex.)
Not only can use your credit or debit card to pay for any services charges at the end of the day, but you can also use your card to make a donation right at our front desk, too.
We know how much you are doing for the kitties in your care, and we …