by Joe Federico It has long been our practice at FixNation to lend traps and teach people how to use them safely.  Appointments are made to bring in trapped cats for free spay/neuter, vaccines, and medical treatment. But every once in a while there is a case that needs a little more support. A call came in from an 84-year-old woman who lives in the town of Bell Gardens, California. Her 101-year-old mother (that’s right, she’s 101 years old!) had been taking care of a few roaming cats on her property. As it unfortunately happens all too often, those few [...]

Congratulations to Krista Lopez who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! My story isn't particularly funny or extraordinary. I've always loved animals. My relationship with FixNation started about one year ago, when a momma cat left her two babies in our side yard. I talked to our local animal control but they were only going to put the kittens to sleep. I couldn't let that happen, so I asked around and found out [...]

Congratulations to Alexandra Pereira who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! In July of this year four kittens were born to a cat who took residence in a nook between my house and the neighbors. I discovered these cats one sunny afternoon and fell for them! They were cute and cheerful. They took in the sun as a group, laying out and taking long summer naps. The owner of the place I rent came over [...]

Congratulations to Kimberlie Hamilton who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! I had only a vague idea of what TNR (trap-neuter-return) was until early last year, when a black feral cat named Billie gave birth to kittens in my neighbor Heather’s back garden. We were determined to get the mom cat and her two surviving kittens, Tabitha and Nigel, spayed and neutered as soon as they were old enough. I attended the FixNation training [...]

Congratulations to Kathy Santiago who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! I have had a cat all of my life. The very first cat I found in my garage in my dad’s tool shed. I ran and told my mom that there is a cat in there and is dad gonna get mad? She went to look and much to her surprise it was a female cat and she was pregnant. Every day [...]

Congratulations to Tim Bounthoch who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! I have an orange tabby colony cat name Tiger that roamed in my community and no one cared about him and the other cats.  But one day we met and felt in love at first sight even though he was skinny and kind of ugly (like an ugly duckling! lol) but looks don't count so I slowly tried to get close to him everyday [...]

Congratulations to Jenna Allen who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! My story begins 5 years ago when we bought our house. There was an above ground pool and rotting deck in the backyard and a pregnant cat was living under the house. She soon gave birth to a litter of three kittens. I found about FixNation shortly after that and went about trapping the momma and her kittens. By the time I had [...]

Congratulations to Yvonne Gomez who won a free outdoor shelter for their colony cats and a bottle of Feral Flower Essence from FixNation board member Jackson Galaxy's Spirit Essences line through FixNation’s National Feral Cat Day story competition! I have learned so much about my colony’s feral cats; every new experience is amazing. One day, a new feral male kitty came in to eat.  I noticed that he did not have a complete tail.  He ate and promptly left, it was dark and I did not notice his full condition at that time. One day, I saw him come in the [...]