Fix Our Ferals

This organization provides an invaluable service. I had an abandoned cat that kept coming to our yard with horrible wounds. Having never been a cat owner, I had no clue what to do and felt helpless. I called FOF and the volunteer was extremely helpful in telling me what services they provide and making a plan to have the cat neutered. He came back neutered and they gave him all his shots and flea treatment. I ended up falling in love with the cat and didn’t have the heart to turn him out. He has become our pet and we love him to pieces.
Being a first time cat owner, I called FOF several times to get answers and advice. They are forever helpful and to this day, whenever I see the volunteer at Petsmart, we talk and she always asks how our pet is doing.
Please support this wonderful agency.

Love this place! I get all my feral cats to be fixed here. The price for feral cats are excellent and it encourages us to find more cats to be fixed. I currently have a colony of 13 cats and have all of them fixed here. Its cheap, convenient and helpful.

Amazing group of caring people. I work with a group that helps rescue feral cats, and they always take them to FoF to get them fixed. I have had 3 of my own cats fixed there.

Have taken in a few unfixed male ferals and gotten them fixed here. Could not have been a better experience. The last cat, a tiny female who lived in our back yard for six months and slept here every night, turned out to be my neighbor’s down the street cat, discovered by microchip and they rightly called the owners and had them pick her up. The next day she was back at my house with a tag saying I AM SPAYED. lol. Great organization, huge benefit to the hood.

The only problem here is I am limited to five stars. I’d give them more if I could.
This is a place dedicated to helping reduce the feral cat population by making it extremely cheap and easy to catch and fix feral cats.
My neighborhood has a bunch of morons who gets cats, never have them fixed and throw them outside to fend for themselves. This results in many feral cats being born and overrunning the neighborhood. Some get hit by cars, other die of starvation or predators. And many have more kittens and those kittens have kittens and it’s never ending. I’ve had a couple litters born in my front yard because people just keep putting new unneutered cats outside without a care in the world.
I have been trying for months and months to get help from rescues and vets to get these cats fixed. I dealt with «Community Concern for Cats» who were rude people who just blew me off (after wasting a couple months jumping through hoops for these people), I still have no idea why. It was a complete waste of time dealing with them. Other rescues just said no help. Vets in the area wanted to charge 100 — 300 bucks to fix ferals. It’s amazing how hard it is to get assistance with getting the feral cat population neutered and spayed.
I finally got my own trap and found out about this place. It’s only $ 20 bucks to fix a feral cat! You can get them in that week and if they’re pregnant, they go to the front of the line ASAP. I caught two cats last night, took them in the morning and picked them up at 4:00. The volunteers there gave me info on what to do with the cats I have (one’s a boy who goes back outside tomorrow, the other is a formerly pregnant female who will be in my house for 5 days). You can rent traps from this place for free (just let them hold a deposit). They will do everything to help you catch and fix feral cats. This is a tremendous service, I don’t know why more people don’t use it (not that a lot of people aren’t using it, there were a ton of people there today).
It’s a bit of a drive for me but well worth it. I’m hoping to catch a couple more of the ferals in my neighborhood including the mom who just had kittens in my yard today and get all these cats fixed until hopefully the population stops growing (until more of these nitwits out here throw more unneutered cats outside).
Use this place if you can, they are awesome. They deserve all the praise in the world. Here in an area where it’s almost impossible to get help with feral cats, these people are saviors.

Gotta love what they do so I have to give them 5 stars for that.
The staff is a real mixed bag and I found myself dealing with the friendliest people, some really nasty people and a few in betweens.
Regardless of the attitudes of the volunteers, this is a great place and I really appreciate all they do.

I went to FOF this weekend to have a feral cat fixed. He had some other medical problems that I saw to at a traditional vet office the day before because he was really sick (an infection, fever, and bite on his leg) and I did n’t think FOF would treat him for those injuries, nor were they open when he needed to be seen. When I brought him in to FOF I gave them his medical records and they were able to preform the neutering surgery successfully.
However, when I came to pick him up the vets or volunteers who brought him to me acted really unprofessionally about my decision to take him to a vet’s office. They said that the medications he received could have been administered in their facility and told me that all the staff had laughed and rolled their eyes when they saw my vet bill in the attached documents.
While I think it is great that they are able to help these cats with more than just a spay/​neutering surgery I also think that they should make this clear on their website. It very clearly says that you aren’t supposed to bring in sick cats (though they don’t clarify what they mean by this, my cat had an infection and a fever, in my eyes that is sick) and I couldn’t find any information about the other services they provide on their website. I would have loved to take advantage of these services but really didn’t appreciate being made to feel guilty for doing something that I thought was my only option, especially since he needed emergency attention for his wound.
If they are going to pass judgement their clients and make them feel guilty for taking feral cats to traditional vets then they need to reevaluate how they present themselves. If you provide more services then just those of a spay and neuter clinic, make those services known. Again it’s unprofessional and doesn’t help the cat or the person trying to bring it in for surgery.

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My mom was on the very first board of directors when Fix Our Ferals first started in the Bay Area. I was nine years old at the time and was the youngest volunteer at the FOF clinics. I have pictures of myself notching cats ears and prepping them for surgery. FOF does amazing things for the community and our feral cats. Today was my first visit to this location and I’m so happy for FOF as an organization to have been able to create a brick and mortar place. Plus, it’s so nice to have a reliable and affordable place to take all those unowned kitties. I just started working on a new colony and dropped off kitty #1 today. I can’t say enough good things about FOF!

I brought our cat here for spay surgery and they did a great job for a great price. She came home feeling great. (Over the years, I have used a couple of different clinics and vets and our pets have never come home in such great shape so I am impressed for this reason alone.) The vet obviously has very gentle hands.

Awesome team, and group of people. Very informative and dedicated staff. Gave me great advice too.

What a great office of the Fix Our Ferals (FOF) in Richmond — they are busy, but they are very friendly and willing to help.
The Richmond office is located just off Highway 80. Parking is a breeze with both the private lot and street options.
For those who are new to FOF, its a non-​profit that promotes trap — neuter — return of outdoor cats in the East Bay.
They also provide vaccinations, and if you need a trap they are happy to point you in the right direction for a loaner.
The cost for a feral cat neutering or spaying is $ 15.
If you want rabies or DRC vaccine, its free with the neutering or spaying. They also can provide free antibiotics if they believe its needed.
Prices for non-​feral (ie. house cats) are more expensive, but still amazingly cheap.
For your pet cat it is $ 50 to neuter and $ 70 to spay. $ 5 for rabies and $ 10 for DRC.
They are a registered 501c3 non-​profit and can give you a receipt to making any monetary donation in addition to your base fees tax deductible.
Great non-​profit, friendly service — please support these guys!