Fried's Cat Shelter

Fried's Cat Shelter Fried's Cat Shelter is located in Michigan City, Indiana. It is home to over 300 wonderful felines.

🚨🐱 DAY 3 OF CHAOS ADOPTIONS: WE HAVE EVOLVED. 🐱🚨THREE MORE KITTENS WENT HOME TODAY!!! 🎉❤️Kelly, Torman & Tiffany have of...
08/30/2026

🚨🐱 DAY 3 OF CHAOS ADOPTIONS: WE HAVE EVOLVED. 🐱🚨

THREE MORE KITTENS WENT HOME TODAY!!! 🎉❤️

Kelly, Torman & Tiffany have officially left the chaos and started their new lives. 🥹🐾

BUT PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHOTOS.

📸 CATS.
📸 HUMANS.
📸 IN THE SAME PICTURE.

WE DID IT.

It took three days, approximately 400 laps around the building, enough bleach and lime sulfur to permanently alter our brain chemistry, and one extremely important development…

🍊 TORMAN IS ORANGE.

WE FOUND THE BRAIN CELL.

AND APPARENTLY HE LET US BORROW IT. 🧠🍊

Day 1: 6 adoptions. Zero pictures.
Day 2: 4 adoptions. Pictures of cats. Zero humans.
Day 3: 3 adoptions. FULL PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION.

✨ 13 CATS HOME IN THREE DAYS. ✨

At this rate, another week and we may remember our own names.

No guarantees. The orange cat has left the building and unfortunately he took the brain cell back with him. 😂😭

Thank you to EVERYONE who visited, adopted, walked laps with us, tolerated our bizarre Ringworm Central™ avoidance system, and rolled with the chaos.

THIRTEEN CATS ARE HOME. ❤️🐾

We’re exhausted.
The fungus is losing.
The cats are winning.

CHAOS ADOPTIONS: COMPLETE. 🎉

🐱 Day 2 of Chaos Adoptions: Complete. 🐱Today we sent home:🐱 3 kittens🐈 1 adultChenille and Thurston were adopted togethe...
08/29/2026

🐱 Day 2 of Chaos Adoptions: Complete. 🐱

Today we sent home:

🐱 3 kittens
🐈 1 adult

Chenille and Thurston were adopted together, while Anita and Canute, our adult, went to separate homes. 🏡🐾

That makes 10 cats home in two days!! 🎉❤️

Once again, everyone was AMAZING about our current “please follow us around the building while we avoid Ringworm Central™” adoption experience. 😂

And guys.

📸 We remembered pictures today.

…of the cats.

Not the humans adopting them.

But listen. Progress is progress. 😂

We borrowed the communal brain cell from an orange cat, but apparently our rental period expired halfway through the task. 🍊🧠

Yesterday: no pictures.
Today: cat pictures.
Tomorrow: maybe we’ll get the humans too.

At this rate, by next weekend we may be a fully functioning organization.

No promises. 😂

08/28/2026

🚨 DAY ONE OF CHAOS ADOPTIONS IS COMPLETE. 🚨

SIX KITTENS GOT ADOPTED TODAY!!! 🎉🐱

Everyone who came was an absolute CHAMP about our current “you cannot enter the building because ✨fungus✨” situation, and happily followed us on approximately 47 laps of the shelter grounds.

We appreciate you. Your Fitbits appreciate you. 😂

Unfortunately, after weeks of huffing bleach, Lysol, and lime sulfur fumes, we completely forgot that ADOPTION PHOTOS ARE A THING.

Six kittens adopted.

📸 Photos taken: 0

✨ Memories: vague.
✨ Brain cells: deceased.
✨ Cats: adopted.
✨ Fungus: still being hunted for sport.

WE’RE SORRY. 😂😭

Tomorrow we’ll try to borrow the communal brain cell from one of our orange cats. Unfortunately, there are several orange cats here, so locating the one currently in possession of it may take some time. 🍊🐈

ANYWAY.

WE OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW AT NOON.

Come adopt a cat.
Walk a 5K.
And PLEASE remind us to take your dang picture. 😂

08/28/2026

🐱🚨 FRIDAY. 2 PM. WE’RE DOING THE THING. 🚨🐱

Are we completely rid of ringworm?

NOPE. 🙃

Do we understand how this microscopic fungus continues to disrespect us despite dipping, medicating, wiping, scrubbing, disinfecting, changing clothes, following protocols and generally dedicating our entire existence to its destruction?

ALSO NOPE.

At this point, we have taken its continued presence personally. 😑😂

HOWEVER… we have ringworm-free kittens in a separate area AND an entire back building full of adult cats who are healthy, ready for adoption, and frankly getting pretty tired of waiting for us to defeat The Fungus™ before they can find families.

SO WE’RE OPENING FOR ADOPTIONS FRIDAY AT 2 PM! 🎉🐾

There is, of course, a catch. Because apparently nothing can be easy around here. 😂

For now, we’ll be doing literal BACK-DOOR ADOPTIONS.

No wandering through the shelter. No visiting affected areas. No touching the forbidden fuzzy children. We love you guys dearly, but we already know telling everyone “please don’t touch that cat” will somehow result in someone immediately touching that cat. 😂

So we’re removing temptation altogether.

We also will NOT be posting individual photos of available cats or answering 927 questions in the comments about who we have.

We promise there are cats.

SO. MANY. CATS.

Boys. Girls. Tiny-ish ones. Bigger ones. Basically every color the Cat Distribution System manufactures. Ages 12 weeks and up.

And PLEASE… don’t sleep on our slightly bigger kittens. 😭❤️ Our babies have been sitting here growing while we’ve been closed. Everyone wants the itty-bitty babies, but these guys are still BABIES. They’ve just had time to grow some legs, develop opinions and perfect their parkour.

Come meet them.

You may walk in thinking you know exactly what you want and leave with a completely different cat who climbed into your lap and informed you that the decision had already been made.

As always, adoptions are same-day, first come, first served. We do not hold cats.

Depending on how Friday goes, we will do our very best to remain open all weekend. We’re basically dipping one toe back into civilization and seeing whether the universe immediately throws a chair at us. 😂

Please be patient with us while we figure out this temporary system. It may take a little longer. It may be a little inconvenient. It may be mildly chaotic.

Actually, who are we kidding?

It’s Fried’s. It will definitely be mildly chaotic. 😂

But healthy cats need homes, and we refuse to let this stupid fungus keep them from finding them.

🐾 FRIDAY. 2 PM.

Come meet some cats.

Come adopt a cat or five before we start naming kittens Lysol and Clorox. 😭😂😂

08/24/2026

Today, one of our kittens died. 💔 (NO NOT RINGWORM)

He was a victim of the consequences that can come from not spaying or neutering momma and daddy. Inbreeding can bring heartbreaking health problems into this world, and sometimes, no matter how hard we try, we cannot save them.

But please know this… he did not die alone.

He was held in loving arms until his very last breath. He felt our hands, heard our voices, and felt our tears fall on his little body.

We cried with him. We loved him. We stayed.

Please, please spay and neuter your cats. One simple decision can prevent suffering, heartbreak, and little lives like his from ever having to fight this battle. 💔🐾

Rest peacefully, sweet baby Crane. You were loved until the very end. 🌈

🚨 WE WANT YOUR BAG OF BAGS. 🚨You know what I’m talking about.That plastic grocery bag stuffed with 47 other plastic groc...
08/24/2026

🚨 WE WANT YOUR BAG OF BAGS. 🚨

You know what I’m talking about.

That plastic grocery bag stuffed with 47 other plastic grocery bags.

The cabinet you open cautiously because a Kroger bag avalanche may take you out.

The collection that started with “I’ll reuse these” and somehow became an inheritance for your children.

WE WANT THEM. 😂

Our nursery goes through a ridiculous amount of plastic grocery bags because we keep one garbage bag in each individual room/bin area. That way, litter and waste from one group of kittens isn’t being carried around from room to room.

Because while our nursery babies may be tiny, adorable, and approximately 83% eyeballs…
their immune systems are basically running on hopes, dreams, and audacity. 🥹

We do everything we possibly can to prevent the spread of illness, especially among our littlest residents who are much more susceptible. That means strict cleaning protocols, changing protective gear, keeping supplies separated, and yes… an absolutely absurd number of grocery bags.

So please.

Clean out the cabinet.
Empty the pantry.
Free yourself from the Bag Goblin that has been multiplying under your sink since 2017.

♻️ BRING US YOUR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS. FRIEDS WANTS TO RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR BURDEN!!

Your clutter becomes our tiny trash bags.

Your kitchen cabinet gets its life back.

The kittens stay safer.

Everybody wins. 😂🐱❤️

Please make sure bags are clean, dry, and don’t have holes in them. Our kitten p**p containment technology has standards.

08/20/2026

THANK YOU Feline Community Network Resource Center & Cat-themed Gift Shop FOR THE POTTY PADS AND CANNED FOOD YOU LOADED US WITH. APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR GENEROSITY!

Fried’s Cat Shelter will once again be CLOSED to the public this weekend.BUT WAIT.Before anyone starts picturing ringwor...
08/20/2026

Fried’s Cat Shelter will once again be CLOSED to the public this weekend.

BUT WAIT.

Before anyone starts picturing ringworm galloping through the shelter kicking down doors and claiming new victims…

IT IS NOT SPREADING. 🎉

We are containing it. We are treating it. We are winning.

Are we winning quickly?

Absolutely not.

Ringworm apparently prefers a slow, psychological warfare approach.

Treat. Dip.
Clean. Disinfect.
Laundry.
Blacklight.
Stare suspiciously at a cat.
Blacklight the cat again.
See a speck of lint glow.
Question reality.
Repeat.

Ringworm is incredibly tedious to treat in a shelter environment, and unfortunately there’s no giant red DELETE FUNGUS button. Believe us, we have looked.

So while we would LOVE to fling open the doors and yell COME GET THESE KITTENS, we need a little more time to finish evicting our microscopic squatters.

Thank you for continuing to be patient with us while we wage war against something that can apparently survive everything short of being launched directly into the sun. ☀️🦠

We’re getting there.

Slowly.

Tediously.

Slightly less mentally stable than when we started.

But WE’RE GETTING THERE. 😂❤️

We’ll continue to keep everyone updated and, with any luck, one of these days our Ringworm Saga update will simply read:

IT’S DEAD. WE WON. COME ADOPT A CAT.

08/20/2026

Well, apparently the cats have officially joined the biker gang! 😹🏍️
A HUGE thank-you to the American Legion Riders for supporting Fried’s Cat Shelter! They’ve got a plan for donation boxes in all area legions, presented us a check, and—because apparently one good deed wasn’t enough—there’s already a planned Bikers for Cats ride for 2027! 🐾❤️ (STAY TUNE FOR A DATE)
Nothing says “I love cats” quite like leather, motorcycles, and a whole lot of horsepower! 😂
We are incredibly grateful for the support. The cats may not know what a biker rally is, but they definitely understand one thing:
TREATS ARE COMING. 🐱😂
Thank you, American Legion Riders, for helping the cats and showing that big hearts come in all kinds of packages! ❤️🐾🏍️

Hoping our supporters come out and support them when the ride ends at Fried's and we treat ALL to a cook out. Looking forward to the purr of engines and the purr of happy cats in 2027!

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Address

509 S Indiana Highway 212
Michigan City, IN
46360

Opening Hours

Friday 2pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+12198746932

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