We always have lots of very lovely cats needing good homes.

We neuter all our adult cats before adoption unless there is a medical reason not to do so.

All our cats will have received a veterinary health check and details of this will be given to the adopter at adoption. Please do feel free to ask any questions about a particular animal before adoption, our staff are here to help you.

All our adult cats are microchipped, so if they ever get lost they can be re-united with you very quickly. The microchip will be registered in your name after adoption.

We vaccinate our cats against cat flu, feline enteritis & Feline Leukaemia when they come into the rescue if they are not already up to date. Some will need a second injection given later, so you may have to take your new cat to get this done after you have adopted it.

If you are interested in a particular cat, you need to fill in an application form for that animal. If the animal’s name does not appear in the drop down box - it means that animal is already reserved pending homecheck. Keep watching if you are still very interested in that animal as sometimes homechecks do fall through and that animal will become available again.

We always do a home check before any cat is adopted. This can usually be arranged within a couple of days, but may take a lot longer depending on your location and the availability of our homecheckers. Once the home check is done we ask that you pick your new pet up within 24 hours, to free up the cage for another cat needing our help.

HOMING CRITERIA FOR CATS

Please DO NOT come and book one of our cats unless you are ready to adopt IMMEDIATELY. You will be asked to pick your cat/kitten up within 24 hours of your home check. Your home check will be arranged as soon as we can, but this can range from next day to several days later.

Please note: If at any stage in the adoption process, we or one of our volunteers/fosterers, home checkers etc. feel that the situation is not right for our cat or kitten, you may be turned down.

Criteria for Adult Cats:

• No cat is to be homed if the house is on a busy road or other dangers, eg. Railway lines. The home check will fail if the home checker feels the area is unsafe for the cat.

• A cat which is not used to dogs should not be homed to a dog owning household, unless the dog is used to cats so likely to leave it alone.

• The house should have access to a garden area, with a cat flap fitted. This should ideally be located at the back of the house so the cat does not come out directly onto the road side of the house. The home checker will need to see the catflap on the visit, and will fail the home if there is not one already fitted.

• No cat is to be housed as an ‘indoor cat’ unless that is the lifestyle is has previously lived.

• If the potential adopter already has resident cats or dogs in the home, an up to date vaccine certificates will need to be seen by the home checker for each animal.

• If you are out of our area, and we are unable to find a home checker to do the home check for you, your offer of a home may have to be declined.

Criteria for Kittens:

• No kitten is to be homed to a family with children under 5. This is because of the danger of the child treading on, dropping or squeezing the kitten.

• The kitten must not be homed to a family who will be leaving the kitten for more than 3 hours at a time. This can be extended slightly if two kittens are booked together. This is so the kitten does not get lonely and bored, and because they have regular feeding requirements.

• The adopter must be prepared to get their kitten neutered @ 6 months old, and ensure it is properly vaccinated.

• No kitten is to be homed if the house is on a busy road or other dangers, eg. Railway lines. The home check will fail if the home checker feels the area is unsafe for the cat.

• The house should have access to a garden area, with a cat flap fitted. This should ideally be located at the back of the house so the cat does not come out directly onto the road side of the house. The home checker will need to see the catflap on the visit, and will fail the home if there is not one already fitted.

• No kitten is to be housed as an ‘indoor cat’.

• If the potential adopter already has resident cats or dogs in the home, an up to date vaccine certificates will need to be seen by the home checker for each animal.

• If you are out of our area, and we are unable to find a home checker to do the home check for you, your offer of a home may have to be declined.

Our suggested minimum donation for one of our cats or kittens is £90.

Donations made by adopters are a vital contribution to our funds. They are not compulsory, as a good home is the first consideration for our animals. Our adopters almost invariably wish to make a donation at the time of adoption however, and the above suggestion represent approx. half the average cost to our charity of preparing each cat for rehoming, although many do cost the charity a lot more due to health and other problems. We try our best to give all animals in our care whatever help they need. Therefore larger donations are always much appreciated.

If you are not comfortable with making a donation, please consider the effect this will have on the charity’s ability to help other animals in need in the future. Please also consider your ability to meet the considerable ongoing expenses that responsible animal care represents. These matters should be discussed with us before the adoption proceeds.