Adopting a Cat
Please read our Homing Criteria BEFORE coming to see any of our cats.
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 and feline enteritis 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.
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.