Adopt

The Adoption Process

Application

When you’ve found your new pet, you’re ready to fill out the application! Someone will get back to you within 24 hours of submission.

Approval

Once you are approved, a volunteer or foster parent will reach out to you to schedule a meet and greet with your soon to be pet.

Home Trial

After the meet and greet, we’ll schedule a 10 day home trial for your soon to be pet to get acquainted with their new environment.

The Home Trial

If the meet and greet visit goes well, you’ll start a 10-day trial with your potential new pet! We’ll collect the adoption at this time and will offer a full refund of the adoption fee if the pet is returned for any reason in the first 10 days. Our preferred method of payment is Zelle, cash, or check as we do not get charged fees, but you can also pay via Venmo, Paypal, or credit card but we will add on $4 processing fees.

ADOPTION FEES

What's the deal
with the fees?

You may wonder why rescues charge an adoption fee. Many of our rescue animals have initial medical needs including deworming, registered microchip, Spay/Neuter before surgery, Feline Combo test, surgery and all vaccinations. The adoption fees never fully offset these additional costs, but it does allow us to save more lives and cover expenses.

Adoption fees may vary dependent on the age of the cat or kitten along with other factors.

An adoption fee will end up saving you money! Shelters and rescue groups usually cover initial veterinary costs to prepare the pet for a new home.

Adoption fees often include the following that few shelters or rescue groups will actually charge for the adoption.

Fees to prepare a cat for adoption

Veterinary wellness visit and exam $50-100
Spaying or neutering $150-400
Distemper vaccination $20-30×2
Rabies vaccination $15-25
Feline Leukemia/FIV test (for cats) $30-50
Flea/tick treatment $50-200
Microchip $25-80
Deworming $20-50

TOTAL = $420-870

Ready to Adopt?

Before you submit an adoption application please consider the follow points to ensure you qualify for adoption.

You must be over 24
ALL pets in the home must be altered and up to date on vaccinations, unless medical reason with vet confirmation is the case. This means if you are adopting a kitten and have dogs in the home, your dogs also must be altered.
Your residence must meet city and residential requirements for pets, such as number of pets allowed, etc.