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questions about adoption
Adoption Fees help cover the expenses and costs of fostering a cat through their adoption day, which includes things like:
- Altering (Spay/Neuter)
- Microchip Insertion
- Nail Clipping
- FIV/FELV testing
- Flea/Tick treatment
- Vaccinations (Rabies and distemper)
- Deworming
- Unexpected Medical Issues
And that fee doesn’t count the costs for the vet visits to do all of those things. If you were to get a free cat somewhere and do all this for the animal, as you should to keep the cat healthy, it would cost you much more than our adoption fee.
Applications are processed as quickly as possible. Please be patient as we are all volunteers with jobs and families. If it has been more than 7 days since you applied, please email kskittenrescuenj@gmail.com.
Submitting an application is the first step in the adoption process. An application must be submitted before any additional conversations will occur. Meet and greets will not be set up without an approved adoption application on file. A cat will not be considered “claimed” or adopted and an adoption will not be finalized without a meet and greet.
All of our cats and kittens are in foster homes. Meet and greets need to be coordinated with each of the fosters. While it may be possible to coordinate two or even three meet and greets within one day, it is not possible to see all of the cats at one time.
Kittens must be spayed/neutered, have received, appropriate age-based vaccinations/tests and be in good health before being cleared to go home. Young kittens (babies) are not cleared for adoption until they are at least 8-12 weeks old and have reached a weight of 3 lbs.
Other questions
Many people find it helpful to introduce a new pet slowly. One way to do this is to set up space in a room, even a spare bathroom will do. You are creating a temporary safe space where the new kitten can safely be introduced to the rest of the house. Place food and water bowls, a litter box, bedding and a couple of toys. At first, the new kitten and your current cats will smell each other under the door. Next, let the new kitten out for short periods of time in a controlled space, such as a bedroom. You want to avoid spaces that will give the kitten a lot of places to hide. Have periods of supervised playtime, then time to rest in the safe space. This gives the new kitten time to learn the smells and sounds of a house without feeling nervous or afraid and wanting to hide. After everyone has been introduced it’s time for the cat to join the rest of the house.
Finding kittens without a mother doesn’t necessarily mean the kittens have been abandoned or orphaned. If you think a kitten was abandoned by its mom, please wait and watch for about 2 hours. Mother cats will leave their kittens to hunt and eat, and occasionally to find a better home. If the mom does not appear to be coming back, contact us before moving the kittens unless they are in imminent danger. Very young kittens without a mother require routine feeding and care until they are able to eat independently.
Outside cats need food, water and shelter just like inside cats. It is also important to spay or neuter outside cats so that they can not produce kittens. The only way to stop the outside population from growing is to spay or neuter every outdoor through TNR (trap, neuter, release).
The simplest way you can usually tell if a cat has been spayed or neutered is to look at its ears. Typically, when a cat has been TNR’d one of their ears will be tipped, or clipped so it’s flat and not pointed.
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