How do I adopt ?

The first step is to arrange a homecheck - this is all very informal and just helps us to find you the right cat. 
We need to take into account things like other pets, children, your location etc and can any answer any questions you may have.
We don't have any set criteria - we don't insist on a cat flap and we don't dismiss busy roads outright but prefer to come and see for ourselves as a mid terrace house on a main road can be perfectly safe for example.
If you're after a kitten we rehome ours from 8 weeks of age and preferentially in pairs unless someone is home for part of the day for company as kittens that young still need socialising. Once they're 12 weeks plus they're independent enough to be homed singly and can amuse themselves when you're at work all day!

NB We don't rehome our kittens as indoor as we don't know how they will develop in the future and it wouldn't be fair to restrict a cat who wanted to go outside and ultimately cause it stress and potentially behavioural problems... 
 
 Next you visit your chosen cat in its foster home and, hopefully, take it home.
There's a homing form to fill in and you can give your donation to the fosterer.
We ask for a suggested donation of £60 per cat and £50 per kitten to help us to pay food and vet bills etc.
If your cat/kitten requires vaccinations/neutering at a future date the fosterer can give you a discount form to use at one of our vets - just show the form when you pay and they'll give you 10-15% off.
Microchipping - some cats are already chipped when they come to us and we can register them to you free of charge with the chip company.
If we've chipped your cat we will register them.
If they're too young/small to be chipped we will give you a chip to take away - our vets will implant these for free.
 
Vaccinations - very few cats that come in have a vaccination history and we are trying to vaccinate as many as we can but it's a huge drain on our resources. If a cat is vaccinated it will say in its description.
Kittens have their first vaccination from 9 weeks onwards and a second vaccination 3-4 weeks later.
We strongly recommend you vaccinate not only for the health of your cat but to prevent the spread of infection and disease to others.
 
3-4 months post adoption we'll probably give you a quick ring just to make sure everything is ok but if you do have any problems/questions please call or mail us at any time. 
If an adoption doesn't work out for whatever reason we will always take 'our' babies back! 

When you adopt one of our rescue cats, even if you are an experienced cat owner, we recommend you read the following Cat Chat advice pages:

http://www.catchat.org/bonding.html
http://www.catchat.org/hierarchies.html if you have other pets.

Helps you get inside the head of your new feline friend and ease the transition to its new forever home!


Opening times

We don't have a rescue centre as such but foster in our own homes throughout the Bristol area, therefore visits are by prior arrangement - but we're very flexible and open to visits pretty much anytime!

Work experience

We get lots of requests for work experience but unfortunately as we don't have a central rescue but foster in our own homes, we're unable to offer this..sorry...


Cats to be adopted

BEING HOMECHECKED - A cat being homechecked means that someone has expressed an interest in that cat and wishes to adopt, pending a successful homecheck.

We operate a strict first come, first served system and no-one is allowed to view cats without first being homechecked, nor will we let people see a cat that is being homechecked for somebody else.