My husband and I went to adopt a kitten. It was sooo cute, gray with white paws. But in order to be considered we had to fill out like 7 forms , a background investigation and 100 dollars. After we applied and everything we but we were beat out by a couple with a bigger home. I was so upset. And I dont just want to outside and pick up a stray. Is there an agency with an easier way to adopt?
2007-10-02 05:07:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
actually we went to a number of pet stores and they had us fill out applications. We live in lower Delaware. In all fairness I really wanted this one particular cat. The lady said they had 5 applications for him. ( he was unbelievably cute) We did shelters too but they really didnt have alot of kittens. They go really fast. We have an appartment is that a problem?
2007-10-02 07:11:09 · update #1
It is always an unimaginably good thing to adopt a pet from any shelter, but there are so many animals out there who never got the chance to be taken to a shelter. It breaks my heart but those are the ones that need a family the most. But to answer your question yes there are other ways to go about getting a kitten without having to pay anything. I looked on craigslist in my city for people whose cats had kittens and they were just giving them away. If you look hard enough you can find a kitten that was born to a mama cat who was strictly an inside cat with all their vaccinations. Just please be a responsible pet owner and get your pet vaccinnated and spayed or neutered. If everything goes well with adoption you can look to see if your city has a SNYP program for discounted spay or neuter.
2007-10-02 05:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by jess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that it is kind of ridiculous to make adoption so difficult and then be stuck with loads of animals in the shelters. There was a similar problem locally which got in the papers where one particular shelter had refused to allow a very active 50 something lady to adopt a dog because she might die then the dog would have no home again.
I mean, do me a favour there are so many stray and abandoned animals just begging for homes and these people are being so picky that the pets actually can't be rehomed then they whine about how many get put to sleep. It's just stupid.
Try other centers, especially small local ones and look in local papers for anyone who may be trying to rehome something themselves to avoid sending it to a shelter.
Good luck.
2007-10-02 05:18:19 · answer #2 · answered by Debi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Adopting an animal really isn't all that hard. You are taking on responsibility of caring for an animal that will be totally dependent on you for its entire life; with a cat, that could be 20 years or more. I think it should be more difficult, frankly.
Check with the procedures at other shelters. Our shelter will only allow one family at a time to apply for a particular animal. There would be no chance of a "competition" for the kitten you wanted, for example. Maybe you will have better luck at a different shelter.
2007-10-02 05:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by melissa k 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately because of sick weird people in the world. Adoption centers have to be very careful. People will adopt a pet simply to abuse it or give it back a few days later. They are just wanting to make sure the animal has a good home. If you do find a stray KITTEN, you could easily take that cat in. Make sure he/she goes to the vet first. I specified kitten because a lot of stray adult cats have been stray for years and may be very mean and full of disease. Good luck!
2007-10-02 05:12:57 · answer #4 · answered by Knome Lover 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Shelters are always cautious, but I have to say the only time I’ve dealt with that much red tape is when I attempted to adopt a cat rescued from a hoarder. One thing to keep in mind is that many shelters have incentives in place to get people to adopt adult cats instead of kittens because kittens are more easily placed.
Try www.petfinder.com. Surely there’s more than one shelter in your area.
2007-10-02 05:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sure don't live around here. It rains kittens at the shelter. They had a free adopt day and there were still kittens left.
2016-09-11 19:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by master control 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to be cautious about who the cat is adopted to. Our humane society raised all the prices of their animals when they found out some of the Hmong families were 'adopting' dogs to take home and butcher for supper. A normal thing in Asia apparently, but horrible over here. Ditto cats.
Then you've got the people who torture animals, who look for free puppies and kittens to feed their live snakes or train pit bulls for fighting..... Yes, places have learned to check people out and not make it instantaneous to get a kitten or puppy.
2007-10-02 18:46:23 · answer #7 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously live in an area without many cats in need of rehoming. Where I used to live the shelters hardly had any cats so they had to import them so that they had cats to adopt out otherwise they would have had to close without their income of adoption fees.
Why not look at pedigree breeds and contact some breeders.
2007-10-02 10:49:19 · answer #8 · answered by fordicus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am hoping it had to do with what was best for that particular kitten and not the home size. Was your application approved? Pick out another one
We always joke with people that they are signing their life away the dog now owns them . We are a little bit serious though.
2007-10-02 06:51:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do this to simply find the best home for the animals.. if you worked there and it was your responsiblility to find the best home for the animal you would do just that.. look at all the candidates and choose the best one...
there are a TON of rescue shelters where you can buy kittens.. usually a lot cheaper than the humane society.. i would call some vet clinics or maybe even the humane society and ask for rescue organizations in your area.. they usually spay/neuter the kittens and give them their first set of shots before sending them to homes.. good luck!!!!!! :D
2007-10-02 05:14:21 · answer #10 · answered by Mande 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋