Adoptions
Adopt A Rescued Cat
All of our rescued cats have been spayed or neutered, treated for parasites such as fleas and worms, and tested for feline diseases like FIV and Feline Leukaemia. Any health issues or injuries at the time of rescue or during fostering are also addressed to ensure our rescues are happy, healthy and ready for adoption. All of our adoptees have been microchipped
Today seems like the best day to meet your new best furry friend!
Posey and Polly, Cypress and Alfalfa
After the dust settled on an intense trap-neuter-return (TNR) effort at a property on the Eastern Shore, we are seeking homes for six kittens; falling out of the TNR event as “angel dust”. The kittens came from four separate mothers and each of them was rescued at an early age, which made their socialization that much easier. They have now graduated from our veterinary program cum laude, meaning each kitten has been spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, tested (negative) for disease, and treated for parasites without a hitch. It helps that they came from a colony where the cats were apparently healthy and happy. There was little evidence of the usual ailments such as upper respiratory illness and their parasite load was surprisingly light. The old gent who has lives at the property was clearly very interested in the cats’ wellbeing. He made it a priority to provide them with the necessary food and shelter. We had first approached him when one of his cats had been hit by a car on the road (and survived), and he very willingly accepted our offer of assistance in getting the cats fixed and the kittens adopted out. We will also continue to help him feed the adult cats that were returned to the property going forward.
It's now time to find homes of their very own for the kittens, either in pairs or to a home with another young’ish cat for company. We believe that the development of their social skills is an important milestone as they grow into well-adjusted adults.
The kittens are now believed to be between 13-14 weeks in age and full of beans, rampaging wildly throughout the foster home where they’ve essentially grown up. They get along famously together for all that you sometimes hear some screeching and hollering when they’re down for the count in a wrestling match. They are affectionate and outgoing, not only with the resident humans but also with the adult cats who will deign to put up with their foolishness. They’re an absolute joy to have around.
A description of each is found below:
Posey and Polly (sisters)
Posey and Polly are sisters who closely resemble one another in having predominantly sleek white fur with tabby spots or markings. They can be easily told apart as Posey has a single dark mark on her head while Polly has two such marks on her head. Polly also has an adorable Charlie Chaplin ‘stache, allowing her to be identified from afar.
Cypress and Alfalfa (brothers)
Cypress is a mackerel gray marble tabby and white male, with distinctive striping down his back, who is quite obviously the behemoth of the gang, which tends to make him look older than he really is. He tends to be a little more timid, ironic given his size, than his smaller brother, Alfalfa, who has less emphatic striping down his back.
Cedar and Spud (singletons) *** Adoption Pending***
Cedar and Spud, both male, were each found as single kittens with their mothers. Cedar has a beautifully patterned black and gray marble tabby coat, culminating in a kind of bullseye on his side.
Spud resembles Alfalfa quite closely, with a mackeral gray marble tabby coat on the top side and white markings on the bottom. Spud tends to have more white around his neck than Alfalfa.
If you are interested in offering one or more of these kittens a home, please complete our adoption application in full. We ask for a donation of $250 for each of our rescued cats, or $500 in total for two, for which we offer a charitable tax receipt. The link to the online application is found here:
https://www.catsinhalifax.ca/adoption-application
Miss Marple ***Adopted***
Introducing Detective Superintendent, Miss Marple!
Miss Marple is the mama of three Detective Inspectors, Sherlock, Murdoch, and Trixie Belden, all of whom resemble each other to an eye-challenging degree. She is a tiny, sinewy mini-panther with sleek all-black fur befitting this glorious ancestor. Finding herself in a family way, our clever girl had the presence of mind to insinuate herself into the affections of an older couple, who took her in around the time she had her babies. Given that it was a rural area where she might otherwise have been lost in the woods, she found salvation. She certainly knew how to make herself easy to love, showing off her affectionate, cuddly and outgoing nature.
A few months and several flea cycles later, the older couple sought out a rescue group to make sure the Detective Family received the necessary vet care, with the hopeful outcome of finding them fur-ever homes. Since then, Miss Marple - who is thought to be only a youngster herself - has been spayed, tested negative for disease, treated for parasites, vaccinated, and microchipped. This devoted mama continues to be indulgent of her growing offspring, who still manage to catch a teat in their mouth from time to time. But rest assured, it's not all work and no play: The Divine Miss M loves her creature comforts! She enjoys the multitude of toys and bountiful foodstuffs on offer in her foster home. She even puts up with the resident dog and mature male cat with relatively good grace. This little survivor knows how to roll.
If you are interested in offering our Miss Marple a well-deserved home, please complete our online adoption application in full. We ask for a minimum donation of $250 for each of our rescued cats, for which we will issue you a charitable tax receipt.
https://www.catsinhalifax.ca/adoption-application
Trixie Belden & Murdoch *** Adoption Pending ***
Trixie Belden, and Murdoch, the two junior detective offspring of Miss Marple, are seeking a home together.
These two all-black kittens are wonderfully affectionate and outgoing. They are frequently observed diving into corners to investigate suspicious activity and grappling with dust bunnies to suppress any nefarious deeds. Trixie is the biggest kitten in the litter and she tends to be the more dominant one when it comes to taking action. Murdoch follows her lead closely, more than happy to mix it up. They cheerfully rampage around their foster home, swerving and dodging around the resident dog and cat as if they were pilons. Time spent in the company of these two rascals certainly provides to be very entertaining.
These kittens were lucky in that an older couple took in Miss Marple when they saw she was in a family way. Realizing they were unable to provide the proper care for the family as they grew, the couple reached out to us for help. Thankfully we were able to squeeze them into our foster network. Since that time, they have been spayed and neutered, tested for disease, treated for parasites, vaccinated, and microchipped. This means it’s time for them to find a fur-ever home, ideally together.
If you are interested in offering Trixie and Murdoch a home, please complete our adoption application in full. We ask for a donation of $250 for each of our rescued cats, so $500 in total for the pair, for which we offer a charitable tax receipt. The link to the online application is found here:
Wally & Walton ***Adopted***
Wally and Walton were rescued from within the walls of a rundown apartment building. Our volunteer was alerted to the situation when a tenant in the building heard Wally crying plaintively from within the wall cavity. Forced to cut into the wall to dig him out, she asked the tenant to remain alert for any other kittens. Sure enough, a day or more later, another kitten - Walton - was squalling for help and the rescue was repeated. We remained on high alert for the next few days in case any other kittens could be heard or otherwise detected, but there were no further signs. We can only wonder what led to this situation in the first place.
Even though it is unlikely that these kittens had been handled previously by humans, they were initially shy but soon their sweet personalities emerged. And they are quite literally inseparable. Where one is, you can pretty much guarantee so is the other. Neither one assumes the dominant role, they just seem to want to share and share alike. When they are not sleeping together, they are playfighting, climbing and generally getting into mischief together. And since their eating habits are one and the same, they even go to the litterbox together. Their foster family has never seen two kittens so devoted to each other.
These little darlings have unusually polite table manners. With both wet and dry food on offer in a free-feeding style, they tend to savour the food and pick away at it throughout the day rather than gobble it down at once. Such a treat to have such refined company in the house.
Wally is the larger, black tuxedo kitten while Walton is the smaller one, with more patchy black and white markings. They have been run through their paces at our vet clinic, where they have been neutered, tested for disease, vaccinated, microchipped and treated for parasites.
Although it goes without saying, we are looking to adopt these two affectionate kittens together as a pair. We ask for a donation of $250 for each of our rescued cats, so $500 in total for the pair, for which we offer a charitable tax receipt. Interested parties are asked to complete our online application form in detail.
https://www.catsinhalifax.ca/adoption-application