An event may suddenly occur in the life of every person or family when they urgently need to place a cat or kitten somewhere. This could be a serious, long-term illness, moving to another country, etc. It is very difficult in such cases to part with a four-legged friend, but there are places and institutions where they can help shelter a pet and find it a new family.
Reasons why owners are looking for a place to adopt a cat
There are many reasons why owners are unable to provide adequate care for their animals for a certain period of time or permanently.
The occurrence of allergic reactions to cat hair
It is not uncommon for cat owners to become susceptible to cat hair. As a result of this problem, you will have to get rid of the cat forever. Allergens tend to accumulate in the body and only manifest themselves after some time ; in the future, their presence will only aggravate the current situation.
Birth of children
Young children may be sensitive to cat hair. An aggressive animal that has never met a child can be dangerous for him. In this situation, young parents prefer to give the cat away forever.
Owner's illness or death
Sometimes the owner is physically unable to care for the pet. For the well-being of the cat itself, it is necessary to find a new home for the animal, where it will receive everything it needs to live.
Losing your home or moving long distances
No matter how much we would like to be close to our pet, life turns everything upside down in such a way that there is no way to stay with him. In this case, the owner should place the cat in a new home, where it will receive everything it needs to live.
Temporary absence of the owner of the house
The owner may be away for a while or end up in the hospital. During this period, the cat needs care and needs to find a temporary home.
Hunting
For mating, the cat is brought to the cat's territory. To do this, the animal is placed in someone else's house for several days to conceive offspring.
Search among your surroundings
Finding a new owner among well-known, close, and dear people is the best option possible. Especially if the animal knows the potential owner, there is already mutual sympathy between them. A friend or loved one who will take responsibility for the maintenance of your favorite animal will treat it with love and attention. In addition, he will be able to contact you in any situation, clarify any questions that have arisen, and tell you about the pet’s condition and mood. A familiar person is your protection from several moves, when the animal can be taken/returned more than once.
Where can I give my cat temporarily or permanently?
When looking for a home for your pet, you have several options.
Ask neighbors or friends to come home and care for the cat on your property
This situation occurs when the owner is forced to leave home for a while. for a long period will be stressful for the animal
Not many people would be happy to care for someone else's animal every day, so the time apart should be kept as short as possible.
Give the cat to friends or acquaintances
By agreement, friends can shelter an animal permanently or temporarily. It should be borne in mind that acquaintances may also encounter unforeseen problems, as a result of which the cat will again need to look for a new home.
Give it to “good hands”
Giving away an adult cat can be very difficult; usually people prefer to take small kittens into their home . You can find a new owner by advertising in a newspaper or on the Internet. If there is a desire to pick up a cat, the new owner will contact the old one to clarify the conditions.
You should take a close look at the person who will take the cat. It is necessary to take the coordinates from him in case the cat feels uncomfortable living in the new home.
Particular attention should be paid to the huge number of flayers who are looking for advertisements of this nature in order to mock a defenseless creature.
Hotel for animals
The owner is expected to leave the animal at the hotel for a period of time. Hotel accommodation is paid for, the owner provides the necessary supply of food for the animal or funds for its purchase. This method is the most optimal, because professionals will deal with animals. If necessary, the cat will be provided with veterinary care.
Animal shelter
Cats who have lost their old home forever end up here.
You can give an animal to a shelter for free or for a moderate amount. In this case, the animal is kept in a shelter until it finds its home. Most establishments are forced to euthanize animals if they cannot find a long-term home for them.
Determination for mating
To breed cats, it is required that the female live for some time in the male’s territory. In rare cases, a male is transported.
Catcafe
If you do not have the opportunity to keep a kitten, you can give it to a cafe where visitors come to chat with cats. Recently, such establishments have become very popular. Perhaps your city also has such a cafe, and you won’t need to worry about where to place your pet.
The advantage is that the cat will be well looked after, and a large number of visitors will definitely ensure constant communication. The disadvantages are the high demands placed on animals. In addition, there may not be a similar cafe for animals in your city.
Also read a separate article about the cat cafe.
What to do before giving away a cat
If it is necessary to temporarily or permanently identify a cat, several mandatory procedures must be performed. This will help avoid cat health problems and troubles for future owners.
Appointment with a veterinarian
It should be borne in mind that changing a cat’s place of residence is a great stress, which can cause the development of diseases or exacerbation of chronic pathologies. A big problem for other animals in a new home can be problems with ecto and endo parasites and infections. To avoid possible difficulties, you should make sure that the cat is healthy and ready for changes.
Vaccination
In our country, rabies vaccination is mandatory. All owners are required to vaccinate their animal against rabies and have a certificate confirming this.
If there is no vaccination, the veterinarian has the right to refuse to provide medical care to the cat.
Do not forget about other infectious diseases, the most common include panleukopenia and calcivirosis, which quickly spread among cats. If an animal enters a common area, they can easily transmit the infectious agent to each other.
Providing for the material needs of the pet
First of all, this is a sufficient amount of high-quality food. If you are temporarily keeping an animal with friends or acquaintances, you should worry not only about food, but also about a bed, toys, tray, litter and feeding utensils.
This will minimize difficulties for the people who shelter the cat. Animal shelters often need additional financial support to provide adequate nutrition and treatment for animals, so if you need to give your cat to a shelter, you should help him financially.
Castration
If the animal is not a breeding animal, it must be castrated or sterilized in advance. Such individuals are less aggressive, do not mark territory and get along more easily with other animals.
Animals are not allowed on the streets
Often, desperate to find a new owner, or simply due to lack of time, people simply let their animals go outside, believing that nothing will happen to them - this is how stray cats and dogs live. But you should not compare a pet, accustomed to comfortable conditions, with a yard pet.
A kitten or even an adult will die from relatives or from hunger. The animal is not accustomed to defend itself, hide from the cold, or get food. It also doesn't know how dangerous cars are on the roads. Only a tenth of abandoned kittens survive on the streets. Therefore, it is better to take them to a shelter than to kick them out of the house.
Remember, buying a pet is a serious responsibility. Plans and circumstances change, but this should not prevent the owner from remaining human to the end, making sure that the pet continues to live in comfortable conditions.
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What do you need to know about the new place?
You cannot give a cat to people who cannot care for it . When choosing a candidate for adopting a cat, you should pay attention to a number of factors.
Who will take care of the animal
If a cat is adopted by an acquaintance or friend, the likelihood of cruelty is low. If a pet falls into the hands of a stranger, there is a possibility that it will be treated poorly.
Before giving the cat away, you should talk to the person, ask him a few questions regarding living conditions, etc. It is important to obtain contact information from the new owner so that you can check that the animal is okay.
Having children
Animals rarely get along with children who were born during the pet’s adulthood. This is due to the fact that the child does not calculate the strength when playing, and the cat perceives him as a threat. Children are most likely to suffer from allergic reactions, so having children in the house may cause your cat to have to find a new home.
Presence of other animals
If other animals already live in the new house, the cat may have conflicts with them, which can lead to serious injuries. Before you permanently leave your cat in the house with other animals, you should introduce them.
To do this, you need to temporarily bring the cat to the future home and observe the behavior of the new “neighbors”. If the relationship does not work out, then you should look for another place of residence for the pet.
Living conditions
Before giving your cat away, you should make sure that she will be comfortable in the new place. If the animal previously lived in a large house, then living in a small room will become stressful for it. Equally important are temperature conditions, the presence of noise or other irritants.
Mr. Cat offers: tips when a cat is found on the street
If you see an animal on the street, you need to immediately take it to a place where it will feel safe. Examine your cat for wounds or illness. It’s good if you can keep him at home until you find the previous owner or place the pet in good hands. The cat needs to be fed, washed, treated with anti-parasite medication, and shown to a veterinarian. Then you can take a photo of it and post an ad on websites to find the owner.
If it is not possible to keep the animal at home, you can find a shelter for it and bring food there every day. Join forces with other people who care about the fate of homeless animals. It is better to keep information about where the shelter is located secret, devoting it to a minimum number of people, so that no one kills or steals the cat.
For those who can't do anything themselves
Well what can I say? You can try opening a topic on PiK e and give the cat a chance. Perhaps there will be a person who will feel sorry for her. But the likelihood of this is extremely low. PiKa users are ordinary people with their own problems and everyday troubles. They have children, elderly parents who need help, they, just like you, suffer from lack of money, they also do not have enough time and energy for anything. Often they carry a supervised cat on themselves, denying themselves the most necessary things. As a rule, an old-timer of the forum cannot take on more than he currently has. If there is a person who is ready to take care of the cat you found, this is a great success.
But still, if you find an animal and want to help it, try to do it yourself, without shifting the entire burden of responsibility and worries onto the shoulders of others.
Moving to the shelter
Advice! When a problem arises about where to put a cat if it is not needed, shelters should be the last resort.
Of course, if the only alternative is the street, you will have to consider this option even if it has a large number of disadvantages. The state of domestic shelters, compared to other countries, not only leaves much to be desired - sometimes it is appalling.
Shelters should be the last resort
Unsuitable enclosures, lack of food, a cold (to put it mildly) attitude towards animals and, as a result, a short lifespan in them - all this should at least make you think very carefully before taking this step. An animal from a shelter can have 2 options: new owners or death. Do you really want such a fate for your pet? Let us list at least the main disadvantages that should stop a loving owner who is looking for an option where to place a cat if it is not needed, and is leaning towards a shelter:
- cats are kept not far from dog enclosures in cabins, where their number can number in the dozens;
- lack of normal food, and only economy food that is hazardous to health;
- incompetent staff who, to put it bluntly, don’t care about animals;
- problems with treatment.
Free foster care
Write that you found an animal, you don’t have the opportunity to keep it, since you already have five dogs, two pythons and an owl, or you simply have unpleasant consequences from communicating with our smaller brothers in the form of itching, rhinitis and other signs of allergies. For the most part, free foster care helps. Even if they themselves do not have places, they will run all over the city, call all the same animal lovers, but will find at least a temporary, but still shelter. What will be required of you?
You must understand that you can’t just dump responsibility on others: you couldn’t keep it, but you didn’t pass it by, but they leave it and will look for a permanent home. You will need basic help in the form of transporting the cat to the place of foster care, purchasing food and the most necessary things - foster care is free, private, and lives only on your hard-earned money and on the mercy of those who care. Then you can help find a home: leave comments under the photo of the animal in advertisements, make reposts, and even post such advertisements yourself.
