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Okay so as the closest rescue group is an hour away from here, we have no transportation, they will not come to us, and they're full anyway...
A couple of weeks ago we rescued a couple of abandoned kittens. We made sure that they were abandoned and not just hanging out waiting for Mom to come back. We brought them inside; one of them was practically at death's door, but now, although he is small he is a normal, active kitten. Binky, the cat we brought in a couple of months ago and have since spayed, is no longer producing milk but she is mothering these two kittens in other ways she can. One of the kittens is already spoken for (we made sure to tell him the minimal standards we'd adopt out for) but the guy won't take the other.
So we know that we're going to need to keep them both a little while longer. They're about 6-7 weeks old now, but I want your suggestions on what sort of things to put on an adoption application. I want to do this properly. People in this area will not pay any money for an animal, and we cannot afford three cats in the long term (Binky has a son of her own, who needs shots and fixed soon.) I was going to ask at the very least for a local vet reference and see if these people bring in their animals on a regular basis, have spayed their pets, etc. Also, this is a college town so it is crucial we weed out people who don't have landlord permission for an animal... that is what created the feral colony here in the first place... students thinking it cute to smuggle a kitten into their dorm room only to have to throw it out when it gets wriggly and loud...
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to include in the application? We're also going to put down our personal information in case the adoption does not work out so they can return the kitten/cat if necessary, but we plan on taking applications for a while and then choosing the best match.
A couple of weeks ago we rescued a couple of abandoned kittens. We made sure that they were abandoned and not just hanging out waiting for Mom to come back. We brought them inside; one of them was practically at death's door, but now, although he is small he is a normal, active kitten. Binky, the cat we brought in a couple of months ago and have since spayed, is no longer producing milk but she is mothering these two kittens in other ways she can. One of the kittens is already spoken for (we made sure to tell him the minimal standards we'd adopt out for) but the guy won't take the other.
So we know that we're going to need to keep them both a little while longer. They're about 6-7 weeks old now, but I want your suggestions on what sort of things to put on an adoption application. I want to do this properly. People in this area will not pay any money for an animal, and we cannot afford three cats in the long term (Binky has a son of her own, who needs shots and fixed soon.) I was going to ask at the very least for a local vet reference and see if these people bring in their animals on a regular basis, have spayed their pets, etc. Also, this is a college town so it is crucial we weed out people who don't have landlord permission for an animal... that is what created the feral colony here in the first place... students thinking it cute to smuggle a kitten into their dorm room only to have to throw it out when it gets wriggly and loud...
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to include in the application? We're also going to put down our personal information in case the adoption does not work out so they can return the kitten/cat if necessary, but we plan on taking applications for a while and then choosing the best match.