No Guarantees About Kittens...

My babies are 2 weeks old now, and I need to start thinking of homing them. 3 are spoken for at the moment, and there are 2 left available. I was seriously thinking about keeping one, but that would make 5 cats for me, and I am not sure if I could handle another. (Although it's a possibility)
What is the best way to make sure your babies go to a responsible home that you approve of, and know that they are being cared for, without doing the whole "I'm coming over every 2 weeks" speech LOL

Go case their house and see if they're the people they make themselves out to be, and you could always do unscheduled checkups every once in a while.

Originally Posted by Cougar

Go case their house and see if they're the people they make themselves out to be, and you could always do unscheduled checkups every once in a while.

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Sounds like another word for that could be stalking?

Sorry I don't have any suggestions to help!

It could...


a little stalking never hurt anyone

LOL....I want to avoid stalking people

Well if you don't want to stalk... I would say go with your instinct. Obviously ask questions, see if they know what to do and if you feel uneasy about them, go with what you feel.

Some questions you could ask: why do you want a cat? have you had a cat before/do you have one now? how much would you say it costs to keep a cat? do you plan on declawing this cat? when do you plan on spaying/neutering this cat?

Matt, the best ways are to charge some form of adoption fee (a definite!) and use an Adoption Agreement. We've got one on Save Samoa: http://www.savesamoa.org/html/rescue.html It's available in PDF and Word (it's the first set of links). Covers things like the kitten will be spayed/neutered, not declawed, you will take it back if it doesn't work out, allows for you to make (a) home inspection, check vet records, check with the landlord if renting, etc. It's pretty thorough.

Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226

when do you plan on spaying/neutering this cat?

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What, you want to leave it up to them? I guess you could always ask them IF they plan on spaying/neutering... if they say "no we want our cat to be a manly cat" then that's not a good sign.

very very thourough contract valanb, but will they take it seriously?

Originally Posted by Kat_Boy

very very thourough contract valanb, but will they take it seriously?

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And therein lies the rub ... *sigh*

An Agreement keeps the honest people honest, but it certainly won't stop the dishonest ones from being dishonest.

Well kat boy I guess if you don't think there serious the'll be katless lol

Don't adopt them out to people you feel even the slightest doubt about (if they are good people they will still be able to adopt elsewhere).

You can list them on www.petfinder.com

Spay/Nueter them and charge an adoption fee to cover it.

Mostly though, be sure to talk to them a while. See if you get the feeling they understand the kitten could live to be a 20 year old cat, find out what they plan on doing if they move (taking the cat, etc), if they have previous cat experience, if they can afford to take them to a vet if there are any problems, etc.

Just some thoughts.