I posted here a month or two ago about a feral momma cat and her kittens (thank you all for your help) - as an update, the momma cat has been spayed and then a week later released back into our back yard where she's living now. A regular food supply from us makes our yard that much more attractive to her
. She's still just as feral, but at least we know she won't be having any more kittens.
Now, the three kittens are 3 months old, completely socialized (except one who's a bit shy) and are ready to be adopted out. We had them examined by a vet, tested for FIV/FeLv - all negative - got them all vaccinated and treated for parasites, as well as gave them rabies shots.
The problem that we have now is finding them homes. We've emailed our friends / acquaintances / friends of friends :-), posted flyers at work and vet's office, contacted local rescue groups and no-kill shelters, put up an ad on pet finder and in the local paper. The only response we got from the paper ad and most of it is... hmmm... strange? We're asking for a $30 adoption fee - mainly to make sure that whoever adopts the kittens will not use them for food in dog fights, etc. Our vet fees were close to $400, so we are not trying to make $$ here. Most of the calls we've gotten were from people who cannot pay the adoption fee, but would love to get a kitten. Is this normal? Should we lower it to maybe $20? We were offerring $100-200 to rescue groups to take in the kittens but they all say theyre full.
We'll be going overseas for 3 weeks in August and we need to find homes for these sweeties.
Thank you all! You are all the best and the main source of information for me in this whole ordeal!
Now, the three kittens are 3 months old, completely socialized (except one who's a bit shy) and are ready to be adopted out. We had them examined by a vet, tested for FIV/FeLv - all negative - got them all vaccinated and treated for parasites, as well as gave them rabies shots.
The problem that we have now is finding them homes. We've emailed our friends / acquaintances / friends of friends :-), posted flyers at work and vet's office, contacted local rescue groups and no-kill shelters, put up an ad on pet finder and in the local paper. The only response we got from the paper ad and most of it is... hmmm... strange? We're asking for a $30 adoption fee - mainly to make sure that whoever adopts the kittens will not use them for food in dog fights, etc. Our vet fees were close to $400, so we are not trying to make $$ here. Most of the calls we've gotten were from people who cannot pay the adoption fee, but would love to get a kitten. Is this normal? Should we lower it to maybe $20? We were offerring $100-200 to rescue groups to take in the kittens but they all say theyre full.
We'll be going overseas for 3 weeks in August and we need to find homes for these sweeties.
Thank you all! You are all the best and the main source of information for me in this whole ordeal!