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Choosing Your New Foster Kitty

September 15, 2018 by KD

Foster guardians interested in choosing a foster kitty to rescue are encouraged to consider the cats listed on the Urgents thread posted daily in the Kitty Devore Rescue Network group forum. It will cite the intake numbers and names of all the Friendly kitties currently in need of rescue at Devore and Big Bear shelters. You can also look through the Most Urgent Friendlies album on the KD public Facebook page and select a kitty in need from the intake photos posted there. If you see a cat that really tugs at your heart, let the Primary Rescue Coordinator know. She will begin a rescue effort to get that cat safely out of the shelter and into your care. This will include working out who will be pulling the cat from the shelter, who will be transporting the cat to you and who, if needed, will be able to temporarily foster him or her in the event you aren’t able to take custody of them immediately. 

Sometimes we do have displaced kitties in our foster care and, when this is the case, KD foster guardians are highly encouraged to choose their next foster cat from the displaced kitty list. Three or more cats on the displaced list will result in a self-imposed suspension that halts our ability to take in new cats until the ones we already have in our care have secured new placements. Suspensions and their effects will be discussed later in this document.

Filed Under: KD Fostering Handbook

Our Kitties Have It All!

Kitty Devore Rescue commits itself to rescuing responsibly. 

We hold ourselves to a high standard of care regarding the kitties in our foster care program. Each Kitty Devore Rescue kitty undergoes a comprehensive vetting and post-shelter rehabilitation process before we consider them ready for adoption.

Some rescue groups and shelters offer kitties for adoption for an adoption donation less than ours. Still, they may include fewer vetting procedures that we consider necessary to ensure a kitty’s optimal health. Some offer adoptable kitties who have had no vetting procedures at all.

“Free to a good home” kitties are not necessarily free to adopters. Responsible pet parents who care about the vital and necessary health procedures every kitty needs to ensure good health will find their out-of-pocket costs looking something like this:

Spay/Neuter – $80.00 to $200.00+

FeLV and FIV Testing – $40.00 to $80.00

FVRCP Vaccine(s) – $15.00 to $40.00 per vaccine (kittens need a series of 3 for optimal immunization)

Rabies Vaccine – $15.00 to $40.00

Microchip – $25.00 to $50.00

Flea/Earmite Treatment – $20.00 to $30.00 per monthly dose

Deworming – $15.00 to $30.00

Exam fee each vet visit – $40.00 to $80.00

Total: $250.00 to $550.00

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These are just the basics.

Most veterinarians charge somewhere within these price ranges for these standard and essential procedures.

Kitty Devore Rescue kitties undergo basics and, in some cases, even more! Kitties in Kitty Devore Rescue foster care needing dental, medical, or surgical intervention receive immediate and quality veterinary attention and treatment. We address all observable and discoverable health issues – both internal and external. If there is an issue, we address it – even if that issue costs us thousands to treat and correct.

Once adopted, we provide our adopters with complete veterinary records and the history of their newly adopted KD kitty while in our foster care program. Additionally, we relay information about the microchip transfer* and an adoption box containing toys and treats for their new feline family member by USPS mail within three weeks of the official adoption date.

^ Take a peek inside our adoption box! ^

We refund 100% of the adoption donation if things don’t work out within the first 30 days of the adoption date. Even after 30 days, we always welcome previously adopted Kitty Devore kitties back into our foster care program, remaining their safety net for their lifetime.

And yet, our minimum adoption donation requested per adoptable cat or kitten stands at a flat $200.00 and $375.00 if you adopt two!

So, if you’re looking to adopt a new feline family member and friend, what are you waiting for? Apply to adopt a Kitty Devore Rescue kitty today!

* We transfer the microchip registration to our Kitty Devore adopters 30 days from the official adoption date.

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