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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

What’s Included In Our $175.00 Adoption Fee?

Kitty Devore Rescue is committed to rescuing responsibly. 

This commitment means we hold ourselves to a high standard of care when it comes to the kitties in our foster care program. It also means each Kitty Devore Rescue kitty has undergone 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 a fee less than ours – but their fee may include fewer vetting procedures that we consider necessary to ensure a kitty’s optimal health. Some offer kitties for adoption who have had no vetting procedures at all.

If you were to adopt a kitty for less or one “free to a good home” and, as a responsible pet parent, opted to have all the vital and necessary health procedures done that every cat in Kitty Devore Rescue care receives, this is what that “free” kitty is likely to cost you:

Spay/Neuter – $60.00 to $150.00

FeLV and FIV Testing – $40.00 to $80.00

FVRCP Vaccine(s) – $10.00 to $25.00 per vaccine (kittens need a series of 3 for optimal immunization)

Rabies Vaccine – $10.00 to $25.00

Microchip – $25.00 to $50.00

Flea/Earmite Treatment – $15.00 to $30.00 per monthly dose

Deworming – $15.00 to 25.00

Exam fee each vet visit – $30.00 to $75.00

Total: $195.00 to $455.00

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These are just the basics.

Most veterinarians charge somewhere within these price ranges for these basic procedures.

Kitty Devore Rescue kitties undergo basics and, in some cases, even more! Kitties in Kitty Devore Rescue foster care who are in need of 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 all our adopters with full veterinary records and history of their newly adopted KD kitty, information about the microchip transfer* and an adoption box containing toys and treats for their new feline family member by USPS mail within 3 weeks of the official adoption date.

Additionally, the adoption fee is refundable in full if things don’t work out within the first 30 days. Even after 30 days, if for any reason you need to return your adopted KD kitty, we will always welcome them back into Kitty Devore Rescue foster care. We will always be their safety net for the duration of their lifetime.

And yet, our adoption fee is still $175.00 for every cat and kitten. Or $325.00 for two!

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

* Microchips are transferred from KD’s microchip registry to the adopter 30 days from the official adoption date

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