Adoption Process

Our adoption fees are £125 for a single kitten under 6 months, £200 for a pair of kittens under 6 months, £120 for an adult cat and £90 for cats of 10 years and over. 

 If you are interested in a cat that is listed on our website please email us with the name of the cat in the SUBJECT line. 

Applications for named cats should be emailed directly to: felinefriendslondon@gmail.com.

If your enquiry is more general and you are looking for a type of cat, for instance an older cat, an indoor only cat, a cat with a disability or special needs, or a pair of cats or kittens, please put this in the subject line. 

PLEASE ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:

  • Your email contains your full postal address and contact number.

  • Your email has the cat’s name that you are applying to adopt in the subject line

  • You give us a brief overview of your home set-up. We aim to follow up with a pre-homing questionnaire for applicants that seem to be suitable for the named cat.

Once paired with a potential cat match, we will arrange to do a home visit. If this is successful, we will reserve the cat and then arrange for you to go & meet the cat in their foster home. Once we are assured that you can offer the cat the type of home & care it needs, the adoption can go ahead. 

Please note that we look for homes away from busy roads with garden access at the back of the home, to reduce the risk of road accidents. In the case of cats who are rehomed as indoor only we ask that you take care not to open the windows more than a 3cm gap. We also do not rehome them to accommodation higher than the 2nd floor. Our policy for rehoming cats as ‘indoor only’ are when cats have a disability, are FIV or FeLV positive or are at least 10 years old and are no longer interested in going outside.

The adoption process is managed by volunteers, who work hard to find the most suitable home for each cat. We appreciate you replying to emails promptly, and being available for a phone call at a time that suits. 

All the adult cats in our foster care will have been vet checked, neutered, vaccinated, deflead, wormed & microchipped before they are rehomed. Kittens of 9 weeks are rehomed with a 1st vaccination and a full vaccination course if they are rehomed at 13 weeks. Our female kittens are neutered at 5 months and male kittens at 6 months.

PLEASE NOTE - There is a current national shortage of vaccines, and this may cause some amendments to our usual process. We will discuss with you what impact this may have with each individual cat.