Home Alone Feline Rescue
Our Featured Pet
KITTENS have arrived! We have a variety of colors, ages and "purr-sonalities". Click on "Our Adoptable Pet List" to see photos/bios. We strongly believe that kittens need the companionship of another kitten or young cat. in order to grow into well adjusted adults. Please consider the many benefits of adopting a pair!. We're happy to help you find the perfect match!
News
FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED! If you live in the Washington,DC metro area and have some extra room and alot of love to share, you can make the difference in a cat or kitten's life. We pay all medical expenses and pre-approve prospective adopters before they come to visit your foster kitty. If you already have a pet(s)in the house, a seperate room is required in order to acclimate the foster kitty. A minimum comittement of several months is required to allow enough time for a forever home to be found. Please contact us to learn more about becoming a foster home and to receive an application.
Who We Are
We are a small, private feline-only rescue group dedicated to the rescue, care and placement of homeless cats and kittens. The majority of our cats & kittens come from high kill shelters. Through our application and interview process, we strive to make the "purr-fect" match to insure a loving lifelong home for those in our care.
In February 2005, we received "honorable mention" in the Adoption Team Category for the first annual Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Animal Services Award.
We do NOT receive funding from any national organization, federal or state governments. Therefore, we rely on private contributions from generous and caring individuals to enable us to continue saving lives. For a small donation, you can sponsor a cat or kitten of your choice. Your name will be listed on the cat's page until he or she is adopted! Please contact us for more details.
Adopting a friend
We do not have a shelter. All of our cats and kittens are cared for in the private homes of our volunteers. Pre-approved applicants can meet them in their foster homes on an appointment basis. We are happy to e-mail, fax or mail an application upon request. Pre-adoption homevisits are the final step in our adoption process. Adoption fees, which range from $125-$145, include testing for feline leukemia/aids, vaccinations up to the age of the cat allows, deworming, flea/earmite treatment and spay/neuter surgery. For kittens who are too young to be altered prior to placement, we require a spay/neuter deposit which is refunded once the surgery takes place. (We are happy to provide adopters with information about low cost options for this important procedure) .While we do consider out-of-area applications, the adopter must be willing to personally meet with us and visit with the feline(s) of interest. Under no circumstance will we ship or otherwise transport our cats.
We participate in a public adoption event on most Sunday's from 12n-3pm at Chateau Animaux, 524 8th St. SE (Capitol Hill/Barracks Row). Only a few of our cats attend this event each week so please contact us in advance if you want to meet a specific cat. We will make every effort to ensure he/she is there!
Diet Matters!
Proper nutrition is essential to your cat's health. Feeding your cat a high-quality diet, which includes at least 50% canned food (cats are descended from desert creatures and their bodies are made to get most of their daily moisture requirements from their diet), is one of the best things you can do for him. After all, with the exception of an occassional snack or treat, it is really all your companion will eat every day, year after year, throughout his life. Therefore, the choice of food has a significant impact on your cat's health and well-being.
Cats are carnivores and need meat protein as the base of their diet. It's important to check the first few ingredients of the pet food to determine the source of protein. If the first ingredient is corn, wheat or soybean, the food is mostly grain-based and not what Mother Nature intended for our carnivore friends! Also, avoid any foods that contain by-products or chemical preservatives, such as Ethoxyquin, BHA or BHT which are known cancer causing agents.
For more information on pet nutrition and guidelines to help you select the best food and where to purchase it, check out these resources:
All-natural foods can be found in local, independent retail shops - please contact us if you need help finding one in your area. Another excellent resource is Pet Food Direct which will ship the food to you.
Please Contact Us!
Please e-mail us for the quickest response. If you are calling long distance (including an out of area cell phone), it is the only way in which we will reply. We work very hard to ensure that our limited funds go directly to our cat's care and not spent on administrative costs.
Home Alone Feline Rescue
Arlington, VA
Phone: 703-671-5504
Email:
homealonefelines@gmail.com
Click here for a list of pets at this shelter
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