Opie

All our kitties are fully vetted; spayed/neutered, FeLV/FIV tested, utd on rabies, distemper vax, dewormed, deflead and microchipped.<br/><br/>These kittens will only be adopted pairs. As of this writing (1/18/26), Opie is 3.5 mos old and weighs a whole 3 lbs. <br/><br/>Opie is one of the 6 males in a litter of 8 that were dumped in a degraded box on the steps of the Shelter before they opened - yes, it was freezing cold outside and they were screaming with hunger...estimated to be about 3 weeks old, the shelter is not staffed to bottle feed 8 kittens every 4 hours. They called us the day before Thanksgiving, and we said yes, we'd take them right away and the rest is a jam packed month of cleaning, bathing, medicating, feeding, washing linens and litter box scooping and scouring. It got much easier once healthy and weaned! The foster family had a volunteer Nanny Crew, with one coming each morning to help start the day. So this litter has only known humans as lovely givers and surrogate mothers. With so many handlers they are all unafraid of a posse of new people coming in, they run TOWARDS them. Just delighted for the company. <br/> <br/>Opie named for Ron Howard as a little boy starring in the Andy Griffin Show, little red-head boy with a cowlick, and Opie has one right in the middle of his forehead. Just a darling little fluffy boy, talk about adorable, loaded with charm and personality, he is Gabriel's mini-me. Difficult to tell them apart if they are not standing together, then it's easy to see that the smallest is Opie. To identify which is which we look at the socks. Gabriel's front left sock is pulled straight up, his other socks are short. Opie's are all down around his ankles. While playful, friendly, affectionate, as well as athletic, Opie has a quieter confidence and possesses a very sweet nature and temperament. Not the flashy star, but rather has the sureness of who he is, no doubt relying on his adorableness and fluffiness. Comparing in human terms, Opie joins Theta Ky like Gabriel and Sugarbaby, but he shimmers without the star burst. Majoring in mechanical engineering, he lives at the frat house, but moves out with Sugarbaby into an apartment. He writes poetry, loves music, and is very creative. Goes on to become a landscape architect.<br/><br/>Opie's perfect home is where he is an integral part of the family, gets plenty of physical and mental exercise, in the form of interactive play and toys, plenty of attention to continue to blossom as a loving friendly affectionate kitty.<br/><br/>If you are interested in meeting these kittens please submit an application by clicking this link; https://www.culpeperhumane.org/adoptions/application/<br/>Once submitted, the vet reference you provided will be contacted (IF NO vet, please provide 3 personal references, may be family and friends if they have a cat that you interact with), and our Director of Adoptions will schedule a phone interview with you. If approved, you will be contacted by our Foster Coordinator for a (virtual) home visit. If approved, the foster parent is notified to contact you to discuss the kitten(s) and arrange the logistics for a visit. If both parties are committed to moving forward with an adoption, the foster parent is empowered to do same day adoption. Our rescue group does not have a brick and mortar facility, all our animals are home fostered in our foster volunteer’s homes. You will be visiting a private residence. The application does not oblige you to adopt, nor does the visitation; the application gives us more information to help ensure an appropriate, suitable and good match.<br/><br/>Not first come, first served, but the best possible match made.<br/><br/>Our policy is that we always take our animals back should it prove to be a less than perfect match, or if you are unable or unwilling to care for the animal any longer. We just don't want the animal to go back into the system. It is also our policy NOT to adopt to families with intact dogs or cats (unless there is a medical reason for not doing so). This is an effort to educate and support our national spay/neuter efforts to reduce the unwanted pet population.<br/><br/>We DO adopt to DC residents, parts of Maryland and all of Virginia. Occasionally we will adopt far from our epi-center, but will request your local humane society to do a home visit for us and act as our safety net. Preference is given to applicants within our epi-center.<br/><br/>Thank you for considering an unwanted and abandoned kitty, and being part of the rescue efforts.

All our kitties are fully vetted; spayed/neutered, FeLV/FIV tested, utd on rabies, distemper vax, dewormed, deflead and microchipped.

These kittens will only be adopted pairs. As of this writing (1/18/26), Opie is 3.5 mos old and weighs a whole 3 lbs.

Opie is one of the 6 males in a litter of 8 that were dumped in a degraded box on the steps of the Shelter before they opened - yes, it was freezing cold outside and they were screaming with hunger...estimated to be about 3 weeks old, the shelter is not staffed to bottle feed 8 kittens every 4 hours. They called us the day before Thanksgiving, and we said yes, we'd take them right away and the rest is a jam packed month of cleaning, bathing, medicating, feeding, washing linens and litter box scooping and scouring. It got much easier once healthy and weaned! The foster family had a volunteer Nanny Crew, with one coming each morning to help start the day. So this litter has only known humans as lovely givers and surrogate mothers. With so many handlers th

All our kitties are fully vetted; spayed/neutered, FeLV/FIV tested, utd on rabies, distemper vax, dewormed, deflead and microchipped.

These kittens will only be adopted pairs. As of this writing (1/18/26), Opie is 3.5 mos old and weighs a whole 3 lbs.

Opie is one of the 6 males in a litter of 8 that were dumped in a degraded box on the steps of the Shelter before they opened - yes, it was freezing cold outside and they were screaming with hunger...estimated to be about 3 weeks old, the shelter is not staffed to bottle feed 8 kittens every 4 hours. They called us the day before Thanksgiving, and we said yes, we'd take them right away and the rest is a jam packed month of cleaning, bathing, medicating, feeding, washing linens and litter box scooping and scouring. It got much easier once healthy and weaned! The foster family had a volunteer Nanny Crew, with one coming each morning to help start the day. So this litter has only known humans as lovely givers and surrogate mothers. With so many handlers they are all unafraid of a posse of new people coming in, they run TOWARDS them. Just delighted for the company.

Opie named for Ron Howard as a little boy starring in the Andy Griffin Show, little red-head boy with a cowlick, and Opie has one right in the middle of his forehead. Just a darling little fluffy boy, talk about adorable, loaded with charm and personality, he is Gabriel's