Here’s what you’ll need to know to keep your companion feline happy and healthy.
Background
Cats were domesticated sometime between 4,000 and 8,000 years ago, in Africa and the Middle East. Small wild cats started hanging out where humans stored their grain. When humans saw cats up close and personal, they began to admire felines for their beauty and grace. There are many different breeds of cats–from the hairless Sphynx and the fluffy Persian to the silvery spotted Egyptian Mau. But the most popular felines of all are non-pedigree—that includes brown tabbies, black-and-orange tortoiseshells, all-black cats with long hair, striped cats with white socks and everything in between.
I Can’t Keep My Cat
We understand that some owners have to re-home their pets due to unexpected circumstances and we hope that the information provided below will help you to find a suitable new home for your cat. It is important to start looking for a new home as soon as possible—it can take weeks or months to find an appropriate home for your cat….
I Found a Stray Cat
Kindred Kitties gets requests on a daily basis to help local stray kitties, but the stray and feral population in our area is simply too large for us to be able to help with every single request. The number of kitties we are able to help is directly based on the limited number of foster homes we have at any given time and typically, they a