FAQ

We are continually updating our online listings, with at most a few days lag in noting adoptions. If you are interested in a cat, the best way to proceed would be to fill out our online adoption application - https://www.straycatblues.org/adoption-applications

Once you submit the application, one of our Adoption Representatives would contact you and work with you through the adoption process. They make it easy!

In order for us to check to see if we have a foster who is able to take the cat, you would need to complete our Intake Request Form - https://www.straycatblues.org/found-a-cat-form We are not able to guarantee that we can take the cat you contact us about. Our Intake Team will also send you a list of other area rescues you can also contact about placement. If possible, please bring the cat inside while you work to place them. That will protect them from dangers such as predators and traffic. Be sure to also network with your friends and family to find the cat a home, and post to your social media to get the word out.

If the mother cat is friendly and you are able, please bring the whole family inside while you work on placing them with a rescue. Be sure to keep them separate from your own pets so as not to disrupt your pets’ routine. Then fill out our Intake Request Form - https://www.straycatblues.org/found-a-cat-form

We are not able to guarantee that we can take the cat and kittens you contact us about. Our Intake Team will also send you a list of other area rescues you can also contact about placement.

In that case, it is generally better to leave the kittens with the mother cat outside until the kittens are able to eat solid food at about 5-6 weeks old. (Though also consider if there are particular dangers in your area, and watch in case the mother cat abandons the kittens.). Please provide food, water, and shelter for the mother cat and kittens so that the mother cat does not need to leave the kittens as much to seek out food. Once the kittens are able to eat solid food, you will want to catch them and bring them inside while you work to place them with a rescue. Submit an Intake Request Form to Stray Cat Blues - https://www.straycatblues.org/found-a-cat-form

We are not able to guarantee that we can take the kittens you contact us about. Our Intake Team will also send you a list of other area rescues you can also contact about placement.

Be sure to trap and spay the mother cat once you have brought the kittens inside, so that you do not have more kittens later!

If you have questions not covered above, please email us at contact@straycatblues.org

Sadly, for feral cats who are not friendly with people, there are limited options for relocating them. We are generally not able to take these cats in, as it is very difficult to find homes to adopt them out to. So, please reconsider if you might be able to co-exist with the cats. Trap, and spay/neuter the cats so that you do not have kittens. If possible provide the cats with food and water, and some sort of outside shelter. Feral cats provide great rodent control!

If you absolutely do not want the cats around, please utilize humane strategies to get them to avoid your property. Here is a link with ideas of how to do that -

https://www.alleycat.org/resources/how-to-live-with-cats-in-your-neighborhood/

We have a small number of volunteer trappers who cover limited parts of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. In order for us to check to see if we can assist you, please fill out our Intake Request Form, which doubles as a TNR help request - https://www.straycatblues.org/found-a-cat-form

Please note that we are not able to subsidize the cost of spay/neuter and related vet costs. You would be responsible for these costs.

If you have a larger project, or if we do not have a volunteer able to assist you, you may want to contact Forgotten Cats - https://forgottencats.org/tnr-services/

Or consider trying to do the TNR on your own. There are lots of resources online! If you have physical limitations, consider asking friends, family or neighbors to help you.

You will want to contact the clinic you plan to use for the spay/neuter surgery to make an appointment and see if they have loaner traps, if needed. Here are some clinics, but you can also check with local vets (be sure to ask about pricing up front if the cost is important to you)

• Animal Lifeline - borrow traps, and vouchers for low income people to spay/neuter their pets - http://animallifelinepa.org
• Alley Cat Allies Feral Friends Network - https://www.alleycat.org/our-work/feral-friends-network/feral-friends-network-connect/
• Bucks County SPCA - https://buckscountyspca.org/get-help/spay-neuter-a-cat/
• Forgotten Cats (Willow Grove) - https://forgottencats.org/program-services-fees/
• The Spayed Club 484-540-8436 (Sharon Hill) - www.thespayedclubclinic.org<
• Affordable Spay Neuter Clinic (Pottstown) 610-970-4173 – www.affordablespay.com
• No Nonsense Neutering (Allentown, Mahonoy City, Reading) 866-820-2510 – www.nnnlv.org
• Bridge Clinic (Newtown) - https://www.thebridgeclinic.org
• Peaceable Kingdom (Whitehall) - https://www.lvpeaceablekingdom.info

For the actual logistics of doing the trapping, there are some great resources on the Alley Cat Allies website - https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care-category/tnr/

Great! We are always in need of barn cat homes. Please fill out our Barn Cat Adoption Application -

https://www.straycatblues.org/adoption-applications-1

Once you complete the application, our Barn Cat foster will reach out to you with next steps.

Send us a picture, your location, and your contact info. We will notify our Intake Team in case we are contacted by anyone with a “found” cat that matches. We may also be able to post your cat to our Facebook page to have our followers be on the lookout.

Here are some suggestions to be proactive in your search for your cat:

• Search the neighborhood. Knock on doors and ask if anyone has seen your cat.
• Report the cat missing to your local SPCA so that if a cat is brought in that matches, they will contact you.
• If the cat is microchipped, contact the chip company.
• Call local vet offices. Sometimes if people find a cat they will bring them to the vet.
• Check with other local rescue groups
• Post flyers in your neighborhood - https://petbond.com/flyer-maker/
• Here is also a page with ideas - http://sonic.net/~pauline/indoor.html

We hope your kitty is safe back home very soon!