Working Whiskers Cats for Adoption

Visit our Shelter, open daily, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Our Working Whiskers program gives more cats the opportunity for safe and satisfying lives that match their preferences and experiences.

Equity for All Cats

Let’s agree all cats deserve an environment where they feel safe and satisfied — whatever that means to them. Hop on over to browse available pet cats, if you want a love bug or a trusty sidekick.

Sociability Spectrum

Think of Working Whiskers cats across a wide sociability spectrum. When evaluating cats in our care, we don’t draw a single line with pet cats on one side and Working Whiskers cats automatically on the other side.

It’s more complicated than that. Several variables in cats’ backgrounds and experiences so far in life determine their sociability preferences with people and their suitability for our Working Whiskers program.

• Some cats missed the crucial window for human socialization as kittens and feel stressed by the presence of people.
• Others like people well enough but only know freedom and find home life frustrating.
• Some grew up around horses and other barnyard friends and get all their social needs met from those connections more than human contact.
• Still others never really took to typical home-life rules and expectations and simply do better without that pressure.

In other words, some Working Whiskers cats may only show up at mealtime or may only eat after you go back inside, but others may follow you around during chores or even invite a little attention with a boop from time to time.

Potential Benefits of Adopting a Working Whiskers Cat

Working Whiskers cats offer several potential benefits to well-matched adopters willing to provide a safe and satisfying environment:

• Low-demand feline friend (who won’t wake you up by using your bed as a racetrack at 3 am)
• Lower allergen exposure for kitty lovers or family members with allergies
• Companionship for other animals on your property
• Rodent deterrence—mouser or not—since their presence in your barns or outbuildings often encourages mice and others to move along

Working Whiskers Adoption Basics

What we provide:

• Screening for the best candidates
• Free adoptions
• Spay or neuter surgery
• Microchip (implanted identification)
• Rabies and feline distemper vaccinations, FeLV/FIV testing
• Ear tipping (to alert others, from a distance, of ownership and care status)

In turn, we ask that you provide:

• Safe and warm shelter in a barn, stable, outbuilding, storefront or similar
• Daily food and water
• Veterinary care when needed for illness or injury