Save The Kittens

All kittens are spayed/neutered before adoption, and have had part or all of the feline distemper series. Cats four months and older also have their rabies shot. Please read the card on each cat's cage at their location for series and booster shot requirements.

Due to the limited number of volunteers we have, and the need to have a professional assess the kitten's health and determine if they need veterinary care, we don't take kittens directly from the public. We go to the county shelter and coordinate foster home placements for any new kittens there. If you have kittens to give up, please take them to the county animal shelter on Airport Road in Martell, and we will work on finding foster homes for them from there. If you have a mother cat with the kittens, please wait if possible until the kittens are weaned (eating canned or dry food and no longer nursing, approximately 4 weeks of age) before taking them to the shelter, as we have a very limited number of foster homes that can bottle feed newborn kittens, and the longer the kittens nurse with their mother, the better their immune systems become thanks to the benefits of mother's milk (just like humans).

We need more foster homes!

Both for bottle feeding kittens and for weaned kittens, or for a mom cat with a litter. Call Carolyn at 209-296-2590 if you can foster even one litter; it would be a big help. We get our kittens from the shelter as they come in, but we need homes to place them in temporarily. Fostering is a real joy, and is a great summer vacation project for a responsible teenager (with parental permission). A-PAL and the animal shelter supplies all food, cat litter, and can authorize veterinary treatment and medicine if needed for your foster babies.

Download the KITTEN FOSTER MANUAL HERE!
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DONATE to our Save the Kittens program.
All contributions are fully tax deductible
A-PAL's Tax ID is 94-2462789