Cat Rescue - Saving One Feline One Meow At A Time

There are thousands of felines sitting in animal shelters as we speak which needs good homes and good owners to live and be with.  Nothing is more laving and valiant than to visit a shelter and adopt one of the beautiful cats which they have under their wings. Many of the sheltered cats have been through many difficult times, from owner neglect, homelessness or owner simply have no more interest in the animal. Yes, it happens. Many owners do come into shelters with their once "loved" pet and decides to shelter them has they are either moving to a new apartment which does not support pets or have no more interest in the animal. There are many owners who are experiencing behavioral problems with their cat and is unable to train the cat to conform to desired behavior and simply gives up the animal.

Cat Re homing

When you visit one of these shelters to adopt a cat and bring it into your new home you must ensure that you are given all the details as much as possible about the animal. You must find out about the animal health record. As sad as it may be, there is absolutely no sense in bringing home a very sick cat unless you know you definitely have the power to heal that animal.

You may need to know the breed of cat you are adopting and know about its behavioral pattern and temperaments. Even though all cats have common characteristics, there are breeds which have different behavioral patterns. The thing is, adopting a cat for re-homing is the same as getting a new cat from any pet store.

Visiting The Shelter - Prepare to meet sadness

If you decide on rescuing a cat and opt to visit an animal shelter, i can guarantee that it will not be all cute and happy stories which will greet you. Some shelters have to be taking care of physically abused, mutilated and amputee cats. You may just be moved to take home one of those category of sheltered cats. But when you do, remember why you took the cat and remember all the care which will be needed to ensure that the cat lives the rest of his/her life feeling, happy, loved and comfortable.  Pet shelter are happy to see prospective adopters as they are over burdened with animal expenses up t their necks for simply having a heart and rescuing these animals. The food and health bill is always a burden, so the quicker they find suitable families for the cats, the easier the budget gets.

Prepare to Rehome Your New Cat

Now that you have decided to take a cat home from the animal shelter, i will advise that you let the animal stay their for one more day until you have prepared a space for that cat. If you have already done so, well good, you can bring home the cat immediately.  Ensure that you have the following items prepared for your new family ember when it reaches home:

• Litter box - Develop litter box training
• Scratch Pad or pole - to prevent those brand new sofa from being clawed to pieces
• Interesting cat toys which will have you cat moving
• Healthy cat food

Cats are adorable creatures, there are billions of cat owners worldwide with numbers continue to grow yearly. Probably if our world leaders owned cats they would be making more cat feed than canons. Visit your nearest cat shelter today and do that heroic thing; adopt a cat.