I want to adopt a cat...
Contact Pam at [email protected] or telephone 07881 607026 between 10:00am and 4:00pm, Monday-Saturday.
Worthing Cat Welfare Trust is always seeking secure, loving homes for the dear little furry friends in our care. All cats and kittens offered for re-homing will have been vet-checked, vaccinated, microchipped and (age permitting) neutered.
We visit potential adopters to gauge whether that home would be a good match with one of our cats and then we invite adopters to come and meet their preferred puss.
When looking on our website for cats needing homes, it is so easy to pick the one where it says: “Lovely cat, very affectionate, wants to sit on your lap, well-suited to a family home.”
But what about the cat that reads: “This cat will need time and patience to settle in and is not very friendly at the moment.”
The truth is that all cats need a loving, forever home. Most of the cats with the latter sort of description have huge potential to develop into the former as time goes by, provided that their new owners have the patience and understanding to release the sweet little soul that lurks behind that slightly grumpy exterior. It is only the past sorrowful experiences of this world that make these cats so cautious and they really do deserve a chance for a happy new life.
Also it’s important to be aware that cats take a while to settle in to their new environment, so don’t be surprised if they aren’t exactly as described by us during those early days with you.
Golden Oldies
It is worth putting in a good word for the oldies in our care! We know what you are thinking; ‘Oh but we might not have them for very long’. But we all have to get old one day and these poor darlings need lots of love, care and attention just like younger cats. They often appreciate it more too!
We have a Golden Oldies Scheme for cats over 10 years old. We appreciate they may have health problems in their advancing years, so we have designed a scheme to help cope with this. It pledges ongoing financial support from Worthing Cat Welfare Trust in terms of age-related veterinary costs, which can, of course, become substantial as puss gets older. The owner would still finance the cat’s general expenditure, such as food, litter, annual vaccinations, trips to the cinema, etc.
Pam Fellows – Adoptions Officer
I need to rehome my cat...
Worthing Cat Welfare Trust provides one of the most thorough and sensitive rehoming services anywhere in the animal welfare sector. Cats and kittens handed over into our care are treated with the same love and respect that we give to our own pets.
We ensure that all cats coming through our hands are vet-checked, vaccinated, neutered and micro-chipped.
Your cat will never go to any new home until we have carried out a personal visit to meet prospective new owners, so that we are sure Puss is going into an appropriate, secure, loving environment. We follow this up a few weeks later to check that the cat is settling in comfortably and if there are any complications, we take Puss back into our care for favourable rehoming.
If you currently have a cat or kittens, which you can no longer keep and you would like us to rehome them for you, please e-mail us at [email protected]
Alternatively, you can contact me direct on 01903 883179 or 07818 824407, between 8:30-10:30am and 6:30-8:30pm, Monday-Saturday.
Jackie Riddles – Welfare & Rescue Officer