Before Rehoming Your Cat Try... Local: Pet Resource Centers, County of Santa Barbara Find-a-Veterinarian, County of Santa Barbara C.A.R.E.4Paws C.A.R.E.4Paws (Community Awareness, Resources & Education) works to reduce pet overpopulation, keep animals out of...
Re-Homing Your Cat If you’ve arrived at the difficult decision to rehoming your cat, you can increase your success in finding just the right home, without surrendering your pet to an animal shelter. It’s in their best interest for you to find their new home without...
Be a Confident Matchmaker A Potential Adopter: Great! You’ve found an interested party. When someone responds to your flyer, you have an opportunity to interview him or her. Do an initial interview over the phone before meeting in person. By doing so, you can...
You’ve just found a litter of kittens, NOW WHAT? You're likely to hear them before you see them. The sound of tiny kittens mewing. They appear alone, defenseless and in danger. The mama cat is nowhere in sight. Each Spring as the weather warms up, unspayed female cats...
What Color Is My Cat? Black Black/White Blue Point (Himalayan) Blue Point (Siamese) Brown Tabby Brown Tabby/White Calico Calico (Dilute) Calico Tabby Chocolate Point (Siamese) Cream Tabby Flame Point (Siamese) Gray Gray/White Gray Tabby Gray Tabby/White Lilac Point...
Why Spay or Neuter Your Cat Unwanted animals have become a very real concern in Santa Barbara. As pet lovers, it is our responsibility to understand the impact of the decisions we make for our pets. Cats are 45 times more prolific than humans. If we were to spay 44...
Bringing Home a New Kitten The first few days of your new kitten's life with you should be quiet days. Most likely it has just had surgery and now needs to familiarize itself with a totally new environment, complete with new sounds, smells, perhaps children and a...