Adoption

    • Interested in adopting?

Visiting the cats is by APPOINTMENT ONLY once we have processed your adoption enquiry. 

If you would like to enquire about any of our cats please fill out our adoption enquiry form and someone will be in touch with you for a chat. Please be aware that we are run entirely by volunteers who do this around their jobs and families, but we will get back to you as quickly as we can.

MEET OUR RESIDENTS

BARNEY

  • Male
  • Approx 9 years old
  • Friendly fella
  • Suitable for an indoor home or a little garden access

Meet the handsome Barney. Barney’s owner sadly passed away 2 years ago and he was being fed by kind neighbours on the street but unfortunately he wasn’t fairing well, he kept getting beaten up by local cats and contracted cat flu. He’s been in foster a little while now getting himself better and is now all ready for his furever home. He’s a sweet friendly boy who loves nothing more than strokes and fusses. He loves a little play too! We don’t know 100% how old Barney is but the vets estimate him an early senior boy, maybe around 9 years old. He would make a purrfect companion for someone in need of a furry friend

BUSTER

  • Male
  • Approx 2-3 years old
  • Charming fella! 
  • Needs outdoor access 

Hey hey, Buster’s the name, busting my nose into everything that’s going on is my game! I found myself visiting Pawprints in the winter when I had nowhere else to go, the kind volunteers fed me and gained my trust. They took me to the vetty people and took my pom poms then gave me some jabbies but they said that all means I can find my furever home now. My purrfect home would have a nice garden with someone who likes a bit of gardening or tinker about as I like to supurrvise. Once I’ve finished that important job and you go inside I then want to go with you so I can have a snack and a nice nap after all that hard work! Could you give me my purrfect home?

DAISY

  • Female
  • 10 years old
  • Shy but sweet lady
  • Can be homed with or without Lady
  • Suitable as an indoor cat or cat flap access

Hello, Daisy here. I’m really sad because my meowmy passed away and I was with her since I was a tiny kitten. I’m a sweet lady but I need someone to give me time to get to know them as this is all a big change for me! I’m in foster with my big sister Lady, we lived together but she is more confident than me and likes to get all the attention so it’s OK if we get our own homes unless there is more than one person to make sure we both get attention. My foster family say I am no trouble, I still hide a lot but i would come round more in a home all of my own

DUTCHY

  • Male
  • Middle aged
  • Shy but sweet!

Hey, the name’s Dutchy. I came to Pawprints after I was struggling to survive on the streets and rescued by a kind lady. She helped care for me until Pawprints could help. I’ve had a tough old time, bad cat flu, a dental and then a burst abscess behind my poorly eye but I’m all good now and enjoy fusses from the volunteers. It took me a good while to trust these hoomans again after my past but they say I’m the most loving boy now who will rub myself all over your legs. I can still be weary at times and hiss if I feel scared so I will need someone who understands cats like me but if you give me the chance I will be your loyal companion. I would love a warm home as soon as possible as these cold months aren’t great for me. Get in touch if you can find a space in your heart for me!

LADY

  • Female
  • 12 years old
  • Friendly little lady
  • Can be homed with or without Daisy
  • Suitable as an indoor cat or cat flap access

Hey hey, Lady here. I came to Pawprints because my meowmy passed away. I’m a sweet friendly lady who likes a fuss! I’m in foster with my little sister Daisy, we lived together but she is much shyer than me and like to get lots of attention so it’s OK if we get our own homes unless there is more than one person to make sure we both get attention. My foster family say I am very easy to care for. I just need to find a furever home all of my own now

MAMA CASS

  • Female
  • Approx 1 year old
  • Shy little lady

Hi, Mama Cass here, mother to Ellen, Edwina and Elliot who have all found homes now. I found myself pregnant and alone and gave birth in a garden. Some kind people rescued me and my babies and brought us inside. My foster dad says I have been a great mum despite only being a baby myself. They do say I’m a little bit of a project so I do need your patience. I will come to find my foster dad when it’s feeding time and even lick yummy paste off his fingers but I take longer to let you stroke me and sometimes get scared! I’m slowly growing in confidence though. I enjoy playing on my own or with my kittens and I’m good with the other cats in the home too. My foster dad says I have the cutest tail shake when I get excited! I just need a chance to come around at my own pace. Are you the patient person I need?

*Special home/s needed*

CHARLOTTE, ARCHIE, LILI AND LOUIS

  • Male and Female
  • Siblings
  • Approx 3 years old
  • Shy but sweet with lots of purrtential!

We are the ‘Furmouse 4’. We used to be the ‘Furmouse 5’ but we sadly lost our brother George when he and Charlotte got poorly. Charlotte was very lucky she managed to fight the virus with the help of the vets and after lots of waiting we have been able to live together again. We came to Pawprints after being born outside, we were very timid and the rescue have been working hard to build our trust. Charlotte and Archie are the most confident and both love fusses once we get to know you, Lili and Louis are still very shy but we will let you stroke us and relax more after someone spends time with us. The volunteers would love us to find our furever home/s now and continue to grow our confidence. We’ve had a catsultation and the volunteers said we may need to go in pairs which we would be OK with if we had to. Of course if anyone wanted us all a special deal could be arranged! We will need a quiet home with someone who has experience of us very shy cats. Please fill in a form for a chat with the hoomans about us if you can offer us the patient loving home we need

REUBEN 

  • Male
  • Approx 18 months old
  • Needs safe outdoor access or catio
  • Crazy but cute! 

Hey, Reuben here! I came to Pawprints after I got myself into a bit of trouble and a kind lady rescued me from a petrol station! The volunteers aren’t sure if I got in a car or if someone left me there as I was so scared when I was found! I’m now showing everyone my VERY cheeky self! I love to play and have lots of energy! The volunteers say I am a bit of a project as they think I left my mum early so haven’t learned my boundaries properly yet. They think a confident cat could teach me or a hooman who can handle a character! Once I get my own home and space to burn off all my energy the volunteers think I will be much better so purrlease come and rescue me soon!

TOBY TOEBEANS

  • Male
  • 8 years old
  • Shy but sweet gentleman apart
  • Needs outdoor access or a Catio

Hello, I’m Toby aka Toby Toebeans and I came to Pawprints when my hoomdad passed away. I fled the house when it happened and the volunteers helped to get me safe. I was very bonded to my dad and have been used to a quiet home so it has taken the volunteers a long time for me to trust them. It took a good few months but then I let my chicken friend have fusses who I know well (she got sooooo excited, I’m not sure what all the fuss was about!) and will now let other nice people fuss me too! I will also do my chicken dance if you’re lucky! The volunteers say I need a special person who will give me all the time I need to bond with them. I like to sit at your feet like I did with my dad. It will take some time but I will get there. If you put your trust in me I will be the loyalist gentleman and furriend a person could ask for. Could you be my special someone?

PIXEL

  • Male
  • Approx 2 years old
  • Friendly, playful chap!
  • Needs outdoor access

Hey hey, the names Pixel and I came to Pawprints after being rescued after I was living outside on my own. I’m a friendly boy, like a fuss but can get a little excited if I get lots of fuss so I need a hooman who has had a cat before. I’m an easy going fella who loves me some treats, catnip and a cosy bed! I’m all ready and waiting for my furever home so purrlease get in touch if you would like to meet me

SEEN ANYONE YOU LIKE? PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US VIA OUR ADOPTION ENQUIRY FORM AND SOMEONE WILL BE IN TOUCH SHORTLY TO ARRANGE A VISIT TO MEET OUR RESIDENTS. FURTHER ADOPTION PROCESS DETAILS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. 

KITTENS

We are a rescue that mainly focuses on adult cats. However, sometimes we do have kittens looking for homes which will be stated on this page. We only home kittens once they've reached the age of 12 weeks and we never home a kitten under the age of 8 weeks as it goes against the animal welfare act, kittens are far too young to be away from their mother at such an age. When adopting a kitten from Pawprints you enter into an agreement that the kitten will be neutered/spayed when it is old enough (usually around 4-6 months or when it has reached 2kg) if not done already and we will be informed by our vets when this has taken place.

Adoption Fee

We ask for an adoption fee of £100 for our cats. The adoption fee goes towards the cat’s costs. The basic care alone for each cat cost us upwards of £150 and that’s before we add in their food, litter and any additional vet care such as dentals or medical treatment needed. This enables us to carry on our work of rescuing unwanted and abandoned cats.

All cats adopted from us come with 5 weeks free insurance from Agria Pet Insurance and have been health checked by a vet, neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and have received treatment for fleas, ticks and worms.

Adoption Process

All potential adopters are home checked (not as scary as it sounds we promise!). We appreciate that not everyone likes the idea of a home check, however, we are responsible for the welfare of the cats in our care and it would be irresponsible of us to let them go without knowing where they are going. We are not there to judge your decor, we are simply there to check that everything is OK and safe for them and that you know everything you need to know to get your cat settled in.

We will address check initially so we can look up your home to make sure it is in a suitable location. If we believe it to be unsuitable, we will contact you to let you know. All final decisions are made by the rescue owner. A home check will be performed when we drop off the cat you would like to adopt to you, if everything is OK we will ask you to fill out an adoption form that signs the cat over to you. Up until this point we do have the right not to hand the cat over to you, however this only happens in very exceptional circumstances when we believe there is a risk to the cat/kitten and is very rare.

We are unable to home outdoor cats to anyone living on or very near to a main/busy road, railway line or water way. We understand that some cats are more savvy than others and if we have a suitable cat we will suggest them but in the main the cats we take on don’t have a history so this decision is for their own safety. We do welcome applications for any of our cats from those with catios or cat fenced gardens such as protectapet or other variations as our main priority after all our cats have been through is ensuring our cats are safe. We look forward to hearing from you.