🌸We had someone email in asking how come we send home unfixed kittens? 🌸
Excellent question and opportunity to expand on how our kitten adoptions work, as we never want there to be confusion or misinterpretation.
When you see us advertising kittens as “ready for adoption” at around 8 weeks of age, this means they are:
- Fully weaned
- Eating on their own
- Healthy and thriving, and have had their first vaccine
- Ready to begin bonding in a home
However, kittens adopted at this age are always placed as Foster-to-Adopt.
Why?
Because we do not consider an adoption complete until a kitten has been spayed or neutered.
Due to veterinary regulations and best medical practices, spay/neuter procedures are typically performed at 4–5 months of age, unless there is a medical reason to do so earlier.
What Foster-to-Adopt means:
- You get to bring your kitten home and begin bonding right away
- The kitten must remain indoors until they are spayed or neutered
- You commit to returning for the scheduled surgery which we make all arrangements and pay all expenses
- Once fixed, the adoption paperwork is finalized from foster to adopt to permanent adoption
If someone is unable or unwilling to keep an unfixed kitten indoors, that kitten will remain in our care until surgery is complete. We cannot contribute—directly or indirectly—to the creation of more cats.
Why this system matters:
If we kept every kitten on site until 4–5 months of age, it would significantly limit the number of cats we are able to help and place into loving homes.
Please know this:
🐾 Every cat adopted through Critteraid is spayed or neutered
🐾 We do not “give away” unfixed cats
🐾 Our priority is responsible placement, animal welfare, and long-term solutions
We appreciate your questions and we are always happy to answer. Thank you for helping us do this the right way, for the cats, and for the future.
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