Adopting out a cat in Seattle

September 27, 2024 7:23 PM

So, a friend of a friend died and I've ended up in charge of fostering out a primo cat. Trouble is, while I've fostered cats before, I've never had to be in charge of finding and evaluating new homes. Advice on this for the Seattle area?

Boogy is a beautiful fierce wee seven pounds and sixish years of cat. (Cat tax.) She's got eyes the color of spring lichen and is a dark grey that blurs into sandy tabby around her white belly. An exquisite companion who loves to quietly lay on top of you while you read or sleep, light as thistledown, she also is very fond of laser pointers and catnip and complains when denied them. She hates other cats and while she enjoys petting will enforce her overstimulation boundaries with a firm chomp, so she needs a household with polite people and no other cats. When she is comfortable in her surroundings she is very outgoing to all people, even strangers. Her velvet soft coat hardly sheds and she's a light eater. A champion litter box user but it involves vigorous digging so a big and deep litter box is best. No known health issues.

I'm completely in love with her and would keep her, but, well, she really does hate my other cats, and even if I can manage to get them more or less integrated I think she'd be happiest as the only cat in her home.

Given this, what's the best way to find her a home that will treat her right? So far work and friends haven't come up with promising leads. How do adoption agencies do it? Is there an adoption agency we could donate to that would handle that screening and make a post on Petfinder for us in the Seattle area? What sites are best to post about her on? How do I evaluate potential adoption homes in a balanced way?

posted by foxfirefey to Pets & Animals (5 answers total)

Best answer: Have you looked into Home to Home? Seattle Humane links to them as an alternative way to find adoptable pets when you are looking at their animals, but you can do a post directly on the site.
posted by Mizu at 7:30 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

Best answer: You might contact Meow Cat Rescue in Kirkland for advice. We dropped off a stray cat and her kittens there and we were impressed.
posted by SageTrail at 8:56 PM on September 27 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Meow Cat Rescue, PAWS, and Burien CARES are all great. Source: been adopting cats in Seattle since 2003.
posted by matildaben at 10:42 PM on September 27 [1 favorite]

I know the point of this is not to find a new home via Ask MeFi...but I'm going to send you a PM.
posted by pril at 11:58 AM on September 28 [5 favorites]

Best answer: Also, if it doesn’t work out here, I would contact PAWS. I know two friends who have gotten cats there, and both situations where it was clear that the organization worked to ensure they made a great match between cat and humans.
posted by pril at 12:52 PM on September 28 [1 favorite]