If you are reading these lines it is very likely that it is with the intention of expanding your family and we will help you make the best decision to adopt a cat!!
When you decide to share your life with a cat, you have to take into account many things, one of them is that it will live in his house and let you live with him.
He will decide when he will want to play, eat, sleep… and make you participate in his decision, even when you sleep!
The most important thing before continuing to read is that you know that the adoption process is not immediate, usually lasts between three and four weeks, where you have to fill out a form with some questions that help us to make the profile of cat and family that best suits each one.
If you submit the form, wait between 48 and 72hrs for the answer. We are a team of volunteers and follow the mail communication channel, please.
When you receive the answer, they will send you a questionnaire to fill in, once you send it filled in, and we can see the cat/adopting profile. Protections will be monitored.
A fundamental requirement to give a cat in adoption is to protect all exterior accesses, balconies and windows in a highly secure way.
– Why?
Because cats are curious of type and most escapists.
They can often fall while they are in a window because they see a bird or an insect pass, others in their outings can fall and or end up injured, having to face very high veterinary bills and be left with serious physical sequelae due to the fall, because no matter how flexible a cat is, it does not always fall on 4 legs.
In other cases they end up lost, run over or killed. And we dedicate ourselves to rescue them, therefore, we do it is to prevent the animal as far as possible from having everything it needs for a happy life when it has to be adopted.
Protections is the main requirement, more than fifteen years of experience and hundreds of adopted cats and lived experiences, make our process perhaps a little long, but it is the safest to give a second life to rescued cats.
There are several companies that are professionally dedicated to making closures and obviously it is an added cost to adoption, everything that involves adapting the home to the newcomer, but think that you can live between 10 and 18 years, if you look at the cost, for the years of life of the animal, is an investment that is very worth it.
You can consult the protection and network installers that collaborate with the Jardinet dels Gats, as is the case of https://gatoredes.com/ On their website you will find a form to request a quote. If you warn them that you come from Jardinet, they donate part of the cost of protections, to help us move forward.
But we can also help you by explaining simpler ways to do it. which you must be clear that no matter how much you like a cat or in advance that the process is going, if the protections are not safe or are not in all the necessary spaces, we will not go ahead with adoption.
We invest a lot of time and voluntary efforts to find the best family for each cat, therefore, we ask for patience and that you read carefully, the emails and materials that we send you throughout the process, fill in the questionnaire and this helps us to find the ideal family and cat, for a proper adoption.
Adopt a cat a decision for the whole life of the animal, so you have to think very well, that you will make with your life for the next 10 or 18 years, because he or she depends on you, on your decision to adopt it for the whole life.
It’s important think about changes in work, housing, couples, travel, motherhood or paternity, all those things that can happen throughout life and that we must always be able to guarantee the welfare of the adopted cat. Have a reference in case something happens to us, that can take care of the cat. It is very important also to have the veterinary expense that involves having an animal, in this case there are options, such as veterinary insurance or be always have a savings corner in case there is an unforeseen event.
It will give you a lot of love, peace, many times of smiles and laughter and, from time to time, it will take you out of place and you will feel like you say “NO” or “Shtshthsht” when you are lying on the clothes you just washed or at the table while you eat… You have to consider that you have to be very understanding!
The kittens are born and grow and when they reach us we almost never know their past: if they have treated them very well and have lost or if they have suffered a lot and have abandoned them. What we do know is that, once they overcome the loss of their old life, they are incredibly grateful beings, who are able to regain confidence in humans and love you all their life.
To achieve this, we look for the best family for the cat and the best cat for the family.
We will take into account how many people and animals live at home, their way of life, the hours they spend outside the house, children, grandparents, trips, economic situation, housing, work…
So that everyone’s adaptation is good, we also follow up after adoption, in order to make sure that the decision has been right!
Adopting is an act that makes us more understanding, fills us with life and that of the people around us, which is why the complicity and conviction of all the members of the family is essential!
You will be able to read the descriptions, characteristics and stories about each of the cats that are being adopted in order to see which is the cat that best fits you and your family.
The adoption team advises on which cat is the most suitable for each adopter.
Most adopted cats are housed in temporary homes, so it allows us to know their character and their state, and also to follow their evolution both physically and emotionally after being rescued by the entity
– Our cats are given in adoption under contract and monitoring.
They all go through the veterinary protocol at the Felina Clinic Barcelona, where the immunodeficiency and leukaemia test is carried out, they deparasite internally and externally, they vaccinate trivalent and leukaemia, they put their chips on and they sterilize. In case of not having the age to sterilize, at the time of adoption, the adopter will take the cat to sterilize in our concerted veterinarian when he/she is old to do so. A donation is made for veterinary expenses of 160€ per cat, to cover part of the veterinary protocol. At a normal price the cost goes from 300€ to 400E depending on whether it is male or female, therefore, the entity covers one part, the Clinic with its support and discounts another and adopting the other.
If you want to adopt, please send a email to eljardinetdelsgatsadopcions@gmail.com
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