Adopting from GKR
What is the adoption process?
Our adoption process is pretty straight forward. Prospective adopters can look at our available kittens on both the Facebook page or here on this website. If you find an available kitten in either place that you are interested in, then fill out an adoption application.
Once we receive the application we will call you for a short phone interview. During this interview we will discuss the application, what you are looking for a companion, and you will be advised to let your references (including vet and landlord if applicable) know that we will be calling them. A lot of vets will not speak with us without permission so it is important that you contact them prior to us calling them. What we are looking for when we call your vet is that any animals currently in the home are spayed/neutered and are current on vaccinations.
When we have spoken to all of your references, then we make the determination to approve or deny your application. In most cases we will approve the application outright. In some cases, we will need the perspective adopter to do something like schedule vaccinations for a current dog or cat.
Once you are approved to adopt from GKR, we will work with you to schedule a meet and greet at a time that is good for both GKR and the adopter.
We do not have a facility, so meet and greets are done by appointment only and for approved adopters.
How much are your adoption fees?
We have a flat rate of $150 per cat/kitten. The adoption fee is non-negotiable, non-refundable and non-transferable.
Sometimes we will work with the adopter if they choose a long term resident or special needs kitty to adopt, rather than our little kittens.
At certain events, such as Petapalooz, our long term residents and adult cats will have a discounted fee.
What does this fee cover?
To be honest, this fee doesn't even begin to cover the costs involved with raising orphaned kittens from hours/days/weeks old until they are eligible to be adopted at 12 weeks.
It doesn't even begin to cover the cost of taking care of a pregnant mom through the birth of her kittens until they are weaned.
It doesn't even begin to cover the cost involved in feeding, deworming, vaccinating, FeLV/FIV testing, microchipping, and administering Revolution or equivalent for each kitten. We spend upwards of $200 a week just on kitten food and litter alone.
What you are really wanting to know is when you take your kitten/cat home, what has already been done for him/her.
As the paragraph above implies every cat/kitten in our care goes home with a 1 year rabies vaccination, the 1st distemper vaccination, they will have had FeLV/FIV testing, have been dewormed at least twice, will be microchipped, spayed or neutered, and had a flea/tick treatment administered prior to leaving.