As a result of our emergency rescue and rehabilitation work, there are always cats and kittens needing homes. If you are interested in adopting, please read our adoption policy and then contact us with answers to our standard adoption questions.

The majority of people who think about adopting want a kitten. Obviously we need homes for our kittens but please also consider the benefits of adopting an adult cat:

  • Every kitten becomes an adult with its own unique personality. This personality can be influenced but not determined by its owners. When you adopt an adult cat, you know their personality.
  • Increasingly, cats live into their late teens and even early twenties. Adopting an adult or even older cat will still mean making a commitment for many years to come.
  • Kittens are indeed incredibly cute (!) but they can be surprisingly hard work. Unlike with puppies or toddlers, where you can "baby-proof" each room relatively easily up to a certain height, kittens will jump and climb pretty much anywhere. Adult cats are usually a lot calmer!
  • All kitties older than 6 months from SHUA have already been neutered and microchipped.
  • If you adopt one of our older adult cats then with any luck, they will not bring you any "presents" from the garden! There is a good chance that their hunting days are long over and that your local wildlife be safe.

Plea to anyone who works on a farm, in a stables or an industrial unit: we always have feral and semi-feral cats who need homes. Whether you go back one or five generations, every feral cat comes from a tame cat which someone abandoned or threw out without neutering. These cats still need feeding and caring for. It is not their fault that they are terrified of humans. If you have the space, one or two feral cats could be a beneficial addition to your land. They would come to you neutered and microchipped and would only require food and shelter (such as access to an outbuilding or waterproof kennel) in exchange for assistance in keeping the rodent population in check! Contact us for more information.

Last updated 25/07/10

  • Tanci's kittens

    Meet Tanci's kittens! Rilla, Rowley, Ava and Gazza were born in the last week of April. They are ready to be rehomed immediately.

  • Mrs Anna's kittens

    Meet Mrs Anna's kittens! They were born mid May and are ready for rehoming.

  • Smudge's kittens

    Smudge's kittens were born on the 4th of May and are ready for rehoming.

  • Flora and Snowdrop

    For rehoming together: Flora is a shorthaired white and black female approx. 9 months old. She has been spayed and microchipped. Snowdrop is her shorthaired black and white daughter (born at SHUA on the 5th of May).

  • Growmore and Roundup

    For rehoming together: Growmore and Roundup are shorthaired black and white male kittens approx. 9 weeks old. They were born at SHUA on the 5th of May.

  • Candy and her Candy-Stripes

    Candy is a short-haired tabby and white female, approx. 8 months old. The 4 Candy-Stripes will be 7 weeks old and ready to be viewed towards the end of July. Candy will be spayed and microchipped before going to her new home.

  • Pip and her kittens

    Pip is a torbie female approx. 12 months old. She has been spayed and microchipped. She has 5 kittens, born approx. 14th of May.

  • Coke, Cola and Haggis

    For rehoming on a farm or stables: Coke (black male), Cola (tortie female) and Haggis (grey male) are young semi-feral cats, all have been neutered & microchipped.

  • Cristil and The Tips

    Cristil is a long-haired tortoiseshell female approx. 1 year old. The 4 Tips will be ready to be viewed mid-late July. Cristil will be spayed and microchipped before going to her new home.

  • Knoll

    For rehoming on a farm or stables: Knoll is a short-haired abyssinian-type-coated female approx. 2 years old. She has been spayed and microchipped.

  • Mittens and the Glovelettes

    Mittens is a short-haired tabby and white female, approx. 8 months old. The 3 Glovelettes will be 7 weeks old and ready to be viewed after the first week of August. Mittens will be spayed and microchipped before going to her new home.

  • The Garth Kittens

    The 5 Garth kittens: male ginger and female cream (rehome as a pair); 1 male cream, 1 male ginger and 1 female ginger (rehome separately or together). Born late May, they will be ready to go to their new homes late July / early August.

  • J'Lo and Digger

    To be rehomed together: J'Lo is a white and black female approx. 17 weeks old; her pal Digger is a ginger tabby male approx. 12 weeks old

  • Mookie

    Mookie is a short-haired black female, approx. 1 year old. She will be spayed and microchipped before going to her new home.