Do Your Heart a Favor…
Adopt a Maine Coon cat!
If you want to meet kitties, please fill out an Adoption Application first.
Maine Coon Adoptions is a division of PET Rescue (Preventing Euthanasia Through Rescue).
Please Note: We adopt kitties in the State of California only. We do not ship kitties out of state. If you are not in California, you can contact Maine Coon Rescue.Click Here for Next Adoption Fair Dates
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Adoption Process1. Click here to see our available kitties online.(The page may be slow to load.) You can also visit any of the sites below for photos and information about the personalities, age and gender of each kitty. For more information, contact the kitty's foster parent listed on the Petfinder site. You can also meet kitties in person at our Adoption Fairs or by special arrangement.
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2. Fill out our online Adoption Application. You don't need to decide on a kitty yet. When you get to the line about the kitty you are interested in you can list one or more names, or just type "still looking." Our volunteer Case Managers are happy to help you find the right kitty. |
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3. Talk to a Volunteer Case Manager. After you submit an Adoption Application, a Case Manager will call you. The Case Manager will talk with you, your vet, and your personal reference. It usually takes a few days to be approved to adopt a kitty. |
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4. Fill out our online Adoption Agreement form. Do this after you've been approved to adopt and selected your kitty. 5. Pay the adoption fee (we'll take cash or a check, or use a credit card through GiveDirect), and take your new kitty home! We'll be available to answer any questions you may have as your kitty gets used to a new home and family. |
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What you need to know about adoptionsPlease be aware that our vets do their best to estimate the ages of our kitties, but we cannot guarantee that they have estimated correctly; your kitty may actually be younger or older than our estimates. To the best of our knowledge, all of our kitties are in good health when we send them to their new families. They have had rabies and FVRCP shots and have been tested for FELV/FIV. We strongly recommend, however, that you take your new kitty to your own vet for a "healthy kitty exam" within the first two weeks after bringing your sweetie home. Most of the cats Maine Coon Adoptions rescues and fosters are Maine Coon mixes. We look for Maine Coon traits such as ear and foot tufts, lynx-points on the ears, length of the coat and ruff, bushy tails, eye color, personality traits, etc. when we identify kitties in shelters, but it is impossible to tell from just looking at a cat if it is related to the Maine Coon. Because the Maine Coon is a natural breed and has not been bred to extremes, there are cats all over the world that resemble the Maine Coon. Thus, Maine Coon Adoptions cannot guarantee that our adoptable cats are, in fact, of Maine Coon parentage. |
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Adoption FeesOur adoption fees help us recover some of our expenses for vet exams, testing, vaccinations, and any vet treatments a cat may need. In 2010 adoption fees covered only 22.5% of our expenses, so we rely heavily on donations to help us rescue more kitties. Adoption fees:
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