Licorice Liz is a Working Cat can be described as a Friendly Farmhand: This cat is often very social, but high energy and prey drive may prove challenging for a typical home environment. These cats are easily frustrated if not allowed the freedom and stimulation of the outdoors. This kitty will cheerfully lend a hand, and because he's tireless, often works overtime due to his over-achieving ways! Friendly Farmhands typically came from a home where they were allowed indoor/outdoor or were outdoor-only cats. They are not interested in being confined in a home.
Our Working/Barn Cat Program is designed to find feral and community cats safe outdoor homes in barns, warehouses, farms, and other safe locations for cats that are not candidates for our traditional adoption programs. These are not necessarily lap cats.
Why Adopt a Working Cat?
Working Cats benefit their caretakers! Supporting a Working Cat is the safest way to control the rodent population in your barn, warehouse, or other storage areas. There are no poisons for children and pets to get into and no need to set nasty traps! Working Cats will help keep rodents away AND you'll have the satisfaction of giving them a much-needed home.
What Will You Provide?
· A warm, secure, dry building or space for shelter from the elements and predators
· The space and ability to keep new a new Working Cat confined to a sheltered, small, enclosed area, or large dog crate (with clean litter box) for four to six weeks to acclimate them to their new environment before release
· Regular/daily food and water
· Monitoring and providing for the safety and well-being of the cats
· Willingness to provide licensed veterinary care in the event of injury or illness
Our working/barn cat adoption fee is $25 plus any applicable license. They receive the FVRCP (feline distemper combo) vaccine, have been dewormed with Pyrantel, and have been treated with selamectin for fleas.
Our website updates every hour, but some animals may be adopted faster than we can get them updated online.
If you'd like to check on the status of an animal, please call us at 360-352-2510. This is especially important if you are viewing this animal on any site other than Animal Services' website. We will need the animal's number in order to look up the animal.
