My Story
All our kitties are fully vetted; spayed/neutered, FeLV/FIV tested, utd on rabies, distemper vax (series of 3), dewormed, deflead and microchipped. We do not adopt single kittens, unless you have a playful cat already, or you can adopt another kitten from us or from another rescue.
We refer to these 4 kittens as the Crystal Litter, after the lady who fed and cared for a feral pregnant cat and then her kittens. The kittens were socialized, loved on, played with and provided for by her family as they grew. Once weaned from their mom we took them into our foster care program. These are very healthy playful kittens and super affectionate, cuddle munsters. We could not identify THE most affectionate one because they all are. Very well-adjusted litter. 2 girls, Cara and Maeve and 2 boys, Connor and Finn. The litter is still 2 weeks shy of 4 mos old as of this writing (2/1). They can easily be mixed and matched as they get along beautifully with one another. Meet the smallest of the litter, our little sweetheart, Finn. Sure, he's just a plain tabby but don't overlook him, he has the biggest personality, the most confidence, the smartest, and is relentlessly entertaining. He recently went to the vet's because of a URI (upper respiratory infection or cold) and to a person everyone fell in love with him. Just so personable, popped out of his carrier like, "Herrrree's Finn!"...they gave him his antibiotic in a syringe and he held it like a bottle and licked it. He was passed around from vets to techs to staff and he loved every minute of it. Enormous charisma AND he has polka dots on his tummy. Just as friendly as the rest of his posse, he's also a super cuddle bunny. He is a darling, and not so plain, he has a most charming brown nose and all four feet are jet black on the underside.
If you are interested in meeting these kittens please submit an application by clicking this link; https://www.culpeperhumane.org/adoptions/
Once submitted, the vet reference you provided will be contacted (if no vet, please provide 3 personal references, may be family and friends if they have a cat that you interact with), and our Director of Adoptions will schedule a phone interview with you. If approved, you will be contacted by our Foster Coordinator for a (virtual) home visit. If approved, the foster parent is notified to contact you to discuss the kitten(s) and arrange the logistics for a visit. If both parties are committed to moving forward with an adoption, the foster parent is empowered to do same day adoption. Our rescue group does not have a brick and mortar facility, all our animals are home fostered in our foster volunteer’s homes. You will be visiting a private residence. The application does not oblige you to adopt, nor does the visitation; the application gives us more information to help ensure an appropriate, suitable and good match.
Not first come, first served, but the best possible match made.
Our policy is that we always take our animals back should it prove to be a less than perfect match, or if you are unable or unwilling to care for the animal any longer. We just don't want the animal to go back into the system. It is also our policy NOT to adopt to families with intact dogs or cats (unless there is a medical reason for not doing so). This is an effort to educate and support our national spay/neuter efforts to reduce the unwanted pet population.
We DO adopt to DC residents, parts of Maryland and Virginia. Occasionally we will adopt far from our epi-center, but will request your local humane society to do a home visit for us and act as our safety net.
Thank you for considering an unwanted and abandoned kitty, and being part of the rescue efforts.
