The following are instructions on how we can help you rescue a stray cat in your neighborhood, or relinquish your own cat for adoption.  Basically, the more YOU can do, the more successful we will be in helping you.  Usually people have many more resources than they think they do.

If you found the cat in Trenton, whether by your home, on the street or at your place of business, you may bring the cat to the shelter (609-989-3254). YOU MUST CALL THE SHELTER FIRST TO ENSURE that they have cage space.  If the animal is injured, just bring it to the shelter or a vet.  Bring ID to prove you live or work in Trenton or be prepared with a street address as to where you found the cat.  If the cat is not from Trenton, it cannot be processed through the shelter.

If you don’t live in Trenton and have a stray cat outdoors, would you or someone you know be willing to foster the cat until it is adopted?  Can you keep it in a garage or an extra bathroom (no – cats DON’T give each other diseases through bathroom doors)?  Do you have a shed or an extra room?  Do any of your neighbors have a safe place to keep them?  We can loan you large crates to keep the cat in if you can keep it in your basement and out of the elements.  Have you asked every possible person?  Or at the least, can you provide this outside stray with some sort of shelter and feeding schedule until we can help you?

If it is your own cat, we hope that you are willing to keep it (even if it has to be kept in a basement or separate room because of allergies or litterbox issues, etc.) until we can find a home.

IF POSSIBLE:

Check our website www.tas.petfinder.com for examples of how pictures look and biographies read.  Take a digital picture of the cat (borrow a camera if you have to), and send the picture along with a biography of the cat to Bartram116@aol.com  (or again, if you are working with another volunteer, email the picture to them and they will post it).  Take as close up a shot of the cat as you can get and don’t worry about what is in the background, we can edit it anyway we choose.  If the cat does not have a name, we will name it.

You can also look up other rescue groups in your area under the www.PetFinder.com menu called “Rescue Groups”.

In the meantime, if it is your own cat you need to give up, make sure it is up to date on its yearly inoculation shots, a rabies shot, proof that the cat is spayed or neutered and has been FeLV/FIV (AIDS/leukemia) tested and negative.  If your cat is not up to date, bring it to your vet immediately, then we can help you.  We must have all medical documentation on the animal and it must be the originals.

If the cat is a stray, at least have the FeLV/FIV test done.  We can try to handle the rest.  If the cat is in ANY immediate danger, let us know and we’ll try to put emergency action together for you.

If it is a kitten, the same applies if you can afford it, but if the kitten is outside without protection and you have no way to keep it, we’ll take it, BUT would APPRECIATE some sort of monetary contribution towards its care.

Each cat or kitten we take in costs us an average of $200 per cat for shots, tests, deflea-ing, deworming, tests, hosting and spaying the animal.  So, whatever you can contribute to us would be appreciated.  You’ll find we are one of the few groups around even willing to help you, but we are happy to do it!

If you are planning to display your cat with us in our PetSmart Langhorne location, please contact Toniell at delvalkitties@gmail.com to reserve a cage for the adoption day of your choice.  If you would like to display your cat at our DelRan location, please contact Michele at Bartram116@aol.com.  Please include all your pertinent information including home and cell phones, address and an email address to keep on file until your cat is adopted.

During that time, we may have a foster home open up for you and can take the cat from you earlier.

Foster Parents: foster parents should notify Michele when their foster is adopted. (Michele DeCarr Bartram116@aol.com 856-906-0771)