Adopting a Forever Friend

At Fabulous Felines NWA, our cats are fostered in loving homes, not in a shelter. We know their personalities, likes, and dislikes, so we can match you to the right cat for your family.

Our standard adoption fee is $60 for cats and kittens. We may give a discount for bonded pairs or older cats, and the fee may be higher for purebreds or exotic breeds. Please see our "Frequently Asked Questions" below for more information about our fees.

*Some of the more unusual cats and kittens have a higher fee to help offset the cost of fostering ill, injured, elderly, or just "ordinary" looking cats, which will be with us longer but which will have a lower adoption fee.
Our adoption fee covers the spay or neuter, first vaccinations (FVRCP, and rabies if at least 4 months old), microchip, and a full health check. We often have rescued purebreds or previously declawed cats available for a higher fee to help us raise funds to care for many more cats.
Our adoption contract forbids declawing any kitten or cat (if you are not familiar with the harmful long-term physical and behavioral effects of declawing, we encourage you to read this article).
You can read bios and view photos of our adoptable cats online. Click here to view our adoptable cats on Petfinder. Click here to visit our Facebook page.
If you think you might be interested in adopting, please email us for an adoption application.

The answers you provide will help us determine what type of cat will be the best fit for your home and family.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Adoption Fees

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Why are you charging a higher fee for a certain kitten?

It's a sad fact in cat rescue that the first ones to be adopted are the very young, unusual, Siamese, or pure white ones, but tabby or black kittens frequently "age out" into adulthood while being overlooked by adopters. With this in mind, we try to level the playing field for our cats by asking more for very young, unusual, or sought-after cats while asking less for older, "ordinary" looking, or injured or sick cats. Any funds raised by adoption fees go back into our general fund to offset the cost of vetting and fostering future cats as space becomes available in our foster system.

Isn't that just like selling a cat for profit, like a breeder would do?

No, absolutely not. Our cats are pulled from public (kill) shelters, or kept out of shelters in the first place when concerned citizens bring them to us directly. Our cats do not come from breeders, and they are not used for breeding. All of our cats are, at a minimum, spayed or neutered, microchipped, given age-appropriate vaccinations, and treated for parasites before they can be adopted. We routinely spend much more than that to vet certain cats, such as orphaned litters that require round-the-clock bottle feeding with expensive kitten formula, or injured cats that require leg amputations, or ill cats that need antibiotics or other medicines to heal. These cats would be euthanized in a crowded public shelter, but with us, they stay in our foster system until they find a home or they die of natural causes.

For that price I could just spend a little more to go buy a purebred cat from a breeder.

And by doing so, you would be directly contributing to the problem of pet overpopulation, because your money would go into the breeder's pocket instead of into our general fund to rescue homeless cats. While the breeder will continue to breed more and more unnecessary kittens to sell to the highest bidder, we will continue to fight to save the countless unwanted cats and kittens on the streets or in shelters by promoting spay and neuter to prevent homeless kittens from being born to suffer in the first place.

So why don't you just ask the same fee for all the cats instead of "discriminating"?

If we didn't adjust our fees based on factors such as age, health, appearance, etc., we would not be able to continue to operate, as we are a private no-kill rescue which receives no taxpayer funds and relies solely on our unpaid volunteers, donations, and adoption fees to pay for vetting and supplies for the cats, which we foster in our own homes because we do not have a shelter facility. If we asked the same low fee for every cat, our expenses would exceed our income in no time, and we would cease to be able to operate. On the other hand, if we asked adopters for the exact amount we spent on vetting and fostering each of our cats, we would end up adopting out all of the young, cute kittens almost immediately, while being left with some rather expensive 3-legged senior tabby cats that we would be lucky to find homes for even if we paid the adopter to take them instead of the adopter paying us.

Isn't it kind of elitist of you to ask more for certain cats? What if I can't afford your fees?

Pet ownership is a privilege and responsibility. When an adopter says they "can't afford" an adoption fee, we wonder how that adopter plans to provide basic care for the cat, such as food and litter, annual vaccinations, routine preventive care, etc. Regardless of whether a cat's fee is $20 or $200, each adopter must meet the same basic requirements. We ask questions about your household and other pets, and in some cases require a landlord and veterinarian reference, to help us determine if a cat will be a good match for you.

Doesn't it keep the cat from getting adopted if you ask a higher fee?

No. Even with a higher fee, we have no problem finding good homes. Desirable young kittens and cats, such as white, Siamese, unusual, or long haired ones, are still the first to be adopted over older cats, black cats, or tabbies. Having different fees for different cats is a common practice in private no-kill rescues. It allows us to raise much-needed funds. and it has no effect on the quantity, quality, or frequency of our adoptions.

Well, I won't adopt from you now that I know you charge more for the cat I wanted. I'll adopt somewhere else instead.

We realize that you, the adopter, have many choices regarding from which rescue or shelter you adopt, and we appreciate your consideration. We believe you will find our adoption fees to be comparable to or more reasonable than the fees of other private no-kill rescues in northwest Arkansas. An advantage of adopting from Fabulous Felines NWA is that our cats are not caged in a shelter building; they are fostered and socialized in an indoor-only home setting, often with other pets and small children in the home, so we know their personalities, likes and dislikes, and we can advise you on which cat might be the right fit for your particular home. And our fees include the cost of the spay or neuter (even for young kittens), microchip, and initial vaccinations. Many of the other private rescues in the area do not go to the trouble of spaying or neutering younger kittens or microchipping all of their cats. Even when we ask a higher fee for more unusual or desirable cats, it is still a bargain compared to what you would pay to take a "free" cat to a private veterinarian and get all of the same services done yourself. We are able to keep our vetting costs lower than usual by buying medications and microchips in bulk and by negotiating discounted services through local veterinarians who sometimes reduce their fees or donate their services to our rescue. In the end, adoption is not a competition. We hope you will find the right cat for you, whether it is through Fabulous Felines NWA or another rescue or shelter, because one more adoption means one less homeless cat.