Stray Cat Blues, Inc. - Finding homes for loving cats, through fostering and adoption assistance.

About SCBI

Who We Are
Officially, Stray Cat Blues, Inc. is a no-kill, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing rescue and placement to stray and feral cats. Personally, SCB is a small group of dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to find loving, life-long homes for abandoned cats. We are professional in our practices, but we are emotional on the subject of homeless cats, and the ways in which we humans can work to prevent this epidemic of strays.

Stray Cat Blues actively works to recruit permanent homes for the stray cats in our program. All the animals are screened for feline leukemia, inoculated, sterilized and wormed when they first come to us. Healthy, adoptable cats are then housed through our network of foster homes. Our kittens and cats are exposed to the pet-loving public at our 5 different adoption cage locations to facilitate adoptions and to provide visibility for the organization.

In addition to placement of sociable cats and kittens, a major focus of Stray Cat Blues is to place feral and unsociable cats in qualified barn homes. Like our house cats, our barn cats are delivered to their new homes by a Stray Cat Blues volunteer. We provide our barn cats with a cozy “cat condominium” to live in for the first few weeks of life in their new location. The crate allows the cats to acclimate to their new home without the danger of having them run away in search of their old stomping grounds.

We are willing to go to great lengths for our cats - quite literally! We will gladly travel to approved barn homes within an approximate 125 mile radius of the Lansdale and Montgomeryville area to deliver our helpful mousers.

Most of our cats are strays and their offspring that are rescued from area locations. Many of these strays are more than willing to be helped by our volunteers. But for those animals that are more wary of humans, especially the feral cats, we utilize humane traps. Many of our kittens are born to mother cats that we have rescued.

Adopting a Friend
If you are interested in adopting, the first step is to file an application. Once we have that in hand, we will be better able to respond to your questions about particular cats or kittens.

As stated above, we do not have a public shelter but many of our adoptable cats can be seen at our adoption cage locations. Other cats still in foster homes can be seen through special arrangements with the foster caretakers. We are happy to respond to requests for information via phone or e-mail and will provide as much information as we can about the personalities and backgrounds of cats in which a potential adopter has interest. However, please remember to submit your application first.

Also, please note that our primary adoption efforts are focused in Montgomery and Bucks counties (Pennsylvania); but we will occasionally, and on a case-by-case basis, make placements in Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia counties.

Interested parties are required to complete a brief adoption application. This application serves us twofold. First, it allows us to assess the sincerity of the applicant through the fact that they took the time to complete the inquiry. Second, the application provides us with a veterinary referral and other pertinent background information. We require a $85.00 fee for adoptions. There is no charge for barn cats but a donation is very much appreciated. Donations assist in defraying the considerable costs of neutering, veterinary care and supplies such as food and litter. Donations are tax deductible. Upon adoption of a Stray Cat Blues cat, the new mom or dad must sign an adoption agreement, which includes a clause stating the cat must be returned to SCB should any problems arise with the adoptive home. We also conduct follow-up assessment to ensure that everything is going smoothly with the placement.

Declawing
Stray Cat Blues morally opposes declawing and prohibits the declawing of cats adopted through our organization. Occasionally, we acquire a cat that has already been declawed for which we seek a qualified indoor home. We advocate behavioral training as an alternative to declawing and urge anyone considering this traumatic procedure to reconsider. We welcome the opportunity to discuss this often controversial subject - please contact us.

Trapping
Stray Cat Blues is dedicated to helping cats in need whenever possible. Although space and financial limitations may prevent us from taking in every stray about which we are contacted, we will gladly offer advice and assistance to anyone seeking to trap a stray in their area for the purpose of helping the cat.

Trapping in an inhumane and irresponsible manner is abhorrent to us and certainly not condoned.

Volunteering and Donations
Stray Cat Blues welcomes interested volunteers. We have many areas in which volunteers can help, including caring for cats in our adoption cages, staffing the adoption center at PetsMart, fund raising, phone calls, fostering, rescuing strays, etc.

Please contact us to discuss your specific interests and our needs. We are also grateful for all donations, regardless of size. We have no paid staff so all donations go directly towards the care of our cats. Donations are fully tax deductible and can be mailed to us at:
Stray Cat Blues, Inc.,
PO Box 8,
Colmar, PA 18915.

Thank you for any help you are able to provide!

Stray Cat Blues, Incorporated

Finding Homes For Loving Cats, Through Fostering And Adoption Assistance.

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