• Find a cat you think suits you and your home best. Unsure? Please read Finding the Right Cat.
• Complete an adoption form. Please give as much detail as possible so we can get to know you and your situation.
• Don't forget if you rent your home you must attach your landlord's consent for you to adopt a cat. If you work please give the working hours and rota for each working member of the household. We regret that we cannot accept applications without this information.
• Our rehoming team will contact you as soon as they can via email or telephone. If the cat you have chosen is in foster it may be the foster carer you hear from first. We need to discuss your application further to ensure you are a good match for the cat you have applied for. Please do not be offended if you are not the right match, we can always transfer an application to a different cat that may suit you better.
• Once a cat is reserved for you we will carry out a home visit to ensure a cat will be safe and secure with you and so we can verify who you are. We aim to do this within a couple of days.
• If you pass your home check you will be expected to meet/collect the cat within 3 days. However, if you have school age children and can't travel until the weekend we will allow up to 5 days for the 'meet and greet' to take place. If this goes well and everyone agrees this is the right cat for you, you will be able to take it home with you then. If you are unable to meet this timescale, please inform us immediately.

• Please consider the age of the cat/kitten you want to adopt against your own age before applying. Whilst we understand life holds no guarantees Many Tears try to give every cat the best possible chance of a home for the rest of its life.
• It can be difficult to resist adopting a cute kitten but you need to consider they are full of energy and can cause havoc which is huge fun for them but not always to their owners who curtains or soft furnishing can get damaged! Kittens demand a lot of time and patience from their owners and need feeding 4 times a day at the beginning so if you are looking for a calmer, less demanding and more sedate feline addition it may be better to look at a cat who is at least a year old and is happy to spend time on its own and less likely to get up to mischief! Please don’t forget the more senior cats as they really do make wonderful additions to a home. The plus side of a senior cat is they sleep a lot more so are quieter and less hard work and they are also less likely to wander too far from home.
• Many Tears do allow cats to be adopted to homes with children of all ages as long as the cat is suitable for that environment. Occasionally some of our cats are traumatised and insecure. They may need a lot of time spent on them so although we are looking to home all our cats where they live as part of the family, occasionally they may need homes which are more calm and quiet so we would not home them with children.
• If you already own a dog/cat that is not spayed/neutered we will consider your application depending on the cat you are applying for. However, Many Tears strongly recommends dogs and cats are spayed/neutered for medical and ethical reasons.
• We are looking for wonderful, responsible, forever homes. That means asking questions and trying to match the correct pet with the prospective family. We are not judgmental but we have a very large responsibility to make sure we do what's right for you and especially for our charges.
  
  We do understand that every home is different and we do try to take each application individually. If you are in any doubt please contact the office.

If your application is successful you will be home checked and you, all members of your family who will be living with the cat MUST come to meet the cat you want to adopt.

All our cats are micro-chipped and wormed. Our adult cats and kittens over 9 weeks have had at least their first inoculation. If you adopt a kitten you will be asked to complete a spay/neuter agreement confirming both you and your vet agree to spay a female kitten when it is 6 months old and a male kitten at 4 months old.

You must have a safe means of transporting the cat home in a cat carrier. We do not allow any cats to be taken home on public transport so you must have your own means of transport for getting to and from where the cat is located.