Adopt one of our dedicated barn cats and benefit from eco-friendly, efficient natural pest control. These skilled mousers will keep your property rodent-free without relying on harmful poisons, all while promoting a healthier environment.
Each barn cat comes with essential vaccinations, ensuring they are in excellent health and fully prepared for their important role. Additionally, our cats are spayed or neutered, helping to prevent unwanted breeding and fostering a more stable colony. Make a positive impact on your space and the environment by welcoming a hardworking barn cat into your life!
The Barn Cat Program is limited to cats in danger, for example cats that are located near a busy road. Cats who live in your neighborhood are not in danger, they have a home where they are at.
To get started with our barn cats contact us at info@visaliaferalcatcoalition.org and we will help you through the process of accumulating the cats and having a rodent-free property. The steps to getting our cats to work for you are here. Â
Cats in danger? Fill out the form Here and let us know. The cats must be fixed and be current on shots. You are welcome to use our vouchers. We wish we had the volunteers and funds to trap and finance the healthcare of the cats, but we don’t. Starting a go fund me is a good place to start to get the cats fixed and shots.
Steps to Having a Barn Cat
- Once you decided to hire a barn cat fill out the form below and let us know you want cats and how many. We recommend you adopt more than one. Cats live in colonies and having colony members with them will help with the adjustment.
- A VFCC member will come out to assist in setting up a permanent shelter and feeding station.
- They will need a acclimatation cage so they get used to the area and know this is now home, we try to have these available to borrow. We will drop off the cage and pick it up in two weeks. They will only need it for a week or two. This is the only time the cats will need a litter box. This time will also let any cats you already have get used to the new cats in a non threatening environment. They become one big colony. This is the only way to move a cat, otherwise they will run off without knowing where the food is and that is bad.
- The cats will need a shelter for the cold and hot weather. Your barn would be perfect. Be sure to remove any poison that you used before for rodents. A big dog house will work too. Â
- Cats need to be fed and watered everyday. They mouse for fun and their presence will keep the rodents away. Don’t forget that the cats will be working at night while you are sleeping.
- After a couple of weeks the cats can be released and they will stick around. Just open the door to the cage and let them come out when they want to. They still need to have access to the acclimatation cage and then start feeding them in the permanent area. After a few days the cage can be removed.
I’d Like to Hire a Barn Cat.
I Have Cat In Danger and Would Like To Place Them In a Barn Situation.
