I Found Kittens
Don’t kit-nap them! Find out what to do if you’ve found kittens in your community.
Your pet is depending on you to do your best for them.
It is our first priority to provide counseling, information, and access to services to keep cats in their homes and with the people who love them, however, we also understand that sometimes situations arise and giving up your pet may be in his or her best interest.
Regarding admissions, we are not an open admission facility and must consider many factors before intaking any cats or kittens, including space and medical care. We treat every cat as an individual so we work to find out as much as possible about them, and the situation, before seeing how we best can help. That may be admitting the cat, or that may be providing a number of resources that lead to other solutions. We are currently accepting owned or abandoned (see lost/found below as well) cats by appointment only, including an admission fee in order to help us provide the necessary care for each cat.
If you need help with an owned or abandoned cat, please start the conversation by emailing us at intake@homewardboundcats.org. We’ll look at the best options available for your cat based on your individual needs.
We also encourage you to directly rehome your kitty by yourself so that she goes from one home to another, skipping the adoption center entirely (which is best for her health and overall wellbeing). That means she will stay with you until a home is found. We can assist with writing a bio for her, networking to local groups, guidance for talking to potential adopters, hosting meet and greets, and more. We’ll feature her on social media, and direct all inquiries to you. You know your cat best so who better to help find a new family for her—not to mention, if you choose, you can stay in touch with the new family!
For stray, community, or feral cats, as well as LOST and FOUND cats, please see below.
For found kittens, please click here for more information or see below.
Pet Food and Basic Supplies
If you are in need of pet food or other basic pet supplies, visit Nevada SPCA’s Pet Pantry here, or The Animal Foundation’s Pet Pantry here.
Kendall’s Kupboard Pet Food and Supplies through Hearts Alive Village is also available, and the application for their program is here.
If you are homeless and need help with your pet (food, medical, spay/neuter, emergency housing and more), contact Street Dogz or Street Catz for help.
Financial Aid for Pets
If you are having trouble affording your pet, help is available. Check out this website for a list of various grants, financial aid, or other help with pet expenses.
Spay/Neuter, Vaccine Clinics, and Affordable Medical Care
If you are looking for affordable spay/neuter, vaccines, and microchips, as well as community cat care or TNR services, we recommend reaching out to one of the below organizations:
– Hearts Alive Village Clinic* https://www.heartsalivevillage.org/clinic/
– Affordable Animal Surgery* https://affordableanimalsurgery.com/
*Services also include additional veterinary care at an affordable price.
The following organizations also offer assistance for community cats and TNR:
– The Spay/Neuter Center of Southern Nevada https://spayneuterlv.com/
– Heaven Can Wait Animal Society https://heavencanwaitlv.org/
– Las Vegas Valley Humane Society https://www.lvvhumane.org/spay-neuter
– The Animal Foundation https://animalfoundation.com/low-cost-vet-clinic
Kitten Care, Resources, and Training
From preparing for fosters to bottle feeding and routine care, The Kitten Lady will guide you through it with easy training tips, videos, and more: https://www.kittenlady.org/kitten-care
– Determining the age of a kitten: https://www.kittenlady.org/age
– Newborn kitten progression with daily visuals: https://www.alleycat.org/resources/kitten-progression/
– How to tell if a kitten is male or female: https://humanepro.org/magazine/articles/fact-sheet-how-determine-kittens-sex
– Socializing feral or scared kittens (best done if kittens are under 12 weeks of age): https://www.kittenlady.org/feral
Community or Feral Cats and Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
– Click here for Clark County Community Cat Ordinance and more resources.
– Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5) (TNR): https://www.c5-tnr.org/
– Las Vegas Valley Humane Society https://www.lvvhumane.org/strays
– Community Cat Angels https://www.communitycatangels.org/
– The Animal Foundation Community Cat Program https://animalfoundation.com/ccp
– Vegas Cat Rescue https://vegascatrescue.org/
– Heaven Can Wait Animal Society https://heavencanwaitlv.org/
– Community Cat Angels https://www.communitycatangels.org/
– Las Vegas Cats, a Facebook group dedicated to helping Community Cats, lost and found cats, local Rescues and raising awareness for spay/neuter and TNR https://www.facebook.com/groups/349827722029808
Found, Abandoned, or Lost Cats
– If you find a stray, abandoned, or lost cat, most shelters, rescues or veterinary hospitals will scan for a microchip – no appointment needed! See additional detailed resources below or contact The Animal Foundation for county resources: https://animalfoundation.com/get-pet-help/found-pets/found-cats
What is an eartip?
Eartipping is a surgical procedure done under anesthesia that removes the distal one-quarter of a cat’s left ear.
Eartipping is the preferred method to identify spayed or neutered and vaccinated community or feral cats, because it is difficult to get close to them and therefore the identification must be visible from a distance.
No other method of identification has proven to be as safe or as effective as eartipping.
For more specific details, questions, concerns, and more, check out this article by Best Friends Animal Society, and for a visual, please see this poster by Alley Cat Allies.
Don’t kit-nap them! Find out what to do if you’ve found kittens in your community.
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