Adoption Process

Here are the details on how to make that happen at Chico Cat Cafe Cat Café and Lounge. And yes! 100% of the adoption fees go to our rescue partners.

First you will make a booking via the website to meet our adoptable kitties.

Adoption fees vary, according to the age of the kitten or cat and on the originating rescue of said cat or kitten. All kitties over 4 months also have had their rabies vaccinations. All kitties have been spayed/neutered, micro-chipped, received their flea and de-wormer treatments, and basic booster shots.

When you visit, let our staff know you are actively looking to adopt.

1. Ask for an application – fill it out in its entirety and please don’t forget to write in the top which cat you are applying for!
2. We will take a photo of the application and text it to that cat’s rescue representative.
3. The rescue may or may not reach out to you immediately for a phone interview. Some of our rescues respond within the day and some take a little longer. Please be patient.
4. We DO NOT have any control over the adoption approval process. All of our rescues operate independently of our business and as such we are completely removed from the adoption process. We will notify you if you have been approved when we are notified ourselves!
5. Once we get an all paws up approval, we will be reaching out to you to setup a mutually beneficial day and time to finialoze your new furry BFF’s adoption. If you get the ok over the weekend, it’s at our discretion when the cat can go home – this depends on current numbers of cats in the lounge at the moment, as well as events and other things taking place at that time. NOTE: We require our rescue partners to have a replacement cat ready  to come into the lounge once we have an approved adoption to keep cat staffing levels up, so it may be a few days before the process is complete. Please also take note that we are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays 😊
6. When you arrive to bring your new kitty home, please expect to spend about 15 minutes or so with us finalizing your paperwork. BRING A CARRIER, proper payment (cash, Venmo, or check made out to the rescue) and be prepared to fill out an adoption contract. We will go over your cat’s adoption folder that contains its medical records and other papers, discuss food and litter requirements and take a photo of your new family for our social media posting.

Oh yes, and we would love it if you did! We have matchmakers right here in the café who will help you find the right feline companion for you or your family and will walk you through the process. We record all our adoptions and post them – our goal is to find great homes for all our furry friends so that we can foster more. Keep checking back to see the impact that you, our loyal guests, are making!

Our adoption rates are very high so a lot of times a kitty you see online has the potential to already have been adopted. Please note, we do not “hold” kitties. If you are interested in a cat or kitten, but cannot bring them home within a week, we cannot guarantee that feline will be available when you are ready. Because there are always kittens that need to be pulled from needy rescues and shelters, we like to make room for new kitties as soon as we can.

We do a deep clean of our cat lounge 3 times a week and monitor the kitties every day for potential illness. Just like with people though, sometimes the kitties are asymptomatic (not showing signs of illness) while they are with us and end up getting adopted and going home. Our rescue partners can help you if this happens. Please reach out to us and we will get you in touch with them!

No worries––our café is open to all. If you simply love cats but are unable to bring one home, we welcome you just the same. Until our kitties find their new homes, they need all the love and affection they can get (and they have a lot to give, too!). Please feel free to come by, grab some coffee, and snuggle up with a furry friend. And if you know someone who’s been searching for a kitty friend, give ‘em a nudge to visit! You can also consider supporting us in other ways, such as by donating to a local cat rescue.

Yes. All cats are examined by our rescue partners before arrival, which includes being spayed/neutered, microchipped, receiving updated vaccinations, and possible testing for FeLV & other viruses/illnesses. If you have any questions, please contact us or chat with a café team member during your visit.

Super clean. We follow cleaning procedures similar to hospitals and veterinary clinics and are cleaning and lint rollering hourly, in addition to bi-weekly steam cleaning of all furniture, human and feline. Our cats are well-screened by our rescue partners to ensure they are healthy and we take VERY good care of them here. We also run medical-grade air purifiers in each main room and clean and sanitize every hour. With any animal facility, there is a small risk of zoonotic illnesses but we work extremely hard to make sure everyone stays healthy and sanitary. We have many extra precautions to prevent human illness too.

The cats and kittens at Chico Cat Cafe are provided by our various cat rescue partners. Chico Cat Cafe plans to have an initial out-reach to over 5 counties (Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Yuba and Shasta) throughout Northern California. Currently, we contract with 5 different cat rescues. Many of our kitties will be transferred in to our rescue partners from rural shelters that do not have the resources to support felines.

There will be approximately 12 -15 cats and kittens in our cat lounge at any given time, all available for adoption.