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ASAP Cats Closed Starting Monday, 3/11

The ASAP Cats shelter will temporarily be closed to the public as of Monday, March 11th to begin our main roofing project. All operations other than surrenders and adoptions will continue as usual; emergency services, foster aid, and stray intakes will be facilitated via our volunteer entrance to the right of our main door, simply knock for assistance!

While we cannot accommodate owner surrenders at this time, visit our rehoming page for an extensive list of resources.

Still looking to adopt one of our available kitties? Fill out an application online, or visit Cat Therapy in downtown Santa Barbara to meet some of them!

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Before Rehoming Your Cat

Before Rehoming Your Cat Try... Local: Pet Resource Centers, County of Santa Barbara Find-a-Veterinarian, County of Santa Barbara C.A.R.E.4Paws C.A.R.E.4Paws promotes responsible pet ownership and animal welfare in Santa Barbara County. We create awareness through...

Rehoming Your Cat

Re-Homing Your Cat If you’ve arrived at the difficult decision to rehoming your cat, you can increase your success in finding just the right home, without surrendering your pet to an animal shelter. It’s in their best interest for you to find their new home without...

Rehoming A Cat: Matchmaking

Be a Confident Matchmaker A Potential Adopter: Great! You’ve found an interested party. When someone responds to your flyer, you  have an opportunity to interview him or her. Do an initial interview over the phone before meeting in  person. By doing so, you can...

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV): What You Need to Know Before Adopting Feline leukemia virus, also known as “FeLV,” is the cause of a variety of diseases. As a retrovirus, it replicates itself inside living cells, making it impossible to cure. Specifically, FeLV invades...

You’ve just found a litter of kittens, NOW WHAT?

You’ve just found a litter of kittens, NOW WHAT? You're likely to hear them before you see them. The sound of tiny kittens mewing. They appear alone, defenseless and in danger. The mama cat is nowhere in sight. Each Spring as the weather warms up, unspayed female cats...

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) What is Feline Immunodeficiency Virus? Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is a virus that affects the immune system of cats over time. FIV typically has a long “asymptomatic” phase” in which infected cats may remain symptom free...

What Color is My Cat

What Color Is My Cat? Black Black/White Blue Point (Himalayan) Blue Point (Siamese) Brown Tabby Brown Tabby/White Calico Calico (Dilute) Calico Tabby Chocolate Point (Siamese) Cream Tabby Flame Point (Siamese) Gray Gray/White Gray Tabby Gray Tabby/White Lilac Point...

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Why Spay & Neuter

Why Spay or Neuter Your Cat Unwanted animals have become a very real concern in Santa Barbara.  As pet lovers, it is our responsibility to understand the impact of the decisions we make for our pets. Cats are 45 times more prolific than humans.  If we were to spay 44...

New Kittens

Bringing Home a New Kitten The first few days of your new kitten's life with you should be quiet days. Most likely it has just had surgery and now needs to familiarize itself with a totally new environment, complete with new sounds, smells, perhaps children and a...