Ellie and Jeanette Torbie Culpeper, VA

All our cats are adopted as inside only cats. Ellie and Jeanette must be adopted together.

Ellie is a gorgeous calico kitty that is a super-duper affectionate lap cat. She is about 1-2 years old, her teeth are beautiful, it is hard to age them after they are kittens and have been on their own. Ellie was found as a stray, and proved to be a house cat that enjoyed all the human attention she could get. Such a sweet temperament, when a lamb was rejected by its mom, it was brought inside to be bottle-fed and attached itself to Ellie, who was an excellent lamb-sitter. We have photos of them cuddling together, and it is so cute! Other cats and dogs, not so much, they’ll want too much of the attention that Ellie feels could go to her! AND THEN ELLIE MET THE NEW RESCUE, JEANETTE - AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER. Jeanette came in as a wee orphan in need of food, care and love; the fosters and Ellie provided it all. With Ellie allegedly not liking other cats, we figure this is the only time you can get another one that love each other! Jeanette is typical kitten girl; brave, curious, playful, very affectionate and friendly. She loves her some Ellie - it's a posse of two. With Ellie, you’ll always have a constant companion; watching tv, sleeping, napping, eating, going to the bathroom, working at the computer…she’s very curious and playful. Jeanette will be following close behind, investigating as she goes along. Ellie and Jeanette's perfect home would be where they are an integral part of a family, get lots of attention and where they will make devoted companions. These beauties are the kind of cats everyone always wants.

All our kitties are fully vetted; spayed/neutered, FeLV/FIV tested, utd on rabies, distemper vax, dewormed, deflead and microchipped.

If you are interested in meeting these kitties please submit an application by clicking this link; https://www.culpeperhumane.org/adoptions/application/

Once submitted, the vet reference you provided will be contacted (if no vet, please provide 3 personal references, may be family and friends if they have a cat that you interact with), and our Director of Adoptions will schedule a phone interview with you. If approved, you will be contacted by our Foster Coordinator for a (virtual) home visit. If approved, the foster parent is notified to contact you to discuss the kitten(s) and arrange the logistics for a visit. If both parties are committed to moving forward with an adoption, the foster parent is empowered to do same day adoption. Our rescue group does not have a brick and mortar facility, all our animals are home fostered in our foster volunteer’s homes. You will be visiting a private residence. The application does not oblige you to adopt, nor does the visitation; the application gives us more information to help ensure an appropriate, suitable and good match.

Not first come, first served, but the best possible match made.

Our policy is that we always take our animals back should it prove to be a less than perfect match, or if you are unable or unwilling to care for the animal any longer. We just don't want the animal to go back into the system. It is also our policy NOT to adopt to families with intact dogs or cats (unless there is a medical reason for not doing so). This is an effort to educate and support our national spay/neuter efforts to reduce the unwanted pet population.

We DO adopt to DC residents, parts of Maryland and Virginia. Occasionally we will adopt far from our epi-center, but will request your local humane society to do a home visit for us and act as our safety net.

Thank you for considering an unwanted and abandoned kitty, and being part of the rescue efforts.