SPCA Florida’s Working Cat Program

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At times, SPCA Florida welcomes cats who prefer a working lifestyle over a traditional home. Our goal is always to match each cat with the environment that suits them best. Moonlight Mousers was created for cats who aren’t suited to life as a typical pet, giving them the chance to live happy, healthy lives doing what they love. This unique program provides these cats with shelter, food, water, and veterinary care while offering adopters the benefit of natural rodent control.

 

Families with barns, sheds, garages, or outbuildings, and businesses with warehouses who are looking for help with pest control, or a companion for other animals make ideal adopters for our Moonlight Mousers.

 

What We Provide

• A New Cat for your barn, outbuilding, stable, garage, shed, warehouse or other structure who is spayed/neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, dewormed, and flea treated.

• Free Rodent Control. Our Moonlight Mousers are ready to work and their pheromones that keep pesky critters at bay.

• Assistance and Advice. We’ll provide all the information you need to successfully acclimate and release your new cat into their new role.

 

What Adopters Provide

• A Second Chance for a homeless cat who is not an adoption candidate as an indoor-only cat.

• Daily Food and Water. The adopter provides two meals a day to help keep them healthy. and their strength up for their midnight mousing.

• A Safe Place to Call “Home”. A covered, enclosed area where they can stay safe and warm when they need to get out of the elements.

• Acclimation Safety. For the first two to four weeks, your working cat will need a small, safe place to acclimate to the new environment and learn that they are “home”. Click the button below to download acclimation instructions.

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Who qualifies as a Moonlight Mouser?

• Under socialized cats/kittens.  (Kittens must be at least 4 months old to be placed in this program)

• Cats with ongoing litterbox issues

• Cats with “cattitude” when not allowed to go outside.

• Cats who have lived their lives as mostly outdoor cats.