Cat Adoption Team

I don’t even know where to begin with my praise for this wonderful no kill shelter. I was able to do some volunteering there before I started back in college and my schedule became too hectic. I cannot even tell you how impressed I am with how well their cats are treated. Many of the caregivers know each cat by name, as well as preferences and personalities. They give them as much love and support as they possibly can and celebrate each time a kitty finds their forever home. My Mother adopted her kitty (Coco) from there about 3 years ago and our whole family is enamoured with her. CAT partners with many other animal shelters in the Portland Metro area and beyond to make sure that more and more kitties find a home.
If you love cats as much as I do, also consider making a donation to their Thrift Shop, located in the Raleigh Hills area. It’s a really cute little place and I always find something to take home when I make a donation. I wish more animal shelters could follow the model that CAT had created, it could save so many more lives as well as give quality of life to those kitties who are waiting to be adopted. They are also amazing with volunteers so if you have any spare time, they are wonderful support for that as well. Thanks for everything you do CAT!

My fiancé and I got our little Chubalub Chance from the CAT Adoption Team and we couldn’t be more happier. The team that works there are wonderful and patient. We fell in love with Chance the second we walked through the door and saw him. They let us hold him to see how he would react and he purred in both of our arms. That was it for us. We didn’t want to be too hasty so went and walked around for a little bit to keep an open mind but we ended up getting Chance after everything was said and done. The wonderful lady that helped us get our paperwork going was very helpful and gave us great information on how to make our cat the most comfortable and to improve our relationship with him. I feel if it wasn’t for her advice we wouldn’t be so close to chance as we are today. He trusts and loves us so explicitly and us to him as well.

We bought our cat, Kitty (yes that is really her name!), here about a year ago and could not have had a better experience. Debbie (I believe that was her name) was so helpful and you could tell she really cared about all of the cats there. She totally spoiled kitty before we brought her home and sent us home with plenty of food, toys, and handmade blankets to make her happy! I will definitely send my friends here if they are ever wanting a cat. And I will definitely come back if we are ever needing another!

Update: We haven’t recieved a reply at all from this organization although I have tried to contact them through facebook, they deleted my post. Ringworm is highly contagious and they should at least let us know they have made the proper precautions to ensure cats that came in contact with our cat or her surroundings are being treated before being adopted.

I’ve never really considered myself a Cat person, but recently, I met some amazing ones I came to the conclusion I needed to add one to a household of me and a large Lab. I had a few needs to be met; I wanted a Cat that wouldn’t run and hide the whole day, draw blood when I tried to rub its belly, or make me sneeze ²⁴⁄₇.
I wasn’t impressed with Hannah the Pet Society, a place I consider an overpriced food club and pet insurance agency. Google led a friend and I to C.A.T. in Sherwood. The setup there is pretty nice, they have a bunch of enclosed rooms with cats you can go play with, or you can choose to interact with any in the kennels, and there are dozens to choose from. The adoption fees are very fair; from $ 25 for adult cats that have been there more than a few months, to $ 125 or so for Kittens.
The staff does their best to answer any questions you have to find the perfect cat for your needs. Keywords on each cage clue you into the cat’s personality. And they never want to send you home with a cat that hasn’t been made as healthy as possible by their veterinarians. I brought my cat back a week after I adopted her dental work, at no expense to myself.
She’s a wonderful affectionate cat, and I appreciate Cat Adoption Team.

I adopted two kittens from the Cat Adoption Team. They are the cutest and most well behaved little cats. Their foster mom was friendly, and had obviously taken great care of the kittens. They grew up with dogs, so both cats are well socialized and friendly with dogs. Thanks Cat Adoption Team, you guys are great!

Great and friendly service! We adopted one of our kitties from them and they were thorough enough about whether he was going to a good home. Just a generally great facility from what I’ve seen. Highly recommended if you’re in the market for a kitty

My favorite way to raise my mood after visiting the DMV or DEQ is visiting CAT. It’s right across the street.
The DMV makes me very grumpy. I’m not a fan. So, when I’m done I go and visit the cute furry faces of all the cats and kittens at CAT. I haven’t been here in years, like maybe 4… I remember my last visit to be a smellier litter pan scent. This visit was an aromatically pleasant visit. Smelled freshly scrubbed and spic and span.
I have a kitty of my own and am not interested in having any more under one roof. But boy every single kitty here was crazy adorable. They all seemed so friendly. Most of them came to the front of their cages to get my attention. The kittens are down stairs and the adults are kept upstairs. So many kittens were available. The cats must be getting busy all over Portland. LOL. I thought kitten season was over. I really took my time checking each kitty out. The stress of the DMV melted completely away.
The volunteers were all super friendly and helpful. The shelter is completely non profit and runs on it’s own with no Government funding. The kitties are so vey lucky to have such a wonderful shelter to care for them. There are many foster homes that take care of cats that are not quite ready for adoption. Lucky little kitties to have caring humans.
I left with a bag full of toys and goodies for my own little Kitty. To pay for my good time. They have a great selection of retail items available to care for and entertain your feline.
I just love CAT.
MEEEEEOOOOOOWWW

Okay. So a bit of background, I had been looking for a kitten for a few weeks when I stumbled upon these 3 gorgeous siamese kittens. I called the lady and she’d told me no one had showed interested in them for weeks and that my application checked out and I was a good fit. She told me that the Cat Adoption Team was closer to me than she was so she would be transferring them there and would be ready later in the week.
So, she told me she’d informed them of my coming and I’d called them for 3 days checking up on the status of the kittens and making sure they were ready to go! So the day came when they were finally going to be put out, and of course, I went there same day, only to be told that they already adopted all of the kittens away and of course not showing any real remorse and trying to push me into the direction of other kittens. I’d rented a car and took time out of my schedule to see these kittens.
You think they’d call or at least give me a couple of hours to show up– but no apparently all these people care about is giving to cats to whoever they can that checks out as fast as possible– and for a volunteer organization, you’d think they might see when someone really wants a kitten.
Even if they did get more siamese cats, what is the point of going back if they’re just going to tell you someone took them an hour before you left to go get it? I mean is an hour’s hold too much to ask?
Apparently so.

My feline companions have all been from CAT. This review is actually several years old because it’s been a long time since I got my kittens, but I’ve always had a pleasant experience there. My wife also volunteered there for a time as well and enjoyed it.
A few notes about this place:
* It’s a no-​kill shelter.
* They require all cats and kittens be fixed before being adopted.
* You need to promise that your cats will be indoor only.
* You need to promise to never declaw your cats.
The adoption price is reasonable ranging from $ 60 to $ 125 and they occasionally have sales and promotions for discounted adoption costs. It’s a great deal considering all that you get with it such as the spay/​neuter surgery, micro-​chipping, and vaccinations.
Much of their staff are volunteers and in my dealings with them over the years, I’ve only had a problem with one of their people (whom doesn’t work/​volunteer there anymore) with being snobby.
Sadly, I can’t say I’m looking forward to getting my next cat from CAT because that means either one of my cats have died or I turned into a crazy cat guy, but when that time comes, CAT will be my first choice.

A kid and mom review here:
From the kid:
i love cat so much i want to hug everything i see. me and my mom were foster parents for cat we had to take classes and interviews and the best part is they treated me with respect!!!
From the mom:
We were foster parents for the kitten program at CAT for a couple of years. We made several trips to CAT and met several of their staff. I found them to be professional, courteous, and very flexible. They allowed my then-​6-​year-​old daughter to take classes with me and treated her with dignity and took her seriously. All of our questions were answered by friendly people who knew what they were doing. A few reviewers mentioned «uppity staff,» and that’s unfortunate that anyone made condescending remarks and gave a bad impression. We’ve never encountered anything except for positive attitudes and a friendly, clean, contientious organization at CAT. I know several people who have adopted there and been happy. It’s not super easy to find, but worth the drive to Sherwood if you want to get a good cat from a good place.

I have never adopted from CAT, but I have fostered kittens for them numerous times through their foster program. I have found their staff to be warm, compassionate, and extremely realistic.
This organization does what almost no other organization can do in this town — take on so many adult cats and kittens and keep them healthy, spayed/​neutered, and adopt them out to loving, responsible homes. I don’t think the public realizes the sheer cost to do this or that so many organizations don’t take in adult cats in this number. Please consider a donation to CAT. The money goes directly to saving lives and hooking you up with your next lovable, well-​socialized, purrfect fuzzface.
Stray cats are an under-​served population in most cities, with many shelters full to capacity and high euthanasia rates because the cats cannot get adequate attention to develop their scared personalities into adoptable ones. Even our county shelters work with CAT because CAT is so good at what they do.
As for the staff concerns listed in previous review, consider this: CAT’s team sees *everything* that happens in all kinds of adoptive situations. Most cat owners fortunately never have to deal with the issues that CAT sees in volume — so when they make suggestions about how best to care for your cat, whether it’s to keep it indoors, properly address behavioral issues, or provide vaccinations or deworming on a specific schedule, it’s not because they want to make you feel poorly about your cat ownership skills. It’s because they know what it takes to keep these cats from becoming sick, being returned, rehomed, dumped, or dying horrible deaths outside. That’s a really rough job to try to convey this to potential cat owners day in and day out and maintain positivity.
I applaud their efforts and hope that everyone sees the organization for volume of good that they do. Donate. Donate. Donate.

We got our kitty here. It’s a no kill shelter and is full of cats of all ages and breeds. I highly rec adopting here! Our cat is great!

This place put us in quite an awful position. I’d stay well away if I were you.
We adopted a 3-​year old female cat from the Cat Adoption Team last February. We were told she would want to be an only cat — which was fine, even though we were initially considering a pair — and, importantly, that she was spayed. She was not only not spayed, she was in fact pregnant when we adopted her. We never let her out, and we don’t have another cat, so there is no way she could have gotten pregnant in our care. When we contacted CAT, they were extremely skeptical… I would be too! But even after receiving overwhelming evidence supporting our claim, both first-​hand and from our vet, they were reluctant to help out. They told us we would need to surrender ALL of the kittens at six weeks or bring her in to have the kittens aborted. WOW. We know it is hard to find homes for kitties, but we found this attitude astonishing given the circumstances.
We refused the «offer» and allowed our new kitty to birth and raise her kittens in our home until they were an appropriate age to be separated (note for readers from CAT: that would be ten to twelve weeks, not six). However, we let the shelter know that we expected them to provide spay/​neuter for the lot at the very least, and they reluctantly agreed, though they were clearly not happy with our decision to avoid their «assistance.» All vaccinations, de-​worming etc. was done on our own dime; we found CAT impossible to deal with… though we accepted that some costs would need to be absorbed when we did not agree to their terms. Eventually, they did take care of surgery for the mama cat and two of her «kids,» though both kittens developed complications and needed to be brought to our vet for emergency care.
It seems that for whatever reason, nobody over there has ever written any of this down. It is incredible to me how many times we have had to explain this entire situation to CAT, and how many times it was met with outright refusal to help or with suspicion. It is hard to believe how much chaos and incompetence lies just underneath a professional veneer and flashy «personality matching» system. Do NOT let the surgical team at CAT ANYWHERE NEAR your own feline friends. Whoever it is does not seem able to perform routine surgery without major problems or even properly determine whether a cat is spayed or pregnant. We probably would have spent less on spaying/​neutering if we had paid out of pocket and had it done at the vet; as many pet owners know, emergency animal care is not cheap.
Now we have three cats (two were adopted by friends who elected to handle neutering with their own vets). We have all bonded with the kittens, and they with us, but the mama cat is clearly extremely unhappy that she is no longer the only cat. She doesn’t «fit» here anymore and she knows it, and it is getting worse as her kids grow up. So, we are stuck trying to find her a new home and there is no chance in hell we will turn to CAT due to their incompetence and horrible attitudes. They are nice enough when you are trying to take a cat off their hands, but I pity the fool who has a problem with a new cat from CAT. Truly a (very expensive) nightmare. Avoid at all costs, and send your donations to more deserving shelters.

Cats are cats and Robert is Robert. But I have to say the CAT has done the world better by commissioning a cat adoption mobile phone app for Android that any non profit animal shelter in the world can use for free.
Adopt catanimals in Portland metro:
Use free in the world:

This group is awesome. They are one of the few true no-​kill cat shelters. They do get full, so it’s sad that on some occasions they may have to turn kitties away, but they do a good job. Unlike the Humane Society, they do not throw a bunch of kittens into a room for adoption. Sure it’s cute, but diseases run rampant with kittens and there’s no better way to spread them than having a cattery play room. I adopted a kitten from the Humane Society once and the kitty died weeks later from some untreatable disease. They really didn’t care much when I called and told them about it.
I’ve adopted 2 kitties from CAT. Both alive and well. One is now nearly 5 years old and the other is almost 1. I have also participated in the foster program through CAT and it was a great experience. They do try hard to save the kitties and I was able to place 3 kittens into good homes while also raising a bottle baby through the foster program.
I try to make cash or goods donations when I can. A great organization worth supporting. Their consultations are smart, and their adoption process is smart as well. It’s all in place to help ensure you don’t get a sick kitty or spread sickness. Do the good thing and support this organization any way you can. There’s lots of great older kitties there since they are a no kill shelter. Kittens always get adopted quicker, which is great, but it’s sad to see all the older ones. I’d adopt them all if I could.

I was very happy with our adoption experience at CAT. When you first arrive, you are given a personality test (which you can also take online). The results determine what kind of cat will be the best match for you. All the cats have been given one of 9 personality types in order of shy to ougoing and everything in between. We scored in the «sidekick» personality, and our little sidekick has been a perfect fit.
I see a lot of complaints about the staff. Keep in mind that CAT is a non-​profit so it’s entirely run by volunteers. Although I dind’t get anyone crazy, I can definitely agree that the staff are hard-​core kitty fans and will school you. But I tried to view their intensity as passion. I was not super keen on a lady holding our hand through every step of the proccess (it was a little intense), but she definitely knew her shit and did teach us some important things. Also, don’t expect to just stop by and get a cat. This is a 3 to 5 hour event. I definitely agree with the CAT ladies on this one, adopting shouldn’t be a rash decision.
They have so many adorable cats and a bunch of play rooms to watch them in actoin. We got our kitty for a little over $ 100. The rate is based on age and health factors. Also included in that fee were her spay and full vaccinations, which we took her back to complete a month later. There is a little store downstairs that sells food, litter, toys and everything you need to start a life with your new cat. Have fun!

I got my second kitten «ash» there last year for christmas. the staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. it was a very simple and cheap adoption process. ash was already neutered, micro chipped and had all his shots. they even sent him home with an adorable pink blanky with skulls on it! he is so sweet and well behaved, i love him so much!

We have adopted two cats from Cat Adoption Team and will go back when we wish to adopt another cat. They take good care of the animals — it is a shelter, but the ones in the free-​roaming rooms have a fair amount of comfort, and even the ones in cages have every comfort they can be given while that restricted.
The staff are wonderful, and they are very good at both matching you with an appropriate cat, and giving you the advice you need to integrate that cat to your household. Both cats we adopted have been very very much like we were told they would be in our household. I know that such prediction is an art, so some of that is luck — I don’t expect 100% — but so far I have gotten it and that does influence my impression!
When my father passed away, I brought his two cats home. At that time I didn’t have any cats in my house but I called CAT for advice on integrating two indoor-​outdoor country cats into an indoor-​only suburban house, with one of the cats young enough that she only sort of knew me, as a visitor (the other one grew up in our house before I left for college, and remembered me better). The volunteer sounded relieved that I wasn’t asking them to take the cats in (it was kitten season and I’m sure there’s a waiting list at any time any way) — and spent a good several minutes going over ways I could ease the transition for them, and also made sure I knew I could call back if I needed more advice.
They also run a cat-​food bank for cat owners who need some help feeding their pets. I haven’t used that service so I can’t speak to how it is for the people who need it — but I am glad that it exists at all.

If I ever have the ability to die an old woman with millions, I will leave it all to Cat Adoption Team (bonus awesomeness if I get to really piss off some crappy relatives in the process). We have gotten two kitties from their Cat Adoption Days, and each was a pleasant and joyful experience we smile about every time we think of it.
Talk with any of the staff or volunteers and you’ll see that not only do they LOVE cats, they KNOW cats. Their knowledge will help navigate you through questions and concerns, and they remain honest and open over what will and will not work. They’re not going to push a cat into your home just to get it out of the shelter.
Our first baby kitty died at a year old from a tumor, and when we went back to find a new outlet for our love, I started crying like a lunatic in the middle of PetSmart. Within moments I was surrounded by at least 3 other CAT people, crying and hugging me with complete empathy. You just don’t find that anywhere else.
CAT is no-​kill and no-​cruelty. They educate pet owners on the huge negatives of declawing, along with letting your kitty be an «outdoor cat.» This was very helpful, since we hadn’t considered these issues before. I’m glad they make a point to let everyone know why they take the stances they do.
Reasonable fees, a wonderful organization and the cutest kitties! I better rev up my 401K. I’ve gotta leave them behind something at least!