The shelter we adopted our cat from was fantastic. He was in a quarantine room with other cats that needed to have a respiratory infection ruled out.

We filled out the adoption paperwork the day we met him. He wasn’t medically cleared for adoption so they approved us as to foster him and they let us bring him home a week later. We were instructed to contact the shelter if any health issues arose. I had already made an appointment with my vet to meet him and she found him to be in good health. (She picked him up, hugged him, and told him he’d hit the jackpot!)

At one point during the foster we did have to take him to the vet because a growth developed on his paw. It turned out just to be keratin and fell off on its own, but that visit was free because we contacted the shelter and made an appointment with the vet that they worked with.

Once he was actually cleared for adoption part of the paperwork mentioned taking him to our vet within two weeks of “adoption.” When I called to ask about it (because he’d already seen my vet, and the next available appointment was months ahead) they explained that if any genetic issues were discovered they would discourage us returning him.

I explained that he was “home” the first night and I wouldn’t return him if they paid me. They gladly took my credit card for the $50 adoption fee.