Hi! I'm Cookie! I am a weathered-looking kitty, and that's just part of my story. I am a sweet, but scared boy, having lived in a hoarding house for many years. I was actually the very last kitty removed from the home. I was kitty #40! I lived in the basement, and one day I happened to get into an interior storage room and they couldn't find me. They were worried about me so much and if I was OK! They were able to get me and bring me into the shelter to get the love and care I needed. (They think that maybe chemicals got onto my fur, and that's why I have some nakey skin down my neck.)
I will now eat licky treats off your finger, but I am still learning to receive attention from humans. When it's quiet at the shelter, with few people around, I have been known to check out the toys and start playing! I'm still really learning to be a cat, and so far I think I like it!
I would like to go home with another one of my hoarding kitty friends. We've all been through a lot together, and having a forever home to call our own would make us feel like the luckiest kitties ever.
Included in our adoption fee, all of our kitties are vaccinated, FELV / FIV tested, dewormed, microchipped, spayed / neutered, and checked out by a veterinarian.
Hi! I'm Cookie! I am a weathered-looking kitty, and that's just part of my story. I am a sweet, but scared boy, having lived in a hoarding house for many years. I was actually the very last kitty removed from the home. I was kitty #40! I lived in the basement, and one day I happened to get into an interior storage room and they couldn't find me. They were worried about me so much and if I was OK! They were able to get me and bring me into the shelter to get the love and care I needed. (They think that maybe chemicals got onto my fur, and that's why I have some nakey skin down my neck.)
I will now eat licky treats off your finger, but I am still learning to receive attention from humans. When it's quiet at the shelter, with few people around, I have been known to check out the toys and start playing! I'm still really learning to be a cat, and so far I think I like it!
I would like to go home with another one of my hoarding kitty friends. We've all been through a lot together, and having a forever home to call our own would make us feel like the luckiest kitties ever.
Included in our adoption fee, all of our kitties are vaccinated, FELV / FIV tested, dewormed, microchipped, spayed / neutered, and checked out by a veterinarian.
Fill out our adoption application: https://bit.ly/2Z0MEvO.
(We do ask for a personal and vet reference.)
2.
Meet the Pet
If you have a pet in mind to adopt, come and meet them! Or come meet everyone to find the pet(s) best matched for your family or home.
3.
Approve Application
The shelter will review your application and call your personal and vet references. (Our review generally happens within 2 days.)
4.
Sign Adoption Contract
Once approved, you’ll come to the shelter to sign your adoption contract.
5.
Pay Fee
After signing your contract, you'll pay the adoption fee. Our adoption fee covers spay/neuter, microchip, vaccines, and other medical care.
6.
Take the Pet Home
Take your new friend(s) home! We will provide instructions for transitioning your new pet into your home (especially with existing pets).
Additional adoption info
Please bring a carrier with you — one for each adopted pet to transport home.
We will follow up after the adoption to make sure everything is going well. If you have any questions or issues after adoption, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.
We love updates, and love seeing our kitties happy in their forever homes!
Please bring a carrier with you — one for each adopted pet to transport home.
We will follow up after the adoption to make sure everything is going well. If you have any questions or issues after adoption, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.
We love updates, and love seeing our kitties happy in their forever homes!
Come meet our cats and kittens any time the shelter is open to the public — no appointment necessary. We do have some cats and kittens in foster homes, and adopters with approved applications can meet them at the foster's home. (Contact the shelter to schedule time to meet them.)
Come meet our cats and kittens any time the shelter is open to the public — no appointment necessary. We do have some cats and kittens in foster homes, and adopters with approved applications can meet them at the foster's home. (Contact the shelter to schedule time to meet them.)
More about this shelter
As animal lovers, we have dreamt of creating a non-for-profit rescue 501(c)(3) organization in which we could place cats into forever homes with the utmost loving families. Our mission is simple: rescue, shelter, and re-home cats in need.
Our goal is to provide a cage-free and no-kill shelter environment for the kittens and cats waiting to be placed. Our area of focus is in McHenry County, Illinois.
As animal lovers, we have dreamt of creating a non-for-profit rescue 501(c)(3) organization in which we could place cats into forever homes with the utmost loving families. Our mission is simple: rescue, shelter, and re-home cats in need.
Our goal is to provide a cage-free and no-kill shelter environment for the kittens and cats waiting to be placed. Our area of focus is in McHenry County, Illinois.
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We'll also keep you updated on Headlight's adoption status with email updates.
