Paws and Whiskers is a not for profit Ohio Corporation chartered in October of 1996. The shelter, governed by a Board of Directors, is dedicated to providing a safe haven for our unwanted feline friends. While providing shelter, food, love, and veterinary care for the area homeless, unwanted, and orphaned felines, we work to find them safe, loving homes. They are no-kill and the area’s only feline exclusive shelter, assisting over 8,450 cats and kittens in their first fourteen and a half years.
Upon arriving at the shelter, each cat is weighed, checked for any obvious injuries, treated for intestinal parasites, checked for fleas and given a flea treatment. They are then given food, water and a safe, warm place to sleep. Each resident receives a veterinary exam. Adults are blood tested for Feline Leukemia and Immunodeficiency Virus. Kittens are tested for Feline Leukemia only. Residents have their ears, eyes, and teeth checked, and are vaccinated for calici virus, panleukopenia, chlamydia, and feline rhinotracheitis.
Any serious dental problems or other serious conditions are surgically corrected. They also attempt to have all animals older than four months of age spayed or neutered before they leave the shelter. The average amount spent on each resident during their stay is over $225.00.
If the cat becomes ill in the first ten days (as sometimes happens with the stress of a move), they cover the medical care.
They also offer a cat-back guarantee. A cat adopted from them need never be homeless again because they will take it back at anytime, for any reason.
