What is a good Re-Home Fee? Update

[Tora Oni]

Okay let me redo this and organize it and clarify it sorry about that...sorta ranting.


I mean if its fresh kitten no spay/neuter very little vet care 10 bucks is reasonable.

I'm saying what if you bought 500-800 dollar pet I don't think 150-200 is unreasonable if the cat is spayed/neutered and pretty much well breed well maintained cat. Now I'm not saying 100 is too low or that you should charge less. Which I guess I get it a lot more people are willing to put 200 or more into a dog than a cat because dogs are viewed to have more purposes than cats since dogs generally can be tagged as a watch-dog, guard-dog and other various reasons since dogs go out more and do stuff with the family more than cats do. Cats get tagged as pest control, there are probably a few roles cats are good at but don't get credited, like being an alarm clock.

Though it seems like all those people, don't realize that asking for 150 is rather small compare to 500 dollar bill which can rack up pretty easy in a single accident or a serious health issue. I mean are they going to do whats right for the cat? Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on some one with small pocket book I kinda have one too, which is why I don't have a pet right now. Oh Probably need to put a Rest in Peace sign for my Stormy...yeah this is defiantly not about my cat. I would hate if I ever had to re-home him since he had allergies.

Maybe I am bit wrong after all purpose of re-home ads are to find a good home for a pet so it doesn't go to the shelter, rescue or get put to sleep. So I guess as long as a person does ensure the pet gets a good home which is the main point of charging a fee then a larger fee or any fee doesn't really need to apply as long as the previous owner is fine with the outcome of their pet. Which I'm sure if I spent 100-700 on a kitten and 2 years latter I find out something horrible happened or I pass away I would be happy to know my cat went to a good home fee or no fee.

[sasvermont]

I am trying to figure out what your post is asking. Sorry. It is very difficult to read/understand.

If I read what I think I read, you asked how much you should ask for a kitten you have prepared for re-homing/adoption.

My answer would be as much as you spent on it. If you can show the person(s) your receipts for the vet, proving that the cat has indeed had all its shots, then they will feel comfortable with your asking price.

No one would expect to be paid for kitten food or litter..... doctor visits, treatments, spaying/neutering...surely.

If I were to come up with a figure, I would say around $50 or $60, but only you know how much you spent at the vet!!!

Did that answer the question I think you asked?

Well, I just re-re-read your post and saw that you are thinking about re-homing your established cat/pet, not a kitten. I would not do Craig's list at all. I would try friends, family, co-workers, your local papers where you might know the people .... and could go to their home. Even a no-kill shelter would probably be better than Craig's list. And I would make sure he found a great home rather than make money on the deal.

That's my opinion, doesn't make me right! I am sure others will chime in.

Good luck.

[phesina]

Another reason to ask for a fee when you adopt out any kitten or cat is because there are too many bad people out there looking for the "Free to good home" animals.. to use in experiments or as bait for training their fighting dogs.

[catmandu]

Well the Animal Welfare Association charges 150 Dollars and the Cats that they adopt out are 100 % Guaranteed to be heathy Cats!
Spaying and neutering is expensive, for neuteringand needles its about 250 dollars in Hamilton and about 350 for spaying which is more complicated.

If people are not willing to pay for a Cat whos already neutered or spayed what sory of Cat Guardians will they be when thier Cat needs Vet Care??

I paid 150 dollars more than the 350 the Lady at the Cattery asked for Pouncierge and Miquelito as 500 Dollars to me was a very very fair price for Two Healthy Pure Bred Oriental Shorthairs!!!
For the love they brought us 5000 would have been a fair price as Pouncierge was being curling up with Michael making My Owesome Orange Senior Kittyzen A Very Happy Cat.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I believe that Craigslist requires that you charge some sort of a "rehoming fee", but then they say that pet "sales" are prohibited. In between those is a huge gray area. Honestly most people looking for a cat on CL aren't going to pay much for one, because there are always tons of free ones in the newspaper. If you have a purebred or otherwise desirable breed you might be able to get $50-100 which is still less than a shelter would charge normally, but there's a real good chance that some jerk or nosy nancy is gonna flag your ad before a serious adoptee even sees it. Pets cost money to maintain that's for sure, but any time you advertise to the general public, they're gonna want something for as close to nothing as you'll let them get away with paying.

Most people who have spent the time and $ to properly vet an animal aren't going to recover that amount on Craigslist. I know this and most people reading the ads know this, but some folks who post animals for adoption still want to break even and it's probably not gonna happen.

As far as CL goes.... if it was me, and I had a litter of run-of-the-mill kittens that needed a good home, I probably would do one of 2 things (1)worm and vaccinate them, adopt them for maybe $10 apiece and hope and pray that the future owners get them spayed/neutered later. or (2) Charge a higher adoption fee, but promise to refund the $ as soon as proof was provided that the animal was spayed or neutered. I suppose in essence that the animal would then have been adopted for free in the long run, but the new owner would have to initially come up with some money (which weeds out the total dead-beats) and then spend whatever other $ the animal needed for routine care.

It's a slippery slope when you ask for money in return for a pet, especially via Craigslist. Some would say a particular rehoming fee is reasonable while yet another person would say that you are selling the animal if you get any money at all for it.

[GILL]

First off I would NEVER use Craigslist too find a home for an animal, too many animal brokers lark there.
As to a fee most shelters and agencies I work with charge from $ 100 - 200. per cat. Higher for pure bred kittens and lower for older. This also eliminates the animal brokers. Some even require you to bring the animal in 2-3 months after adoption. Just so they can be checked.
Over the last 8 weeks I have moved 37 cats & kittens, including 1 EX grand champion. So far all have been placed except 2. I have even meet some of the adopter’s.
All I can say is be very careful.