If you can provide a home for a great cat who wants to be your little buddy, then you will definitely want to meet Colby. This adorable and very friendly orange and white tabby cat is sweet and mellow and totally enjoys being  around people. He follows his foster family around like a little puppy dog all in an effort to have the opportunity to sit beside a person. He is very affectionate and lovable. Colby gets along well with the cats in his foster home and would make a nice friend for a gentle, welcoming cat  or he would also be fine as the only pet. Due to a broken bone that healed …

Ashley is a very friendly, affectionate cat. This pretty tabby and white kitty loves people and loves attention. She is social and outgoing. Ashley is only about 10 or 11 months old and can be silly and playful. She is great at entertaining herself and can make a toy out of anything small that happens to be on the floor. Ashley is great with people and really wants to be the only pet in her new home. Ashley was a stray and no owner called to claim her. She was not spayed, of course she is now. Please call Neponset Valley Humane Society at 781-769-1990 or email nvhumanesociety@gmail.com to …

If you have been considering adopting a cat but want to be sure your new family member will be good with children, then you will definitely want to meet Autumn. Autumn was especially fond of the children in her former family. This pretty tortie is a very sweet, loving, tolerant cat. She is mellow and affectionate and happy to quietly entertain herself with toys when her humans are busy. She likes being held and cuddled in laps. Autumn has always been a strictly indoor cat and enjoys life indoors. Autumn is about 5 years old. She lost her home when a new baby was found to have severe allergies…

Ruby is a very pretty white cat with double paws and deep amber eyes. She is confident, friendly and social and enjoys meeting new people. Ruby is an agreeable cat and is comfortable being picked up and held. She likes to be petted and brushed and purrs with contentment. She can also be exceptionally silly and playful.   She loves to stalk, run, pounce, tumble, and leap into the air with excitement all in an effort to catch up to a string toy, a game which never seems to get old for Ruby. She is very fun and entertaining. Ruby acts like a rough and tumble kind of cat now, but she was very …

Starlight and Ricky are best friends and we are in search of a family with room in their home and hearts for this adorable pair. Starlight is the pretty tortie cat. She is about 1-2 years old. She is very sweet, gentle, mellow, outgoing, social and loves attention. Ricky is the beautiful fluffy orange Maine Coon type kitten, about 5 months old, who looks like he may grow into a big boy. Starlight was rescued with a litter of newborn kittens. Her kittens had all been adopted and she was waiting patiently for a family. Ricky was a stray in a terrible neighborhood where thoughtless teenagers …

How this adorable little tuxedo kitten came to be a stray is a mystery. Andy is now safe and sound in an NVHS foster home and is very eager for a family to call his own. Andy is about five months old. He was so frightened when he was first rescued. Now that he knows he is safe and loved. Andy is a super friendly, silly, playful, very lovable kitten. He loves people and purrs like crazy when he is cuddling or getting attention. He enjoys interactive play with his foster family and also enjoys play with other cats. He is at ease with the cat-friendly dog in his foster home. We are in search of …

Desmond is a super friendly, very handsome orange tabby cat who loves being around people. He is sweet, gentle, mellow and social. He can be a little playful but his favorite pastime is sitting in a lap. He is very happy being a strictly indoor cat. He tolerates the other cats in his foster home but seems to prefer human companionship over felines. We estimate Desmond is about 2 years old. This very nice, affectionate cat is eager for a family to call his own. Desmond is one of the many unaltered stray cats rescued by NVHS volunteers. He was smart enough to make his way to the home of one of …

Peter is a very gentle, mellow, affectionate, neat cat. His foster mom says this big, strong boy is a wonderful companion who is no trouble at all. He is very lovable. He sleeps at the bottom of the bed quietly through the night. He welcomes attention when it is offered and purrs with contentment. He will cuddle in a lap if given the opportunity. He enjoys gentle interactive play. He is content to sleep or entertain himself when his foster family is busy with other things. Peter is about 3-4 years old. Peter is a pretty laid back kind of guy and could get along with a welcoming feline …

Ruby is a pretty white cat with double paws. She is very sweet, social, playful and affectionate. She enjoys attention and is comfortable being picked up and cuddled. She has a very endearing habit of wrapping her paws around your arm as your pet her as if to say don't stop. She likes to cuddle up right next to her foster mom and purrs with contentment. She is still very kitten-like and loves interactive play. We estimate Ruby is about 1 to 2 years old. She will do best as the only pet in her new home since she loves people but does not enjoy the companionship of the other felines in her …

Many adorable and super friendly kittens are currently in need of families to love and call their own. These kittens have been in loving NVHS foster homes and are well socialized and friendly. Baby kittens are curious, active and social. They love being part of the family. It's great to adopt a pair. They can run and play together and then snuggle in your lap after they've tired themselves out. With life so busy, if you adopt a pair of kittens, you won't have to worry that the kitty is lonely when you are at work and the kids go back to school.  The bond your kitten forms with you is based on…

Basil is a very cute and nice guinea pig. He is about 1 or 2 years old. Guinea pigs need a clean cage, a healthy diet including hay, fresh veggies and a little treat of fruit or carrot. Basil enjoys guinea pig chew toys. He is a good pig and never bites but he is shy. He will be happiest in a home with a family who understands that being picked up and held is very scary for him. Basil is mainly white with a little beige markings. White piggies struggle to find families to adopt them. If you have considered adding a guinea pig to your family and want to rescue one, Basil would be so happy to …

Penny and Bella are an adorable, friendly, happy, active young pair. Penny is the bobtail tabby. Bella is black. Penny is very sweet, loving and gentle with people but often instigates play with her best pal Bella. She enjoys curling up on the sofa with her foster family and being part of the family. Bella is a happy, energetic little girl. She came into rescue missing most of one ear as you can see in her photo. We have no idea how that happened, she came to us that way and it does not slow her down. Bella likes to be picked up and once she gets to know you, she will follow you around just …

Liza loves people. She is social and friendly and perfectly comfortable riding around on a shoulder. This approximately one-year-old tuxedo kitty is very sweet, cuddly and gentle. Liza is in an active foster home with children, other cats and a small dog who loves cats. She was afraid of the other pets at first but has made the adjustment and is doing well sharing the home with her foster siblings. Liza tolerates the other pets but would also be comfortable as the only pet and the center of attention in her new home. She loves to snuggle in bed with a person at night. Liza is a youngster so …

Charlie and Tony are two very beautiful, gentle, lovable, happy cats. Charlie is the very cute gray and white kitty. He is a super-duper snuggler and is always eager to climb into a lap for cuddles. Tony is the beautiful tabby. He is shy with new people but very loving and absolutely devoted to his brother. Tony loves interactive play. The boys are about two years old. They have always been strictly indoor cats. They have been loved and well cared for. Due to illness their owner is no longer able to care for these nice cats. Please call Neponset Valley Humane Society at 781 769 1990 or email …

Isabel is a super friendly, lovable, outgoing, social, playful teenage kitten who is eager to have a forever family to call her own. This cute little tabby cat is about six months old. She loves people and will be happiest as the only pet in her new home so she can be the center of attention. She is a little darling who loves to cuddle and play. Isabel was a stray. She was not spayed and no owner claimed her. Of course, she is spayed now since no one wants to add to this tragic cat overpopulation problem. Please call Neponset Valley Humane Society at 781 769 1990 or email us at …

Ava is a cute, friendly, social mini lop bunny who needs a new home due to allergies. She has always been a strictly indoor bunny. Ava has a cage condo which will come with her to her new home. Her cage door is almost always left open. She enjoys spending time in her cage but also enjoys the freedom of being able to come out when she wants to get exercise. House rabbits generally train themselves to use a litterbox once they are spayed or neutered. Ava is spayed and she uses a litterbox. She is approximately four years old. Ava is very sweet, happy to receive attention and she loves to be …

Mutt and Jeff are three-year-old very adorable and friendly orange tabby cats.  These nice boys need a new home because their senior owners must move into an assisted living facility that does not allow cats. Mutt and Jeff are very devoted to each other and need to find a forever home together. They have been loved and well cared for since they were babies. They have always been strictly indoor cats. They love to run and play and wrestle with each other. The favorite thing for both boys is to be snuggled in a lap. Mutt and Jeff are trained to sleep in their crate at night. They get their …

Baby and Precious are friendly, lovable, well adjusted, happy cats. They have always been strictly indoor cats and have been well cared for and loved very much. Baby is the beautiful long hair calico and she is 10 years old. Precious is the cute tabby and white and she is 8 years old. Baby is super friendly and mellow and loves to sit in a lap and be brushed. Precious likes interactive play and is also great at entertaining herself with toys or watching out the window. The cats have lived in an active home with young children and small dogs. They have been wonderful, loving, gentle and …

Smokey has been at the Norwood shelter for about a month since she was given up by her previous owner. She is about six or seven months old and has a very sweet disposition. Her gray-tortoise shell coloring is broken up by little patches of orange throughout her fur and one on her back left paw. To adopt Smokey or for more information you can call the Animal Control officer at 781-762-3159 or stop by the Norwood Animal Shelter on Route 1, between 4:00pm and 5:00pm, Mon-Sat.