March/April Shelter Update

We are very excited to announce we will be opening our doors again, NO FOOLING! April 1^st
Public hours will be 5-7 PM every day + 10 AM – 12 PM on Saturdays and Sundays.

Starting on April 1^st, we will be changing how we do cat adoptions!

• You will be able to visit the shelter to adopt without an appointment!
• We will still require visitors to fill out an adoption application and receive approval before adopting.
• Responses to applications will be sent from catadoptions@parmashelter.org via email within 72 hours of submission.
• Your approval email will detail any information you need to know for adoption.
• We strongly suggest filling out an application before visiting with our cats, otherwise you will have to wait for your application to be reviewed and come back at a later date to adopt.
• We cannot guarantee that a specific cat or kitten will be available during your visit, and we will not be putting holds on kittens.

We would like to thank everyone who has been supporting our shelter with donations to our fundraising campaigns.  We’ve made it easier to donate using a credit card, Paypal or by mail.    We are also grateful to those who continually share our social media posts and help us find homes for our guests.   For those generous people who are willing to donate from our wish list, we have made updates!  You can donate through Amazon or Chewy wish lists too. For those of you who use Fresh Step litter, every point you donate will help us buy litter for our foster kitties.  It’s easy to create an account and upload a picture of your receipt.

We are also looking for volunteers so if you can help, please submit an application.  We are looking for volunteers to help staff our front desk.  Duties include answering phones, greeting the public, clerical work and must be familiar with computers.  Other opportunities are cleaning crew day shifts, dog walkers, cat care volunteers and putting together our newsletter with Constant Contact.

Our Calendar of Events this year will also include a Scentsy Fundraiser, March Muttness, a Spring/Easter bake sale, and a Golf Outing at Ridgewood Golf Course in June. Watch for more events in this space!

We have many kitties waiting to come into the shelter from foster care.  If you are interested in becoming a foster home, please contact us   We are only accepting city of Parma strays brought to us by our Animal Control Officer at this time but we want to be able to help everybody with pet placement.  On our website we have two ways to find homes for your pet – Find Your Pet a New Home through Adopt-a-Pet.com and Get Your Pet from one good home to another.

Adoptions are done by appointment ONLY till APRIL 1st.  

FOR CATS
To submit an adoption application, check out our adoption policy page and please fill out this form. You will be contacted via email within 5 days with scheduling information! – Cat / Kitten Adoption Form

For questions about cats of any age contact: catadoptions@parmashelter.org

Fill out the applicable adoption application and submit.  Once an application is submitted, you will be contacted via email with scheduling approval/denial within approximately 5 days.

FOR DOGS
Please click the link provided below to fill out the dog adoption/fostering inquiry.
Any questions please email dogadoptions@parmashelter.org
Dog adoption/foster inquiry  –  submit form

It may take 24-48 hours to process your application and receive a response back to schedule an appointment.

We will contact you to set up an appointment with an adoption counselor and answer any questions you may have. We appreciate your patience while you wait.