[the OlLine Rebel]

These days newspapers with local classified ads hardly exist. So outside specialty periodicals, I'm not sure what to use to try to find local people who might have cats/kittens to sell/give away. (This goes for dogs too but that is a bit different for my approach to acceptable animals.)

So please, I am aware of local SPCAs (literally 2 min from me) and "adoption" places, but I want to know if there are good sites that help connect with local people who might have a litter they want to sell.

Again, I'm not looking to be told to go to the shelter (I can do that, but frankly prefer home-raised animals) or breeders. I'm already aware of that and they are easy to find on-line. I'm looking to find just general people who might have cats to sell or give away, as often happened with newspapers where one could find all kinds.

The few sites I've run across I'm not sure are really user-friendly. Looking for easy-to-use searches and so on.

[Vendome]

[notaliberal]

There are senior organizations that will look for lost pets. One in California found my friends lost pet. There are listings for some states. Try this link

[Red Badger]

Check your local Chinese restaurant..........

[barker]

Put an empty box on your porch. Cats always find them.

[Disambiguator]

There is a cat adoption place near my office. That probably isn’t helpful to you unless you’re in the Treasure Valley.

[TBP]

Ours is a rescue. Try looking for cat rescue in your area.

(She just came in while I was typing this.)

Petfinder is a good resource.

[TBP]

Ask around at your work, at your church, and so forth.

[SIDENET]

My cats always found me.

I wasn’t a cat person, therefore cats love me.

I had three of them at one point and they would meet me at the door when I came home from work, follow me from room to room, and sleep on me at night.

[Trillian]

Ask friends, family and co-workers if they have kitties on the way. We have a friend of the family with kitties that we plan on surprising our daughter with one in less than a week.

[piasa]

Go to a local feed store and ask around.

[Right Wing Assault]

Just drive around until you see sign on someones front yard that says, "Free kittens!"

[finnsheep]

We just (two and a half weeks ago) adopted a one year old neutered cat from our local shelter. He was captured as a feral back in Oct, fostered by a very nice person until Feb, during which time she had him neutered, microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, distemper and tested for the incurable feline diseases, treated for fleas, ticks and worms. He is a beautiful classic tabby, perfectly housebroken and a very sweet creature who loves to be petted and curls up beside me on the sofa. All this for a $50 donation.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Purchase a seventy nine cent can of tuna from Aldis. Open and leave on front porch. Check hourly select the cat you want. 😁