OC Animal Care cuts cat adoption fee to $100 amid kitten season

OC Animal Care is spotlighting five cats in need of homes this June as warmer weather triggers a surge in stray kitten births across Orange County, according to Voice of OC.

The shelter, which now houses nearly twice as many cats as dogs, is offering a June weekday discount and a revived weekly adoption event to find homes for animals as space tightens.

Five domestic shorthair cats — Agatha, Titan, Bailey, Sol and Mr. Fizz — are currently waiting for homes at the Tustin facility, each having spent between one and two months at the shelter, Voice of OC reported.

Agatha, a 2-year-old spayed female weighing 5 pounds, and Bailey, a 1-year-old spayed female weighing 5.5 pounds, were both confiscated from Huntington Beach and have been at the shelter for nearly two months. Titan, a 3-year-old male weighing 6 pounds, arrived as a stray from Placentia about a month ago.

Sol and Mr. Fizz, both 4-year-old neutered males, round out the group. Sol, at 11.2 pounds, came in from Anaheim roughly six weeks ago, while Mr. Fizz, at 9.9 pounds, was brought in from Santa Ana just over a month ago, according to Voice of OC.

The influx reflects the annual "kitten season," when rising temperatures prompt higher rates of outdoor cat births that send stray kittens to shelters in large numbers. OC Animal Care currently takes in nearly double the number of cats compared to dogs, the outlet reported.

To help manage capacity, the shelter has resumed its weekly "Sittin' With Kittens" event every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., where visitors can meet foster kittens ready for adoption without an appointment. A June promotion also reduces weekday adoption fees for cats and kittens to $100.

Regular adoption visiting hours run daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tustin shelter.

OC Animal Care is Orange County's primary municipal animal shelter, located in Tustin.