Adopt a Cat
Every cat deserves a loving home. At Biscuits & Beans, we’ve created a new path to cat adoption in Winchester, VA: a place where you can sip your coffee, spend real time with adoptable cats, and maybe meet the one who was clearly planning to move in with you all along.
How Our Adoption Process Works
Pre-Apply
1-2 Min
Answer a few quick questions about housing, current pets, and adoption readiness. This step is required before adoption can be finalized. Pre-approval is not guaranteed. Cats are not held or reserved until adoption is finalized.
Verification
Our team will complete a quick video home visit. If needed, we’ll also verify landlord permission or confirm current pet care with your veterinarian. This helps us keep adoptions safe, responsible, and kind.
Meet the Cats
Visit the Cat Lounge before, during, or after pre-applying. Spend time with the cats, see who you connect with, and let them show you who they are. Sometimes love at first sight happens. Sometimes it takes a few visits.
Finalize Adoption
Once your pre-application and verification are complete and you’ve chosen your cat, we’ll help coordinate the adoption contract and $125 adoption fee directly with the rescue partner. Then your new family member can head home.
The team at Shady's Paw Animal Rescue does the hard part. The intake. The vet visits. The foster coordination. The sleepless nights wondering if the sick kitten is going to pull through. The endless phone calls and emails and applications. The work that doesn't make it onto social media because it's not cute. It's just necessary.
Biscuits & Beans is not a shelter or intake facility. We're a showcase space, a place where adoptable cats can relax, be seen, and find their people. But without rescues like Shady's Paw, none of this works. They handle the hard part. We just make sure the cats look good doing it. Shady's Paw makes this café possible.
Interested in Becoming a Rescue Partner?
View a summary of our Rescue Partnership Responsibilities & Requirements.
Meet Your New Best Friend
Every cat in our lounge is local, available now, and ready to meet you today. Book a session, spend real time getting to know them, and make a decision based on connection, not just photos.
Every Cat Is Adoption-Ready
When you meet your perfect match at Biscuits & Beans, you can feel confident knowing every cat in our lounge has been fully prepared for their forever home by our partner rescues.
All cats in our café are:
- Spayed or neutered
- Up to date on vaccinations
- Veterinary examined and health-checked
- Litter box–trained and temperament assessed
- Socialized and comfortable in a café environment
- Monitored daily by trained cat caregivers
- Adoption-ready and able to go home the same day (with pre-approval)
- Some may be seniors or have special needs, fully evaluated and adoption ready
Our rescue partners handle all the medical preparation, so you can focus on what matters most: finding the cat that chooses you. With pre-approval, there’s nothing standing between you and bringing your new family member home today.
Adoption Fee: Paid directly to our rescue partner, this fee of $125 supports their work rescuing and caring for cats in our community. It’s their hard work and dedication that makes our café full of adoption-ready cats possible.
Ready to Start Your Adoption Journey?
The fastest path to finding your perfect match starts with pre-approval. Complete the adoption application now, and you’ll be ready to take home your new friend the moment you meet them.