Adopt a pet
Application
Thank you for your interest in adopting from RSPCA Burton. We want as many people as possible to be able to adopt from us and it’s important that we matching you and your family with the right animal. Below you can find information about what steps to expect during our rehoming process along with lots of other useful information. We hope to see you soon.
Viewing of an animal is via application and can only be seen by appointment only. Take a look on our Animal page to see who we have available (we update these pages regularly).
If you feel that you are a match for an animal, please complete an online application form, and the team will review your suitability. If you have not heard back from us within 10 days unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Visiting
Once you have been successfully matched with an animal, you will be invited to the centre for a meet and greet. You are only able to visit by appointment. If you need to cancel or change your appointment, please get in touch with the team.
Our address Is RSPCA Hillfield Animal Home, Hillfield Lane, Stretton, DE13 0BN – we are down a long drive with a sign at the top.
When you arrive at our centre please come and see us in the Reception Building and we will introduce you to the animal.
- View the available dogs on our website and read their profiles.
- Complete the online dog application form for the animal you are interested in adopting.
- If you meet the requirements of the dog and your application is selected, a member of the team will call you to discuss your application and the next stage of our rehoming process.
Please Note: We are only able to contact successful applicants to discuss the next stage of our rehoming process. If you are not contacted within 2 weeks from the date you submit your application, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. We may receive multiple applications for a particular dog, for which we are very grateful. If we do have a number of applications to review, please rest assured that we will be in touch if your application is chosen. - If all goes well with this discussion, we’ll arrange a home visit by one of our team or ask you to provide us with videos or photos of your home and garden and any existing animals you have. We’ll also need to see written permission from your landlord to keep a dog if you live in rented accommodation and the vaccination record for any dogs you already have.
- Once we’ve received all the information from you, we’ll arrange an appointment for you and any other members of your household to meet the dog at the animal centre and also carry out introductions with any existing dogs you have. Most dogs may need more than one meeting with you before they can go to their new home.
- If the introductions are successful, we will arrange an appointment for you to adopt your new family member from the animal centre. We’ll ask you to provide some form of ID (proof of name and address) prior to the adoption.
- You will receive a follow up email or call from the animal centre after the adoption to find out how your new dog has settled in.
- View the available cats on our website and read their profiles.
- Complete the online cat application form for the animal you are interested in adopting or visit our Burton upon Trent Animal Centre.
- If you meet the needs of the cat, then a member of the team will discuss your application with you and the next stage of our rehoming process. For online applications, please note that we are only able to contact successful applicants.
- If you and your chosen cat are a good match, we’ll arrange for you and any other members of your household to meet the cat at the animal centre.
- If the introductions are successful, we will arrange an appointment for you to adopt your new family member from the animal centre.
- As part of the rehoming process, we’ll arrange a home visit by one of our team or we’ll ask you to provide us with videos or photos of your home and garden and any existing animals you have. We’ll also need to see written permission from your landlord to keep a cat if you live in rented accommodation and the vaccination record for any cats you already have.
- You will receive a follow up call or email from the animal centre after the adoption to find out how your new cat has settled in. We’ll ask you to provide some form of ID (proof of name and address) prior to the adoption.
- View the available rabbits on our website and read their profiles.
- Complete the online rabbit application form for the animal you are interested in adopting.
- If you meet the requirements of the rabbit and your application is selected, a member of the team will call you to discuss your application and the next stage of our rehoming process. Please Note: We are only able to contact successful applicants to discuss the next stage of our rehoming process. If you are not contacted within 2 weeks from the date when you submit your application, unfortunately you may not have been successful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. We may receive multiple applications for a particular rabbit, for which we are very grateful. If we do receive a number of applications to review, please rest assured that we will be in touch if your application is chosen.
- If all goes well with this discussion, we’ll ask you to provide us with videos or photos of your home and garden, your rabbit accommodation and any existing animals you have. We’ll also need to see written permission from your landlord to keep a rabbit if you live in rented accommodation, we may also come and visit you before or after the adoption as part of the rehoming process.
- Once we’ve received all the information from you, we’ll arrange an appointment for you and any other members of your household to meet the rabbit at the animal centre.
- If the introductions are successful, we will arrange an appointment for you to adopt your new family member from the animal centre. We’ll ask you to provide some form of ID (proof of name and address) prior to the adoption.
- You will receive a follow up email or call from the animal centre after the adoption to find out how your new rabbit has settled in.
Reservation
After meeting, if you wish to go ahead with adoption, we will place a reserve on them while we complete a home visit and ensure that they are up to date with their vaccinations and other medical treatment.
Adoption Fee
Why do we charge an adoption fee?
Adoption fees go towards the cost of caring for our animals and ensures we can take in the next animal that needs our help. We are a self-funded charity and it costs over £400,000 a year to run our rehoming centre. Without adoption fees, we simply wouldn’t be able to continue helping animals.
What’s included in the adoption fee?
Every animal has a full health check by our vet prior to adoption.
Dog, cat, and rabbit adoption fees also include microchipping, neutering, vaccinations and 4 weeks free pet insurance.
Dog and cat adoption fees also include flea & worm treatment and a Going Home Pack, containing a few bits to get you started.
Adopter discount
During your adoption appointment, you get 20% off everything in our pet shop. Our pet shop stocks a range of things you may need when you bring your new animal home.
Adoption Prices:
Dogs
Adults from £425
Puppies from £650
Cats
Adults: £200
Kittens: single £225, pair £400
Rabbits
£100
Guinea pigs
£50
Males can be neutered for an additional £70. (This is subsidised by us as the full cost of neutering is £100).
Adoption Day
On adoption day, you will be invited down on a timed appointment to collect your new member of your family.
See below for guidance for each species:
When collecting you dog, you will require a collar, lead and a dog tag, you will be able to purchases these form our centre.
When collecting your cat you will need to bring a cat carrier.
When collecting your cat you will need to bring a secure carrier.
