Critter Details

See Swallowtail’s HomepageGo to our official websiteYou can fill out an adoption application online on our official website. *This animal is located at our same-day adoption center partner, St. Louis Park PetSmart. Please contact this location prior to visiting to ensure this animal is still available. A paper adoption application will be completed on site so please do not submit an online adoption application. For more information on adopting from one of our adoption center partners, please visit our Adoption Center Animals page. Meet Swallowtail, a sweet and spirited orange tabby with a soft white belly and paws, and an adorable round face with a dash of white. This 3-4 month old girl was found as a stray in the woods, but she's quickly adjusting to life in her foster home. Though still a little nervous with new people, Swallowtail is getting braver each day, especially around her human foster. She's food motivated and can’t help but get excited when mealtime rolls around! While she’s still getting used to being picked up and held, Swallowtail loves to cuddle with her siblings and has plenty of playful kitten energy. With patience and love, she’s sure to blossom into a confident, affectionate companion. Swallowtail is from a stray surrender with 3 siblings. To learn more about Ruff Start’s adoption process and the care our foster animals receive, please visit our How to Adopt page. If you are unable to adopt but want to help this animal and others in our care, you can donate to support the medical and veterinary needs of all Ruff Start Rescue animals.   Want to adopt a kitten? We highly recommend you consider bringing home two instead of one! Adopting kittens in pairs has been proven to be beneficial for cats’ emotional and behavioral well-being and greatly improves the likelihood of long-term adopter happiness as a result. Adopting more than one kitten also reduces the risk of “Single Kitten Syndrome” (also known as Tarzan Syndrome), a symptom of under-socialization during a kitten’s most formative weeks. Kittens who are under-socialized may develop aggressive tendencies toward both other animals and humans as they grow, creating lifelong behavioral issues for owners.