Choose your waitlist
Our kittens are often spoken for before they're listed. Welcoming a kitten is a special decision, so we offer two options. Choose the one that works best for you.
How the Priority Waitlist works
Apply
Complete the adoption application and choose the Priority Waitlist. Share your preferences for sex, coat color, eye color and personality.
Get approved and join
Once you're approved, we send a private link to review the waitlist policy and place your $300 deposit. Your position is secured when it's received.
Your turn to choose
When a kitten that suits you is available, we contact you and you can request a live video visit. You have 48 hours to let us know if you'd like to proceed or pass.
Reserve your kitten
We confirm the placement, you sign the reservation agreement, and your $300 counts toward the total.
Join the free notification list
Get litter announcements and kitten availability updates. No deposit, no commitment.
Kitten Waitlist Policy
Welcoming a kitten into your family is a special decision. We offer two waitlist options so you can choose the approach that works best for you.
Free notification list
Our free notification list allows you to receive litter announcements and kitten availability updates without a deposit or commitment.
Families on this list may reserve available kittens after families on our paid Priority Waitlist have had their opportunity to select. Joining the free list does not reserve a kitten or guarantee a selection position.
Paid Priority Waitlist: $300
After your adoption application is approved, you may join our Priority Waitlist with a $300 deposit, fully applied toward your kitten's adoption fee. This is part of the total adoption fee, not an additional charge.
Priority families receive the opportunity to view and reserve available kittens before our free notification list and the general public.
Your position is secured when your deposit is received. Selection opportunities are offered in deposit-received order, taking into account each family's stated preferences and the kittens available.
Kitten preferences and availability
Please share your preferences for sex, coat color, eye color, and personality when applying.
We will do our best to help you find a suitable match. However, joining the Priority Waitlist does not guarantee a specific kitten, appearance, litter, or go-home date.
Diamonds of USA Cattery reserves the right to retain kittens for our breeding or show program. Priority selection applies only to kittens released as available for companion homes. All placements remain subject to our approval and the kitten's suitability for the home.
When it is your turn
When a suitable kitten is available, we will contact you using the information provided on your application.
You will have 48 hours from our selection notification to respond and let us know whether you would like to proceed or pass.
If we do not hear from you, we may offer that kitten to the next family. Your deposit remains credited toward a future kitten, but you must reconnect with us before receiving another selection opportunity.
Passing on a litter
You are welcome to wait for a future litter if the available kittens are not the right match or your timing has changed.
Passing before reserving a specific kitten does not forfeit your deposit or original priority date. Please let us know promptly so the next family can be contacted.
Reserving your kitten
A waitlist deposit secures priority consideration. A specific kitten is reserved only after we confirm the placement and receive the required reservation agreement and any additional reservation payment.
Your $300 waitlist deposit will count toward the total amount due. The reservation agreement will explain the remaining payment schedule and terms.
Cancellations and refunds
The $300 Priority Waitlist deposit is nonrefundable if you change your mind, obtain a kitten elsewhere, or choose to leave the waitlist. It cannot be transferred to another person.
If Diamonds of USA Cattery ends your placement eligibility or permanently becomes unable to provide you with a kitten before a specific kitten is reserved, your waitlist deposit will be refunded.
Once a specific kitten is reserved, the cancellation and refund terms in the reservation agreement apply.
Agreement
Before payment, families must review and accept this policy. Please keep your contact information and kitten preferences current so we can reach you when an opportunity becomes available.
Diamonds of USA Cattery, San Antonio, Texas. Adoption application