SPCA NoVa

09/30/2025

Some tips to keep indoor happy and entertained!

Help your kitty discover the great indoors with lots of enrichment, whether it is hot or cold outside.

09/27/2025

Please share with your Rottie loving friends.

🚨 URGENT: Sampson Needs a Foster While His Guardian is Deployed! 🚨 Temple Hills, MD 🗓 Foster Needed: ASAP

Sampson is a 3-year-old, 100 lb Rottweiler with a heart as big as he is. This gentle giant is calm, snuggly, and happiest hanging out with his humans or lounging in his crate (his favorite spot!). He’s house-trained, crate-trained, and loves a squeaky toy or a gentle game of tug. Sampson does best as the only pet and is great with kids 6+.

💡 Note: Owners cover all costs — you just provide a safe and loving home.

👉 Can you foster Sampson while his guardian serves? Fill out our Foster Contact Form here: https://wkf.ms/42vIlWT

08/27/2025

URGENT: Missy Elliott needs a new foster home – a family member in her foster home is highly allergic to her! She is available to foster, adopt, or foster with the potential to adopt.

Missy is a beautiful calico/tortoishell mix who was a super mama to her babies (all adopted!) and now a superstar lap cat! She is a gentle girl who raised her four baby girls with love, patience and lots of purrs. Now Missy is ready to step out of mama mode and into the spotlight of a forever home of her own. Read more here:
https://spcanova.org/adoptable-cats/missy-elliott/

07/14/2025

URGENT! Percy and Oppy need a foster home beginning July 19. These boys are very friendly, healthy, and adapt easily.

Read more about these wonderful boys here: https://spcanova.org/adoptable-cats/percy-and-oppy/

07/07/2025

PLEASE help us find foster and/or forever homes for Nova and Celeste - together or separately. These sweet sisters were neglected until returned to SPCA NOVA’s care at almost 8 years of age. They are fine together but quite independent with different personalities and needs. They are healthy but overweight and on strict over-the-counter canned food diets. Contact us: [email protected].
Learn more:
https://spcanova.org/cats/adoptable-cats/. Scroll down to find separate pages for each girl.

06/30/2025

Fireworks and festivities can create chaos for our furry friends. Keep your pets safe and calm 4th of July weekend with these tips. Celebrate safely and consult your veterinarian if you have any questions. 🎆

06/30/2025

Plan ahead for the trauma of the loud noises of 4th of July celebrations. Many pets are terrified by the noises of fireworks and many pets run away and are lost because of it. Walk your dogs early in the day and keep your pets indoors during the noisy night hours.

Fireworks and festivities can create chaos for our furry friends. Keep your pets safe and calm 4th of July weekend with these tips. Celebrate safely and consult your veterinarian if you have any questions. 🎆

06/22/2025

Cats can get heatstroke too. So here's how to keep kitty safe in the summer heat.

Even though fever in cats is defined as a body temperature of 103 F, environmental temperatures greater than 100 F are considered too hot for cats. In this article, our vet experts advise pet parents on how hot is too hot for cats.

06/22/2025

Your dog needs his walkies even in the summer heat. But there are things you can to do keep him safe from injury or illness.

During the summer months it’s great to have your dog out and about with you on walks. However, there are some safety tips to keep in mind during the hotter months. Dr. Georgina Phillips breaks down how to keep your pup safe during a summer walk.

06/05/2025

season is in full swing!

It's great to see national media focus on kitten season and the perils our companion animals face. (Sadly, it's because humans are irresponsible and allowing their cats to breed.) Shelters across the country need and - for both adult AND kittens. ... Could that be you?

It's kitten season in warm-weather areas and animal shelters need all the help they can get. Now is the time of year when most cats give birth.

04/20/2025

is making important strides in finding homes for companion animals. Please continue to do your part. Don’t give up your pet unless you are experiencing a dire emergency. Adopt from shelters and rescue organizations, don’t purchase companion animals from breeders. Donate your time or money to your local animal rescues or . Be active in your community to help homeless animals on the streets. And please spay and neuter your or !

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Virginia is close to becoming the nation’s largest no-kill state, with an 86% shelter save rate—just 4% shy of the 90% goal. Over 80 shelters already meet this benchmark. To close the gap, Virginians can adopt from shelters, prevent pet surrenders through spaying/neutering and support programs, and boost collaboration among shelters.

If just 0.2% more households had adopted last year, Virginia would have reached no-kill status. With continued community support, the goal is within reach—and every healthy, treatable animal can have a home.

04/16/2025

This , please remember that are toxic to ! This includes all parts of the lily, from the stem to the leaves and even the pollen. The best way to prevent lily poisoning in cats - and potential kidney failure - is to keep lilies out of your home.

🚫 Easter Lilies can Kill Kitties!! 🚫
Please keep this is mind as they start selling lilies with spring in the air and Easter approaching. Every part of the plant is poisonous to cats. Lily pollen is one of the most dangerous substances to cats. It only takes a very small interaction with the plant to cause kidney failure and death. Keep your kitties safe and don’t bring lilies into your home!