Five Acres Animal Shelter Adoption Hours, Fees, Lost Pets, Surrender Help & Pet Food Pantry
Use official Five Acres Animal Shelter resources to check adoption hours, view adoptable dogs and cats, understand adoption fees, submit an adoption application, use Petco Love Lost for missing pets, get AniMeals pet food pantry help, request owner-surrender review, donate supplies, volunteer, and avoid confusing Five Acres with St. Charles County Animal Control or the City of St. Charles Animal Shelter.
If you are searching for five acres animal shelter, the official shelter is Five Acres Animal Shelter at 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303. Your next step depends on whether you want to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, check hours, ask about fees, search a missing pet, post a found pet, surrender an owned animal, use the AniMeals food pantry, donate supplies, foster or volunteer.
Choose one option. The official action card below updates for adoption, shelter hours, lost pets, found pets, animal control, fees, owner surrender and AniMeals support.
🐶 Adopt a pet — start with official Five Acres listings
Use this for: dogs, puppies, cats and kittens available through Five Acres Animal Shelter in St. Charles, Missouri.
Best official path: open Adopt a Pet, choose Adoptable Dogs or Adoptable Cats, then complete an online adoption application before visiting when possible.
Before you go: adoptions are first-come, first-served, and meet-and-greet fit matters more than a photo alone.
Five Acres Animal Shelter Quick Facts Before You Visit
Five Acres Animal Shelter is a nonprofit animal shelter located at 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303. The public phone number listed by the shelter is 636-949-9918.
Official Five Acres hours are Monday closed, Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Some third-party pet listings may show different hour text, so use the official Five Acres website as the stronger source and call before a long drive.
What This Five Acres Animal Shelter Guide Covers
Five Acres Animal Shelter Hours, Address and Phone Number
The official Five Acres Animal Shelter address is 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303. Use this location for adoption visits, adoption applications, donation drop-off during open hours, gift shop visits, AniMeals-related help and general shelter questions.
The public phone number is 636-949-9918. If you are visiting for one specific dog, cat, puppy or kitten, call before driving because online availability can change quickly.
Five Acres Animal Shelter
1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303
636-949-9918
Use this for adoption, hours, surrender, donation, volunteer and general shelter questions.
Monday: closed.
Tuesday–Friday: 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Do not arrive near closing expecting enough time for a full adoption conversation, meet-and-greet, application review or donation question.
How to Adopt From Five Acres Animal Shelter in St. Charles MO
Five Acres lists dogs in the RuthAnne Scheidegger Canine Adoption Center and cats in the Kathryn G. Favre Kitty Cottage. The shelter says adoptions are performed on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you are interested in a particular animal on the website, Five Acres says it is helpful to complete an online adoption application for that pet before your visit. If you do not complete the application ahead of time, you can fill one out during your visit.
Search official adoptable pets first
Open Five Acres Adopt a Pet, Adoptable Dogs or Adoptable Cats. Save the pet’s name, animal ID, species, age, photo and any notes before calling or visiting.
Complete the online application when possible
For a specific pet, complete the online application before visiting when possible. This does not guarantee the pet will still be available, but it can make the adoption conversation smoother.
Visit during official open hours
Visit 1099 Pralle Lane during open hours. Bring a valid ID showing your current housing address, payment method, safe leash or carrier plan, and enough time for staff to help you find the right fit.
Work with an adoption counselor
Five Acres says visitors are greeted by an adoption counselor and introduced to pets they are interested in or pets that may fit the family. If the meet-and-greet goes well, you may be able to process adoption at that time.
Review medical records and take your pet home safely
Ask for vaccine, microchip, spay/neuter and testing records. Plan for a private veterinary wellness check, food, supplies, training, preventives and home adjustment after adoption.
Five Acres Animal Shelter Adoption Fees and What Is Included
Five Acres adoption fees vary by pet type and age. Puppies under 6 months are listed at $395. Dogs 6 months through adulthood range from $125 to $395. Kittens under 6 months are $165 single or $300 pair. Adult cats 6 months through 8 years are $150, adult cats 9 years and older are $120, and FeLV-positive cats are $50.
The adoption fee covers important care before adoption, including spay/neuter procedure, microchip, age-appropriate vaccines such as rabies, distemper and kennel cough, flea/tick/heartworm/parasite treatment as needed, testing such as heartworm or FIV/FeLV, and advanced medical care needed to prepare the animal for adoption.
Puppies under 6 months: $395.
Dogs 6 months through adulthood: $125 to $395.
Kittens under 6 months: $165 single / $300 pair.
Adult cats 6 months–8 years: $150.
Adult cats 9+ years: $120.
FeLV+ cats: $50.
Spay/neuter, microchip, age-appropriate vaccines, parasite treatment as needed, testing and necessary advanced medical care before adoption.
Adoption specials, sponsored pets, medical status and availability can change. Call before promising a final fee to readers.
Before relying on any Five Acres adoption fee
- Confirm the pet is still available.
- Ask whether the listed adoption fee is current for that specific pet.
- Ask whether the pet has medical, behavior, training or home-fit notes.
- Ask what vaccines, tests and microchip information are included.
- Bring safe transport: leash and collar for dogs, secure carrier for cats.
- Budget for food, supplies, private veterinary care, preventives and training after adoption.
How to View Five Acres Available Dogs, Cats, Puppies and Kittens
Use the official Five Acres Adoptable Dogs page for dogs and puppies, and the official Adoptable Cats page for cats and kittens. These pages are powered by Shelterluv, so listings can update as pets are adopted, moved, placed on hold or added.
Do not treat a listing as a guarantee. If you want one specific animal, call 636-949-9918 before driving. A pet may be adopted, moved to foster, placed under medical review, transferred, or removed from the public list after you last checked.
Available Dogs
Search the official Canine House page, save the pet details and complete the application before visiting when possible.
Dog adoptionAvailable Cats
Search the official Kitty Cottage page, check fee category and prepare a secure carrier before adoption.
Cat adoptionLost a Pet Near St. Charles? Use Petco Love Lost and Check Local Animal Control
Five Acres partners with Petco Love Lost, a searchable national lost-and-found pet database that uses facial recognition technology to help reunite lost pets. If your pet is missing, you can enter photos of your missing pet and search the database.
Do not stop there. Because Five Acres is not the local stray-holding animal control facility, also check the animal control shelter for the place where your pet was last seen. For many St. Charles County situations, St. Charles County Pet Adoption Center and local city animal control routes may be more relevant for stray intake and reclaim.
Use the Five Acres Lost and Found Pets page and Petco Love Lost database.
Add clear photos and search often.
636-949-9918
Ask whether staff can point you to the best local lost-pet resource for your situation.
Contact the animal control facility where the pet was lost, especially if the pet may have been picked up as a stray.
Call the microchip registry immediately and confirm your current phone, email and address.
Lost pet steps that actually help
- Upload clear photos to Petco Love Lost.
- Call Five Acres if the pet may be connected to their shelter or adoption network.
- Call the local animal control agency for the place where the pet was last seen.
- Visit local stray-holding shelters in person when possible.
- Update the microchip registry and mark the pet as lost.
- Post flyers near the last-seen area and check neighbors, vets and local lost-pet groups.
Found a Pet Near Five Acres? Post Photos, Scan for a Chip and Contact Animal Control
If you found a pet, Five Acres says you can post photos of the animal in the Petco Love Lost database to help reunite the pet with the owner. This is useful, but it does not replace contacting the correct local animal control agency.
Five Acres states that due to limited intake space, it does not take in stray animals. If you have found a stray animal, contact the nearest animal control facility to where the animal was found, because the owner may be looking there.
Use Petco Love Lost to post photos and details of the found animal.
Ask a shelter, veterinarian or rescue group to scan for a chip before assuming the animal was abandoned.
Contact the nearest animal control facility where the animal was found. Five Acres does not take in stray animals.
If the animal is aggressive, injured, trapped, sick or creating a public safety risk, contact animal control or emergency services instead of handling it yourself.
Five Acres Animal Shelter vs St. Charles Animal Control
This is the biggest user-confusion point. Five Acres Animal Shelter is a nonprofit shelter and adoption organization. It is not the same as St. Charles County Animal Control, the City of St. Charles Animal Shelter, or the animal control agency for every nearby city.
If you found a stray animal, need stray pickup, need animal bite help, need dangerous dog help, need abuse or neglect investigation, or need an official public animal control response, use the public animal control agency for the location where the issue happened.
Adoption, owner surrender review, AniMeals food pantry, low-cost services, foster, volunteer and donation support.
Five Acres says it does not take in stray animals because of limited intake space.
Phone: 636-949-7387
Use for unincorporated county or contracted municipality animal control issues.
Animal Control: 636-949-3395
Emergency calls: 636-949-3300
Five Acres Owner Surrender Program, Fees and Intake Limits
Five Acres says its goal is to support local pet owners in keeping their pets when possible. Programs that can help keep pets in homes include the AniMeals Pet Food Pantry, low-cost spay and neuter services, and low-cost vaccine clinics.
If you are asking about surrendering your personal pet to Five Acres, the shelter asks you to fill out the appropriate surrender form. After the form is reviewed, the intake coordinator contacts you about next steps. Five Acres also states that as a smaller shelter, it is not able to take every owner surrender candidate submitted.
$150
Required if the pet is accepted into the surrender program.
$100
Required if the cat is accepted into the surrender program.
If accepted, an in-person behavioral evaluation is required before surrender is completed.
Five Acres does not take in stray animals. Stray animals should go through the nearest animal control facility.
AniMeals Food Pantry, Donations, Foster and Volunteer Help
The Five Acres AniMeals Pet Food Pantry helps local families with pet food during temporary financial hardship. The program is meant to be supplemental, not a full feeding program. A maximum of four pets per household can be provided food each month, with specific amounts allocated per cat and/or dog.
To enroll, visit the AniMeals pantry during open hours every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with a referral letter, photo ID and vet records if you have them. Once enrolled, pet food can be picked up once a month for six months. If help is still needed after six months, Five Acres requires another letter of need.
Every Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Bring referral letter, photo ID and vet records if available.
Proof of need may include a Department of Family Services letter, human food pantry referral, social services referral or church leader letter explaining need.
Dry dog food, dog treats, canned dog food, dry cat food, cat treats and gently used pet supplies are often useful.
Most volunteers must be 18 or older, have health insurance, use the Better Impact/MyImpact system, commit to weekly shifts, and contribute at least six hours monthly for at least six months.
Official Five Acres Animal Shelter, Adoption and Pet Help Links
Use these official or shelter-connected resources first. This protects users from stale hours, old adoption-fee screenshots, unofficial surrender advice, wrong animal-control routing and outdated pet photos.
🏠 Five Acres Home
Main Five Acres Animal Shelter website with adoption, foster, vet services, giving and visit information.
Open Five Acres🐾 Adopt a Pet
Main Five Acres adoption page for dog and cat adoption routes.
Open Adopt a Pet📋 Adoption Process
Official adoption requirements, fees, first-come process and included-care details.
Open Adoption Process🐶 Adoptable Dogs
Official Five Acres adoptable dog and puppy listing page.
View Adoptable Dogs🐱 Adoptable Cats
Official Five Acres adoptable cat and kitten listing page.
View Adoptable Cats🔎 Lost & Found Pets
Five Acres lost and found page with Petco Love Lost guidance.
Open Lost & Found🤝 Owner Surrender
Five Acres owner surrender forms, fees, intake limits and rehoming guidance.
Open Surrender Help🥣 AniMeals Pantry
Pet food pantry requirements, Saturday enrollment hours and donation needs.
Open AniMeals🙋 Volunteer
Volunteer requirements, roles, expectations and application route.
Open Volunteer PagePhone, address and related animal-control details
1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303
Phone: 636-949-9918
Phone: 636-949-7387
Use for county animal control and public stray/welfare routing where applicable.
Animal Control: 636-949-3395
Emergency calls: 636-949-3300
Use the Petco Love Lost database to search or post lost/found pet photos.
Five Acres Animal Shelter Map and Pralle Lane Visit Location
Five Acres Animal Shelter is located at 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303. Use this location for adoption visits, applications, donation drop-off, gift shop visits, AniMeals support and general shelter services.
Five Acres Animal Shelter
Address: 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303
Five Acres Animal Shelter FAQs
Where is Five Acres Animal Shelter located?
Five Acres Animal Shelter is located at 1099 Pralle Lane, St. Charles, MO 63303.
What is the Five Acres Animal Shelter phone number?
The public phone number listed by Five Acres Animal Shelter is 636-949-9918.
What are Five Acres Animal Shelter adoption hours?
Official Five Acres hours are Monday closed, Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where can I view Five Acres adoptable dogs?
Use the official Five Acres Adoptable Dogs page under the Canine House section. Call 636-949-9918 before driving for one specific dog.
Where can I view Five Acres adoptable cats?
Use the official Five Acres Adoptable Cats page under the Kitty Cottage section. Verify the cat’s current availability before visiting.
How much are Five Acres dog adoption fees?
Puppies under 6 months are listed at $395. Dogs 6 months through adulthood range from $125 to $395.
How much are Five Acres cat adoption fees?
Kittens under 6 months are $165 single or $300 pair. Adult cats 6 months through 8 years are $150. Adult cats 9 years and older are $120. FeLV-positive cats are $50.
What is included with a Five Acres adoption fee?
Five Acres says adoption fees cover spay/neuter, microchip, age-appropriate vaccines, flea/tick/heartworm/parasite treatment as needed, testing such as heartworm or FIV/FeLV, and advanced medical care needed before adoption.
Are Five Acres adoptions first-come, first-served?
Yes. Five Acres says adoptions are performed on a first-come, first-served basis. Submitting an online application before visiting can help, but it does not guarantee a pet will still be available.
What do I need to adopt from Five Acres?
Adopters must be at least 18, provide valid ID showing current housing address, be able to spend the time and money needed for the pet, and work with adoption staff to find an appropriate match.
Does Five Acres take stray animals?
No. Five Acres says it does not take in stray animals because of limited intake space. If you found a stray animal, contact the nearest animal control facility where the animal was found.
What should I do if I lost a pet near St. Charles?
Use Petco Love Lost through the Five Acres lost and found resource, update your microchip registry, and contact the correct local animal control shelter for the place where your pet was lost.
What should I do if I found a pet near Five Acres?
Post the pet on Petco Love Lost, check for ID, scan for a microchip, and contact the nearest animal control facility where the pet was found. Five Acres does not take in stray animals.
Can I surrender my pet to Five Acres Animal Shelter?
You must submit the proper surrender form first. Five Acres reviews the form and contacts you about next steps. If accepted, an in-person behavioral evaluation and surrender fee are required.
How much is the Five Acres surrender fee?
Five Acres lists a canine surrender fee of $150 and a feline surrender fee of $100 if the pet is accepted into the surrender program.
Does Five Acres have a pet food pantry?
Yes. The AniMeals Pet Food Pantry helps local families with pet food during temporary hardship. Enrollment is every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with proof of need, photo ID and vet records if available.
Best Way to Use Five Acres Animal Shelter in 2026
The best path is simple: use the official Five Acres website, call 636-949-9918 before driving for one specific pet, check Adoptable Dogs or Adoptable Cats, complete an online application when possible, and visit 1099 Pralle Lane during official open hours.
For the focus keyword five acres animal shelter, this guide covers the full user intent: adoption hours, phone number, address, adoptable dogs, adoptable cats, adoption process, adoption fees, included medical care, lost pets, found pets, animal control confusion, owner surrender rules, surrender fees, AniMeals food pantry, donations, volunteering, map and official links.
Important Notice: This article is an independent informational guide and is not Five Acres Animal Shelter, St. Charles County Animal Control, City of St. Charles Animal Control, Petco Love Lost, Shelterluv, emergency services, a veterinarian or a legal authority. Pet availability, adoption fees, hours, intake rules, owner surrender decisions, food pantry supply, volunteer requirements, donation needs, vaccine clinic details, lost/found status and animal control routing can change. Always verify urgent or official matters directly with Five Acres Animal Shelter, local animal control, emergency services or the correct official agency before acting.