With kitten season already in full swing, cat rescues are scrambling to find a way to get cats and their kittens out of the local shelter and into a loving home. The problem is there are far more many cats out there in need of a home environment, and not enough homes for them …
Here is Gabriel. I am fostering him. He is certainly semi-feral. He is very uncertain about humans — correctly 😉 . It is going to be about patience. A lot of patience. Here he is hiding under a bedside table. I can’t get him out and I won’t try. When he is hungry he’ll …
A cat fosterer should have committed to the role before embarking on it and the role is about improving cat welfare generally. My first foster cat has been adopted and I have mixed emotions: sadness at losing him and pride in improving the welfare of cats by being part of a team which finds …
By Susan Danley Fostering one or more pets that are waiting for adoption is a wonderful way to keep them out of overcrowded shelters. Fostering means that you must provide care for a dog or cat and may eventually have to give the pet up to a new forever home. Before you take on the …
In this article “fostering out your cat” means handing over your cat to someone else for a period of time that is longer than, for example, a typical holiday. In other words longer than 2 weeks. The sort of fosterer would be a “non-professional” or a person not affiliated to a cat rescue organisation. …
by Cindy Meyer (Int’l Falls, MN) Angel Boy I foster many cats and kittens for my local Humane society and one of the funnest things to do is try and figure out what type of cat it is. I have a cat in that I call Angel Boy who is up for adoption. He …
