This is the nice story of a cat foster carer, Chandler Alteri, who has an assistant, her cat, Charlie. The two work side-by-side to foster cats and kittens and they specialize in kittens who are shy and in need of intensive fostering.

Chandler says:

“It’s unreal… Charlie has worked with cats that were completely blind and others who have had cerebral hyperplasia. One cat, named Champ, had a hard time and couldn’t make it to the litter box and was incontinent. Charlie helped him go to the bathroom, and was instrumental in helping him clean up and get around. It’s really sweet. It’s very beautiful and makes me want to cry.”

Charlie was an abandoned kitten at a campsite. He was in a closed box apparently. The place: Tennessee. Chandler had no idea that he would grow up to be such a great fost caring cat.

She says that Charlie is her guardian angel and a guardian angel to every cat that he’s fostered. They foster cats from the ASPCA.

A senior feline behaviour counsellor at the ASPCA adoption centre, Adi Hovac, said that foster kittens particularly benefit from having a calm friendly cat for support. They provide a connection that humans are unable to offer. The counsellor states that Charlie deftly aids the socialisation process. She says that Charlie’s presence “has the added benefit of socialising the kittens to other cats, making them more likely to enjoy the company of cats as they grow up.”

It is the first time that I have personally encountered this sort of teamwork in cat fostering. I’m sure that it happens a lot elsewhere (Elisa will tell me about it as I am sure that it happens in her house) but, as I said, is the first time I have seen a story online about it.

Source: dnainfo.com