Though it is an investment of time and requires training, volunteering to
foster young kittens is lifesaving and rewarding.
NCFF is continually grateful to the Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Animal Rescue of the Rockies who
foster young kittens and strays and find homes for them.
Not exact matches
My
youngest was 5 when we got our first two cats, my older son got his own cat a few years ago, and we're now
fostering a mom and 4
kittens.
Caregivers willing to
foster them hand - raise
kittens from as
young as a few days to about seven...
A
young kitten living outdoors who does not have a mother present should be taken in and
fostered.
Her
foster mom, Holly, had warned me before my visit that Jasmine would likely hide and may not be as excited to see me at first — as an older cat, she wouldn't be as outgoing as a
young kitten, and might need some time to warm up.
Animal shelters often rely on
foster parents to take care of
young kittens until they are old enough to be adopted.
They may also choose to increase their use of
foster - to - adoption programs (an emerging trend in animal sheltering to «
foster» underage
kittens with families with the eventual hope / mutual understanding that the family will adopt the
kitten when it is of age), for
young and underage
kittens.
Feral
kittens (
kittens that are born in the wild) may find it hard to adapt to domestic life if they aren't
fostered in someone's home at a very
young age.
Fifteen
young rescued
kittens were either taken in at the ASPCA for health care or
fostered by individuals.
We are in desperate need for
foster homes that can take in pregnant moms, moms with nursing
kittens, and litters of
kittens to
young to survive in the shelter environment.
For
young kittens, this policy means that the commitment to
foster can be longer.
Kittens 8 weeks of age and
younger are taken into
foster with even greater success.
If you work full - time and can not care for
young puppies or
kittens, you will only be asked to
foster adults.
If you love playing with and caring for
kittens — but you're not interested in getting another adult cat —
fostering young cats is a great option.
(
Young kittens and tame cats are removed from the colony and placed into
foster homes where they are nurtured until they can be adopted.)
If you have
young children or dogs, or if you work long hours, you may not be able to provide a suitable home for some cats, and
fostering a
kitten may be nearly impossible.
If the
kittens are very
young (bottle - babies) and there is no mama - cat: CC4C is very limited on
fosters that are able to bottle - feed
kittens.
If cat is tame (or
young kittens): CC4C is limited on
foster space and we fill up quickly due to high demand each
kitten season.
Sarayo and Selena were soon strong enough to be placed with a
foster who specializes in caring for
young kittens.
While establishing a pattern, count the cats and assess if any have special needs like
young kittens you'll want to
foster.
The TKR community is an active, dedicated group of volunteers who provide
foster care for orphaned
kittens that are too
young to be considered adoptable.
As a volunteer
foster carer you will look after needy animals in your own home while they are recuperating from operations, or illnesses, or
young kittens or puppies until they are able to find a permanent new home.
While
foster homes are still integral to the raising of
young kittens, Renee says having the nursery provides the ability to save more
kittens than through
foster homes alone.
A
Foster to Surrender Program for At - Risk Puppies and
Kittens When individuals bring in animals too
young or too sick to go up for adoption, consider inviting them to
foster.
For
young puppies and
kittens, once your
fosters are old and big enough, you must bring them in to be spayed / neutered.
When
foster or permanent homes are available,
young kittens and friendly adults are removed and placed for adoption.
We're currently looking for people interested in
fostering a variety of animals in need, including animals with minor behavior issues, animals in need of medical treatment, puppies and
kittens too
young for adoption, and moms with puppies or
kittens.
Please let us know which type of cat you are interested in
fostering:
Kitten (4 - 16 weeks)
Kitten (4 — 8 months) Litter of
kittens Nursing mom and
kittens Bottle Babies Emergency / Temporary Foster only Pregnant cat
Young adult (1 - 3 yrs) Adult cat (3 - 7 yrs) Senior car (8 + yrs) Special Needs Declawed Only
Both have been in
foster care since they were quite
young, Halle was rescued from the Boston streets as a
kitten and Bonnie came as a
young mother.
She came to her current
foster home as a very
young kitten with her sister.
Hershey is too
young for adoption and like many other
kittens, is looking for a
foster home!
Maximus is too
young for adoption and like many other
kittens, is looking for a
foster home!
Young kittens that can still be socialized, as well as friendly adults, are placed in
foster care and eventually adopted out to good homes.
J.C. is too
young for adoption and like many other
kittens, is looking for a
foster home!
In some programs, friendly cats or
young kittens are customarily pulled from the colony and sent to
foster facilities for socialization and, eventually, placement into forever homes.
Toni's Kitty Rescue TKR is a 501 (c) 3 rescue organization and active, dedicated communities of volunteers who provide
foster care for sick, orphaned
kittens that are too
young to be considered adoptable.
Kittens are socialized by
foster care volunteers and may be returned to AAF for a free microchip if they are
younger than 6 months at time of adoption.
However, if the
kitten in your care has been separated from his mother or if you are
fostering a litter or a pregnant cat about to give birth, seeing the
young ones through a successful weaning process may be up to you.
We frequently take
young kittens from feral mothers, put them in
foster homes where they are hand - tamed and eventually adopted as domestic cats.
Providing resources, including formula and food, to help community members
foster kittens too
young for adoption
The animals needing
fostering are newborn or very
young animals (usually
kittens), animals in our adoption program who would benefit from a home environment, or pets of victims of domestic violence in our Animal Safehouse Program.
When The Anti-Cruelty Society began a neonatal
foster program where very
young, orphaned
kittens were sent home with...
Although brain damaged at the age of 5 months, Toby has found his niche and a purpose in life at the pet rescue by offering love and comfort care to
young foster kittens with special needs.
She was often the one
fostering kittens that were too
young to go to homes, or caring over night for sick puppies that needed extra TLC.
Young kittens and puppies stay in
foster care until they are eight weeks old.
Dr.
Young has
fostered many litters of orphaned neonatal
kittens, and has worked with several feral trap - neuter / spay - release programs.
The veterinarian, who might have been
young enough to be my son, kindly thanked me for my participation in the
foster care program, but when he said the
kitten had lost 6 ounces, my pleasure melted away.
Because shelter policies don't permit putting pets up for adoption that have not been sterilized,
kittens that are too
young and light — less than 4 weeks old and under 2 pounds — for the surgery and necessary vaccinations often are euthanized if
foster homes can't be found.
The ages of the incoming
kittens without mamas will possibly be as
young as newborn and as old as seven weeks, so we will need some
fosters with bottle feeding experience.