4-14-2024 12:58pm

Foster a cat/kitten

Samantha Hespos Editor

Becoming a Foster Parent

Fostering a cat is a wonderful experience for both the foster and the lucky cat placed with that foster. Fosters provide a safe, temporary home until the fostered cat is adopted. Our rescue does not have a facility and fosters are absolutely essential for us to continue our mission of helping homeless cats.

The more fosters we have, the more cats we can help.

Foster parents provide the fostered cats with food, litter, shelter, love and socialization. If a foster wishes to financially contribute to the care of the fostered cat via helping with food and/or litter, it is a tax deductible donation.

Fosters are expected to alert our Foster Coordinator of any medical or behavioral issues that may occur. Our Foster Coordinator is available to assist with any questions or issues a foster may in the process. Foster parents assist by taking our cats to any necessary veterinary appointments and allowing screened potential adopters access to meet their foster cat.

Questions? Need more info? Email us at JensAdoptableCats@gmail.com

Is Fostering For Me?

Becoming a foster parent can be a wonderfully fulfilling experience. To know that you have contributed to saving the life of a cat or kitten that would otherwise not have had a chance is a truly rewarding experience.

Kittens under the age of 8 weeks are typically very easily raised to be socialized to people and grow up to be happy family pets. It’s imperative that each foster parent know that the older a kitten gets, socializing to humans can become increasingly difficult. Adult cats can also be socialized with varying levels of success depending on the individual personality of the cat.

If you agree to take on the challenge of socializing kittens or cats over the age of 8 weeks old and do not have experience socializing we recommend viewing the video tutorials below. Our Foster Coordinator will also coach you through this process. It’s especially important to be open and honest with us about your foster cat/kitten(s) socialization progress.

If you find that your foster kitten or cat is not responding to your efforts our Foster Coordinator can help. Sometimes our Foster Coordinator can supply tips or advice to get your past the hurdle. Sometimes it is a situation that calls for an especially experienced socializer. Sometimes a home environment can be too much for a particular cat and a quieter place is needed.

It's important to not beat yourself up if you come across a cat that you cannot bond with or socialize. Fosters are needed for every level socialization that a cat or kitten has reached. The friendliest and most socialized cats still need a safe place while they wait for their forever homes. Not everyone can socialize. Be honest in what you feel comfortable with and our Foster Coordinator will help find the right foster kitties for you.

Questions? Need more info? Email us at JensAdoptableCats@gmail.com