Required: You must love cats and understand their
needs!
Fostering Information
Fostering a cat or kitten can be
a very rewarding experience. Many families foster as a way to teach
their children about compassion and responsibility in a creative and
collaborative way. Seniors foster to bring the love and sociability of a
companion animal into their lives without the lifelong commitment of
ownership. Many others foster because they are interested in adopting a
cat. There's no better way to find the right addition to your home than by
taking in kittens or an adult cat and getting to know them first. The
payback?? --The love and appreciation that only a needy kitty can
give!!
The number of cats and kittens we are able to help depends only
on the number of foster homes we have. Please consider volunteering for
this rewarding and urgently needed position. If you are interested or would like
more information, please call 262/210-1999.
Kindred Kitties covers all
veterinary expenses and provides the equipment necessary for you to foster
in your home. Click
here to review printable Terms &
Conditions for fostering kindred kitties. Click here for a
printable volunteer/foster
form. Fosters need to complete all information.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE NEED HOMES FOR
KITTENS OR YOUNG CATS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR FELINE LEUKEMIA. Ask
us about them. If you can find it in your heart to give one or two of them
a home for whatever their lifespan
is. Kindred Kitties will cover the expense of veterinary care. These kitties can live a normal life for an
unknown number of years.
How long will I be fostering?
How long depends on how old the cat or kitten is, whether the cat needs continuing medical attention, or whether the
cat needs extensive socialization. In general, younger cats are adopted more
quickly than older cats. We make every effort to complete adoptions as soon as possible.
What am I responsible for?
Meeting the basic needs of the cat
or kitten in your care: food, water, litter, shelter, loving attention and
affection. Kindred Kitties
covers the cost of any veterinary care required by the foster kitty while in
your home. At the time you begin fostering a kitty, you will be
provided with information on what to do if you determine there is a need
for veterinary care.
Since we have all sorts of different cats and kittens…from all kinds of
different situations, you need to be calm, loving
and kind to the cats and kittens. The adjustment period is very important. Since
many of the cats and kittens we rescue are strays, we often have little
information about their past. A very important element of fostering is to
help the cats gain trust in humans.
When you feel the cat or kitten is ready
for adoption, you will be expected to inform the Foster Care
Coordinator and bring the kitty to Petco at designated adoption times.
It is also very important that Kindred Kitties gain your perspective on
the kitty's personality so that an appropriate "match" of kitty and
adoptive person can be made.
If you plan to be away for several days or a weekend, we ask that you
arrange for a friend or pet sitter to look in on and care for your foster
kittie. If you have an emergency situation, please contact the Foster Care
Coordinator immediately to arrange alternative care for the kitty.
Fostering: Good for the mind, Good for the soul!
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information
