Join Our Foster Family!
Fostering a cat or kitten is taking responsibility for the daily care of the kitty, such as providing food, a safe place to live, human interaction, socialization with other kitties, a clean environment, (especially those litter boxes), as well as working with our resources for the health of the kitty.
Fosters also assist with trying to get the kitty adopted. This typically requires taking good photos and videos for posting on Petfinder and social media, taking the kitty to adoption events, and arranging for prospective adopters to meet the kitty in your home.
There may be some expenses involved with being a foster. While most of the supplies are donated, occasionally fosters will have to supplement out of their own pockets. All medical expenses are handled by LCCR.
Often prospective fosters ask the question, “I could never be a foster as I would never be able to give up the cat or kitten?” While at times it can be difficult to let go, every time a cat or kitten leaves a foster for a loving, stable, and forever home, that foster can save another cat or kitten.
Foster care is about love for animals. I started doing Trap Neuter Return (TNR) many years ago and encountered several sweet kittens and cats that I didn’t want to put back outside to live. At first, I enlisted the support of family and friends to take these sweet felines. When I eventually ran out of family and friends to help, I became involved with rescue organizations 17 years ago. For me, the most enjoyable part of fostering is playing with and socializing cats, especially the shy, scared, or anxious ones, to prepare them for adoption by that special person or family. It takes time, work, and patience, but there is tremendous satisfaction from helping these kitties overcome their fears and learn that it is okay to trust people. If you love cats, fostering is a win-win situation. The foster has the satisfaction of saving a life and watching those rescued balls of fur go out into the world with the best chance for a safe happy life.”
Foster Responsibilities
- Your home must be flea, tick, and parasite free.
- You must have a separate space in which to quarantine new foster kitties for 14 days before introducing them to your household.
- Your home must be clean and presentable for the health of the cats/kittens and for potential adopter visits. (Including clean litter, food bowls, etc.)
- You will keep your personal cats up to date on rabies and distemper (FVRCP) vaccines at all times.
- You will handle the adoption of your foster(s) including interviewing potential adopters, adoption paperwork, collection and deposit of monies collected.
- You will submit required information and photos for adoption advertisement as soon as possible after accepting your foster(s).
- As part of the application process, you will be interviewed and LCCR may do a home visit.
- You will need transportation as you will be expected to take your fosters for medical procedures, vaccinations, and spay/neuter appointments as needed and record everything done on the LCCR Medical Record Form.
- You will administer medications and track medications and all medical treatments on the LCCR Medical Record Form.
- You will hold the foster in your care until adoption.
Last modified on December 10, 2023 at 11:29 am