#fostering saves lives

[catsbeaversandducks]

Enoki would like to ask a question.

By u/StruggleSnuggled

#cats #kittens #kids #adopt don’t shop #fostering saves lives

[kohiandie]

got to facetime the babies yesterday after set up & they’re already such personalities 🥸

ps. we run a 501(c)3 cat rescue based in SATX! we have so many lovely kids up for adoption & we’re always in need of food & support!

#pawspurrsco #cat rescue #foster kittens #fostering saves lives #tnr #adopt dont shop

[ellecdc]

How old is birdie and she's a girl right?

I'm sorry for asking this but do you planning to hmmm idk what it's called. neutral her? Make her can't pregnant? Idk how to spell it in English.

Are you planning on doing that to her?

Sorry if it's sound like a rude question

Hi! Thanks for your question!

Birdie is going to be 2 in May, and she is a girl!

I adopted her while I was working for the SPCA, who ‘fixes’ (neuter = male, spay = female) all pets before adoption, and is included in the adoption fee!

So birdie is spayed, meaning she can’t get pregnant (she’s an indoor cat as well, so she also can’t get feline aids or FELV, etc etc)

Where I live, we are over populated with cats and there are so many feral colonies in the area, so it’s important for owners to spay/neuter their pets so we don’t add to the population 🫶

Picture of birdie waking up from her surgery hahahaa:

#ask elle #thanks for asking me about my cat #birdie cat on tumblr #spay and neuter #fostering saves lives

[harocat]

Since Nathan had a cameo in my previous post, I thought I'd introduce my current foster kittens, the Skater Squad!

These six and their mother are named after figure skaters.

Right to left in the top image: Shoma, Kao, Nathan, Satoko.

In order of pictures after: Kao, Mirai, Haein, Shoma, Satoko, and Nathan.

Last two pictures are their mother, Michelle (named after the mother of figure skating of course). She went into the shelter for adoption in mid-May, so we haven't seen her for a while. She was so done with her kittens lol. Being said, she did, upon arriving at the shelter, immediately decide to take a few orphan neonatals under her wing and she’s raising them now, so I guess she was just done with these ones lol.

The skater squad goes in for spay/neuter next Tuesday, and will be up for adoption right after. Nathan and Shoma are pre-adopted as a pair (to an in-law's nephew, so I might get to see them again!), but the rest will be available at Great Plains SPCA in Mission, KS.

#cats #cat #cats of tumblr #foster kittens #figure skating #fostering saves lives

[steverogersnotebook]

Her name is Barbie. She's coming to Utah from Texas on Saturday (5/6/23) to be our foster girl.

We're going to get her comfy, healthy, and happy, for her forever family. 💖

I'm leaning into the Barbie theme. She's gonna be pretty in pink 💗

She was an urgent case in an overcrowded Southern Texas (high-kill) shelter. The rescue was able to pull her because a foster (in this case, me) stepped up.

Fostering is so important. It's the only way that rescues can pull from shelters, allowing for lost pets to be able to be held long enough for their families to possibly find them. No-kill states (here in the USA) are facing a huge dilemma as they, too, become overcrowded.

#doggy blogging #fostering saves lives #literally #i didn't mean for that to become a soap box issue #but i have a little platform for it #barbie girl

[oediex]

Some screenshots from Kitten Lady's 2019 video titled "I Went KITTEN SHOPPING!" in which they discuss the Herb Garden kittens who had to be kept separate because they were sucking on each other. These kittens were without a mama cat for so long they tried to nurse on each other, by sucking each other's genitals (usually those of the male kittens). This is a behaviour that may stick even after they start being bottle-fed again. It is very dangerous both for the kitten sucking (because it will make the other kitten pee, and the sucking kitten will ingest urine); and for the kitten being sucked on, as it can lead to deformation of their genitals.

The solution to this behaviour is to keep the kittens separate when not supervised. They can have play time together with supervision after feedings, but need to be separated again once they go back to sleep.

The behaviour usually disappears once they're no longer bottle fed, though I've had couple of cases where it persisted after, when a kitten is looking for comfort (similarly to how kittens can continue to suckle their mama for comfort after they've been weaned off of her milk). As a foster parent, my only solution to persistent sucking is not to adopt that particular kitten out with her brothers.

I've had a couple of litters that engaged in sucking (once two litters of a similar age at the same time) and it can be very stressful. If you're dealing with this and you're struggling, make sure to reach out to your shelter for advice and additional material. I had a lot of trouble making sure all the kittens had a heat source (which they need in the first few weeks) and keep them from each other once they were older and needed more space (but were still bottle fed). Luckily these particular kittens stopped once bottle time was over and they were able to be together 24/7 again.

[ID: 6 screenshots with subtitles on from Kitten Lady's Youtube video "I went kitten shopping!".

In the first screenshot, three women, with Kitten Lady on the right, are talking to each other. In the next five screenshots, Kitten lady is holding a black baby kitten, while another person approaches with a cat carrier, opens it and Kitten Lady puts the black baby kitten inside.

The first screenshot has white overlay text that says: "The herb garden kittens were separated due to sucking (nursing on each other) which can be harmful for the babies."

The 2nd to 6th screenshot shows the following subtitles for the dialogue:

"How long have they been separated from each other?"

"V: We- They came into us nursing on each other, so they cam [sic] iiinn..."

"KL: So they don't know each other?"

"V: They… They know each other- They see each other because they get to be together while they're being monitored,"

"and then when they go back to bed, we separate them out."

/ID]

#kittens #foster kittens #kitten fostering #baby kittens #fostering saves lives #kitten lady #Hannah Shaw #image described

[lilygoat]

#support your local animal shelter #adopt a dog #fostering saves lives #donate this holiday to animal shelter

[coco-boco]

My new favorite toy

#animals #cat #cute #kitty #tortie #kitten #tortoiseshell cat #cat blog #catsoftumblr #dilute tortoiseshell cat #cats #fostering saves lives #adopt don’t shop #funny animal #cats of tumblr #dilute tortie #tortoishell cat #dilute tortoiseshell #adoptdontshop #catblr

[wildintu]

can you believe someone abandoned this sweet baby on the side of a busy highway?

miss joey doesn’t have to worry about that anymore! she’s getting all the love as our foster pup and will soon make a great new member to someone’s family. 🥰

she got a new collar and harness today too 🤗💓

#rescuedog #dogblr #dog rescue #foster puppy #fostering saves lives #doggo #cute animals

[that-gal-kay]

Bestest friend and I just got a new litter of foster kittens. Meet Washington, Angelica, Hamilton, Eliza, Lafayette, and Laurens

💙💙💙💙💙💙

#Kittens #foster kittens #Fostering saves lives #hamilton

[goodinthisworldworthfightingfor]

small kittens with octogenarian names

#foster cats #fostering saves lives #someone please adopt them #they need new names

[catsbeaversandducks]

IMPORTANT

Via DELI DEPARTMENT DEVOTEES

#cats #deli department #DD #kittens #fostering saves lives

[kohiandie]

to the person who gifted us this kitten apron, thank you so so much it came in so handy when having to sweep & having little menaces that love playing with the broom 🔥🔥

#cat rescue #foster kitten #cute kitten #fostering saves lives #adopt dont shop #pawspurrsco

[ellecdc]

I find it so great and amazing that you helped those cats and kittens and honestly that's something I would like to do some day (if the circumstances are ideal) and I follow so many people that foster cats and dogs on instagram that I have an idea of what it's like so really many kudos to you for that!♡

I applaud you for considering fostering! I no longer work at the SPCA and am unable to foster as I’m currently in school - but fostering saves lives and I’m suuuccchhh an advocate!

I’m such a lover so everyone was like “oh, you’ll just keep them all!” And while I have kept a few #foster fails, I find that 90% of the time I’m really looking forward to getting them out of my house again 😅 like you get to live with them while they’re at their cutest and then give them back!!

You also provide future families more details about their new family members (are they shy? Are they mischievous? Do they get along with kids etc?), you keep them out of high volume shelters (keeps them safe AND means the shelter can help even MORE animals!), and the shelter isn’t always a great environment for animals (cats especially) to show off their true colours! A very shy and nervous cat in the shelter could be (and usually is) 1000000% different in a home environment!

Here’s some of my past fosters:

And yes you are seeing that right, the adult long haired calico is indeed missing her back feet’s haha

I have over 4000 pictures on my phone from my time working in the animal shelter 😭😭 hope this gives you your kitty fix for now 🫶💖

#ask elle #fostering saves lives #please ask me about my cat

[steverogersnotebook]

Obligatory Barbie photo dump

Link to Barbie’s Bio / Link to adoption application

Located in Utah

#barbie girl #fostering barbie #fostering saves lives #adopt the cropped #adopt don’t shop #caws rescue #utah organization

[oediex]

I love when people randomly like or reblog one of my kitten posts, because it's so great to think back on all my babies <3 I don't currently have any due to life circumstances, so it's nice to be reminded of them regularly.

So here's Mama Rosie, who hated me, raising 8 kittens in an environment that probably gave her a lot of stress, she did stellar ✨

Here they are when they're a lot bigger:

They were such a tangled mess for several weeks.

I did help her by bottle feeding three of them though. I liked to call them the drink squad. 🍼 Once they got old enough to know what they were doing, they would patiently wait at the front of the pen whenever I came in

They were very good drinkers!

They were such a joy to have in the house <3 Such a privilege to fall asleep with 8 kittens in my arms.

Mama Rosie went back to the farm where she came from, neutered and vaccinated, when the kittens were about two months old. She's now happy and free and doesn't have to have babies anymore. <3

Find more of my past babies here or befriend them on Facebook!

#kittens #foster kittens #mama rosie #the easter kittens #the adopted ones #adopt don't shop #fostering saves lives