Who can Foster?
Anyone can foster: The qualities of a good foster carer are: patience, understanding, and unconditional love. Some foster carers have cats of their own, and some have only foster cats. Foster carers are as diverse and individual as the cats who need them. There is no upper age limit to becoming a fosterer!
Older people can make excellent foster parents so, if an older person has resisted getting a cat because they are worried that it may outlive them - then fostering could be the answer.
People who take several holidays in the year do not want the responsibility of a pet. However, short-term fostering can work well in such situations. Co-ordinating with our rescue, to become a short-term fosterer allows you the company of cats when you are home, and gives cats in need that vital halfway-house before they are permanently homed.
People who find it hard to cope with the grief when their own pet dies, may decide not to have pets for that reason so fostering allows you to enjoy the company of cats, but without the heartbreak and instead experiencing the joy when they go off to a permanent, loving home, knowing that you helped them in their time of need.
The reasons cats come into a rescue are many and varied. Although some may have a behavioral issue which needs working through, the main reasons cats find themselves in a rescue are due to an owner's change in circumstances; the owner has moved to somewhere that doesn't allow pets, the family is emigrating, relationship breakdowns and divorce, a family member has an allergy, or the owner has died or gone into a care home. Some cats are just simply 'unwanted', some are found wandering (strays) and some have never lived with people (ferals or semi-ferals).
Each cat has a different personality, and a different history, and will react differently to being fostered. Sometimes they have been through ordeals that you may never know about, other times you know exactly what they've been through, and yet others will simply have come from a loving home, and just be bewildered as to why they have lost their family. There can sometimes be medical or behavioral problems to overcome, which the rescue will advise on.
Every year more and more kittens are born either by pets not being spayed/neutered or by breeders who make big sums of money (Please don’t buy Please Adopt!). The fact is that our rescue is often overrun with more cats and kittens each year, especially in the spring/summer months ('kitten season'), when good foster homes are needed more than ever.
Being fostered makes a huge difference to the lives of these animals, keeping them safe and healthy until they are permanently adopted.
Anyone can foster: The qualities of a good foster carer are: patience, understanding, and unconditional love. Some foster carers have cats of their own, and some have only foster cats. Foster carers are as diverse and individual as the cats who need them. There is no upper age limit to becoming a fosterer!
Older people can make excellent foster parents so, if an older person has resisted getting a cat because they are worried that it may outlive them - then fostering could be the answer.
People who take several holidays in the year do not want the responsibility of a pet. However, short-term fostering can work well in such situations. Co-ordinating with our rescue, to become a short-term fosterer allows you the company of cats when you are home, and gives cats in need that vital halfway-house before they are permanently homed.
People who find it hard to cope with the grief when their own pet dies, may decide not to have pets for that reason so fostering allows you to enjoy the company of cats, but without the heartbreak and instead experiencing the joy when they go off to a permanent, loving home, knowing that you helped them in their time of need.
The reasons cats come into a rescue are many and varied. Although some may have a behavioral issue which needs working through, the main reasons cats find themselves in a rescue are due to an owner's change in circumstances; the owner has moved to somewhere that doesn't allow pets, the family is emigrating, relationship breakdowns and divorce, a family member has an allergy, or the owner has died or gone into a care home. Some cats are just simply 'unwanted', some are found wandering (strays) and some have never lived with people (ferals or semi-ferals).
Each cat has a different personality, and a different history, and will react differently to being fostered. Sometimes they have been through ordeals that you may never know about, other times you know exactly what they've been through, and yet others will simply have come from a loving home, and just be bewildered as to why they have lost their family. There can sometimes be medical or behavioral problems to overcome, which the rescue will advise on.
Every year more and more kittens are born either by pets not being spayed/neutered or by breeders who make big sums of money (Please don’t buy Please Adopt!). The fact is that our rescue is often overrun with more cats and kittens each year, especially in the spring/summer months ('kitten season'), when good foster homes are needed more than ever.
Being fostered makes a huge difference to the lives of these animals, keeping them safe and healthy until they are permanently adopted.
