Well, a couple weeks ago I started reading on the forums here about all the street cats and feral cats needing a foster home to go to. I started to think that this may be right for me to do, as we live on a small acreage a ways from the city, and gas is too expensive to drive back and forth to the shelter all the time to volunteer there on a daily or even weekly basis.
I do have two rooms that I could put up foster cats in, a laundry room and if needed a mud room, both can be easily equipped for cats, as that is where i initially set up all of the cats I have adopted. However, I am a teenager, and have to have permission from my parents to go ahead with helping these cats in need, so I decided it would probably be best to set up a place where I can ask a bunch of questions on the subject.
As I do have cats of my own, right now adopting cats isnt a good option. How long does a foster usually go for? Would it just be kittens needing a place to be socialized, weaned, etc before the adoption, or older cats too? If there are people from the Saskatoon area (in Saskatchewan, Canada) who can help me, that would be great, but anyone who is a foster or has done that route before can advise that would be great. What is the usual process for a foster home?
I know there are a lot of questions there (and there will most likely be a lot more as they come up, what with trying to convince parents and all
) but if anyone can tell me more about it, that would be great!
I do have two rooms that I could put up foster cats in, a laundry room and if needed a mud room, both can be easily equipped for cats, as that is where i initially set up all of the cats I have adopted. However, I am a teenager, and have to have permission from my parents to go ahead with helping these cats in need, so I decided it would probably be best to set up a place where I can ask a bunch of questions on the subject.
As I do have cats of my own, right now adopting cats isnt a good option. How long does a foster usually go for? Would it just be kittens needing a place to be socialized, weaned, etc before the adoption, or older cats too? If there are people from the Saskatoon area (in Saskatchewan, Canada) who can help me, that would be great, but anyone who is a foster or has done that route before can advise that would be great. What is the usual process for a foster home?
I know there are a lot of questions there (and there will most likely be a lot more as they come up, what with trying to convince parents and all