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I wasn't really sure where to ask this; I hope I found the right spot.
I absolutely refuse to breed my cats, but I miss having kittens. I've thought about getting into fostering so that I can have kittens around without adding a ton of permanent kitty-buddies--maybe either pregnant cats, mama cats with litters, or a litter of bottlefeeders during school breaks (i.e. when I have the time it takes to do it right). I have experience raising bottlefeeders from 10 days and the whole litter made it to adulthood, so I know what it takes, and I kind of doubt I could do well at it when I have to work, but I'm a teacher, so I could take a bottlefeeder litter as a summer break project.
I don't know how my cats would react to other cats, but my new apartment will have enough spaces that I could separate them if they don't get along. I kind of suspect that they might help raise a bottlefeeder litter once they're old enough to need to be taught how to be cats, since their mama cat did that kind of thing and Squirrel used to carry around and cuddle this one stuffed toy I had. I know I would need to get my girls fixed first (they're 100% indoor as birth control now) in case any boy kittens stick around a little longer and grow up fast.
BF and I have talked about getting "our cat" after I move, from a shelter of course. Should I ask that shelter about fostering? Or is there some kind of association of cat rescue groups I could check with? Are there training classes I could take to get ready? (I think I could do it on what I know now, but of course it's always good to improve.)
The one thing is, I would definitely want to work through an agency, because otherwise I would end up wanting to keep them all.
I absolutely refuse to breed my cats, but I miss having kittens. I've thought about getting into fostering so that I can have kittens around without adding a ton of permanent kitty-buddies--maybe either pregnant cats, mama cats with litters, or a litter of bottlefeeders during school breaks (i.e. when I have the time it takes to do it right). I have experience raising bottlefeeders from 10 days and the whole litter made it to adulthood, so I know what it takes, and I kind of doubt I could do well at it when I have to work, but I'm a teacher, so I could take a bottlefeeder litter as a summer break project.
I don't know how my cats would react to other cats, but my new apartment will have enough spaces that I could separate them if they don't get along. I kind of suspect that they might help raise a bottlefeeder litter once they're old enough to need to be taught how to be cats, since their mama cat did that kind of thing and Squirrel used to carry around and cuddle this one stuffed toy I had. I know I would need to get my girls fixed first (they're 100% indoor as birth control now) in case any boy kittens stick around a little longer and grow up fast.
BF and I have talked about getting "our cat" after I move, from a shelter of course. Should I ask that shelter about fostering? Or is there some kind of association of cat rescue groups I could check with? Are there training classes I could take to get ready? (I think I could do it on what I know now, but of course it's always good to improve.)
The one thing is, I would definitely want to work through an agency, because otherwise I would end up wanting to keep them all.