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Hi,
I recently fostered five 7-week-old kittens and now that I'm on break from school I wanted to open up my foster availability to include bottle babies. The rescue hasn't contacted me about fostering more kittens, so I thought maybe they don't have a need for the ages I selected before. I've never cared for bottle babies, or any kittens younger than 7 weeks, but have always wanted to.
My only concern is that I have heard about fading kitten syndrome and I don't think I could emotionally handle a kitten passing while in my care. We recently lost our 3-year-old baby to cancer, so I wanted to open my home up to kittens that need love and care while we are missing her. But the loss was traumatic for me and my boyfriend (who helps me with foster kittens), and losing a foster kitten would just be too much for us right now.
I only had my foster availability open to older kittens for this reason, and thankfully all of our fosters were healthy when they went back to the rescue. I just wanted to hear from people with more experience with younger kittens on how likely it is to have a bottle baby pass, because if it weren't for this fear I would absolutely love to do it.
I recently fostered five 7-week-old kittens and now that I'm on break from school I wanted to open up my foster availability to include bottle babies. The rescue hasn't contacted me about fostering more kittens, so I thought maybe they don't have a need for the ages I selected before. I've never cared for bottle babies, or any kittens younger than 7 weeks, but have always wanted to.
My only concern is that I have heard about fading kitten syndrome and I don't think I could emotionally handle a kitten passing while in my care. We recently lost our 3-year-old baby to cancer, so I wanted to open my home up to kittens that need love and care while we are missing her. But the loss was traumatic for me and my boyfriend (who helps me with foster kittens), and losing a foster kitten would just be too much for us right now.
I only had my foster availability open to older kittens for this reason, and thankfully all of our fosters were healthy when they went back to the rescue. I just wanted to hear from people with more experience with younger kittens on how likely it is to have a bottle baby pass, because if it weren't for this fear I would absolutely love to do it.