As posted on the preggers board, on Sugartoes thread:
Well, Sugartoes is eating just fine. And she is sleeping in bed with dh and I. Before, she would sleep on our bed during the day, but never stayed all night in bed with us. And this morning she woke me up at 8 am to get up and feed her. (I am always up by 8am, even on the weekends.) I should have told her that I am off work this week and could sleep in.
So while I am worried about fostering 9 cats, with my two keepers, Sugar is now fine. She thinks she has found her forever home. And I am thinking about giving up fostering. Sugar is such a sweetie. And my former feral Blue is a doll, jumped on my lap this morning for some loving! (How feral is THAT?!?!) I'm starting to want to keep Sugar, Red, and Blue. And that is just because the kittens are too little to play with much, I'm sure in a few weeks I'll be wanting all 11. Maybe I'll just keep some, and retire from fostering.
Plus we want a new GIANT breed pup-possibly a Newf. So maybe I'll just keep the best kitties, send the rest on, and switch to a puppy.
I have fostered 26 cats since April 04, starting with finding Festie's preggers Momma. 8 were adopted out, 5 died
, 1 more was adopted out but lost by the adoptive home, and I kept 3. It's not the work, or the deaths that is getting to me, it is the beloved kitties. They are getting harder to give up! And I do not want to make 20 year commitments to too many little kitties!
Has anyone else fostered for a while, then quit? Or are you still fostering, and how do you do it? Maybe I'll just take a break after this crowd gets adopted, while we work with the puppy. (They are so much more high maintenance than a kitten!) But for now, I'm feeling like my fostering days may be over!
Well, Sugartoes is eating just fine. And she is sleeping in bed with dh and I. Before, she would sleep on our bed during the day, but never stayed all night in bed with us. And this morning she woke me up at 8 am to get up and feed her. (I am always up by 8am, even on the weekends.) I should have told her that I am off work this week and could sleep in.
So while I am worried about fostering 9 cats, with my two keepers, Sugar is now fine. She thinks she has found her forever home. And I am thinking about giving up fostering. Sugar is such a sweetie. And my former feral Blue is a doll, jumped on my lap this morning for some loving! (How feral is THAT?!?!) I'm starting to want to keep Sugar, Red, and Blue. And that is just because the kittens are too little to play with much, I'm sure in a few weeks I'll be wanting all 11. Maybe I'll just keep some, and retire from fostering.
Plus we want a new GIANT breed pup-possibly a Newf. So maybe I'll just keep the best kitties, send the rest on, and switch to a puppy.
I have fostered 26 cats since April 04, starting with finding Festie's preggers Momma. 8 were adopted out, 5 died
Has anyone else fostered for a while, then quit? Or are you still fostering, and how do you do it? Maybe I'll just take a break after this crowd gets adopted, while we work with the puppy. (They are so much more high maintenance than a kitten!) But for now, I'm feeling like my fostering days may be over!