fostering
Why Foster?
Curious About Fostering?
What Fosters Do
Every year thousands of kittens are euthanized in animal shelters around the country. Newborn (neonatal) kittens are vulnerable and require constant care that most shelters cannot provide. These kitten’s only chance is to be taken in by a volunteer foster family. Once the kittens are big enough to live on their own, they can be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and adopted.
Fostering kittens saves lives!
What Fosters Do
Curious About Fostering?
What Fosters Do
Foster parents give kittens a safe environment and monitor their health. They feed the kittens regularly and even help them go to the bathroom. Foster parents make sure their kittens stay clean and warm. Most importantly, they play with and love their kittens to set them up to one day be adopted.
Not all fosters work with the same types of kittens. Some foster young bottle babies, while others foster weaned kittens. Some fosters are experts at taking critical cases or working with animals with special needs. People even foster mother cats along with their babies. Depending on interests and availabilities, someone may focus on a certain type of fostering, but other fosters take all types of cases.
Curious About Fostering?
Curious About Fostering?
Curious About Fostering?
Curious About Fostering or volunteering?
Contact our coordinator,
Katy Voelz via email
Please include
- your name
- address
- phone number
Let us know what type of fostering or volunteering you are interested in, and if you have previous experience. We will respond within the week.
Fostering & Volunteering
Become a Foster
Types of Fostering
Types of Fostering
Foster parents give kittens a safe environment and monitor their health. They feed the kittens regularly and even help them go to the bathroom. Foster parents make sure their kittens stay clean and warm. Most importantly, they play with and love their kittens to set them up to one day be adopted.
Required Foster Training
All prospective fos
Foster parents give kittens a safe environment and monitor their health. They feed the kittens regularly and even help them go to the bathroom. Foster parents make sure their kittens stay clean and warm. Most importantly, they play with and love their kittens to set them up to one day be adopted.
Required Foster Training
All prospective fosters must go through our training course and submit their quiz before being an approved foster.
CLICK TO TAKE OUR FOSTER TRAINING COURSE AND ASSESSMENTS
Types of Fostering
Types of Fostering
Types of Fostering
- Bottle Babies - 0 to 5 weeks old. Require feeding every few hours. Cannot be left alone for long periods of time.
- Weened Kittens - Can eat on their own and left for longer periods of time.
- Moms with babies - The moms take care of most of the work. Good for new fosters or those with less availability.
- Feral moms and/or kittens - May require s
- Bottle Babies - 0 to 5 weeks old. Require feeding every few hours. Cannot be left alone for long periods of time.
- Weened Kittens - Can eat on their own and left for longer periods of time.
- Moms with babies - The moms take care of most of the work. Good for new fosters or those with less availability.
- Feral moms and/or kittens - May require specialized skills to gain their trust and socialize them to humans.
- Special Needs - Kittens with birth defects or requiring medical attention
- Critical Care - Experienced fosters or medical professionals take home the most fragile babies. They work incredibly hard providing medical care to keep sick kittens alive.
Volunteer
Types of Fostering
Volunteer
Volunteer opportunities include:
- On-site tasks such as feeding, cleaning cages, socializing & playing
- Medical assistance
- Off-site assistance at fundraising events, social media promotion
- Transportation to/from organizations and Kitten Central