Central Texas Cat Lovers w/UPDATE
Thu May 08, 2008 at 05:45:16 PM PDT
SAVE THE POOTIES: Itty Bitty Kitty Committees Need Emergency Foster Homes
If you've ever wanted the joy of kittens but not the responsibility, you might enjoy this chance.
UPDATE: The pooties are saved! The local Humane Society is going to give some an isolation room until they're big enough or well enough. I'm leaning toward taking mine and her herd; the rescue org is lending me a big cage for my screened porch, and my vet has given me instructions for keeping ringworm out of the house and away from my cats. Just a personal opinion, but I think prayer works. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and contributed good energy.
Animal Control has decided that a Georgetown TX rescue center is a hoarder, even
though the owner places the kittens in Petsmarts for adoption and provides them with medical care. She does have many cats, but there's a different crew every week, and she keeps her house clean. Unfortunately, the world never seems to run out of homeless cats.
She needs to place her kittens in foster homes by Monday, or Animal Control will place them in the
shelter. For the kittens ready to be adopted, it might not be a tragedy, but she has some recently
acquired kittens that are sick (they will be euthanized at the shelter rather than treated) and some that are too young to leave their mother. Mothers and kittens don't do well at shelters.
There are 10 kittens who are being treated for ringworm. They come from several abandoned litters and are being nursed by a foster mom cat. They should be ready to go to Petsmart in a month, after they're healed and gain a little more weight. You don't have to take the entire package, though they would prefer it.
The foster mother is special to me. She showed up as a sick stray at my house. I couldn't bring her inside because I have elderly, fragile cats. The rescue organization offered to nurse her back to health
and put her up for adoption. The adoption plan backfired when she started mothering every orphan kitten that came in. She's on her third or fourth litter since February. She takes care of them, socializes the feral ones, and even nurses them. I've thought about bringing her back, now that she's healthy, but she has a job that she loves. I visit her every week or so--and will continue to do so, wherever she goes.
There are two other litters of 8 each. They are only one month old and need to be with their mother. They
should be ready for adoption in two months.
If you'd like to provide a foster home for a month or two--or even a week or two until those with ringworm
are healed and safe to be in my house, e-mail me and I'll give you the contact information for the organization.
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