Calling ALL Dog Fosters and Non Fosters Alike! Fostering Dogs - Tips, Recommendations, and Places

Thank you!

I’d love to foster cats, but a) last year our 17 year old rescue cat passed away, which we are still a little sad from, and b) multiple members of my family are very allergic to cats, and c) while Finley and Oliver (current dogs) were fine with Ginger (the cat, she was black and grey, not ginger) they often bark and chase other cats.

I still love cats, and would be overjoyed to foster some, it’s just I think they might not be the right fit for my family.
Everyone's circumstances are different. But in case it helps anyone, I am a foster cat failure :) When we trap a cat for sterilization I keep them in a catio separate from my other animals (quarantine and fear). I then try to socialise them with just me at first and when they decide I'm OK, they are given access my bathroom via the window but still remain separate. They learn to adjust to people taking a shower, etc randomly through the day.

People who can construct one or two catio's have a lot more flexibility.
Most of my windows have now been turned into catios. They are great not only for my indoor cats but for "emergency" shelter.
(It's also a noisy way for a burglar to try and break into our home!;))
 
Kinda gives a whole new image to the term "cat burglar," doesn't it? I can see it now ... burglar slices through the wire and immediately trips over the cat tree into the used litter box. What a GREAT deterrent! :lau
Exactly!
We also have a whole new image to the term "Catwalk"!
Here's my girl enjoy a warm winters day. I'm so happy that the plants have matured and she and the boys can enjoy Cat TV and Cat naps in-between strutting their catwalk;)
 

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