Fostering cats can be very rewarding. The fosters role is to provide a temporary, loving and secure home for cats and kittens in our care, supporting their rehabilitation and accommodating them until a suitable permanent home can be found.
The charity support fosters and we cover the costs of all veterinary treatment and food.
We are looking for volunteer cat foster homes within the Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire area, ideally within a 30 minutes drive of Brinsley.
Considerations
If you have your own cats, they must be up to date with vet health checks and be up to date with their vaccinations. You will need to provide for any foster cat as though they were your own.
Accommodation
A foster home will need to provide a cat with a safe environment, where they will be safe from other pets. If you already have pets, we will need to think about the suitability of a foster cat and your pets, especially if they will be sharing the same spaces.
You will need to have suitable and secure room where any new foster cat(s) can initially be confined to, whilst being introduced to a new environment and until they are fully vaccinated (if you have your own cats). When cats arrive, we may know little about their history and health condition, so it’s important to keep them isolated from any other pets and maintain good hygiene standards.
Visits
Be prepared to accommodate strangers into your home. We use fosters so that cats are in a home environment and potential adopters can view them and learn all about them from you, they will need to see the cat in your home and will ask questions about the cat. We insist that you never let anyone into your home to view a foster cat unless they an appointment has been prior agreed with the you and the Charity and never alone.
Transportation
Foster cats will need several trips to the vets for their treatment, you will need to have your own transport to facilitate these appointments and any emergency.
Saying Goodbye
When you have fostered a cat for a while and got to know them well, it is naturally hard to say goodbye, but you must do, only by rehoming animals into new homes can we keep saving lives, you’ll have to learn how to let go when it’s time for your foster cats to go up for adoption.
Costs
All cats in our care are treated by our approved vets, we cover the cost and will provide thier food and consumables, we do not expect you to be our of pocket.
If you would like to foster a cat from us, or have any questions, please get in touch using the inquiry form below.